Boat rides on Devils Lake

here is waylen and shy having fun out on the boat on devils lake!!! waylen loves to help grandpa steer the pontoon boat! shiloh has fun soaking up the rays. she is actually fearless when it comes to the water. waylen, however needs some coaxing to get in the lake. but once in, he can't wait to sneak up and.......SPLASH GRANDPA!!!!!!!

They sky is blinking

The other night we had a nice lighting and thunder storm. Well, this made for a bad sleeping night for Waylen....who cried every 5 minutes for what felt like 2 hours. He was scared of the lightning noises outside. We were constantly going back into his room. At first we asked him, "what's the matter?" He said, through the tears, that "the sky is blinking." We tried to explain to him that God made the lightning and thunder, and that this was a good thing. He wasn't convinced. We told him that God made the sky, the moon, the stars, AND the planets. Now planets, he liked. He really wants to see the planets, and asks about them everyday. Looks like a trip to the planetarium is coming up...

remembering the....snow

since we have all this beautiful weather now, we thought it would be nice to revisit a snowy day we had in february. we took the kids sledding for the first time at the famous hill in farmington. waylen loved it. "again, again!" he would say each time we reached the bottom. it was fun. a true winter day. think back and remember how glorious a "snow day" was when you were a kid. when we got back home we drank hot chocolate of course and sat by the heat vents! make sure to thank God for the spring next time you walk outside...

hey, does all of waylen's winter clothes and protective layers remind you of anyone else from a very famous christmas movie?

yes, it does in fact take 20 minutes PER KID to get ready to go outside.

"I CAN'T PUT MY ARMS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Stylin' in my new Lightning McQueen sunglasses!

Grandma Diehr bought Waylen his first pair of sunglasses the other day! He was reluctant to wear them at first, now he loves them and wears them ALL the time. He even wears them around the house, on top of his head....wow.

Waylen's First Haircut

"So, Waylen, what are we gonna do today?"

"Not sure, since this is my first time getting a haircut. But I do like this blue cape that you put around me here. By the way, what do you recommend?"

"Well, I think a little boy's haircut might look nice on you. It might frame your cute face more."

"Ok, that sounds good. Just don't do anything crazy. Let's start with a #3. Just ignore my dad...I am NOT gonna get a mullet."

"Sure. Do you want me to keep the sideburns?"

"Yeah. Just shorten them up a bit. Hey, what are those big dome things on top of those ladies heads?"

My Precious

as stevie wonder would say, "isn't she lovely?".....

Mmmm...Mmmm GOOD!!

Shiloh loves to eat! We started her on solid foods here and there at 5 months, she's now 6 months and still getting use to the feel of it in her mouth. So far she has had rice cereal, bananas and sweet potatoes. She LOVES sweet potatoes, but not to keen on the bananas.

Its amazing how different Waylen and Shiloh are. I can remember when we started Waylen on solids...seems like yesterday. Waylen caught on to the concept right away - food goes in and down the tube. Shiloh on the other hand - food goes in and comes right back out!! It takes double the time to feed her. But its so much fun.