Busy, busy, busy...

Last week was a busy week.  The kids had vacation Bible school, so that meant running back and forth in the evening, but the good thing about it- besides the kids learning about God- was that I got a couple hours to myself ;)  The theme was SonSurf and the church was decorated with all things beach related.

The kids getting ready to start the evening.  Wish I had remembered to take more pictures of the decorations.

A while back we bought a scale to keep track of Sweet Pea's weight gain in between Dr's visits.  I'm especially happy we have it now that she's completely refusing bottles and I have *no idea*how much she's getting nursing.

  

She must be getting enough.  She's outgrown her bed already ;)

Last week Saturday she was 9lbs even and last night she was 9lbs 7 oz.  Seven ounces in eight days is great!

The kids had a birthday party this weekend too.  And because it was so hot, it was at a pool.

No water for her...  Just hanging out in the shade.

Food was more important =)

That's about it for the last week or so.  Sweet Pea might have an appointment with a geneticist tomorrow- depends on if the insurance approves the referral.  Course, they've only had almost 3 months to do that...  Otherwise I plan on staying inside in the air conditioning.  highs are suppose to be 107* with heat indexes approaching 115*.  Remind me again why we wanted to move to TX =) 

An Eventful Day

Saturday we had planned on having a small party for Girly- girl to celebrate her birthday with her friends.  And of course, it was a princess party...

When did they stop making pinatas that you had to break open?  Pulling a string just isn't as much fun for the kids.

All the candy.  I'm sure the parents appreciated my filling their kids full of sugar ;)

And she made out like a bandit once again.

The cutest Cinderella...

And cake (cupcakes) and ice cream.  Then we kicked them all outside to play in the pool and run through the sprinkler.

Hmm...  what's that in the background?  

Oh, just a wildfire to make things more interesting.  At one point, we could see the flames above the treeline.

The field to the north of us and the field to the east were on fire.  The fire line came within about 600 yrds of our neighborhood.  The neighborhood to the north of us had at least 3 houses damaged by the fires.  

Later that day, we got to see an airshow.  

We just missed getting a picture of this one dropping the fire retardant chemicals on the field.  At this point, we're pretty sure it was just insurance that the fires wouldn't start up again.

And this is how you watch the field across from your house burn.

We are very thankful that the fires didn't come any closer.  And although we appreciated the airshow, I really don't want to see another one like it that close again =)

It's a Luau!

The dojo where Sarge and Junior train had a party to celebrate their 20th year.  And they threw a party.

Three of my monkeys.

Bowling with coconuts. 

He's got mad monkey skills.  Has no problem climbing up the rope or coming down.

Randomness

Things have been pretty quiet, but busy, the last couple weeks.  We meet with the cardiologist again today.  Hopefully we'll get some more answers about when they'll schedule the surgery.

But until then, just some randomness from the last couple weeks.

Hmm...  Maybe big bows on little babies really are cute ;)

AWANA awards night.  Girly- girl is moving up to Sparkies and Junior got the Over Achiever Award.

We have a tradition of planting something for each of the kids.  This is Sweet Pea's Owari Satsuma tree.  It produce little oranges that are very sweet.  Just like her- little and sweet =)

He's a ninja superstar. 

Amy, the midwife, at our 2 week check up.

Most of the family.  Girly- girl was at a friend's house- her first sleep over.

Another picture of my girls and me.

Our Sunday School's 2nd annual Memorial Day picnic.

The grill masters

Just hanging out

A tee ball superstar in the making.

Junior- junior thinks Sweet Pea's chair is the perfect size for him.

Hanging out in the back yard.  So glad they all get a long so well.