Happy Memorial Day

Happy belated Memorial Day to everyone and thanks to all of you who have served.

With the official kickoff to summer, I've been outside quite a bit.  Sometimes I'm drawing pretty pictures on the driveway.

On days when I'm feeling more adventurous, I go for a bike ride with mommy & daddy.  I'll admit, I'm not the biggest fan of wearing the helmet though.

But my most favorite thing ever to do outside is to play in my new sandbox!!!  Mom & dad sacrificed the garden and made it into a play area.  It was quite the process.  First I had to supervise dad when he moved out all of the dirt and put in the sand.

"Only 24 more 50 pound bags to go daddy!"

Before it was all complete, I had to give part of the sandbox a test run to make sure it was up to my specifications.

It's a success!

What I like best about the sandbox is building castles and then knocking them down.

Not only is the sandbox a hit with me, but the neighbor kids like to play in it too!

I guess it's not only kids who like the sandbox.  We had a lady bug stop by and play with us too.

After a hard day of playing in the sandbox, it's time to enjoy some dinner out on the deck.

When the weather isn't nice enough to play in the sandbox, you can sometimes find me in the kitchen.  I just love to bake.

The best part of baking is the tasting!

Grandma Mary came over and spent the weekend with us.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

After a hard day of baking and playing, I treated myself and got my nails done.

Have a great week, I'll be spending it in the sandbox.

Kaitlyn

Liz's Graduation

Last week, mommy's friend Melisa and her boy Emmitt stopped by on their way back home to Denver.  Emmitt and I had a blast.  We jumped on the bed,

colored,

and best of all we went to the zoo!

We were all over the birds at the zoo.

Melissa even got a bird to land on her stick!

Check out this boy bird trying to impress the girl birds.

Thanks for visiting us Melissa and Emmitt!

This past weekend we traveled up to South Dakota to see cousin Liz graduate.  Before the festivities, I was able to spend some time with grandma & grandpa.

Connor had a track meet while we were in South Dakota.  Look how high Connor can pole vault!  Connor, you have to teach me how to do that.

I tried to get grandpa to take the motorcycle out for a spin, but it was too rainy :(

Since grandpa wouldn't give me a ride, I had to get my own set of wheels out!

After the ride, it was off to see the graduation ceremonies.  Congratulations Liz!

Spending some time with the new graduate.

The best thing about graduating is that you get a big party afterwards.  At the party, Kayla and I had lots to talk about.

I could only stay inside at the party for a little while before I had to go explore on the farm.  Cousin John even let me sit in one of the tractors.

"breaker breaker"

Not only do they have tractors, but they have "BIG TRUCKS" on the farm too!

John just graduated from school too, good job John!

Back at the party, Adam helped me make bubbles.

Hallee was at the party too, we played rocks and then did some work in aunt Karen's garden.

After playing outside, helped Liz open her presents.

It sprinkled a little bit at the party, but that made fore a gorgeous double rainbow!

Before we headed back home, one of the neighbors came by with his puppy.  I've never seen a puppy this big before!

Nobody can believe how big I'm getting, I'm up to 28lbs now.  I'm putting together little sentences too, like "sit down daddy", "no daddy" -everything I need to keep daddy in check :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Kaitlyn

Hi everyone and happy mother's day to all of the moms out there!

Mom & dad are still keeping me pretty busy here.  When we do laundry it's my job to help sort and fold the clothes, though they just laugh at how I fold things.

When I'm not folding doing laundry, you can usually find me in the kitchen working on something.  The other day, I was making cookies.

They were just delicious.

With the nice weather, I just love to be outside. The other day, mommy and I took some time to blow some bubbles.

I also love to play ball and go for walks.  Sometimes I even take my ball on a walk!

Back inside, it's time to put some "pretties" on daddy.

There, he looks so much better now.

This past weekend, we went to Iowa to celebrate cousin Jordan's birthday.  On the way, we stopped to play at a park.

At Jordan's it was time to open presents.

"I can help you with your new colors Jordan."

While everyone was focused on Jordan's birthday cake, I noticed that her new colors were all alone in the corner.

After cake, Hudson & uncle Dave took this princess for a wagon ride.  Thanks guys.

Mommy and daddy are trying to get me to work on sharing.  I think I need to work on getting stronger so that I don't have to share.

Jordan had a big dance recital this weekend.  She did awesome!

On our way back home to Omaha, we stopped for some ice cream.  I've had a lot of ice cream in my 19 months, but never have I got my own cone and gotten to hold it too!!

We stopped on the way home to stretch our legs & play.

Thanks for stopping by,

Kaitlyn