17 Months

This one is funny to me...it doesn't even really look like Katie.  But I love it!

Auntie Shawna

Auntie Shawna and Katie enjoyed spending some time together while we were visiting Grandma and Papa's house.

Swimmin'

The girls LOVE swimming!

 Can you tell?

 Lacey is so brave she loves to just float around the pool, last year she wanted you to hang on to her.  This year she's confident enough to go by herself with her flotation devices on.

 Katie loves the water too!  I got her a baby pool that she could play in but the truth of the matter is she'd much rather be in the big pool!

Yellow Belt

Someone earned her yellow belt today

can you guess who? 

 She has been working very hard for this

 6 months to be exact

 We couldn't be more proud of her!

 Kylie and her teacher Mr. C

And now the fighting pose!

Kylie's photoshoot

What can I say she LOVES to have her picture taken?!

She poses herself so it is SO easy to get good pictures of her and so much FUN too.

Love the Sweet and Sassy looks...sweet of course is my favorite ;)

Grandkids Photoshoot

While we were at my parents house we attempted to get the cousins together for a little photoshoot

It's so fun to see them all together!

They each have a 'twin' except for Kylie, she's the oldest and first grandchild.

The youngest grandchildren, Zoey and Katie.  They are both 1 year old and its so much fun to watch them interact with each other.

This is Brooklynn (Brooky) and Lacey.  These two wild girls are 3 years old, Brooky is getting ready to celebrate her 4th birthday in July while Lacey won't be 4 until November.  They LOVE each others company, I wished we lived closer they would be the best of friends!

This is Tristen and Colton.  Tristen is 6 and and Colton will turn 6 in a few days.  They are best friends and look forward to getting together to play!

And Kylie, the oldest grandchild.  She is 7 she will turn 8 in August.  She LOVES to have her picture taken.

I think these photos all turned out so well.  We are going to try to make it a tradition to get at least 1 group photo when we are together.

Papa's Motorcyle

Look a the motorcycle Mama!

She had so much fun riding with Papa!

Lacey was sleeping when all of the motorcycle action was going on earlier when Kylie got to go for a ride, so she settled for reving it up!  Katie did NOT enjoy the motorcyle AT ALL.

Auntie Samantha's House!

The girls LOVE going over to someone else's house to visit

especially if they've never been to the house before.

They were super excited to be able to go and visit Auntie Samantha and Uncle Ashtons house

because of course that meant that they would be able to play with their cousins!

They REALLY liked playing in the tree 'house'.  The little girls, Zoey and Katie had fun swinging on the swingset.  It was nice to be able to visit and for all the kids to play together, expecially since they don't see each other very often.

Visiting Auntie Karol

The girls were SO exctited when I told them that we were going to visit Auntie Karol

The first words out of both of their mouths were

"Can we ride the horses?!"

Guess who got to ride the horses?

They also love looking all of the other animals on the farm too.  Katie was very intrigued by all of the bird that Auntie Karol had in the house.  I  had a great time visiting too, hopefully it won't be so long before we are able to visit again.

Congratulations Shayla!

The Graduate, my baby sister Shayla.

Congratulations Shayla, I'm so proud of you!

Mom, Shayla and Dad

Grandma Schmidt and Shayla

Here she comes, let the Graduation begin!

The rose ceremony, always VERY emotional for both parent and graduate.

And I think even more emotional since she is the baby :-)

It's official, diploma in hand!

Auntie Shayla with her nices and nephews.  I must say I'm pretty sure she has the cutest nieces and nephews,  ever.

All of us kids!

The whole family!  It's been a long time since we've taken a picture with all of us!

Fancy schmancy graduation cake!

And, of course, I couldn't forget to put a picture of Shayla and Dylan!

The ceremony was very nice, and the day turned out perfect.  I'm so happy the girls and I were able to be there to help her celebrate her day.

Great Grandma Schmidt

During our visit to North Dakota for Auntie Shayla's Graduation the girls and I were lucky enough to get to spend some time with their Great Grandma (my Grandma).

They were so excited to get to see her, especially Kylie since she was the only one who really knew who she was.

Lacey was totally smitten with her, during the few days that Grandma was there it wasn't uncommon to see Lacey sitting in Grandma's lap. 

For Katie this was her first time meeting her Great Grandma.  Katie adored her, she also spent a lot of time in Grandma's lap. 

I'm so happy the girls got to spend this time with their Great Grandma.  I know she LOVED it too!



North Dakota bound!

Early tomorrow morning the girls and I will head to North Dakota to visit my side of the family and to go to Auntie Shayla's High School Graduation.  It's been a while since we've been home for an extended amount of time.  We will be there a week and a half.  It's a long drive, 12 actual driving hours.  We are hoping to get all the way there in one day, but with a 7, 3, and 1 year old its anyones guess if we will actually be able to do it.  We are so excited to see all of our family.  It should be a fun time!

Happy Feet

Yesterday was Lacey's last weeked for her Happy Feet Soccer league

she had so much fun!

She really liked Coach Jennifer and thought it was especially cool she got a medal

Doing 'toe taps' is very important

Playing ball with her coach during'warm up'

There she goes....

...goal!