Grandma's and Grandpa's

Matt's parents live only two to two and a half hours away and we love to go and visit.  They recently refurbished their backyard with a patio and fixed up the pool so it's even better.  At the end of July we went down for a visit and just played and played.....as you can clearly see!

 

The girls do not want to leave once they get to Grandma's and Grandpa's!  Would you?

Kevin's Family Visits!

My brother Kevin and his family came for a visit and it happened to be my brother's birthday on the 28th!  Matt and Kevin ended up going to Costco and buying the TV Matt has been saving for--forever!  You should have seen Matt's face when he brought it in.

Chocolate cake with lots of strawberries for Kev's birthday!  Make a wish....

Uncle Matt and Jack....Matt, Abby and Preston

Noah, Preston and Abby playing memory game before breakfast

I have been learning to sew from my friend Peggy.  She is amazing and ever so patient.  I chose an "easy to sew" pattern and it turned out to be anything but easy!  Oops!  I would not have been able to finish it without Peggy's help.  But it turned out great and Abby even enjoyed wearing it.  She looked pretty cute with her sparkly red shoes.

We were so glad they came to visit.  We love cousins so much!

Fun Girl Pictures

A few more pics from July--just us having fun.

 

 Dance on the 23rd

Dance Friend Parties

On Fridays once a month we try to get together with Abby's dance friends from her class this past year.  We usually meet at someone's house.  On the 19th of July we went to Emma's house and had great food and the girls watched their dance recital performance.  On the 17th we went to Lei Lani's house and swam!  We were lucky to meet such wonderful people and are grateful we continue to get together.

July 19 eating cupcakes and watching the video (Abby, Alyssa, Emma)

 Swimming on the 27th (an awesome pool)

Abby under the water!!!  Swim lessons did help!

 Alyssa, Lei Lani, Abby

 Lily wanted in the water too!

We Love the Park

We absolutely love to go the park--any park!  There is a park in downtown Bakersfield that has a playground and a river with ducks.  It is one of our favorite.  We went many times in the summer.  These pictures happen to be from July 20.

Abby's Swimming Lessons

Abby took swim lessons at American Kids where she takes dance and gymnastics, but the once a week idea did not work too well for her.  She would spend half the time getting use to the water again and only get a few minutes of real swim time.  She always had to "go to the bathroom" even though we just went.  So I pulled her out (it was expensive anyway) and July we put her in a two week course at Bakersfield College.  She swam Monday-Thursday for 2 weeks and made a lot of progress.  She had a lot of fun too.

  

Lily and Lexy watching big sister Abby swim!

Faces of Our Beautiful Lexy

I love as babies get a little older and start to make the sweetest faces.  At almost 3 months Lexy was making the greatest faces and they made me so happy I thought I should share them with you.  They will make you smile!

Love you Lex!