We have been having a fabulous summer!! We have been keeping very busy and have been enjoying the summer weather!
Out at a play date at my friend Hayley's house. Courtney and Natalie are such cute little friends. Courtney loves anyone who will play tea party and house with her.
Sweet girls.
Courtney loves to play with her dolls and play house. On this day, she set her baby up at the table and told her to do some coloring and then said, "I have to clean up!" Then she started doing the dishes at her sink! So adorable! A little mini me!!
Morning cuddles with my sweet girl.
Happy Canada Day! Courtney looked so festive in her cute Canada pjs!
Ty loved his flag and carried it all day. We decided to take the kids to the zoo.
Courtney playing with her flag.
Tyson waiting to get into the zoo - he loves the zoo so much!
The elephant was walking around right when we got into the park! So fun!
The kids watching the tigers. Ty was pretty excited to see him so close up.
Watching the tigers.
Tyson and Daddy watching the zebras - one of Ty's favorites!
Courtney climbing on the bones!
So cute!
Tyson watching the seals! They were swimming in a loop it seemed, and every time he saw one coming he would say, "here it comes!!" His favorite part by far!
I made some festive cupcakes! Turned out pretty good.
Ty playing with his flag.
Courtney playing with flags.
Ty was a little scared of his sparkler - this was my version of fireworks!!
Court liked it at first, but then got upset.
I think she probably just wanted to eat her cupcake.....haha!
Tyson and I getting our craft on!
Ty is getting so much better at cutting! He can actually cut all by himself now and is working on following the lines around circles and other shapes.
Gluing his fish together.
Ty cut out this fish all by himself!!
Playing in the sand at the park.
Ty decided to run laps around the park on the little bridges. He ran his little tushy off!
Ty working on his fishing skills!
Courtney trying it out.
Pretty funny - Pretty sure Ty should be pushing Courtney, but Ty seems pretty impressed with this arrangement. Haha!
My sweet boy! Love this picture!
My cute kiddos!
Tyson drew a carrot man!
Waffles and straw-ba-bies!
Ty also drew this awesome pirate!! Amazing!! I am so impressed. He watches this guy draw pictures on one of his little shows and then he duplicates it almost exactly. So amazing!
Courtney enjoying her first rocket pop!
Courtney has become obsessed with Princess Sofia. She watches the show all the time, knows all the songs and sings them all the time, and must dress up like princess sofia all the time - which includes a crown, necklace, and slippers.
Courtney riding on the frog at the spray park.
Cute kids playing with chalk at the spray park.
Courtney dressed up like Princess Sofia again - these Minnie Mouse shoes were the only ones she had to use.....poor girl!
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Courtney found a bunch of my old dolls at my parent's house! So cute! I loved those dolls. Also - color change hair must have been big when I was a kid......most of my dolls have color change hair....haha!
My mom got Courtney these awesome sunglasses! So adorable!!
Movie star!
I brought a bunch of doll clothes home from my parent's house for Courtney to play with. She loves them! So cute!!
We decided to take the kids to Wabanum Lake for the morning one day to play at the beach! We told Courtney were we were going and she said that she needed her sunglasses. She put them on and then said, "I'm going to the beach". Too hilarious!
Tyson and Daddy diving in. Love this picture. It was really smoky that day, so all my pictures are kinda hazy.
Courtney getting ready to play in the sand.
Once I showed Courtney she could get water out of the lake, she was in heaven.
Ty and Daddy walking around. Ty loved it.
Courtney splashing in the water.
Ty and Daddy.
The kids loved jumping in the water!
Cute pictures of my man. ;)
Courtney doing big jumps!
High five!
Getting super sandy in the park.
Tyson getting eaten by the hippo....haha!
Courtney playing tea party.
Cute kids reading a book together.
Daddy bought Courtney some princess sofia slippers!! Lucky girl! She loves them and wears them all the time!
On a play date!! Ty was excited about the tent!
Courtney and Nellie! These 2 girls are so sweet together!
Nellie pushing Courtney in the car.
My friend Chelsey has a hedgehog! Ty was in love! He is a big animal lover.
Got taters Courtney?
Courtney dancing and singing with Elsa.
Outfit complete - Sofia shirt, sofia crown, sofia necklace, sofia slippers.
Courtney was running around knocking on the doors trying to wake up Amber and James - Sofia's brother and sister from the show.
We went on another play date to my friend Erin's house! She has a cool Jake pirate ship tent! Ty loved it!
So cool!
Courtney and Natalie throwing all the balls in the tent.
