summer of fun

We have had a fun summer, i hate to see it end but i'm sick of the heat so its ok. I cant believe how fast the kids grow up.. Cailyn is such a good big sister and she loves to play with and help jarrod (when noone is watching). She always shares her food and when he cries she brings him a bottle. She has started to want to help clean... well clean out the drawers in the kitchen. Jarrod is getting too big, we just took him in for his 9 month apt and he weighs 19.12 lbs (which is only 4 lbs less than cailyn) hes 27 inches tall (cailyn is 33), i'm pretty sure hes going to out grow her soon. He is trying so hard to walk so he can chase cailyn through the house, he's almost there maybe a couple weeks. Jarrod is saying mama, which i still cant get cailyn to say. Cailyn talks but its mostly just her usual jibberish.

the other day we decided to take cailyn to the dinosaur park since she loves dinosaurs, every time she sees one she *roars* she had so much fun looking at the dinosaurs but she wouldnt get to close to them.

Since Ali and Marley ruined her swimming pool we've been using jarrod bath tub as a splash pool on the deck for cailyn. the other day when we tried to feed her lunch she decided to sit down in the duck and get comfy before eating.

Marley loves jarrod, he just sits there and let jarrod pet him. which was surprising at first since marley is not a fan of cailyn who insists on chasing him up and down the hall and hitting him with her broom.

Since mat has moved out we decided to turn the basement into a playroom/office. This kitchen set was handed down from her cousins cayden and cristian. Cailyn loves this everyday she plays with it and cooks all sorts of random things.

We decided to paint the small room (playroom) since the color was kinda dark and needed and uplift. Cailyn of course being her helpful self wanted to help paint, she was very proud of herself and was covered in paint by the end.

Jarrod loves to walk, however he still isnt balanced enough to do it himself so cailyn wanted to help him however shes not quite strong enough to hold him herself so dad had to step in and help.

Jarrod takes after the family tradition of singing.. cailyn however loves the drums and did much better than me on rockband.

This was an adventure in itself. we decided to go play in the fountains at the gateway since cailyn loves water so much. she was having fun until the water splashed and hit her in the face. then she was done and wanted to leave.

We got this slide for cailyn a while ago but jarrod loves it. of course he hasnt figured out how to climb the stairs yet so he just tries to climb up the slide.

Cailyns first baseball game was the bees game. This was interesting, she only sat in her seat for about 20 minutes, we walked around the park about 15 times. It was a fun night though!

Cailyn decided that it would be fun to help kurt mow the lawn

this was just a cute picture of the grandkids on grandpas birthday!

We went to bear lake with my parents in july. This was a really fun weekend, my sister and her husband and step son came up to play in the water one day. cailyn had so much fun splashing in the water and being pulled on the tube. Marley and ali had to be within 15 ft of the kids while they were in the water even though we have the only two dogs in the world who hate the water.

This was on the 4th of july. I made this yummy yummy icecream cake, kurt added the jameson to the picture.

my mom and i took the kids to the hooper parade, cailyn loved getting all the candy and attempted to eat every piece as she picked it up.

jarrod waiting not so patiently for the parade to start

Weve had a good summer and i'm excited for fall and winter!