Just KK.

Ryan and I had noticed that one of Kadence's pupils was larger then the other at times.  It seemed to be the most noticeable when she was very tired.  I had asked her Pediatric Nurse Practitioner what she thought and although she was not concerned she referred us to an Ophthalmologist.  I consulted with our neighbor who is an optometrist who instructed me to check pictures from when she was a baby and see if it was noticeable.  After doing so, I realized that they had always been slightly different!  Phew.  What a relief.  Of course I took her to the appointment with the Ophthalmologist  who reassured us her eyes were normal.  They dilated her pupils for the exam and the poor thing was sun sensitive (even more then usual) for almost 2 days.  For whatever reason the pupils stay dilated much longer in children.  The poor thing.  She was such a trooper!

She  borrowed big brothers sunglasses for his t-ball game.  Unfortunately, they didn't help much.

After nap we headed over to the Davies Pool for some sunshine, swimming and friends!  Kadence had fun with Kendallynn and Kendra despite not being able to see!

Happy Dad's Day!

I am truly the luckiest lady in the world.  I am so glad this guy picked me.  Happy Father's Day to the best Dad ever.  Ryan is such a great Dad and these three munchkins are beyond blessed to be his!  Thanks for everything you do for our family, I love you!

Happy Father's Day to our great Dad's!  We are so lucky to have them in our lives and our children's lives as well!  Love you guys!

Finally!

I think it is safe to say summer is here, finally!  We have waited a very long time to be able to spend days outside and get in the water! The kids and I visited the new splash pad here in town.  They had fun despite being a little chilly at times.

We found our first toad of the season.  Let's just say it was the highlight of the entire morning and this toad was well loved.  I am pretty sure it was fought over by 6 kids for a good 2 hours.  This girl absolutely loves toads.  So, in her pretty pink flowered skirt while dancing around and holding her new friend she was the happiest little girl in the world!  Love.

This just shows how excited the kids were when I first put the pool out!  They were actually clapping as it was filling-in their pajamas!

 Love days at home in the pool enjoying the gorgeous weather!

 Landon and Kadence were lucky enough to get new bikes.  They have been enjoying them a ton!

Farm Fun.

We headed to the farm for a very fun weekend.  The whole family was there for family photos and despite some crappy weather we had a great time with everyone!

The above videos are just a glimpse of what we are lucky enough to travel with.  Our little family does an abundance of traveling with almost all of our family hours away.  This trip was entertaining to say the least!

 Grandma Sue gave both the girls a little trim before pictures.  This was Kenzie's first haircut!

 On Sunday afternoon a bunch of us went muddin'.  This was one of several trips most of the people had made but my first trip.  Landon thought this was so fun and had a blast.  After I went on a trek I understood why.  It was probably a good thing I didn't know exactly what was going on the day before...

Another great summer trip to the farm.  The time always goes by too fast but it was great to see everyone!

2 Little Gymnasts.

 Kadence started her first Gymnastics class this week and is loving it!  She goes every Monday and Wednesday in June and July from 10:30-11:30.  She has been having so much fun and I absolutely love watching her.  A majority of the things are brand new for her and she tries her absolute hardest.  I am so proud of her!

 Miss Kenzie started her competitive gymnastics this week as well.  She tried out for and made the "Little Giants" team which is for 3-4 year olds.  I am pretty sure she is the youngest one on the team!  She had her first practice today and did pretty well.  She was pretty tired afterwards.  They do skills the entire time and it is an hour and a half long which is almost double the length of the "parent tot" class she had been doing.  I hope she adjusts and enjoys it!  She's so adorable!

Weekend Away.

The kids and I headed to Cloquet for the weekend since Ryan was on call.  I hadn't been back for awhile and it was a good time to go visit everyone!  The kids and I spent Friday morning at Grandma June's apartment.  It was so nice to have her all to ourselves and just spend time with her.  The kids were really good and had fun playing with Grandma's cane and walkers.  Kenzie even had a chance to push Grandma's emergency button (it's on a necklace and oh so very tempting for a 2 year old) oopsies-at least we know it still works! My Grandma is seriously the best grandma EVER.  I can hardly believe she is 87 years young.  I love her so much.

Since we traveled on Thursday, we were able to attend AJ's preschool graduation program.  He was pretty cute and we all enjoyed the yummy treats!

The weather was crappy all weekend long.  Mom and I were lucky enough to have a "spa day."  Cutest little pedicurists I have ever seen!

It wouldn't be a trip back home without a Saturday morning breakfast.  These four had their own table and behaved pretty well.  Attendees were: Grandma June, Mom, Dad, Aunty Peggy, Arletta, Lee, Jeromy, Jennifer, Cisco, Curt, me and the 5 munchkins.

Grandma's house always has lots of makeup samples and that cousin Annabelle sure is good at helping Kadence find it!  The girls had plenty of lipstick and blush on all weekend!

This little munchkin was really good until bed time.  I struggled with her a ton.  I had to lay with her until she fell asleep (which we don't typically do with any of our kids) and then try and sneak off.  The one night I was so unbelievably frustrated and then she finally fell asleep.  I had to snap a picture of how precious she was.  It's funny how you can be so frustrated and then take one look at her precious, sleeping face and be filled with love instantaneously.  

Sleeping at Grandma and Grandpa's house with dad is a special treat for this one!  She gets to sleep with Mom!  I snapped this when I came to bed one night-note the lipstick!

 We had a great trip and the only painful parts were in the car and Kenzie at bedtime.  I'd say that's a pretty successful trip without Dad.

 Kadence, is that really comfortable enough to sleep?!

 Oh Emma.  She was definitely my most difficult child in the car.  She is getting so bad and I just don't know what to do with her!

She rode in the kennel 95% of the trip and scratched and bit the side of the cage while whining 94% of that time.  YIKES!  What a dog lover won't do for her fur child.

Another great trip "up north."  I'm ashamed to admit all photos were taken on my phone, not the camera I forgot home and went back for even though I was 15 minutes into my trip.  Shame shame.