These pictures were taken during the states' Marksmanship match. It was a lot of fun. I ranked 17 out of 28 which isn't that great. But my rifle wasn't zeroed so I have a good excuse.

Waiting for Grandaddy!

I had a meeting today so my dad came over to watch Jayden. She was anxiously awaiting his arrival. She was sitting in our window which is the front window of the house. I guess she figured if she sat there with her dolls, it would make him come faster!
Notice all 3 dolls are Cinderella Barbies-she is slightly obsessed!

What a day!

I walked into the room today and what did I see? Oh, just a sweet 2 and half year old girl in the middle of piles of shredded paper from our shredder! Don't worry, we unplug the shredder and turn it off after we use it--plus, it has a safety feature where it won't work if it is opened. Anyway, Jay decided she would take piles of this paper and run through the house and throw it in the air. When I discovered her doing this, I made her clean it up-that's why she is crying in the picture. She had paper in her hair, pants, and I am still finding pieces of it around after a thorough vacuuming!

K is cutting his first tooth so he has been quite the grouch lately. But, he is still a cutie so I thought I'd share some of his cuteness.

Lots of Orlando Pictures!!!

Such a fun place to stay! We found these ducks as we were walking around and she was very impressed!

More Orlando

Notice in the Jungle Book picture a few pictures down from here, how tiny Jayden is compared to the statues---they are HUGE!!!

Orlando

We went to Orlando for another wedding this week and had lots of fun! The wedding started at the Disney wedding pavilion and then we were bused to the Boardwalk hotel for the reception and then bused to backstage Epcot where we had a private viewing area for the fireworks along with a a desert reception---all very fun. Of course, Jay loved all of it. She especially loved the fact you could see Cinderella's castle from the pavilion AND the bride arrived in a carriage! She also enjoyed her first "bus ride"---especially since she didn't have to sit in a carseat!

We stayed at the Pop Century hotel which I have to say is fabulous if you have kids. You could honestly stay there and never go anywhere else in Orlando b/c there is so much to do there!

Richard and Ashley's Wedding

I forgot to add a few pics from the wedding!

More July Pics

Busy July!

This has been a packed month and we haven't had a chance to blog lately so I will hit a few of the highlights.

-Kelso turned 6 months and started crawling and pulling up on things.

-Michael's parents, AKA Hezzy and Grandpa came for a visit.

-Michael, myself and Jayden were in a wedding.

-We went to Orlando for a night and will be going there again next week (Jayden LOVES it).

-Did I mention that K is crawling and when that happens, I can accomplish NOTHING during the day b/c he is into EVERYTHING! Oh well, I LOVE it-he is so fun. The house may be somewhat messy by the end of the day but I had fun chasing my kiddos around!

-Jayden and I continue to enjoy "projects" together---these consist of collages, princess mobiles, and anything else I can come up with to be creative!

Today we went to the aquarium. I took these pictures with my phone. Isn't she adorable?

Michael's Annual Training

Michael had his 2 weeks of training. They killed rattle snakes and did all sorts of other things! The gun picture is of Michael and the other officers. In the last picture, you can see his head peaking out of the mobile command post. He was very glad to be done and out of the heat once the two weeks were over.

Zoo

Last night the zoo had a special where they stayed open late. Jayden rode the carousel which is an old favorite of hers. Then she got to ride a pony for the first time! She liked it! She also rode the "buckets" AKA the skyride. You can see what Keslso enjoyed doing at the zoo:) He did wake up eventually and enjoyed seeing everything.

Busch Gardens

We spent the day at Busch Gardens today. Kelso enjoyed naptime in the stroller and Jayden LOVED meeting a princess!

Memorial Day

Michael took part in a Memorial Day ceremony at the national cemetary. After the ceremony, the Honor Guard marched off and we followed them. When Michael was given the command that he was done, he turned around and we were walking toward him. Jayden saw him and was beside herself and so excited because she wanted to see her daddy. The video captures an incredible moment! As I watched her run to him, I was filled with so many emotions. Emotions connected to the thoughts of the days not too long ago when he was in Iraq. It was touching. My mom and I were talking about it on the way home and she summed it up nicely when she said "I just think of all those children who want to run to their daddy but can't because he never came home. I prayed so many times for Michael to come home safe and he did."

We are blessed to be on the other side of his Iraq duty and should pray always for all the people still over there and for the little girls and boys who would love to run to their daddy's arms but can't.

There are a few other videos from the ceremony that I posted just so everyone could get an idea of what he does with the Honor Guard. Their presentations are always very respcetful and honoring.

TAPS

More of the ceremony and the playing of TAPS. I know these aren't the best quality.