Hot Hot Hot!

It has been incredibly hot here the past few days.  So hot that when I took my camera out to snap a picture of the kids the lens fogged up and created this shot.  Instead of waiting and trying to get a better, clearer shot, I thought this one was just right.

It has seriously gone from one extreme to another this summer.  I just can't believe it went from being cool to extremely hot and humid.  We have also had more severe weather threats than I ever remember when we lived here before.  This does not settle well with someone who has some pretty serious storm anxiety.

The kids' summer soccer and t-ball are wrapping up in the next couple weeks and it is time to start registering for fall activities.  It really can't be this time already; before we know it summer will be gone and this makes me very sad.  With this said I am trying not to complain about the heat because we are blessed to have a very cool, comfortable air conditioned home.  Our treks outside just have to be short and filled with an abundance of water.  Pretty soon I will be complaining about 40 below weather.  Such is life in the midwest.

Happy Anniversary Ryan!

We received a sweet Anniversary card in the mail and I found it very suiting for our relationship:

"A good marriage is a partnership between two good people.  It's trusting, laughing, and knowing when to compromise.  It's remembering what matters and forgetting what doesn't.  It's filling life with what you love and loving who you're with. "

Happy 5th Anniversary Ry!  Love you so much!!

The Girls.

Kadence and Kenzie have been spending some girl time together.  Lately Kadence has been wanting to play with her little sister and sing to her, a lot (she is still making sure Kenzie is not playing with her favorite toy of the day).  Kenzie thought it was pretty fun to take a bath with just her big sister!

Just love these two and their big smiles!

The other day, Kenzie had woken up from her morning nap and apparently Kadence decided to join her in her crib before I went in there.  I heard Kadence singing and quickly grabbed the camera.  I tried to get her singing before I let her see me.  Pay no attention to my undecorated bedroom and messy bed!  Enjoy, I know I sure did!

Poolyo Party.

 We have finally had some hot weather here.  We still have no grass in our backyard (don't get me started) but a pool out on the deck has provided hours of entertainment and relief from the heat.  It's a little bit easier and much safer than me lugging all three kids to a public pool by myself.  Landon has been such a trooper about not getting his cast wet.  I feel so bad for him.  It is quite the process and unfortunately never seems to work 100 % so his cast has been getting a little wet anyhow.

 Kenzie loves sitting in the pool and playing with big brother and sister.  How cute are her bum ruffles?

The creator of the word, "poolyo" herself.  Kadence is obsessed with the pool and could play in it all day, everyday.  We love summer!

Loves to Stand.

It is inevitable.  My baby girl is growing up.  She now absolutely loves to stand up and play.  She has pretty good balance and strong little legs.  She is happiest standing and playing with her monkey toy!  I seriously think she will be walking before eating solid food!  Little stinker!

Tough Guy.

Well we made it almost to 5 years before a big bad owie.  I actually am amazed by this due to the nature of our wild and crazy little boy.  We were at the park on July 3rd and Landon did something to his hand/wrist.  We weren't even exactly sure what happened; we just knew it was something on the slide while he was playing with his dad.

He complained of it hurting and wanted to go home.  He was really tired and I was thinking he'd go to sleep and forget about it the next morning.  Unfortunately he woke up on Monday and said it hurt really bad and was not using it at all.  I watched him for awhile and decided to call Ryan (he was at work) to see if he thought I should take him in.  Ryan happened to be doing a case with an orthopedic surgeon and when Ryan asked him about it, he said we should probably have it looked at.  So, I took him to the walk in and the physician splinted it and said we'd have to bring him in to see an orthopedic doctor the next day (since it was a holiday).

Tuesday Ryan took Landon in to see the orthopedic doctor and he saw a small fracture in one of his hand bones.  It wasn't very big but he (like us) was concerned it was still bothering him so much.  So...it was cast time.

Landon picked out a blue cast (he later informed us that there was a pretty pink one if Kadence needed one).  He has been so good about it I can not even believe it.  They casted his two fingers and it just looks so uncomfortable.  It is his right hand and it amazes me how many things he can do totally unaffected by the fact that his dominant hand is worthless.  It breaks my heart that the hottest, most fun part of the summer he will spend in a cast.  He will tentatively get the cast off on July 25th-just a day shy of 3 weeks.  Bummer.  

4th of July Weekend.

We had a pretty low key 4th of July weekend at home in Fargo.  It was Ryan's weekend, so he was on call all weekend (from home) and my parents came to hang out.  The kids always love when Grandpa and Grandma sleep at their house so they were entertained all weekend long. We were blessed with gorgeous weather and aside from my mom not feeling well, we had a great weekend!

We were able to make a couple different trips to the park and the kids had a riot.  There's just something about going to the park that is so fun for the kids.

What a great weekend!  Ryan ended up working most of Monday so I was very glad we had company for the weekend.  My mom, Christina, and I even were able to get a pedicure and we all went out for a yummy supper one night-and Ryan didn't get called in!  No fireworks for us this year though.  Kenzie got a fever Monday and after my parents left and Ryan got called in to work, we had some bad weather which consisted of the kids sleeping downstairs with me and me not sleeping much.  Yikes.