Good weather

The weather here in AZ has been extremely nice, until it hit the triple digits last week. We went on lots of walks during the good weather. Sidney is very observant and loves looking around at everything while I push her in the stroller. Now the heat is pushing the point of no return for the summer. I think it is supposed to be 110* this week. Good thing I found an awesome blow up baby pool at a garage sale for $1. Sidney is going to love it! Sidney is getting more and more busy everyday. She is crawling everywhere and getting into whatever she can reach. She just figured out how to open the cupboards. I guess it’s time for those annoying plastic locks. We are putting in new flooring and had to move everything out of the kitchen and she crawled into the oven drawer and was playing with the glass and parceling dishes. I wonder how many things will get broken in my house from children. Probably a lot, but it is worth it. She is so cute! She is so busy and so nonstop that she wares herself out. I have found her asleep on the floor twice in the last week. My parents came to visit for a couple days last week. It was fun to have them come! It was nice that my Dad was able to come this time. We hardly get to see him. Sidney loved having her Grandparents around to play with. We went on a long walk to the library and Bahama Bucks. Sidney loved the long walk and all the different things to look at. We also went to see a house where my Dad helped design the landscape in Mesa. It was the cutest quaintest little brick house. I really loved the landscape too! My Dad really has an eye for what he does.

GOING ON A WALK

SPINACH = VERY UPSET

A HAPPY GIRL IN HER BOUNCER

GETTING INTO EVERYTHING

CUDDLING WITH HER SLEEPING DAD

ASLEEP WITH HER DOLLIE

FELL ASLEEP PLAYING

QUAINT MESA HOUSE MY DAD DID LANDSCAPING ON

FUN WITH GRANDMA & GRANDPA

Lucky Us!

We are so lucky because we have been able to see my Mom and Melissa and the girls a lot lately. It is so fun for us to have them visit! My Mom got braces from Dr. Glauser(my old employer) so she gets to come down to visit/have an appointment every 4-8 weeks. And, Melissa comes to visit with the girls when Mom comes to town. Lucky us!!

2 YEARS of BLISS

Branson and I have been married for 2 years now! We celebrated our Anniversary on April 19. We went out to dinner and enjoyed spending an evening out, just the two of us. Thanks Mom, for watching Sidney for us. It's strange to think that it's only been two years... it seems like we have been together forever. I am the luckiest woman in the world to have such an amazing husband. He is the best Daddy and takes such good care of me and Sidney. A lot of people say how hard the first few years of marriage are, but for me it has not only been easy, but truly the best and most enjoyable thing in the world.

The Serenade

Whenever Branson plays his guitar, it puts Sidney in a trance. It is the cutest thing to watch her listen and watch him so intently. She-can't-stop.

FUN FAMILY TIME

We have been so blessed to spend time with family lately. Sidney was able to spend lots of time with her cousins Dani, Abby, and Emily. We went to Thatcher for a few days and Melissa and the girls came to visit us for a few days. And Grandma got to be here the whole time too! We went to the park, played outside, played with Leo(our turtle) built forts, watched movies, played pretend, and had lots of treats! Sidney loved having them to play with. She had so much fun watching them and learning how to crawl better. She also loved seeing her Aunt Melissa and her Grandma Colorado. We had lots of fun together. ABBY LOVES SIDNEY! She was so cute with her. She was always talking to her, trying to help me with her, and ALWAYS wanting to hold her. She would also sing to her. She is the cutest little girl and the best little cousin. She sure does love Sidney, and Sidney loves her too! Jake Adam and Leah also came over while Melissa and her girls and Grandma were here. We played cards and ate delicious food.(Thanks to Melissa!)

DANI AND SID WATCHING CARTOONS IN THE FORT

TO THE PARK WE GO

FEEDING LEO

ALL THE COUSINS

SID AND EMILY

P- for PEASE W- for WELKER

DANI IN UNCLE BRANSON'S SHOES (wanted to go play in the rain)

ADAM and SIDNEY

GRANDMA COLORADO

ABBY LOVES SIDNEY!!!!!!!!!!!

We were also able to spend time with the Pease’s. They came down to help us with our house. We put in laminate floors and finished painting. It looks so great! So much better than carpet. Thanks to them it went really quick! They are always so willing to serve our family in whatever we need help with. I wish I would have taken pictures. I guess I was busy painting. I only got before pictures of the cement floor after taking out the carpet. Sidney loves all the attention and love that she get with all her Aunts and Grandma around. She is held all the time. They sure do spoil her! She had fun sharing her Grandpa with Lewis too!(I don't think he wanted to share) lol