Leftovers/Early Summer Recap

I have a bunch of things I want to include but I'm too lazy and too far behind to blog about all of them separately.  So I introduce you to:

THE JUMBO POST!

(imagine that in deep announcer voice)

Section One: Family Pictures

Every June the older two get their birthday pictures taken by the extraordinary Tami Keehn of Tamarie Photography.  It's our summer family pictures but with a focus on those two.  We headed to downtown Kent this year and got some good shots!  Here are the ones I decided on.

no clue what the three of them are looking at.

She is Trouble. Yes, I capital T-ed it.

She looks so grown up.  I can't believe she's 4!

Bossypants. This picture just fits her to a T.

Love, love, LOVE this picture of all of us!

Section Two: Randoms

Just so randoms of the girls all playing together.

I forgot to mention, she loves to pull the hair.  Morgan is not a fan of that skill.

This is how I find them or some version of this, 99% of the time.

Section Three: Strawberry Picking!

Every June we try to get out and pick some strawberries.  Strawberry season was short this year since the weather was funky but we made it! Somehow I don't envision Morgan growing up and choosing manual labor as a career choice.  She gets tired of it after about 5 minutes.  Rylee is more interested in eating than picking. Same as last year.

Section Four: The Drive-In

We've made it to the drive-in TWICE this summer to see Madagascar 3 and Brave.  It's so nice to have a drive-in within a 5 minute drive.  This particular trip was to Madagascar and our neighbors/friends/babysitter/jack of all trades came with us. The kids loved it!

Section Five: Swimming Lessons:

After taking a hiatus from swimming lessons last year, we are back at it.  Morgan is on her own this year in her class and Rylee and Paul are doing the parent-child.  In true Rylee fashion, she doesn't like it until she's good and ready to like it.  Could be 5 minutes into it, could be 20.  Mackenzie and Morgan are in the same class together so that helps and well sometimes gets them distracted.  I do have to point out my HUGE MOM FAIL when I attempted to take them the first week and thought it started at 10:30 when in fact it started at 10:00.  The looks on their faces could have brought me to my knees.  Good thing they are easily distracted and ice cream helps!

We are really enjoying our summer so far!

6/27/11: Happy 3rd Birthday Morgan Reese!

I have a rant before I begin this post.  In my attempt to post these pictures from Morgan's birthday I lost about half of them to corruption.  Erghhh.  Luckily I was able to recover some but I am not a happy camper.

It's hard to believe that it's been 3 years since we started adding to our growing family.  We had a busy day planned for Morgan's birthday.  We started the day off picking strawberries with Mackenzie and Aunt Kelly.  Morgan did a great job and Rylee spent most of her time picking strawberries and popping them right in her mouth.  She was pissed if I yanked her away from any.  After strawberry picking we all headed to McDonalds to grab some lunch.

Daddy had taken a half day from work so he could come home and take us to the pool!  We spent a few hours there and although she was nervous about the slide at first, it was hard to pull her away from it when we left.  Unfortunately the pictures of her on the slide were some of the ones that were lost.  We came home and ate some dinner and then then Morgan, Paul, and I headed to see Cars 2.  It was Morgan's very first movie and she was so excited!  She didn't quite make it through the entire movie but she had a great time!

I just can't really wrap my head around the fact that she is 3 now and will be heading to preschool in the fall. Everyday she is learning something new. She is hilarious and frustrating all at the same time.  She is an incredible big sister to Rylee and loves to play with her now.  She is a technology expert as she can grab any phone or get on the computer and know exactly how to use them like a pro.

We love you Morgan Reese!  Happy 3rd Birthday!!