Evening at the "Lake"

So, after a long day at work, I packed up the girls, and met up here with some of my favorite people, Michelle, Jeremy and Ava. Even though the skies were a little cloudy, the sun was somewhat shinning, the water cold, but we had FUN!!

Kierstin didn't quite want to get wet, she would only go in until her diaper was wet. The only times that she got fully wet was when she fell face first into the water! She did have fun splashing the water at mom!

I LOVE this picture, I couldn't tell you exactly why, but it is my favorite picture of my little Kiki! She was having a wonderful time playing in the sand.

Teniah had a BLAST swimming around and playing in the water. So did little Ava...she was shaking because she was so cold, but she wouldn't get out of the water!

Here she is playing on the beach...she totally had a blast!

She would grab the sand off the beach, and throw it into water.

Even if we did get a little sprinkled on, we were able to see a beautiful rainbow!

Rain Puddles

It rained a little today, and the girls wanted to play outside. Teniah had a blast riding her bike through the puddles.

Kierstin was running around after her, singing a song and JUMPING in the puddles! They were having a blast!!

They might be a little bit dirty when I finally get them in the house, but...they are happy!!

Forgive and Forget

I love this plant! It is probley my favorite plant ever! I seriously thought that I had killed it a few months ago...but alas...LOOOK!

I can't wait for the Lilies to start blooming again!

Teniah is SEVEN!

Happy Birthday to our Niah Girl!!!

I can't quite believe my little girl turned seven!! It just seems like yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital! Now, we are having a "Twilight" birthday party for her! Oh my goodness!! She has been goo goo over Twilight since I let her watch it with me a couple of months ago. So we hung up some pictures, and this poster....

Can you tell that she is EXCITED!

I thought this was funny, here is Teniah as Bella!!

She is definitely TEAM EDWARD!!!!!!!

Teniah was MORE than excited to open her presents that night ... she had to wait until I got home from work ... she was super excited to get Pet Shop Puppies!

And a wii game!!

Here she is playing wii mini golf. We played 3 games and she beat me twice!! She is pretty good at it, and will only get better!!

And cute little Kiki...was "reading" while we played! :0) Such a cute little girl!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TENIAH!!

We LOVE You!

Happy "Fake" Birthday!!

Is my little one really gonna be SEVEN!!!!!!!!!!! I can't quite believe it is true!! I'm surely not old enough to have kids that are gonna be seven!! We had a Petersen Birthday Bash on Sunday in celebration of Teniah and her cousin Logan's birthday! I let her pick out her birthday cake and of course, she wanted PINK frosting! She is also very much into "pet shops" and that's what she wanted on her cake!

She sure loved her cake!!!

Here she is blowing out her candle! I think it took her about 3 times to actually blow it out! Silly girl! She was spitting a little...and her cousin Kabe told her, "You don't spit on it!" It was really cute!

And here were the kiddos eating cake! We all thought that it was funny, all the girls wanted the pink cake, and all the boys wanted the chocolate cake!! Go figure right!

2 Wheels!!

Teniah can ride her bike without the training wheels!! What a big girl she is!!!

July Jamboree and 10 year Reunion!

The July Jamboree has become one of my favorite summer traditions. Main street is blocked off and their is a huge car show. There are vendors and bands and rides for the kids. All in all it is a total family fun night! So I packed up the car with the kiddos, and headed to main street (with Jer, Michelle and Ava too)! We walked around a bit, checking out the cars, and looking for some cotton candy, Teniah wanted some! We finally found some cotton candy, and KiKi was so funny...she was licking it. She finally ended up just eating it, but I thought it was cute when she was licking it. :0P

Teniah also wanted to go on a ride. She found a ride that is similar to the ferris wheel, but it was enclosed. I thought for sure she would be scared, but she wasn't ... she laughed the whole time!

Can you tell that she had fun!!!

So not only was it the July Jamboree, it was my 10 year high school reunion! I seriously can't believe that it has been that long since high school. It was so great to see everyone that was there. Quite a few of the people there I haven't seen since high school. We ended up just having it at Pizza Factory, which was really fun.

I think that I look pretty much the same as I did in high school!

We're still BEST FRIENDS!!

Jessica, James, Jer and Michelle!

Hang 10!

Some of the gals!! I had so much fun chatting with these girls!