LACEY! LACEY! LACEY!

This is my Lacey, she turned Five in January. Princess from head to toe. She adores dresses. I can hardly get her to wear pants. This dress in particular was given to her from my Mom. She wears it almost EVERY DAY! Lacey also has an extreme love of horses. She is so excited to move to the country so that she can have a horse, and most mornings she asks me, "Can we PLEASE get a horse today?" I keep telling her that when she grows up she can have as many horses as she wants in her backyard., If you ask Lacey what she wants to be when she grows up she will tell you she wants to be a "horse rider", so on this day with the favorite twirly dress and the boots I had to get some pictures of her. Gotta Love it. Taken right out our back yard at the new house.

I think that Lacey will be the kind of girl that no matter what comes her way she will take it with a grain of salt and rise above. She thinks that she is awesome whether she wins or looses, and she has a sense of beauty that I would love to possess. She is laid back and mostly easy going until she has had enough, then- WATCH OUT there is an attitude that blindsides me. With hands on hips she will tell you wherre to go and how fast to get there, and all I can think is WOW! I hope that she will always think that she is awesome- no matter what.

Fun at Great Grandma's and Grandpa's

For Memorial Day and for Great Grandpa's Birthday we took a trip down to sunnyside. the kids helped me make dinner a cake and a couple of cards. This is Lilly when we arrived.

Uncle Dale is always great about keeping thekids entertained. This is their first time playing tug-of-war. Super funny to watch. Daddy and Lilly against Mason, Lacey, and Em. Foot races! Can you guess who won?

Lacey's face in this pic is so great. Mason won this race, but she reminded us about how stong he was at the tug-of -war against Mason and beat him three times in a row.

Great Grandma and Grandpa.

This is Lillly when we left. She was eating a piece if black licorice. She is also standing by herself.

Serious Progress!

It is really starting to look like a house. The trusses being dropped off with a gigantic crane. Mason really enjoyed watching.

Lots of progress made in one weekend. It was about 97 degrees and the guys working were roasted. They looked fried! Ever heard of Sun screen? They obviously had not. These guys are part monkey. They were not the slightest bit afraid to move around on these rafters.

Wow! It looks like a house. Now on to roofing. Jeff is really finding out what it is like to be a general contractor. He is on the phone with people setting things up a lot of the time. It takes away from his work stuff, but I think that he is really enjoying it. He is doing a super job.

Two Missing Teeth

Two teeth in the treasure chest. Can't see them very well. I kept Emery home from school because it was a short day and she was not supposed to have anything crunchy. Em was so funny the whole day she kept telling me. "Mom I can't believe I lost two teeth, the tooth fairy is going to be so surprised." Five minutes later she would say "Mom I just can't believe that I have two lost teeth." The WHOLE day. It was obviously a really big deal to her. Emery has had a loose tooth for about a month. About two weeks ago we noticed that the permanent tooth was coming in behind the loose tooth. In April we had all of the kids teeth cleaned and they took x-ray's so I assumed that they would have noticed this other tooth in x-ray and didn't mention it because it wasn't a big deal. Well finally I took Em back to the dentist anyway because she kept complaining about the tooth hurting and I know that it was not coming in at all in the right spot. The dentist pulled the loose one and the one next to it because he said that same thing was going to happen. They were able to pull them the same day that they squeezed me in on, which was so nice. Mason, Lacey, and Lilly didn't think so because they had to wait, but they did alright. Emery was so brave they had to give her a shot to numb her up and she did not flinch or complain at all. She didn't even think that it was scary at all either. She is getting to be a big kid.

Kids Fishing Day!

This was the "coolest " thing ever! The city puts on this "Fishing Kids" day at one of the parks (Sarge Hubbord) here in town. It's only $5 a kid and they get a free fishing pole, a t-shirt, catch some fish plus they make the kids go through all of fishing etiquette. It was my kind of fishing. All of the pole's were set up with bobbers and hooks and they had lots of volunteers to give out worms and help gut, wrap up, and take home fish. We had 30 minutes to catch our limit of two fish per kid (which was plenty of time). They had stocked the pond the day before the event with 5000 rainbows. Needless to say that Jeff could not keep the hooks baited and out in the water fast enough before we had a bite on someone's pole. Daddy showing Mason how its done. "Poor wormy it's not your lucky day, says Mason."

Lacey showing off her trout. She was the first to reel one in. Can you tell they are not a bit squeemish about the blood and slimy fish. Emery tired to take the hook out herself. Wow! Mason is so cute. Second fish going in the bag. Dead fish, going home for lunch. Jeff fried them up and the kids ater them happily. It was a fun event for the kids, and great for them to have some success fishing and get them excited about more fishing that I am sure will happen this summer.

There is no place like home.

So here are some updated pics of the house. Jeff has been working really hard and actually has almost allof the interior walls up too. I will post them later. Picture of the inside.

In thinking so much about this house. We already feel like we belong there. I am so grateful to have a husband who works so hard to make his dreams and his vision for his family happen. Jeff is such a wonderful father, who love his children endlessly, and tirelessly takes care of them after he has put in a full day so that I can go to work (and have a break).

Having someplace to go is home. Having someone to love is family. Having both is a blessing.