Offishul Chickin Eatin Day: July 10

Our family went to Cow Appreciation Day at our local Chick-fil-A. This is a christian fast food place and we love to go there. On this day if we dressed like a cow we got a free meal. The website had a kit to print off. Of course we did it! Joey had a great time ripping off our spots and we all enjoyed our free meal. Food tastes so much better when someone else makes it or pays for it! ;-)

Joey's New Toy

Joey found a new toy and had a great time, until it was time to wash her down. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Josephine

We celebrated Josephine's 1st Birthday this past Sunday, July 19th. We had a backyard party in the beautiful weather. Before the party Joey was grabbing at her cake, but wouldn't you know it when it was time to have at it, she barely touched it. I wasn't going to let her get away with that. I stripped her down and gave her a second chance sitting on the table right next to it. She mostly played with it with her feet. Silly girl.

Happy Birthday Evelyn!

On Thursday, July 16th we celebrated Evelyn's 6th birthday. It was a lovely affair with a royal tea party complete with a royal feast to start the bash. The girls were seated at the head table on the front porch and loved every minute. Here are some pictures from the days events.

Construction

Our lives are constantly under construction as our family grows and changes here in Kentucky. Recently we have been doing some physical changes to our house. Here are some pictures of our bathroom. It is almost done and we are excited about it.

Vacation

Shawn, Evelyn, Josephine and I were blessed to have gone to Arizona on vacation. We were gone from May 1st through the 9th. We stayed with Shawn's cousin Kathy and her husband Chris. It was a wonderful vacation, fun for everyone I'd say. Kathy and Chris did a wonderful job of letting us feel at home and stepping back into their life as if we hadn't been missing. Evelyn got a kick out of looking for the wild horses on every car ride out of town. We even saw them a few times. Joey loved perfecting her crawling skills, Shawn enjoyed hitting the golf course after a 3 year hiatus and I got to enjoy a bath all by myself, with no one in the house. Ah, peace and quite. Here are a few pictures from our trip.

Joey and Aunt Kathy
Chris and Evie celebrating early birthdays.

The girls at the zoo. See the tortoise behind them?

Shawn and I at the Hoover Dam

Proof of the Hoover Dam

This was the first warm pool Joey has ever been in. She loved it as much as her older sister did!

Evelyn's favorite past times, reading and being a cowgirl.

We were able to visit Route 66 on our way to Las Vegas.

The gang at the Grand Canyon.

Joey enjoying the planes and ground crew.

A Paradigm Shift

Today is the day our world changed. You would think that day would have been when Joey was born, but today affects every square inch of our living space. The child can no longer be contained. She has started to CRAWL. Shawn accidentally got this first event on video. Grab some popcorn, sit back and watch the fun begin.

Karate

These are pictures from Evelyn's first karate lesson. From the look in her eyes we might have hit the jackpot here. She gets 2 private lessons before joining other children in classes. We just have to remind her not to punch her parents when they haven't asked for it. I mean really asked for it...verbally.

Here is a video of Evie's lesson. It is fun to watch.

Matching Outfits

Aunt Kathy and Uncle Chris sent the girls matching outfits. Evie was so excited! I decided to do a little photo shoot. Here are some of the pictures.

Here is a video of Joey swinging. It is VERY cute, but be prepared if you get motion sick.

February is Gone Already?

I can't even believe February is gone. We were blessed to have our friends Rebekah and Graig Kubista come and stay with us. We had a great time. I hope they did too. Here are some pictures that they don't know are on the website.

While Shawn was working on his paper we went and explored Lexington. Here is Graig, Evelyn, Rebekah and Joey at Thoroughbred Park.

We also managed to make it out to Highbridge, our big tourist spot near Wilmore. It was warm, but windy at the overhang.

Rebekah and I got to do some window shopping. You should have seen what we tried on. It was a blast!

Here are some other random pictures.

Evie participating in her favorite past time.