Welcome to our World

Long story short, we decided to take an overnighter Memorial Day weekend.  We headed to Colorado Springs and experienced many things for the first time!  We were very fortunate that the family had to take a potty break at such a great city park.  We ended up spending an hour there even in the wind.  I was super excited to see a real merry-go-round.  Kaelah loved it & I almost died laughing when I accidentally made Danny's legs swing out.  Good thing he didn't let go to the bar!  I thought this was a nice set-up with the hills behind the park.  Danny's birth mother joined the Air Force this week so I insisted we visit the Air Force Academy.  There isn't much to the visitor's center, but the children were very impressed with this super fortress.  Danny exclaimed, "It's bigger than Daddy!"  Kaelah replied, "And Uncle Trent!"  OMG.  You can tell Michelle was very comfortable feeding the giraffes at Cheyenn...

I've noticed there are so many people and normal stuff that just doesn't make it into the blog in proportion to how often we are with them or experience something.  For instance, I've been going to church almost my entire life & I probably have half a dozen pictures to show for it.  Just an example.  On to what this is really about: saying good-bye to Kaelah's best friend.  Oh, California, why did you have to offer such an enticing job to her daddy?  On their last day together us 2 moms & the 5 children spent about 5 hours at the park & at McDonald's.  Running away from the bad guy (Danny), playing in the sand, playing tag, eating lunch, and the actual good-bye.  B. was so upset she began bawling & then her mom, K. started crying and I ended up promising B. we would come visit her in California.  Luckily hubby said that was ok for me to take Kaelah for a weekend.  We'll probably wait until after Labor Day to avoid the sum...

Oh, my beloved iPhone.  I am so glad you are around to feed my desire to document due to a fear that I will one day forget all this due to lack of sleep.  With Danny's 3rd birthday approaching I am keenly aware this also means it has been almost 3 years since Dan & I had uninterrupted sleep.  Oh, Michelle!  Why do you have to be so much like me in that respect?!?  Dan did a magnificent job heading up the project to put a sandbox under the play set in my parents' back yard.  The rope swing was an impulse buy at Home Depot & a tremendous hit with Kaelah.  Speaking of Kaelah, she decided she didn't like her 16" bike & wanted a princess scooter like she saw a neighbor girl riding.  So I told her if I could sell the bike she could have the scooter.  Sold it on Craigslist and she couldn't be happier.  I was expecting at least a tad of buyer's remorse, but not a drop!  She really honestly did not like her bike anymore....

It is 1am & I can't sleep, so I might as well get something done.  And I can't blame the lack of sleep on the children tonight -- they are sound asleep and looking like precious little angels.  I haven't blogged all month and have taken over 700 pictures.  So we'll just start with the Nikon camera & see where we get.  Grandma Karyl is now on level 4 of her Wilton cake decorating classes at Michael's.  She truly enjoys making those cakes & cupcakes and my children truly enjoy it when they are brought to our house to eat.  Danny has hit a little phase of dressing up & he brightens up any place he goes.  He dressed up as Woody to go out to eat at our favorite local Italian restaurant, Pinocchio's.  Everyone beamed.  He's such a lovable little boy.  There is certainly something wonderful and hard to describe about him... when he's not fighting with his sisters.  Kaelah makes for a gorgeous May Day celebrator...

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