Ty working on his cutting! He is getting really good!
Making a sun.
Playing at the park with Daddy! I love this fire truck!
Ty was having a great time climbing all the hard sides of the equipment. He was really proud of himself!
All by himself!
Climbing the climbing wall.
Proud boy!
Courtney on the teeter totter.
Playing on the slide.
All the babies on the couch!!
Courtney and Mommy dressed so pretty for church!
Playing with chalk!
A little wind...hehe
Poor Ty! Fresh cut grass gives him huge hives and welts....so he was stuck in splash pants.....after a few days, it doesn't seem so bad....poor guy.
Cute kids playing so nice! Mommy was relaxing!
Courtney was spraying the hose like a "campfire".
Drinking is also yummy!
Cute kids!
Courtney is obsessed with popsiquicks. She eats them constantly.
My sweet boy!! Playing tea party with his baby sister!!
Tyson likes to mix or ba-te.
Yummy! Delicious!
My cute girl!!
Courtney had to bring her kitchen and tea party stuff outside to play.
Working hard, always cooking in the kitchen!
Some more craft time with Tyson. I really liked how this sea turtle turned out.
Tyson loves robots! He made sure we made a robot one before we were done.
On one of Courtney's Sofia the First episodes, Sofia has a picnic tea party. Daddy suggested that Courtney could do the same and she was beyond excited!! So adorable!!
Very excited!
Playing picnic tea party again in the morning. My sweet boy! I love watching them play together.
Ty is loving playing baseball lately. He asks to play every time we play in the yard and actually wants to hit lots! He even runs to get the balls!! And when he hits it good he yells, "home run!". So cute!
Happy Birthday to me!! Enjoying birthday cupcakes from my favorite store with my baby girl!
My friend Chelsey got a pet bunny! I was so excited to take the kids to meet him! He is so cute and Courtney was very excited to meet him.
Courtney and Nellie playing in the kitchen. So sweet!
Tyson and his little buddy Benny. They are two peas in a pod. They both love crafts, coloring, letters, and wrestling around. Such cute boys!
Benny and Ty made a monkey.
Cute boys!
We showed Ty that you could build real animal shapes etc. with play doh and Ty is obsessed with it now! He thinks it is the coolest thing ever.
Ty makes sure that everyone always has eyes, noses, and smiles! My sweet boy.
Ty working on his snowman family.
Ty's smiling snowman family.
Cutest little shopper ever! If had been out just with her, I would have let her push it around the store, but with both of them, I didn't think that was such a good idea.
Ty working on his baseball. I always have to remind him to use 2 hands!
Happy birthday to Daddy!! Ty loves blowing out candles. That is his favorite part-singing happy birthday and blowing out the candles.
Courtney loves to sing (she actually sang happy birthday to both Brock and I) and blowing out candles - but eating is definitely her favorite part.
Yummy waffles and strawberries for birthday week breakfast!
Waiting for more birthday cake at Grandma's house. Lots of cake in one week!
I love my family! This is all I really need for my birthday.
More cake! Yummy!
We had such a great time at the lake before, we decided to go again for our birthdays! I found these cool castle molds to make sand castles with. The kids loved those. I missed getting a picture of Ty building a castle.
Brock found this cute princess sofia floatie for Courtney! She liked putting it on like a skirt but didn't want anything to do with it in the water....bummer.
So cute!!
I found these cute rafts for cheap and thought they would be super fun! They actually kinda sucked. Courtney was almost too heavy and was kinda sinking. She liked being pushed around in it for a bit. Ty hated it! He was really almost sinking which freaked him out. We had so much stuff to blow up, that we chose these instead of the ride on dolphin I got from my parents. Next time I'm bringing out the dolphin.
Teaching Courtney how to ghetto roast marshmellows!! (Use the side burner, it works much better).
Courtney's first roasted marshmellows! And apparently double fistin' is the only way to do it.
Loved it!! Until her hands got all sticky. Then it was "so gross!"
Courtney's cute friend Natalie came over to play! Such sweet girls! Court was so excited! She invited her to play tea party right away and they were just chatty chaty girls all morning. So so cute!
Sweet girls! Cheers!
Courtney was so excited and so happy! She was hugging Natalie all morning saying, "I love you so much!" Such a sweet girl!
August is upon us and I can't believe how quickly the weather can start to change. It feels cooler in the mornings and the wind can be cold at times. Many more hot days ahead, but fall is in sight! I love fall and am hopeful that we can enjoy a nice long one like we did last year!
