Our Little Girls...

I get so busy and don't always take time to document everything, but that doesn't mean that

our girls aren't always doing things to crack us up, make us cringe or most of all...make us proud!!

I'll start off with Rylie Grace. She has learned to blow bubbles with her gum (of which she is so proud) and skip...it is very cute!! She can write so well and remembers so many words that she can write on her own. She just mastered the number 8 and she likes to show everyone!! Rylie really wants to learn to read and is actually surprising us with how much she picks up on as we are working with Katie on our homework and various things! She gets to read every one of Katie's homework books and it makes her feel so big!

Katie and Rylie were playing school and Katie made up these math story problems for Rylie to complete...which she did when Katie read her the questions. I was putting clothes away in their closet just listening away to all of this and was just shocked at what they could do...

Translation: There was 4 Rylies in the garden. 2 Rylies decided to go to pick flowers. How many are left? Then, Rylie answered and wrote 2.

Translation: There was 5 corny dogs. 2 lemonades came and joined. And that makes ___. Rylie answered 7 after adding them up on her fingers. Katie then proceeded to show her how to use the pictures that she had already drawn.

Translation: If there is two cookies in the cookie jar. Mom ate two of the cookies. How many would be left? Rylie answered and wrote 0.

They never cease to amaze me...we're such blessed parents!

As I've said before, Katie is such a deep thinker, as well. The other night after we read our book and sang our songs before bed, Katie said "If babies can't choose to have Jesus come in their heart...can they go to heaven?" I said, yes they go to heaven because God knows their heart and knows that they haven't had the chance to choose Him. So, with a 6 year old and a 4 year old listening and giving input, we had a very meaningful discussion about heaven and faith. This isn't really a new topic, Katie really brings it up often that God is all around us and asks various questions or just enlightens us with her thoughts.

Mom took this picture right outside the back window of their house. The girls thought it was just too cool!!

Washin' Cars and Sins...

The girls got these new toys that squirt water. So, they started out squirting each other and then decided they would wash their cars...

Then, I went inside for a little bit and when I came back they were soaking wet and standing by the cooler of water. I asked what they were doing and they said "We're baptizing each other!" Then Rylie said "my turn, Katie." It was quite hilarious!! It was kind of a small cooler and they could barely sqeeze theirselves in there.

Few Pics and a Few Notes

I'm looking forward to doing a lot of this, this summer...being outside is what the girls are all about right now!!So last Monday we did a little sidewalk chalk...also this week Katie showed me that she can swing all by herself now...it took a while...but she finally got it!!

We always have to get those bubbles out and Buck got in on the bubble action...

Our friend, Chase, came for a visit while he helped Ryan do some welding on the lake house deck...he got coerced into reading some books with the girls...but I think he loved it!!!

Bath time is always loads of fun...

Sisters...why can't they be this sweet to one another all the time!!!

Hope you have a terrific day!!

Crazy Girls...

They still love to dress up...

Katie couldn't wait for us to get home on this day, because she said that she was going to run in and put on her swimsuit and rain boots and play in the rain...she was so excited...and she did...

Then it got a little chilly for her and this was her solution...

Have a Fantastic Day!