Quick Update

I want to do a quick update since I am horrible about updating the blog lately (it will happen soon). Here are some pictures that I took of the girls on my phone.

Addison

Addison loves going to the pool. She goes down the slides, swims in the deep pool, and talks to all the lifegaurds. She is excited about going to kindergarten in August. Addison loves reading, writing, and drawing pictures. She is definitely our artsy girl.

Caemlyn

Caemlyn also loves to go to the pool. She loves swimming in the deep pool, because it is always warmer than the kiddie pool. She loves playing with Addison. Caemlyn has discovered the mail and wants to mail a letter daily. She is definitely testing out her horrible three boundaries, but thinks that if she smiles, she can get away with anything.

Trouble aka Brooklyn

She took every toy out of the basket just so she could climb into it

Brooklyn is still the happiest baby, but my most challenging baby with teething and sleeping. She is awake at 5am every morning. I am now getting use to waking up that early. She has started joining me on my runs in the morning. Brooklyn has to get into everything and eat everything. She loves following her sisters around and loves her Daddy. She will be one year old in a few weeks. She is walking everywhere when she is holding onto something. She says Dada, Mama, and Uh-oh.

Daddy/Daughter Dance

Ben and Addison got to attend their first Daddy/Daughter Dance at the elementary school. Addi was counting the days down until the dance. She was so happy to take her Daddy, who is so special to her.

All dressed up

My cute Addison

Ben and Addison

A very upset Caemlyn, because she was not allowed to go

Red Rock fun

We love living in Red Rock! Our neighborhood put on a carnival type event. We stopped by with our friends, the Brown family, and had lots of fun.

The kids got to ride ponys.

Addison

Our friend Shane

Caemlyn

Our friend Cason and Lindsay

Shooting some hoops

They got to sit in a tiny airplane.

Caemlyn

Addison

Cason and Shane

They also got to jump on lots of different jumping castles, sit in a garbage truck, and sit in a fire truck. Fun times!

I awake now!

Caemlyn has decided that she will not take naps anymore. Whenever I mention naps, she just tells me "I awake now". For the first month of this no nap thing, I kept finding her asleep around the house. So cute!

A trip to Build-a-bear

Caemlyn received a gift card to build-a-bear for her birthday from her Auntie Mandy. She had a lot of fun building her own stuffed animal. At build-a-bear, they have you put a heart in your stuffed animal. Then they sew it closed. When we got home, Caemlyn was so upset because she wanted the heart. She kept telling me to open the back of her Hello Kitty so she could get the heart back. It was cute!

Caemlyn picked Hello Kitty

Washing their stuffed animals. Addi got that unicorn on her birthday and really wanted to bring it

Cinderella Hello Kitty...Caemlyn's two favorite things!

Caemlyn turned 3!

Back in February, my little girl turned three! We love our Caemlyn. She is so sweet and loves to makes us laugh. Whenever she gets into trouble, she just thinks that she can flash that cute smile and everything will be ok. Caemlyn likes to color, anything Blues Clues and Caillou, and loves to play with her sisters. She tells me that everyone is her friend. Caemlyn's favorite phrase is "I do it myself." She is our little independent three year old :)

She was very excited for her birthday, and all she talked about was her Blues Clues birthday party.

Opening her presents

The doll crib that she got

Marjory and Joseph

Ray and Jana

Brooklyn and Ben

Caemlyn and Addison

Caemlyn blowing out the candles

What is a party without pin the tail on the donkey? Here is everyone playing pin the tail on the donkey.

Marjory

Ben

Joseph

Last trip to Station 4

We visited Ben at the station on his last day before he started classes. The girls love stopping by the station and making themselves right at home!

Brooklyn driving the fire truck

Now Addison driving the fire truck

Caemlyn was the most excited about driving the fire truck

Sisters!

Caemlyn is not too sure about wearing the turnouts

Addison is ready to be a firefighter

Addison hanging on!

Let the adventure begin!

For the next six months, Ben will be working 8 to 5 Monday through Friday...a normal schedule. He just finished Hazmat class and has been working the "normal" schedule for the past 6 weeks. I can honestly say that I do not like it. I really enjoy his six days off and only working 10 days a month. He started paramedic class today and will be doing that until September. I know that he will do awesome!

I thought that this was really cute and had to post it. Ben was sitting on our bed studying and Addison went and sat down next to him. She gave him a big hug and said:

Addison: "Good luck in your class tomorrow. I know you are a little nervous and that's ok. I am a little nervous to go to the dentist tomorrow. You will do good job."

Ben thought I coached her to say that to him, but I didn't. She did it all on her own. So cute!

Trip to the Phoenix zoo

We had a great time going up to the Phoenix zoo with some friends. The girls had a lot of fun!

This turtle was headed in the wrong direction. Quint was so brave to save this turtle and help it go in the right direction. This is one lucky turtle :)

My cute girls!

I made all the kids get into this kangaroo. They love it

Cason, Gavin, and Brooklyn

Addi, Tristan, Shane, and Caemlyn

Addi petting a goat

Caemlyn had to pet every goat

The kids really liked to milk this fake cow. Weird, right?!

Caemlyn is stuck!

This is what happens when you stick your arm in between the bars on my kitchen chairs. And this is not the first time that she has done this...

This is what happens when her arm is really stuck and it just won't come out... my poor chair