Pushing big sis in the stroller.

Just being cute and silly.

Getting ready to wrap the baby up.

Holding hands together.

Mackenzie helping to make daddy's favorite cookies.

A bird in Grammy and Peepaw's yard eating out of Kenzie's hand.

Scrub a dub dub.

Hanging out with uncle Tristan.

Driving to Colorado - Maya relaxing in Aubrey's carseat.

Mackenzie was so tired one night she crashed right on the floor.

Mackenzie and Aubrey in the Uhaul.

Matt's birthday!

Flirting with the camera.

I finally found the camera cord! Yay! Here are just some random pictures from the move and the past few weeks. It has been a whirlwind, but we are settled in with my parents and I think we know where almost all our stuff is :)

Matt is doing great at the new church, just busy learning lots of new names!

Mackenzie and her best friend Maddie at Ballet.
Showing off her new moves.

Aubrey trying out uncle Tristan's glasses.

Mackenzie found a seat just her size.

Aubrey Grace hanging out on the rocks.

Mackenzie and Aubrey splashing around in Grammy's fish barrel.

On the patio.

At the tubs.

PJ Party

So the past month has been hectic, to say the least. We went out to Colorado for my mom's (early) birthday and came home with a job offer. Well, technically Matt came home with a job offer :) He will be taking over the high school youth ministry position at LifeBridge CC in Longmont. We are so excited and also sad to be leaving Prairie Grove and the church here. We are moving in one week (!) so we are also very busy trying to see people, get packed up, and get stuff lined up for the next year for the church (again, that would be Matt). But I was feeling so bad about not updating, so here are some highlights from the month.

Here are some recent pictures of the girls! They are both doing so well. Mackenzie just started a ballet and tap class last week - she loves it so far and is doing great! This is her first "real" class besides sunday school and MOPS. She is still all about the princesses. The other day in walmart I lost her - she was right behind me and I turned the corner and she was gone. It was SO scary - the only thing that kept me from totally freaking out is that she was singing like Ariel, so I could hear her the whole time. She ended up being two isles away - still have no idea how she managed that.

Aubrey is still not a fan of sleeping, but besides that she is adorable and fun and perfect. She and Mackenzie are playing together more and more which is so sweet to see - they really love each other. Mackenzie tells everyone "This is my baby sister Aubrey Grace. She likes animals."

We are headed to CO tomorrow! We are flying out, part of my mom's 50th birthday gift from my dad! Yay for not driving! Mackenzie is so excited, she has been packing her backpack, and she even got a new little princess for the airplane ride.

Summer Fun!

Here's some recent pictures! Matt's parents got the girls a slip n slide, so they have been having fun with that. Aubrey just likes to stand in it and let it spray her :) The nakey baby pic is Aubrey trying to escape her jammies, which is our nightly ritual. At least she was laughing that time and not screaming, which is more typical!

Home Again

Playing in the pool again - it has been HOT here.
Mackenzie has been begging for months to take Grammy and Peepaw to the duck pond, so that is what we did when we got home.

Aubrey loved the ducks too.

I'm not sure if she was throwing the bread AT the ducks or TO the ducks...

Mom was trying to get them to eat out of her hand.

In other news, Aubrey had her one year check and she is doing well, but not growing so much. She is in the less than 3% for weight and the 4% for height. But, knowing Mackenzie's growth curve, it doesn't surprise me too much and I'm not that worried, although she is even smaller than Kenz was at a year.

Mackenzie continues to be a handful at times. She has a quick temper and strong opinions. I hear this is normal for 3 year olds though, so I am holding out hope that I will not seriously injure my child before she reaches adulthood :)

She is still in the princess/dress phase bigtime. The other day at walmart she was holding up her dress with the tips of her fingers, swishing side to side and watching herself in the ice cream cooler. She was also singing "I see your HINEY, its nice and TINY, you better HIDE it, before I bite IT!!!" I mean, what do you do with that???

PS - look below for Colorado/birthday pics.

Colorado Highlights

This was actually on the way home. We stopped at the Rolling Hills Wildlife place outside of Salina, KS. We were super impressed - it was clean, new, the animals were all very social and we had a blast. This was the kid's petting zoo area where you could feed cows, goats, and other barnyard animals.
Mom making friends with the calf.

This was a monkey type animal - shoot, I can't think of the name of it. Anyway, it would walk away and then come back and pop up and hit the glass. Mackenzie would run away screaming and then they would do it again. It was so cute.

Aubrey chillin' in the stroller.

This is a picture of the girls on the patio at my mom's work. We went in to visit and help out one day.

My dad took Mackenzie to the fire station in Pinewood. She sat in all of the trucks and she really didn't want to leave!

At the park one day.

Mackenzie with her annual Estes Park ice cream cone.

My mom keeping Mackenzie from falling in the wishing well thing.

We had a girl's day and we all got our hair cut (except Aubrey!) Mackenzie was soooo good, she jumped right up in the chair and TALKED the girl's leg off the entire time.

There are a herd if elk that live around Pinewood, and one day they were just right off the side of the road. They are so cute right now with their fuzzy antlers.

Aubrey loving on Peepaw. She kept grabbing his shirt and pulling him down for a bonk. He was covered in black bean juice when she was done.

Mackenzie LOVED riding in the hiking backpack almost every night for walks.

This was a rainbow we saw one night up at the house. I think it was the brightest most perfect rainbow I have ever seen. Mackenzie keeps asking when it is coming back, lol.