Camera Phone ... (or is it a phone camera) ...

Whichever it is...

here's a look see into our past week or so

 oh my Shep! he's all boy. LOVES to get dirty! 

 what a fun day at the botanic gardens with friends! 

 our new dining room table Josh and I stained. LOVE it! 

 Shep loves Matilda. he likes to pretend he's a puppy too.

 baking cookies! 

 this made my day! flipped a pancake to find this. :)

 Sunday morning breakfast with cousin Hattie!

 2 of the sweetest girls ready for church ~ love them~

 loved our table being this full for Sunday lunch - and how GG is always making some goofy face -

silly girls

 sweet Hattie Michele

 having fun at the park

 sweet Hayden Lee

what a helper he was this week! 

 sand box fun! 

 love from Sophie

 bouncy house fun! 

 Landmark Park fun! 

 attempting the zip line

 Shep and Hayden 

 WAR!

 Hattie lost her 2nd tooth! 

 Donuts for breakfast = WILD kids

 and then they crashed 

awww... poor Shep didn't want to see his cousins go

Neither did I :( 

I miss my niece and nephew

Can't wait to do it again! 

after a nice long nap :) 

Cousins

The cousins are here for the week. And oh, how we ALL love it! 

Wish we could do this more often, but I'm enjoying this time we do have with them. 

GG and Hattie are playing all the time. Barbies, babies, princesses and all other girlie things. 

Hayden is being a sweet big cousin to Shep and helping him with train tracks and such.

Sophie is at school all week, but they love it when she comes home and gives them her attention.

We've gone to church, the park, the bouncy house and have lots of other fun things on the agenda.

This week is flying :(!

The Vintage Pearl

I LOVE The Vintage Pearl!  She is having an awesome giveaway today to celebrate her birthday. Head over and say Happy Birthday and enter! Maybe one day I'll win :)...

A Walk About

Not too long ago we visited the Grandparents.

Grampie took the kids on a walk about.

 Shep didn't quite make it the entire way. He ended up on Daddy's shoulders. 

Below are the Whiting boys (men). :)

Matilda Jane

Matilda is our new addition to the fam. 

The kids love her. A.LOT. 

She's getting a little too much attention this morning, in fact.

Saturday... in the park

Even though it was a tad chilly today, we decided to spend some time at the park. 

And it was so much fun! 

They thought it was fun to slide together

And I thought this was the cutest little face he made sliding down the "bumpy" slide

 GG conquered her fear of the tire swing! 

 And I called her Pippy all day. She put this outfit together herself and we thought it was adorable. Just like her.

Shep in a tunnel 

and then 

in a slide 

We couldn't escape the sand. I tried, believe me, I tried.

And that was our Saturday in the park. What did you do this Saturday? 

the dress and GG

This is the most perfect princess dress GG could ever hope for. Sophie wore this dress in my brother Andy's wedding. I kept it (like i did most all of her clothing) for years. Thank goodness I remembered it in time for GG to enjoy. It fits her perfectly. 

And no matter how sweet she looks in the above pictures, below proves she still our same funny GG. That girl makes me laugh every single day.