Spares & strikes

Over the past weekend one of Ziff's friends was in town. He was only with us for a day and a half so we decided to make the most of our time with him and hit the bowling alley. I have been begging Ziff to go, but he has turned me down time and again. I think he was just trying to hide his fantastically practiced form! Lilly had a great first bowling experience and thought it was so fun to roll the ball and watch it roll slowly down the lane and knock down the pins. Although once her ball was going so slow she decided to take off after it and not thinking I took off after her. We were slipping and sliding all over! After bowling big Kyle treated us to a late dinner at Red Robin! I mean gosh we should have him out more often... our guest buys us dinner! Woo hoo! By the time we got home the kids were so worn out I barely got pj's on them before they fell asleep. What a great Friday night it was!

Baby Kyle was so alert. He was taking in every detail of his first trip.

Big Kyle got handed off the baby and he was so awkward having never held a baby before. And better yet was his face after he passed us back the baby, discovering there was drool on his swanky designer shirt. I laughed pretty hard, since it's all just part of my day. I told him to be thankful he didn't get spit up on.

Lilly's first time bowling caught on camera! She had on a huge smile the whole night.

Ziff taking a turn. (I am not really sure if this is good form or not but I tease because it reminds me of a professional)

Who knew...

...that shovels could do headstands!!! Lilly was so excited as she ran in to tell me about her fabulous shovels and then convinced me to take their picture! I sure am glad that I did too because I am don't know if anyone would believe me otherwise. ;-)

Dishwasher

These days I have a lot of help. I told Ziff I needed help and was praying for help and BAM! I got Lilly! She loves to help with anything and everything. She will take out trash, wipe the counters, help do anything that has to do with baby Kyle, Laundry, and dishes. I think the dishes are her favorite thing to help with because as an added bonus she gets to splash around in the water. I can't complain to much because it keeps her busy and teaches her the value of helping. She could wash dishes all day if I let her but because she like the water running she usually gets cut off much sooner. These pictures aren't the most flattering, but what can I say it was the end of the day. I call them her mug shots. Although she is beautiful to me no matter what!

Sunday best

It's not very often on Sunday mornings we have a little bit of time before we have to shuffle everyone out the door to get to church, but on this morning we had a few minutes to spare so I tried to capture the kids looking cute. It would have been a cuter picture without Kyle's pacifier, but he was starting to cry and I really wanted one of the two of them together. I am so proud to be their mommy! They are the two cutest most wonderful kids!