What Have I Been Up To?

I haven't blogged for way too long, but I have just been having way too much fun. I've been having lots of fun just playing with my kids, making cookies (what's new?), and enjoying the nice weather!

So, wanna see what we've been up to? Here's a quick rundown:

We gussied up Lana for her class pictures, and she loved it...




And Lana's daddy was even home that morning to see her looking so pretty before school.



We can't get Lana looking all fancy without doing the same for Rylee, you know!




Then Rylee got a crazy idea that she really wanted to have her hair look like Gabriella from High School Musical. She wanted it in a low, side ponytail, so she woke me up really early last Friday so we could put her hair in curlers for the fancy "do!"

What do you think? Besides the fact that Rylee is about half Gabriella's age, and is blonde when Gabriella is dark, she looks just like her...right?! Oh come on, humor a girl.





I have been playing referee to these two cuties! They have been seriously the gruesome twosome lately! They follow each other everywhere and get into mischeif together. They play with each other and fight with each other. They are so much fun and they keep me hopping and laughing all day.







Then this past Friday, Bill took the day off work and we played for Mother's Day! He took me to get a pedicure - nice! Now I have pretty, flip-flop-ready toes! Then he took me to Kohl's (I could live at that store!) and had me pick out a summer outfit. How fun was that! He even had me get the earrings and necklace to match. What a guy!

Then he took me to pick out a bunch of plants for our yard. I have wanted a tree for our island for so long, as well as a bunch of bushes and flowers. So we went and picked those out It was SO fun! Oh, and he picked up these bright red buckets I had seen and said I wanted to use for flower pots outside. It was so fun to come home and plant all sorts of stuff in the yard!

See (maybe you can't really tell the difference), here are the "before" and "after" pictures.

We added bushes along the front of the house and some in front of the porch, as well as more in the island. It will be great when they all take off! I can't wait! It was a fantastic day. I LOVE working in the yard with Bill.

Then on Sunday morning for Mother's Day, I got to open some gifts. But I gotta say, I was so surprised with a little something Rylee did for me. It was so adorable. She wrote a poem for me. She typed it up and matted it and everything all by herself. Here's the poem:

Roses are red,

Violets are blue

I love my dad,

But I really love you!

I think dad is nice,

But I think you are very nice!

When you put on body spray,

It smells like a great spice!

I love you so much,

I want to give you a clutch!

We all know you are no slouch,

And I love it when you and I sit together on the couch

Everyone knows you do pedicures good,

You always do them like you should.

When you have a problem,

You don't get impatient,

Just like a secret agent!

Now this poem is done,

Because it's time to go out in the sun!

How clever is she!? I'm going to keep this poem forever. She will love to see it someday, I'm sure. And it is definitely something I will treasure forever.

Anyway, there's our quick rundown. Now I need to go and catch up on all of the blogs I love to read!!! :)