Rainy Thursday

As I type it is raining today! There is a 50% chance of rain and it is to be 88 degrees!! Getting ready for gymnastics this morning. Took a couple pictures of the girls.

Humid, humid...

is what today was! Tomorrow is to be warm too. I broke down and turned the air on this morning before I left for the YMCA. Glad I did!! We met up with 3 of Hannah's preschool friends at a park played for awhile and then ate a picnic lunch together. We walked up to the farmers market here in town this afternoon. Very muggy outside but was fun. Had corn on the cob again tonight. Gotta love summer!!

Tomorrow is gymnastics in the morning. Possibly swim in the afternoon. Haydn has swimming lessons on Saturday morning. Hard to believe next week is the 4th of July already. Hannah starts princess camp this coming Monday at the YMCA. She is such a girly girl she will love it. It is from 9:00-noon each day. Have a week off, then the following week she has bible school every day from 9:00-noon also. Then the last week of July swimming lessons again. Then we are to August, mom, Kayren and I are flying out Aug 6th to see my new niece or nephew ( whenever he/she decides to enter the world) Anna Leigh's due date is this coming Saturday!

more pictures

Grandma Bea's b-day is tomorrow, so we took her a piece of brownie dessert, a balloon and a card from the kids. The girls sang her Happy Birthday a couple times. This is the best picture I could get of them with her.

Weekend in MA

The girls and I went to Mt Ayr on Friday. Once we got there we started setting up for the garage sale. Went out on a pontoon ride and ate pizza on the boat. The girls really enjoyed that. Sat morning was the g-sale. Kayren and I did well. It was worth the trip down. We sold a lot here in Waukee in May but still had a lot to sell. Got rid of a lot of bigger items so that was great. We are thinking of having another one come the end July. Took the girls to the Mt Ayr pool Saturday afternoon. They had LOTS of popsicles!! Haydn had her first ear of corn in MA too. She didn't eat all of it, for she thought she needed a popsicles instead!! Did sparklers too. So a fun weekend for all the grandkids, like always!!

Father's Day

The girls got Wes a stepping stone for Father's Day, tonight we had some time to set it up. We did their feet. Haydn's foot looks funny, she didn't like how the cement felt on her foot, so we will see how it turns out!!

Curly Q

Here is a shot of Haydn's curls! Sometimes they are total ringlets!!

Happy Thursday!!

Had gymnastics this morning, I think Hannah is really enjoying her class. They learned cartwheels today, she is still in the learning stage but as much as she has practiced since class she should be much better come next Thurs. We are heading to MA tomorrow afternoon for the city wide garage sale on Sat. Kayren and I are trying to sell what didn't sell here in Waukee in May along with some add'l items! So fun to get rid of things around the house!!

Floods of 2008

Here are a few pic's from Downtown Des Moines. The pics are taken from the Scott St. bridge just past where the Raccoon & Des Moines rivers merge. This is one of a few bridges downtown that is still open.

Corvette

Three years later Hannah can FINALLY reach the pedal on her corvette!! She and Haydn have had a ball in this the past couple weeks. Hannah is getting better at driving each day. She isn't so jerky with it anymore!! It has a REAL radio, cup holder, seat belts and head lights. Pretty sweet for a little girl!!

Wes took this pics the other night when I was gone.

busy week for us.......

We started gymnastics last Thurs here in Waukee. Haydn does a mommy and me class and Hannah's class is right after Haydn's. Last week went pretty well. Hannah has been practicing over the weekend. Today Hannah started swimming lessons and run through Friday. Haydn then starts on Sat. Hers were not available during the week. This coming Thursday will be busy with gymnastics and then swimming lessons, we will actually have to leave gymnastics 10-15 min early to make it to swimming. Wes then starts his new job this coming Friday so a busy week in the Little household!!

Weekend in Mt Ayr

We had a fun weekend in Mt Ayr. Mom, Hannah, Stella, Haydn and I went to the Amish stores on Saturday morning, I got a few plants, was really looking for a lilac bush but no luck! Stopped in Diagonal to see Grandma's old house. Larry and Kay are doing some great changes to the house. Looks so different!! Saturday night we all (excluding the kids) went to a barn party. Was a great time as well. We had a babysitter for the kids. Wes brought mom and dad home to stay with the girls, he then drove the babysitters home and he came back to the party. So Wes, Kayren, Mike and I stayed out until the bars closed in MA. Boy, it has been a few years since I have done that. Yesterday, dad, Wes and Mike golfed in a tournament in MA. We took the girls swimming at the MA pool. Well the pool opened Saturday, so the water was no where warm but we stayed in the baby pool area, once you got in it wasn't too bad. So it kinda of sounds like we had a mini vacation in Mt Ayr!!

