Naptime Antics

For nap time we separate the kids so they will actually sleep. Each day they take turns taking their nap in our bed. Yesterday happened to be Phedora's turn. While we have never had a problem before we have been forced to rethink our nap time arrangements. Phedora decided that she needed her nails done. So rather than taking a nap she was very quiet and did her nails. She did a pretty good job. She happened to be doing the painting part in our bed. But only a little nail polish made it onto the sheets. I think she realized that she was going to be in trouble because she also tried to take the nail polish off. Here's a few pics. Its hard to be angry at her though. She's so darn cute!

Am I really in trouble Daddy?

Look at my pretty nails...

The Rough Life....

Well this is actually from Dan. He was laughing at me for being hot all day and now that its starting to cool off a little I am cold. Truth be told I burned today at the park and that is why I am cold! Anyway here is the pics he took for you all.

Fun in the Sun!

Today was another scorcher here in sunny Arizona. This afternoon we headed over to the spray pad at Espee Park. The kids finally warmed up to playing in the water. We went over about a week and a half ago and they barely wanted to play in the water at all. We stayed for about an hour and a half before Hayden was starting to burn through the sunscreen. I swear he burns through everything. When we first got here we were using SPF30 and now we have moved up to SPF50 and he still burns. All in all a great trip to the park! Enjoy the pics.

5 Years of Marriage

Yesterday Dan and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary. It is amazing how fast time seems to go by. It feels like we just were married and here we are 5 years later. The path we have travelled has had its fair share of bumps. But we made it this far.

The wedding party. Olivia, Me, Dan and Rob

Rockstars

Yesterday the kids had a great time dancing and playing the guitar. I thought it was pretty cute. Hayden is a great little guitarist.

The Tour

I finally got around to making a video walk through of the new house. I wish you all could just coe visit and see it in person :( But since that is not possible this will work as well. Enjoy!

We finally got out of the house!

Well this morning we left the comfort of our air conditioned home and ventured over to Espee Park. I see us spending a lot of time there. While it is within walking distance we chose to drive. I just dont want to cross Knox with the kids in tow (theres isn't a crosswalk unless you walk past the park). Anyway, the kids had a lot of fun and even made new friends. There was another women there with her granddaughter Maddie, who is 4 and a friends daughter Jayden, who is 3. She watches both of the girls during the week. They all took to each other right away and had a great time playing. We will hopefully see them again at the park. The grandmother said they go there almost every morning. We will have to go back while the spray pad is open. It was perfect weather for it today, but it they dont turn the water on until 11. We were there for about an hour before it was time to go. Silly me forgot to lube the kids up in sunblock before we left so it looked like they might be starting to burn. When we left it was already 82 according to the digital thermometer they have posted at the park. I am not doubting its accuracy at all. It is hot out today. The weather says we should be at 99 by Monday. But of course they wont say 100 :) Just like home in that sense.
The house is coming together nicely. We spent the last week unpacking and we are almost there. A few odds and ends still remain and the pictures. I hung some yesterday, but with all these walls I just dont know what to do. Dan was making fun of me about it last night. He said we had four walls in the apartment and now you have all these walls to work with and you are having a problem. That is the problem. Too much wall space :) So I am going to work on it again today. I have to finish it today though since all the pics are on the living room floor.
We only had 3 broken items from the move. I lost a vase and the glass on 2 picture frames broke. Not bad at all. I would love to post some pics from the park today but.... I took the camera only to find out when i got there that the memory card was in the computer. So no pics today. Phedora told me we are going back after breakfast tomorrow though. So I will take pics for sure. She told me at the park today... "I am so happy Mom, so happy" It was cute. I am glad that the kids are adjusting well. Hayden told the lady yesterday at Starbucks "I am not moving back to that stupid apartment! I am never going back to Wa. I like it here in Az" He was very matter of fact about it.
I tried to post some pics earlier from the aquarium but for some reason it wasn't working. I will get some up though once I figure out what the problem is. Hopefully by tonight.
I am off to lube up the kids and hang some pictures. Wish me luck!