Fun at Thomas Cloud

We headed over to Thomas Cloud Park for the first time since we've been back. It was a beautiful evening and we enjoyed walking around the track as a family and watching all the soccer practices going on around us. We stopped at one of the shaded playgrounds for the girls and Ben and I enjoyed playing as well.

Meeting Mr. Bugsy

Well I finally gave in and let Brenna get her first pet. Of course she would have liked a puppy, but that's quite a while away! It was the perfect situation. A lady we used to go to church with posted on Facebook she was giving away an almost 2 year old guinea pig who needed lots of love. Well we could definietly deliver that, and she made it an even easier choice since it was free, included the cage, food, bowl, water bottle, and toy! Brenna had no idea until we pulled up and she saw him in his cage! It was so fun. She quickly changed his name from "Sweetie" to Bugsy in honor of the guinea pig off of Bedtime Stories. We've had lots of fun playing with him already.





First time holding Bugsy

So excited!

Enjoying some grapes.

Standing Tall

Miss Natalie is so busy and so fun lately. She has been standing alone more and more and I got the cutest picture of her the other day I had to share! A few others for your viewing pleasure.

My hubby is home!

Well Ben and Brenna made it home safely last night at about 8:30 pm. I unfortunately wasn't there to see the reunion between Ben and Brenna since she was in Indiana, but I did get some pictures of him and Natalie. She just kept staring at him! She fortunately did not cry and quickly warmed up to him. I think she definietly missed her Daddy and the girls had lots of fun playing with him today.

A little project

I've been trying to figure out what to put up in the girls playroom to incorporate both of them, and I finally figured it out. I found this saying at Micheal's and just loved it. That's exactly how I feel about my girls. They always make me laugh, Ben and I promise to love them and raise them as best as we know how, and there is hope for their future as they develop into young women. I thought it turned out so cute!




Here is the recent 9 month profile picture of Natalie taken at JC Penneys.

This is Brenna at about 18 months that Ben's brother Jess took.

Grandparent time!

I'm so thankful I've so had so much help from my parents and Ben's parents while he has been gone. I don't have any new pictures with my parents but I snapped a few from Rob and Vicki's last visit.





Grandmother thought Natalie should have a mohawk since it's all the rave right now!

Grandmother and D-dad

D-dad with his girls.

Natalie liked the view from up high.

First fruits and shoes!

No, I'm not talking about tithing. Brenna picked our first ripe tomatoes today! Can you tell we are excited? I'm really looking forward to doing a real garden with her and my dad next year.

I also had some fun dressing Natalie up in her first pair of shoes. It made her look so much bigger to me. We had some errands to run around town today so I thought I would complete her cute ensemble with some cute shoes!

Our green peppers are doing well too.

She looks so big in this one

Smiling for Brenna