it! This morning while I was at my water aerobics class, Jackie took off the door and taped and painted it! I was so excited when I got home. The whole house is the grey color now. We still have some trim to paint, but for the most part it's finished! I'm so glad that Jackie is a super painter! He did such a great job and it looks exactly like I wanted. You can also see the flower bed we cleaned out before Mother's Day. It's so wonderful to have your own home that you can paint or do whatever you want to with!
While we started painting Taylor slept in until 9 o'clock. That's an amazing feat. She hardly ever sleeps past 8. So we were able to get a lot done without her "help." She is very active, she's a doer and not a watcher! She loves to be right in the middle of everything. Jackie had a bucket of water he was using to set up the sprayer. Taylor washed her hands in it, and that was just the beginning. Then she wanted to put her feet in. Before we knew it, she was inside the bucket with all her clothes on. So, she and I went inside, slathered up with sunscreen, and dug out a swimsuit. So, this is what she did while Jackie and I were painting. This is her being a fountain. She loves to make wishes at fountains. Too bad my paint clothes didn't have pockets for some pennies!
She had to refill the buckey about four times because when she would jump in the water would splash out. She loves to play with water. She loves to splash in the tub, water plants, wash dishes, wash her hands, if it involves water, she's there!
We have a big tote outside that we throw all her outside toys in so they aren't all over the yard. So, since she didn't have much room in the bucket, I dumped out the toys and we started filling that up. But, go figure, she wanted the bucket! Here she is filling up the tote.
Jackie had to join in on the fun too! She saw me squirt him with the hose, so of course she had to try it too. It was really, really cold water! Doesn't the grass look pretty and green?
Jackie and Taylor didn't want me to squirt them anymore! Taylor had to go inside and get her baby to play too. Good thing the baby will go in the washing machine!
Taylor loves to flex her muscles to show how strong she is. We have been working on eating "smart food" aka veggies, so her brain will grow just like her muscles! She even makes a serious face, it's hilarious!! Here Jackie and Taylor are comparing muscles!
Taylor had to go take a break for a drink of water, so Jackie was left alone in the tote. It really is not that big, but we all had a blast playing in it today. Guess this means we need to buy a pool. The sun was shining, but the yard was nice and shady and the wind was blowing so we all got really cold. Taylor's teeth were chattering, but she was having so much fun and didn't want to quit!
It was such a great day! We got a lot done and had a whole lot of fun!! I'm so glad that Jackie likes to relax and have fun.
Last Saturday, my dear friend Mindy and her son JJ, drove up from Lubbock to spend the afternoon with us. The kids had so much fun playing together. It was so great to see her. Taylor loves to read, she draged JJ into the chair and read him her Dragon book. It was so cute.
We went to the zoo. The Amarillo zoo is small, but it's the perfect size for two toddlers. By the time we walked through it, they were tired.
Here is the resting place when we finished seeing the animals. Jackie kept tickling them and they just laughed and laughed.
Mindy brought a wagon, and it was so good. Taylor wanted to push it instead of ride in it though. They look so cute here in their shades with their suckers. They had so much fun playing!
On Monday, Memorial Day. We drove to Plainview and celebrated Cindy's birthday. We went to a Japanese restaurant and Cole and Emma loved the fire, but it scared Taylor. Then we took the kids to the park to burn off some energy and give the grown ups some time to talk. It was so much fun. I'm so glad we are so close to them. Cindy is a great friend and I'm so thankful to get to see my niece and nephew grow up.
I'm bummed this picture did not turn out better. Taylor and Cole were just swinging on this tire swing and chatting. It was so cute.
Here's a picture of Josh and Cole taking a break from playing.
This playground in Plainview was so awesome. There were tons of things for the kids to do. Taylor and Emma started sharing the swing, but it didn't last too long. They wanted to go higher, but they couldn't with both of them in it.
Emma and Taylor love spending time together. I love this picture of them holding hands. They have so much fun playing and laughing together. Taylor even calls Emma on her phone to tell her about her day.
This is a great picture of the three of them. It's hard to believe how fast they are growing. It's so hard to get three little ones to all pose and smile for the picture.
Saturday Jackie made my day and took me to the George Strait concert at the new Cowboys Stadium in Dallas. It was an amazing time. We got up early Saturday and drove to Dallas. In Bowie we had car trouble and one of the spark plug wires quit working. Thankfully, Jackie had already bought them. A nice mechanic in town let him borrow some rags so he wouldn't burn himself too bad. We got to the concert at 6. We missed the first act, we made it in time to see Blake Shelton, Reba, and of course GEORGE!! The stadium was awesome. We climbed to the very top to see how big it was. They even opened the roof which was really cool. I couldn't take my camera in because it had a video camera on it. I got some pics with my cell phone, and they are ok. We had a great time and really enjoyed being together. We got back Sunday morning just in time to get dressed and to pick up kids for church. We didn't get to sleep until Sunday night at 11. It was exhausting but worth every minute. Thanks to mom and dad for letting Taylor stay the night.
We are getting ready for a big party for Dad's 50th birthday on Saturday. It's going to be great. I will post pics from it soon!
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