P.S. Haydn is very motherly or something to Porter. She is constantly touching him, patting him on his head or something. She truly means well but after awhile he doesn't like it, which I don't blame him! I don't know if it is because he is smaller than her or when Hannah and Stella get together they can be mean to Haydn, not include her to play etc. So I wonder how she will act with A Anna Leigh's new baby come Sept when she gets to meet her new cousin for the first time. She is like this at the YMCA with kids smaller than her too, just not Porter. So the pic of Haydn and Porter is priceless, he is in a good mood for being that close to Haydn!!

Train Ride

Friday morning we went on Amtrak from Creston to Osceola. It was mom, Hannah, Stella, Haydn and I. It was a lot of fun once we got going. There is only one train that leaves Creston each day and it was at 8:04 AM. So we had to wake the girls early and get going. Well we did call the 800 # before leaving Mt Ayr and the train was 9 min late, no big deal, but once we got to Creston it turned into an hour late. Looking back it wasn't too bad, we had snacks and juice boxes for the girls to drink, it was raining off and on so there wasn't much for them to do in the waiting room. I have never been on a train ride myself, so was a fun experience for all of us. It took about 35-40 min to get to Osceola. A perfect length for the girls. The picture of Stella and Hannah sleeping is how we found them when going in to wake them up.

Porter's 1st Birthday Party

We celebrated Porter's 1st Birthday last night. Porter got some really nice new clothes and some new toys. I think Stella and Haydn opened most of his gifts for him, but a 1 yr old doesn't really care!! Stella and Porter have a new swing set and Kayren set up their swimming pool! Was a beautiful day yesterday to be outside.

Haleigh's Birthday Party

Hannah went to a preschool friends 5th b-day party on Saturday morning. I guess you can call it a princess party. They got pedicures, manicures and up dos. Hannah was in HEAVEN!! There were a total of 8 little girls. They went to IA School of Beauty. I bet there were 40 chairs in there. They were fairly busy yesterday with a wedding party, this b-day party and just regular customers. Each of the girls looked beautiful! You could tell that each one of them was having the time of their lives as they were getting pampered!!

I took some before, during and after pictures of her.

Hannah's last day of preschool

Hannah's last day of school was today. They met at Happy Time for about 30 min and then we went to the park to play. Actually the YMCA had their class there too, so was a busy place! HTP (Happy Time Preschool) had snack at the park and then we went back to HTP to finish up the day.

There were 5 of us moms that then went out for lunch together. We had 8 girls and 1 little brother all 5 and under! The waitress that waited on us, today was her second day! Feel sorry for her!! It was a great way to end the school year. We have promised to stay in touch and meet up at parks this summer for the girls to play. Hannah has made some REALLY good friends from HTP.

New Shades

The girls got mail today! YEAH!! Aunt Anna Leigh sent them flamingo sunglasses!! Haydn LOVES hers. She has already broke two pair so we will see how long these last.

Thanks A Anna Leigh

Mother's Day 2008

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms!!

We have had a fun/busy weekend! We bought flowers yesterday and planted them them today. Been to Southridge, Kohl's, Target, Wal-Mart, Hy-Vee, Dairy Queen!! Some where all of us, and others was just me alone!! YEAH!!

Hannah and I went on a walk today while Haydn was napping. Then when Haydn woke up the two of us went to Dairy Queen together. Hannah didn't want to go for some reason, so it worked out that I got to spend time with each of them alone too!!

We tried to get a picture of the three of us, but Wes took I bet close to 10, one of them was always looking away or had a funny face, so we got what we got!!

All About My Mom

Here is the Mother's Day card from Hannah....

My mom is 5 feet tall
My mom weighs 4 pounds
My mom is 8 yrs old
My mom's favorite color is blue
My mom's favorite thing to do is watch us play with dollies
My mom's favorite song is Hannah Montana
My mom laughs when I do a silly dance
My mom is the best mom because she gets me down the coloring books from the shelf

definitely something I will have to save!!

Beautiful day

What a beautiful day to be outside today. Now with the warmer weather we are outside as much as possible and when it is time to come inside they fight with all their might!! Wasn't hot, just right!!

FUNNY!!

The girls found Wes's swimming trunks and put them on! One in each leg!!

Hannah's new goggles

Hannah got pink goggles from Grandma Marcia over the weekend. She has been wanting to go swimming of course to try them out. Well her bath tonight is the closest she will get for awhile. She has her "cheesy" smile of course and looks like she is going to take a "dive". Funny, for I didn't tell her to pose like that!

Kayren and I did well at the garage sale yesterday and today! Rainy towards the end of yesterday and FREEZING today, but those die hard garage salers come out in any weather.

Haydn's Birthday part 2

I got my camera back today, so can post pictures from Haydn and Eliott's combined party. She got a lot of great gifts once again!!

Getting geared up for the city wide garage sales tomorrow in Waukee. Kayren and I started last night laying out clothes. BOY, we have A LOT!! Hope the weather is good.