Summer So Far...

It's officially SUMMER! Yay! What's not to love about summer!?!? So far the summer started a little rough though! Jeff had another surgery yesterday! He has cancer again....another kind, completely unrelated to his Testicular Cancer he had 6 months ago! This time it's in his Thyroid Gland but again it's a VERY beatable cancer with great survival rates (like almost 100%!). So yesterday he went in and got his whole gland removed and he will need radiation to kill off any remaining cells. But so far he's recovering a lot quicker than from the previous surgery and now he's home and Kenzie & I are taking care of him! :)

We hope he recovers quickly b/c another thing we are doing this summer is....getting married! Woohoo! July 30 to be exact! It's going to be a tiny with just immediate family...we wish we could invite all our friends but we have to keep it small and simple! :)

So besides surgery & wedding planning we've had some fun here and there....

-We played with our shadows and took pictures of them!

-I took a picture of Kenzie's perfect curl in the middle of her forehead....it reminds me of the Mother Goose rhyme! :)
-I figured out how to keep Kenzie from falling off her bed in the middle of the night! I was looking through a catalog and saw a blow up pillow to go under a child's sheet to act as a bumper....but they were selling the pillow for like $40 so I took the idea and rolled up a blanket and stuffed it under her sheet....and she hasn't fallen off again!

-Kenzie made a cross out of her puzzle....she was so excited to show me!

-We had a picnic outside....which was horrible! haha...Kenzie complained the whole time about bugs on her, I dropped my pizza and a fly landed in my soda!

-We survived a flash flood! This happened within 15 minutes! So crazy how quickly it can happen!

-Kenzie decided to pass out right before shopping!

-Kenzie gave herself a manicure! I would have normally laughed at this but just 5-10 minutes before this I specifically told her not to get marker on her hands b/c the markers were not the washable kind and we were leaving soon...and I came back into the room to find this! hahaha...not bad actually...maybe she can do my nails for the wedding!?! :)

-Kenzie looked pretty modeling a dress Abuela bought her in Colombia!

-And lastly, we've had some fun playing in the kiddie pool! (love her big hair!)

Father's Day 2011

Jeff had a nice Father's Day this year! We started the day at church...then lunch at Applebee's...followed by a kiddie pool party...and we finished the day up at my sister's toasting marshmallows and making smores! :)

Giving Daddy some kisses!
Pool party!

Doesn't it look like she's flashing a gang sign...haha...she doesn't want people to forget her roots....she was born in the city! hehehe :)

There's our sweet, little lady (no more gang signs Kenzie!)...

Stuffing her mouth with marshmellows....

We hope you had a wonderful Father's Day Daddy....we love you!! Thanks for being an amazing daddy to our little Kenzie Faith! :)

Bounce House & Dairy Days

Last Friday Justine & I took the girls to open bounce! They had so much fun and Justine & I got over an hour of talk time with little interruptions! :)

I always forget how hard it is to get good pictures at a bounce house! I took like 30 and all are blurry except a few! I wish this one was not blurry....It looks so cute!

On Saturday Jeff & I took Kenzie to "Dairy Days"...it's the first time we've ever been there and Kenzie had so much fun! They had a petting zoo, tractors and some farming activities for the kids! Kenzie even milked a real cow (well she tried to....once she felt the utter she jumped back!).
Enjoying her chocolate milk...

Kenzie could have fed this little guy all day long...look how cute he is..

And we met up with this little guy there...it was his birthday! :) Sometimes I really think Kenzie & Levi can pass for brother & sister!
Playing in the hay...she was a little afraid!

Enjoying a snow cone before leaving...

Big Girl Bed & Bike!

Well, I think our baby girl has grown up a few years over the weekend!
Sunday night Jeff & I decided it was time to say goodbye to Kenzie's crib....and hello to a big girl bed! At first (a couple weeks ago) I told Kenzie about a big girl bed and she did not seem to like the idea (I don't think she's a fan of change!). I've been getting her excited the past week and it worked....she was sooo excited for her own big girl bed!!

The first night I was anxious to see how she would do...and she did great! No problems...went to sleep (with Daddy on the floor but that's not any different than when she was in a crib!) and stayed asleep until the AM! In the morning she even forgot she could get out by herself and called for me! :)

On Monday I came into her room and saw her reading her books on her bed! Made me think of a tiny little teenager! But instead of a reading a book about bugs she'll probably be reading Teen Bop (if they still have those), instead of a Dora shirt she'll be wearing Abercrombie and instead of having blankie by her side she'll have her cell phone! Aww... baby don't grow up just yet!! :)

And then Abbie came over and was very happy to play in Kenzie's bed with her....until they started fighting like 2 minutes later!

Unfortunately last night wasn't as good as the first....poor girl kept on falling off the bed! She didn't cry but we found her 2x on the floor and then the 3rd time she was hanging 1/2 way off the bed and then slowly fell to the floor and wanted to stay there! I brought her into bed with me after the 3rd fall....thank goodness it's only a toddler bed and not high off the floor! :)

Hoping for a better night tonight! :)

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And on Friday night Jeff made Kenzie one happy little girl when he put together her new big girl bike! She's been riding it ever since..

On Saturday we went to Levi & Abbie's birthday party! And of course Kenzie had to ride her bike! Well, actually this one is Abbie's bike...Jeannine had 2 so she gave the extra to Kenzie! :)

She goes so fast it's hard to get a clear picture of her!

She seems so old on her new bike....a lot older than when she's on her tricycle!

Well I guess it's time to face the fact that my baby is almost 3!!!