My Stick Family!

Here is my stick family for my car! Mike is holding his laptop, since it goes EVERYWHERE he goes! (even to bed with him most nights!) :) I am exercising, since I am a trainer and I exercise more now! Livia is holding her digital camera that she loves to take pic's with, and Sydney is wearing her swimsuit, since she loves to play with water and be outside! I got them from my friend, Chauntelle, who makes decals and fun stuff, so she helped me personalize all of us! Isn't it so cute!!!? Here is her blog if you want to check out a few things that she has! http://www.expressionsbyelle.blogspot.com/ Thanks Chauntelle, I LOVE it!

Sydney is such a girl!

Sydney LOVES taking bubble baths with candles and music. It's really funny, but cute! She had her first one, by herself, when she was 3, and ever since she always wants one. She doesn't get them that often, but when she does she could stay in there for an hour if I let her. Funny girl!

Computer Geeks!

I walked into the office the other day and this is what I found:

Mike's playing his game on his computer, Livia's playing Webkinz on my computer, and Sydney is playing Hello Kitty on my laptop! Can you say Computer Geeks! I think Mike is rubbing off on the girls!!!

Sydney's First Day of Preschool!

My Baby's Growing Up!!! She started preschool today. She is actually a "Lab Rat" for the U of I. There is a Children's Laboratory on campus, where students interact with the kids, (supervised of course) where they get hands-on experience. It's only for 2 1/2 hours MWF, but she loved her first day today! She loves being with other kids and loves crafts! Now I will have some "me" time a few times per week; that I will probably, hopefully spend at the gym! ;)

Fishing in Spring Valley

This weekend we went to the Spring Valley Reservoir and went fishing for the first time this summer! Sad, I know! Last summer we went fishing a lot, but for some reason we haven't gone this summer. Anyway, we explained to the girls that they can't sissy out of helping with the worms, but when it was actually time to put a worm on the hook, Sydney totally FREAKED out! She started crying and everything! So I insisted that she hold one to show that they are just dirty, not dangerous. She cried for a little bit (as you can see in the first photo), but then she laughed 'cuz it tickled her hand! Now she will hold worms, but still won't bait her own hook. Baby steps right? We never did catch anything, but it was still fun!

Crazy Sleepers!

Almost every night when I check on the girls before I go to bed, they are always in very weird positions. Sydney always has some body part sticking out from her rails, and Livia is just a crazy sleeper! She will be sideways, backwards, twisted all up in her blankets, or everything will be stripped off the bed. Anyway, this is what I found last night! They wanted to both sleep sideways I guess. I can't understand why - it can't be comfortable, especially for poor Sydney on the top bunk! I thought it was funny though!

Priest River Weekend

Last weekend we went to Priest River, again (shocker - I know!) :) We went to my grandma and grandpa's 60th wedding anniversary party, celebrated my mother-in-law's birthday, and went blueberry picking! It was a full weekend, but it was fun. The girls absolutely LOVE it up there. They get to run around wild and get as dirty as they want; plus they get to see all 4 of their grandparents, which only live 2 miles apart from one another! They are very lucky girls.

Here's some pics from blueberry picking! The berries were so big and easy to pick. I think the girls ate more than they picked though! :) We went with my mother and sister-in-law, Diana & Beth, along with my mom and sister, Tara, and of course, the kids.

Aren't the blueberries huge!!! We got a good mix of the blue and red berries! I kept telling the girls to get only the dark blue ones, but they insisted that they tasted the best if you put a red and a blue one in your mouth at the same time! Whatever, at least they are eating something healthy, right?!

Here are my grandma and grandpa, Cal & Betty Holley. They just had their 60th wedding anniversary, so we all went to that on Saturday. It was a very busy event. TONS of people were there, so the kids got to play with their cousins.

Here are all 5 of their daughters, Becki, Christy, Terri, Kathy (my mom), & Deana Holley

They tried to do the Charlie's Angels Pose ..... (no comment!) :)