Basket #4

Toilet paper holder. Love it!

Finally...water time

Well as usual Dayton is still trying to figure out it's weather pattern! It was so beautiful today with sunny skies and high in the mid 80's. Brenna suggested playing in the sprinkler after church so that's what we did. The girls had a lot of fun. Natalie really didn't care for the sprinkler, but preferred playing in her water table. She just loves being outside. Like I keep saying...can't wait for summer!

Cheese!

Running from the sprinkler!

Loving it!

As soon as the water was about to hit her she would run away.

My beautiful babies! Love seeing a chubby belly on Natalie. :-)

Snack time.

Pudding Paint

The girls and I were on our own tonight with Ben studying at school. I thought they would enjoy finger painting with pudding. Natalie has never tried it before, and she was cracking me up! As crazy as she is, I thought she would dive right in. Instead, she didn't really want to get her hands dirty and just wanted to eat it! I find this even funnier for a kid I could barely get to eat for months. Brenna loved it since she loves anything with arts and crafts. I'm still hoping to find my inner creativity and come up with some more fun ideas!

Mother's Day/Natalie's dedication

As most of you know I had oral surgery last Thursday for a last effort to save my crazy tooth! It was pretty invasive, and I have been really sore. Ben has been absolutely amazing helping take care of me and the girls. Thanks Ben. I love you! Aside from still being sore, Mother's day was a very fun and special day. First of all we were dedicating Natalie at church! I was so happy to have her and Brenna dedicated at the same church. Ben's dad, mom, sister, brother, and our sister-in-law all came for the occasion! They woke up at like 5 a.m. to make it in time for the 9:30 a.m. church service! They made it just in time for the ceremony. After church we had a nice lunch back at our house. We were all pretty tired from all of the activities, but we had a great time.


Trying to not have a crooked smile! You should have seen some of them!
My gift from Brenna. Ben's mom helped her make me a necklace and bracelet! So sweet.

A pic with my second new camera! Thanks Ben. I like this one a lot better.

My get well/Mothers day flowers.

Natalie was so good!

Goofing around with Aunt Allison.

Shoup Park

I finally found a park in Beavercreek! I've had several friends tell me about Shoup park so the girls and I checked it out before school today. They had three different levels of play equipment, a slide built into the hill, and lots of swings and a very fun turtle and alligator to play on. Both of the girls had a blast. The weather was beautiful as well. I am so ready for Brenna to be out of school so we can enjoy all of the parks around here more than just an hour at a time!

Natalie loved this thing!

I've never seen a slide quite like this one. Fun!

Greatest Show on Earth

Ben and I took Brenna to the circus this weekend. We went to the Barnum and Bailey Zing Zang Zoom at the Nutter Center. We had a blast! It was the first time for Brenna and me to attend a circus. It was a three ring circus, so there was always something fun to watch. We had first row seats with an awesome view! Ben's parents came up to watch Natalie. The Shrine circus also comes to the Dayton area. We are hoping to take both girls to that next time.



Headed out to dinner.

They had some of the wardrobe pieces you could try on before the show.