Elayna's Baptism

Friday was Elayna's baptism. It was a joyous time for all. Her godparents are Amy and Ryan, and Dave and Melissa.

Playing with Cousins

This week has been fun for Hannah. She has done nothing but play HARD with her cousins. The girls have been suffering from some extreme exhaustion. But, how do you stop them from playing as much as possible when they get to see each other so little.We were able to get the two little girls in swim lessons together. Darius was also in the small class of six kids. They were all so cute together. Here the three girls are posing after jumping on the trampoline. When it isn't raining, the girls are jumping around like monkeys. They could jump all day if we let them. Here Uncle Ryan is spinning the girls in the hammock chair. Sadly, the chair broke...eight years of weathering made the strings weak and a couple of them broke. You can see one broken at the end already. Oh well, the girls were able to spin several times and we got some cute pictures. Mom has her pond clean and running already. Even though these past two weeks have been miserable and rainy, we had a couple hours of sun and were able to get some cute photos. Here the three girls are posing. Hannah's attention span is short and quickly gets bored of photos.

This picture is entirely too cute to not share to everyone! My nieces are absolutely adorable!!!!!

Rescue Pack

Today Dave and Melissa asked if they could take Hannah to pick out a birthday gift. Of course Hannah was excited, so how could I say no. When I got home, she was playing with two back packs. One was the "Rescue Pack" from Go Diego Go and the other is "Backpack" from Dora. When it was nap time, she went to bed easily as long as she could take one of her back packs. Here she is sleeping with "Rescue Pack". This was just too cute not to share. Enjoy!!! In the mean time Elayna was attempting to sit (poorly) on the couch. I was trying to get both her and Ollie in the same picture, but it never worked out well. I will keep trying!

Fun in the Sun

Yeah!!! Summer is finally here! The other day we decided to put a hose underneath the trampoline and invite some friends over. Hannah and Darius got up there and enjoyed splashing around and getting each other wet. It is nice because they can get wet by jumping but the black top keeps it rather warm. Darius is still a little unsure on the trampoline, but eventually got up and started jumping around. Here he and Hannah were chasing each other in circles. It's amazing how many times they can run in a circle without getting bored!!!

Darius eventually got a little cold and got off of the trampoline. This DID NOT sit well with Hannah. The instant he got down Hannah started throwing a fit. She was screaming and pouting. Of course, being the good mother and all, I took lots of pictures. I then took a video of the episode. Here she is still throwing a fit about Darius leaving the trampoline! Even though the big kids loved jumping on the trampoline, Rheya was a little timid to jump and get wet. She was perfectly content to swing for hours.
Of course Elayna had to get out in the sun and swing herself. We grabbed her little fish swing and brought it outside. She doesn't ever seem to last too long when she is the swing and soon fell fast asleep.

Let's just hope the weather holds and the kids can keep getting out and playing in the water.