Last week in a nut shell

This was how I found Jaynee on Saturday night. We had a very busy week and I think she fell asleep the moment she stopped moving!
I was laughing so hard! She was out!
I kept telling Cam to just finally pick her up but he was laughing too! We had to get some good pics first.
Finally! She slept like a rock that night.
I love sleeping children!
We went back up to Ryan and Shelly's property and played. Here are the re-caps!
Talia enjoying her tinfoil dinner. Amy, I thought this pic was so cute of her!
West decided it was time to sleep. Thought this was so cute of you two Lezlie!
Another cute pic of Shelly! Thanks for taking us up and letting us enjoying the fall scenery!
Can you guess what is in her sippy?
Yep-Rootbeer! I am earning the mom of the year award with this pic. But all I can say is I learned it from the best-thanks Lezlie!
Cam taking rides on Ryan's new 4 wheeler. It is not really a 4 wheeler though-I would call it a couch on wheels. SO NICE!!!
Jaynee managed to stay on the 4 wheeler for every ride Cameron gave. She loved it!
Once again-Jaynee is on the front.
Emmie, Britney and Kate playing on the ranger.
A bunch of the little ones going for a ride in the ranger.
Jaynee and Talia in the ranger. Amy-once again I thought this was a cute pic of Talia. Jaynee was ready for a ride-she didn't care who was driving.
Going for a ride. This thing is amazing. Going over big rocks and divets is a dream-this thing can motor anywhere! However, I am now made fun of telling Cameron he was going to roll it! What can I say-I didn't grow up in the sticks riding on these toys-there has to be a learning curve-Be nice!!!
Another adventuresome group going for a ride.
Tuckered out! She was asleep before we even got close to getting off the mountain. So FUN!!
Ahh! I am not ready for this, however, she and Emmie think it is time to start trying. I told Jaynee I would "support" her in her decision, but I am not instigating it. So here we are, Jaynee on her potty, and Emmie and I waiting for her to do something. I finally walk away and know that this is just never going to happen, and Emmie patiently waits up there and reads books to Jaynee and feeds her snacks and turns on the water a little trickle thinking this will help. All of a sudden, Emmie comes bulting down the stairs yelling "she did pee pee's! she did pee pee's." Sure enough, I go up there, and Jaynee is in shock and surprise! She was so excited-as was I. SO, I think Emmie is going to end up potty training her. The next day, Emmie says "Jaynee lets go potty." I once again "scoff" and walk away to do laundry, and no sooner was Emmie yelling, " Mom, she did it again!". So I come upstairs, and Emmie is in the process of dumping her "pee pee's" in the potty! Seriously! What would I do without my other little mother in the house? Well, we will see how long this lasts. But until then, good luck Emmie and Jaynee!
We play on a co-ed softball team. IT IS SO FUN! All the girls switch around from center, to second, to left and sometimes catcher. Lezlie is inspector gadget and can gat any ball that comes to her (except when I try and lob it underhand and it goes over the other teams dugout!!:) SO she plays her first. This has been so fun for us. I love it and I am SLOWLY getting a bit better. Who cares though-its all for just having a good time. Although we did get a TROPHY last season-who knows where it is, but we got one-for second place! Not too bad!
After our last softball game, I had to come home and can my pasta sauce I had made that day and hadn't had time to get put in bottles! Ahh-my next picture lets you know when I finished!-LAME!
Here is my time signature. I had to take it just cause it was so dumb of me!
Emmie and Britney all ready for their game. Two little peas in a pod! I love it!
Go get 'em Emmie! I love watching how she isn't afraid to get in there with all the boys.
One of her favorite things to do at her game.
Lookin' really ready for anything. Actually this was when she had decided to stay out of the little mass that follows the ball, and wait for a good kick down to the goal line. Good thinkin' Boo.
Kaylee found some shade under my chair. It was pretty hot-and she had just finished a game.

