Home again, home again!

Well, we got home from my sisters house yesterday. We sure did have a good time! The kids love to play with eachother! Silas just LOVES Ireland! My sister already posted a blog about some of the things we did while we were there, so here are some leftover photos!

We went to the mall to play at the play area. Silas just loved it! He made me laugh the whole time because he just walks around yelling... at nothing really... just yelling! It was so funny!

All the kids really enjoyed going out and playing. They had been stuck in the house for days so they were ready to be set free!

Yesterday before we left we tried to get a good picture of the 4 cousins... not an easy thing to do! There isn't one where all of them are looking and smiling... but they all made me smile when I looked at them!

(by the way... the sweaters Ireland and Chloe are wearing are from Childrens Place... for $5!!!! I don't know how long the sale lasts, but its worth getting online to check it out! They are good quality, heavy sweater.)

We had a really great time in Kansas. It is the last time we get to go there before we move... so it was kind of bitter sweet... We are so excited to move to Washington and ready for this new adventure. But we are going to miss being so close to family! It will be hard to get use to the fact that we can't drive to see them easily anymore!
But we all know know that won't stop us from visiting!

Ok, these next few pictures are from before we left for KS. They girls had just watched Barbie 4 Musketeer on tv... when it was over, Ireland promptly dressed herself and Chloe up as musketeers... The following pictures are some classic ones... you are in for a treat!

Aren't they the best looking Musketeers you've ever seen!? I love it!
Chris is gone at a training. So that means the girls and I are on our own for a while. Please pray that Chris does good in training. Love you all!

Thanksgiving and decorating tree!

Happy belated Thanksgiving! We had a good one here and I hope you all had a great one too! Chris grandma and brother came up to spend the holiday with us. They got her Tuesday and will be here until Sunday. It has been a great visit! Here are some pictures of their visit!

Ireland got these jammies for her bday. She was excited to show them off!

Ireland decided that she wanted to make everyone Thanksgiving placemats... She traced her had and made hand turkeys. She was so proud of them! She worked on them for 2 days or so. Here she is drawing some of them.

Chloe and her Gran!

We always bake the day before Thanksgiving... so the girls got to help this year. We made Nana's Chocolate chip cookies, Oatmeal toffee cookies, and Puppy Chow (Gran and Danny had never even heard of Puppy Chow!!!!).

This was the first time baking with the girls that they were actually helpful and I didn't feel like I was losing my mind by the end of it! It was actually a lot of fun! And all our treats turned out perfect!

Later that day the girls were playing outside... living on a military post we hear the trumpets everyday (if we are outside) when they lower the flag. Chris taught the girls that when you hear the trumpets they need to face where the flag is (they can't see it) and salute. I walked outside and saw them standing like this... they are saluting the flag while it was being lowered. It just melted my heart!

Here is Ireland on Thanksgiving morning. She picked out her own outfit... she said she thought it would be a very fallish and beautiful holiday outfit of Thanksgiving... I blame her Nana for this kind of talk!

Chris and Gran... Chris isn't mad... this is just how he looks! Always...

Chris and me

Picture of the table with all our placemats! So cute!!

Yesterday Gran and I went shopping and she got the girls some new outfits! Here is Ireland in her outfit... she was so excited because Gran got her a purple shirt and it matches her new purple boots!

I can't get over how cute Chloe's little outfit is! It came with a little matching tutu! She loves it!

Trying to get a picture together!

We decorated the Christmas tree last night. It has been up for a few days but we held off decorating it until yesterday. They girls LOVED it! It is really first year that they both could help out and they didn't do more harm than good!

I love this picture because you can see by her body language how much concentration was going into hanging this ornament!

Chloe showing her favorite one to Ireland.

Gran helping Ireland.

Ireland and Daddy finding the perfect place.

Chloe showing off her stocking... it is actually her old stocking because Gramma King made them new ones last year... but Chloe thought they were all so funny because they looked like shoes!

We sure have had a fun few days!
Gran dropped my camera in a sink full of water... so hopefully it works ok and I can keep posting blogs! (Just giving Gran a hard time... Chris has another camera if my is broken)
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend!

Leftovers...

I thought I would let you all see some leftover pictures from my sisters visit. The kids had so much fun playing with eachother! I got a lot of great pictures of them... you can tell they are having a blast!

The first night they got here we put on some music and they all danced around... actually, now that I think of it, we didn't put on any music... I was watching So You Think You Can Dance (best show ever) and the kids were dancing too!

Things eventually got really crazy and they ALL ended up without any pants on! :)

Silas was so cute... he wanted to be a part of the fun too. He kept coming up to the girls and trying to hold their hands and dance with them. Camdyn didn't think it was that special, but Ireland and Chloe thought it was pretty neat!

The weather was really nice while they were here. So we got to go outside and play in the backyard. The girls started to play a game where they would start at one side of the yard and I would tell them to do different things while they moved to the other side of the yard... like walk backwards, jump, spin... they are hopping like frogs in this picture.

Besides Chloe's goofy smile, this is a super cute picture! Aunt Sissy brought Chloe this dress and she was so excited that she could match Camdyn! They love eachother so much!

Camdyn is trying to trace Chloe... it never did work. They were laughing too hard! :)

We had such a great visit with them! I am so happy Ireland could have them here for her birthday!
Gran and Uncle Danny come tomorrow so the next blog should be a fun one!