she might thank me one day!

Maybe I'm the only one that

smiles because of these

pictures......

But this girl makes me happy

I love her and ALL of her silliness!

her expressions are priceless!

Swing Set!

Devin thought it was time for the kids to have something

to play on in our huge backyard

so he bought them a swing set!

He spent 2 days putting it together and

it could not happen soon enough if you asked Kaylie!

She thought if she helped it would go quicker,

smart thinking!!

ta-da!

perfect size for them and

all they need!

swings, fort, rock wall, picnic table, sand box,

and monkey bars! Ka-Chigga!!!

and they could care less about the lack of grass back there!

They love playing in the dirt!

These kids could spend ALL day up in the fort.

Trey LOVES it up there! That boy can climb the rock wall

all by himself and is thrilled to just watch everyone in the backyard

from his fort!

Expo Washable Party

I had a great opportunity to host an Expo

Washable Marker party.

I wrapped up the 2 sets of markers

and eraser to spruce up the package a little!

Devin drew a race track for the kids to drive their cars on

Please notice the firesgone, PAPA, Getweiser....

cleaver!

Trey and grandma having a great time

Nicole and Deanna in a

Bean Bag Toss competition!

Mel, Kaitie and me

in a Bean Bag Toss Competition....

Kaitie won.....

ALL 3 of her bean bags were on the 40 points

Devin also drew a girl on the back of the

window for the kids to color on the front

so we could erase and re-color all day long!

And a boy

Kaitie, Mel and Mari coloring on the kids

Kaylie painting her nails with the

Expo Markers!

Posing with our Expo Products for a picture!

Expo Washable

I have a great opportunity later today to play with all these

goodies and share with friends too!

Ka-Chigga!

Not Her Mother's Daughter

Devin was under the house working on

some plumbing problems...

Kaylie asked if she could go under too.

She LOVED it under there!

You will NEVER catch her mother down there.

EVER!

5 Bucks....Ka-Chigga!

Im not a big garage sale person

but I have found the best things

for $5 lately....

I really wanted tunnels but wasn't willing

to spend much for them

and when I saw these beauties at a garage

sale I just had to have them!

2 tunnels

a tent

and a teepee

ALL FOR $5...... how can you get better than that!!!

Let's Have a Picnic

Kaylie has been begging to

have a picnic for a few days now

So today during nap time I searched for

an hour through the boxes in our

garage to find our picnic backpack

I found it!

She was SO excited!!!

She prepared a picnic for her babies

in the playroom

Then we had a picnic of fruit out

front with her baby....

She is hooked and is already

talking about our next picnic

It will include lunch,

I had to promise!

Living Room....check

Devin finished patching, sanding, painting

changing door casing and baseboard in the living room

a few weeks ago....

It is so nice to have clean, pretty walls!

Our living room was bad, but didn't always look like it does below

I promise!

another before picture,

blue, dirty walls

After

crisp, clean, pretty

Our new painting

Christmas gift from Mel

LOVE IT!!!

Done

for now......

We have bigger plans for this room

(which will actually be the dining room)

but for now I just love the cleanness of it

It's starting to feel like home

and I like it!

So thankful for my husband who is handy, willing

and able to do the work

and do it well.

Easter

We had a very low-key Easter here this year

My heart is heavy and somewhere in Detroit!

But the Easter Bunny came for a visit

Kaylie quickly found a basket,

but it wasn't hers....

she found Trey's

so she had to try again!

And this time, found hers....

she takes a little after her uncle in

her seeking abilities....

we will have to share photos of that later

to compare!

Trey was even able to find his basket

I guess the Easter Bunny will have to

do a better job of hiding it next year

Devin was working so we went to the

Fire Station for Easter dinner

And while we were there we played

a little dress-up

fire fighter in training!

Kaylie asked Auntie M to come along so

she gladly did....She had fun in the firetruck

just like the kiddos

Devin got some good pictures with the kids this time

Kaylie pretty much took over and was

ready to drive the guys to their next call

When we got home

we put Trey to bed

and Auntie M did an Easter egg

hunt with Kaylie

It was fun until Kaylie didn't think she hid

them well enough and wouldn't pick the

eggs up because they were on the floor!

We had a nice, fun, quiet Easter.

Peek-a-Boo!

Trey loves to play Peek-a-Boo

after meals.....

but we play Trey style &

only cover one eye!