I'm grateful

I always said I wouldn't post anything without pictures, (in fact I think those words escaped my mouth today!) but I really need to express how I am feeling. Today as I was coming home from the gym and grocery shopping, I was in a hurry because I was trying to get Emmie to kindergarten on time-she loves it so much and wants to be so prompt! So as I am flying down the interstate, I notice lots of brake lights ahead, I slow down, and eventually come to a dead stop. This is in between two exits, so there is no where to go. As I am stopped, I start hearing sirens, lots of them. After about 10 minutes, and maybe 20 yards, I count 4 ambulances, 3 fire trucks, 2 extraction team trucks, an incident management truck, and numerous police cars pass by us. I knew there was an accident, and knew it was bad. So as I sat there with my two littlest ones, pulling fruit snacks out of my purse (thank goodness I stuck those in there who knows how long ago), I realized how lucky and blessed I am. That could have been us, just as easy as anyone. Except I was just sitting in my car, safe, with two of my most favorite people. I guess you just never know.
I learn lessons all the time, and its always when someone I know passes away, or when something tragic happens, and its too bad that it takes something like that to help me remember how blessed I am.
When I finally got up to the accident, it was horrific. I tried to keep Emmie's attention because I knew she would see things I didn't want her to, but Jaynee did a good job distracting her by asking her to read her a book. A red full size truck was completely smashed in the front, with the door missing and of course the air bag deployed. On the other side (in the median) was one of those 15 passenger vans, with one whole entire side of the van missing. Inside was a mangled mess. You could tell the "jaws of life" had cut one of the doorside bars in half to get someone out. Luckily, the only person I saw was a man on a stretcher and he was conscious. However, after seeing it in person, I am positive not many people made it out alive. How sad, and tragic and fast. I drove home slowly, pretty shaken up. I just felt like going to the school, getting Kaylee, going home and locking all the doors, and never letting any of them out the door.
I am so thankful to have what I have! Cameron is wonderful. I am married to my best friend, who loves me and takes such good care of me. He is an amazing dad with our little girls. Our girls take all our time, attention and energy, but we love it; wouldn't want it any other way. They make us so happy. I have the most wonderful and supportive family, and inlaws. I have the greatest friends who are also so supportive and would be there in a heartbeat, and have been there when I have needed help. Who could ask for more?
I get caught up in all I "have" to do, but I need to remember what is most important; because it could all be gone in the blink of an eye.
Ok, so sorry for the blubbery post, but I just really wanted to express how thankful I am, and I wanted you all to know it!!

Angel of destruction

So today my little Angel Jaynee, turned into my little devil. Only problem is....that she is really really funny while she is at it all! First of all, Emmie comes running upstairs after I had just finished vacuuming the family room and said that Jaynee had dumped the bowl of popcorn on the couch. I didn't get pics of this one cause I was frantically cleaning it up so that the butter won't seep into the newly cleaned couch! I clean that up and am vauuming my stairs and Emmie runs upstairs and says" Mom, Jaynee spilled her milky sippy all over the coffee table. I proceed to head to the family room again, and find her decorating the coffee table with her sippy-she squeezes the squishy top with it turned upside down, and paints a pretty picture on my table. I didn't get a pic of that either cause you know how sticky milk is. Then, just a few minutes later I come upon a diaper, just....a diaper, used (piddles) with no evidence of a Jaynee anywhere. Of course I look upstairs and my little streaker runs from her room to mine, squeeling with glee of her newly found freedom. As soon as Cameron gets home, and I have the house slightly put back together, she takes her blocks, walks them over to the stairs (as she is talking to them like a little puppy-"come on, lets go..." and sits on the stairs with them on her lap. So here I am thinking "oh how cute, she is going to take them downstairs and build with them."The next thing I hear is "Here we go!" And then crash, clink....."Yea!!!!!!!!!" She managed to take off her diaper two more times today also. You may wonder, "Why don't you get her dressed?" and my only answer to that is "have you ever tried to dress her?" She either immediately takes them off, or she unsnaps herself and tries to re-snap for the next few minutes, at which she finally gives up and asks for help, and then you repeat the same steps of snapping and un-snapping for the next 45 minutes!!! But man, what can I say. She really is funny-if she wasn't funny and cute, she might be sold by now!

Ballet soccer?

Didn't know soccer and ballet went hand in hand? Well, Kaylee has the picture to prove it! That girl just loves to run and most of all have fun while doing it! Sometimes that includes leaps or handstands and cart wheels!
Have you ever seen a more convincing goalie? She was ready for anything!
This pic was taken right before she made her first goal of the season! Way to go Kaylee Jo!!
This was where most of Jaynee's time was spent at the game. Just kickin' the ball around. To be honest, she is pretty good.She just does these little tiny dribbles and keeps the ball right in front of her. She must take after her mom with this kind of soccer talent!HAHA! I never had a ball in front of me all the years I ran because I probably would have tripped on it!