Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Well, folks, it happened. For the first time in several months, it rained here! Joe and Sadie didn't quite know what to think - no going outside to play. :(

Do you like the color or black and whites better?

"What is that?" - Joe wants to know!

I love this one!

I think I like it better in black and white.

Here are a few pictures of Sadie playing outside the other day - and nope, it wasn't raining. Sadie just stood under the hanging basket of flowers after I had just watered it and the water was running down on her - she was a mess, but I let her have fun with it!

Sadie climbs up the slide instead of using the stairs and then slides down. She is so proud of herself!



Here she is just coming off the slide and getting ready to go back for more!

LA County Fair

Last Friday we were heading out the door for our Beach Day Friday and as we were loading the chairs in the car, Brian says, "do you wanna go to the fair instead?". And so we unloaded all the beach gear, went back inside to change clothes and headed out to the LA County Fair. Who knew? Anyway, here are a few pictures of our time out as a fam...

I think this is what you see when you first walk in to ANY fair in America. Good 'ol Icee stand and a ferris wheel in back - what could be better?

First stop for us was food - nothing quite like Fair food, let me tell ya! This is a picture of our fries before we dove in. The picture doesn't even do the amount justice!

The burgers were HUGE, too!


Sadie had a "hot dog on a stick", but didn't quite know how to eat it.


Here she is holding it the right way, but just can't get her mouth to open wide enough!

Our plate-o-fries after we devoured them. Still enough to feed another family of 3!

Ahh, Petting Zoo time. Here's Sadie daring to get close to the pig.

We thought it might be a good idea to get some food and let Sadie try and feed the animals. Bad idea. We got SWARMED!! Sadie did-not-like-that. She wanted to be around the animals on her own terms.

The silly llama kept coming and nudging Brian on the back. He was almost as tall as Brian was and as you can tell, Sadie did not want to be close to that weird animal!

Here are Sadie and Brian waving "bye bye" to the animals!

Sadie's New Friend

I started watching my friend's little boy a few days a week and thought I would share a little of what Sadie and Joe do during the day.

Sadie likes to play peek-a-boo with Joe...

But he's not sure what to think...

Sadie and Joe snack together. (Or steal each other's snacks) It's funny because I always give them the SAME thing to snack on at the SAME time!

Sadie LOVES to hug and hang on Joe - or wrestle. Sometimes he just lets her and sits there like he doesn't even care. He just keeps playing with the toys.

These kiddos are only 3 weeks apart - so now I know what life would be like with twins. Even though I always wanted twins, I now know why God didn't allow me to have them. God only gives us what we can handle. :)

Joe's "help me" face.

Oh, what fun it has been - I am really glad they play so well together!

Teatime with Grammy

Grammy and Papa bought Sadie this table and chairs for her room for Sadie's birthday. When my mom came out Sadie and Grammy got to have their first little tea party (minus the tea this time). Anyway, Sadie LOVED pretending to drink her tea ~ and I think my mom had a lot of fun too!

Day at the Beach with Grammy!

My mom has been here visiting since last Saturday and it's been sooo nice having her here! We wish she could stay forever. We got to take her to the beach to be a part of our "beach day Fridays" that we like to have. There are a few pictures from that and a few other random pictures. I hope you enjoy! And please let me know if you're getting tired of beach pictures. I feel like I'm always posting the same ones, just from different days.

I love her expression here and I love her outfit. Gotta love Target!

Yummy spaghetti!


Priceless!

Walking in the sand and finally loving it!

In the water and loving it!

Look at those cute toes....

...all covered with sand!

So nice to get a full family pic! Thanks Mom!

Sadie and Grammy!

Mommy and Sadie - this picture opportunity doesn't happen often since I'm usually the one behind the camera! Thanks again, Mom!

Because you asked...

This post is for my sister, Marisa, who loved the spaghetti oh's pics, but was tired of seeing them at the top of the blog. Here are some new ones to enjoy!

This messy face is evidence of a smoothie enjoyed!

I only brightened the picture just a little in photoshop and I did NOTHING specifically to her eyes - they look SO blue!

A childhood would not be complete without a few bath times in the kitchen sink!

"See, Auntie M, I do play with my birthday present you got for me. Mommy wasn't lying, so there!" "And oh yeah, THANKS! I love it!"

After a hard day of playing and eating, this girl is pooped!

Spaghetti - OH!!

Ever since we went to K.C. to stay with Noelle's kiddos while she and Geoff were in Paris, Sadie has been wanting to hold the spoon to feed herself. I think she saw Hudson doing it and thought it was pretty cool. The other day I let her have at it and this is what I ended up with - one very messy, but very happy kid! In the end she decided using her hands was much easier.

The last picture is a "do over" from the last post because my mom pointed out that I had legs sticking out of my hair. I tried to fix it the best I could. So, that one's for you, mom - and probably Donna too who was probably the one to point it out! :)