Dad's 52nd Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

Yesterday was my Daddy's 52nd Birthday! To celebrate, we had a some good friends over for a yummy dinner! I decorated Luau style and we had such a great time visiting, laughing, eating and opening presents! Happy Birthday Daddy!

These girls are too cute!

Jill and Karen.
Mike and his girls!

"Happy Birthday..."

Madison helping her Papa blow out the candles.

Even more bday pictures...

Me and my Mommy!
Carlos and Julianne.

Eating a super yummy dinner!

Julianne and Emily.

Emily with Gabe.

Father's Day 2009

This Father's Day was quite different for us. Because Blain is in Texas, we weren't able to see him. But we made sure to send him some love! Madison got to paint him a frame and she did a beautiful job! I put a picture of the girls in it for him and now it sits on his desk! We were able to get Skype working, so the girls were able to see his face and talk to him. We are definetly missing you Blain!

Crazy hair!

A week ago...Emily woke up and was sporting this totally rad hairstyle! I loved it!

Summer Fun!

Here are some pictures of Madison with one of her best friends, Sara. They spent the whole day outside in the sprinkler and had such a blast!

Nothing too exciting...

...has happened the last couple weeks. I have taken a bunch of pictures, I just have to get around to posting them! I always feel lazy when I'm at my parents' house. Still like a guest in ways and am not motivated! But the girls are doing well. Madison has turned into a teenager trapped in a 3 yr. old's body. She is defiant, rude, she yells at me, then will cry a half-second later, then laugh another second. (Total drama queen.) She is completely independant, and doesn't want me to help in anyway. Of course, this makes me all moody and then I yell back at her. *Sigh* I'm just not sure what to do!
Emily has made progress in her moving around this past week. She can now scoot across the floor. It's not crawling, but she's moving and she's getting better each day! We are very proud of her and hope it will help to keep her out of therapy!

Still get to talk to Blain each night. Miss him so much! He's doing as well as can be expected. Reading alot, swimming everyday, and finally bought a car! Well, truck actually. But he is no longer stuck on base!

When I get around to it, I will be posting all photos from this past month!

Fiesta Weekend.

Well, it's that time of year! We just had the annual Apricot Fiesta and what a weekend!

Friday night was the Miss Patterson pageant. Miss Chelsea White won over the judges and was crowned in front of hundreds of people! Both Madison and Emily stayed up to watch it! Neither of them fussed and both went to bed at 11 pm! Can you believe that?

Miss Patterson '09 Chelsea White with Madison!
And here again with my Dad!

Saturday was the parade! My dad looked amazing as always! I love his fiesta outfits! Emily slept through the whole thing and Madison was in awe of everything coming down the street. Her favorites? The dancing horses and the "Princesses" as she called them! The rest of the afternoon was spent visiting with old friends, walking down the booths trying not to buy the place out and having yummy fiesta food! After the girls came home to take naps and cool off, we walked down for a bit longer than came home to get ready for fireworks. Emily went to bed, but I took Madison to one of the baseball fields to watch them. We brought out our blanket and it was a great way to spend Mommy-Daughter time!

Yeah...totally awesome! That's my Daddy!

Sunday was the community church service, which went very well. Then home for naps, and then one last trip around the booths before it was time to say good-bye to the fiesta yet again. As always, I am already looking forward to next year!