A week late but all for a good cause! Our wonderful friends Rob and Cye and their cutie Jackson moved into town and its been fun getting together! It's been rough for them since their stuff can't be moved in as they had expected. Two weeks late! What? At least they've had the space clear of furniture so that they can repaint their house. And repaint they did! The house looks COMPLETELY different and I can't wait for their stuff to come tomorrow so that they can be comfortable again!
We had July 4th dinner at our house full of ribs, burgers, fruit, and veges.
We were SO stuffed! We couldn't even have dessert! What? That's crazy!
Jackson and Benton get along SO well even though Benton is 10 months older. It's so funny listening to them have conversations because half the time I don't even understand them but they seem to understand each other just fine!
Mia is smitten with Jackson as well. She asked for him first thing this morning when she woke up. lol. What a goon. I do use it to my advantage though when the kids aren't cooperating with me ;-) "Okay then we don't get to go see Jackson tonight if you don't clean up your toys!" lol. Ah but it works. Sadly enough.
I can't get enough of my little doll. I am having so much fun with her and how girly she is. Granted she doesn't like to play with girlie toys a lot, she sure loves it when I do her hair! I'm soaking it all in because it's so much fun and I know she'll only want me to help her with her hair for so long before she wants to do it.
These strawberries definitely look prettier than they are delicious to eat. They actually tasted horrible but the kids seemed to like it....mama didn't like the sugar high.
We decided to fly kites at the park instead of going downtown to see the fireworks just because I'm a little paranoid of the crowds with the kids and who knows how many drunk drivers there are on the roads on a holiday.
I didn't think that the kids would be able to fly kites but they all did so well! I was definitely surprised! Benton loved it and besides the couple times that we had to run after a loose kite, it was a lot of fun and they did so well!
Mias been learning how to hop, jump and skip all at the same time and she is just adorable!
The kids racing! Oh my SO cute!
Mr. Jackson Lloyd!
Oh she just loves posing and flirting for the camera. She definitely is a girl.
Cye and Jackson
July is also the 5 year anniversary since my Aunts passing. I am a really emotional person but it so SO hard for me to express my feelings and I just HATE crying infront of people. So I tend to remove myself mentally and emotionally from situations that I know will make me break down. And this is one of those times. I will always ALWAYS regret not being there when she passed away and I wished I were stronger to have been able to be there for her. I'm thankful to God that Mia looks a lot like her and is a constant reminder of my aunt.
