Olivia's first haircut!!

Ok, our girls take FOREVER to grow hair!! Olivia was finally starting to get some length to her hair when, on Sunday evening, Brooklynn decided to cut it for her!! They both came into the living room where we were watching TV, Brooklynn looking very guilty and Olivia looking very proud, when we noticed what had happened. I was so mad!! I went in the bathroom and there was hair everywhere!! All of her cute curls are gone from the top of her head. Atleast she left some hair up there. She only cut the top, so it looks pretty bad. Oh well, it's only hair and it will grow back right?? ugh......

Jamaica

We made it to Jamaica!! Yeah!! The flights were very good and it didn't take long at all to get here. We had a good first day. we split the group up and half of us went to the orphanage and half to the deaf school. I went to the deaf school and it was all manual labor!! Very tiring. But it was fun. Tomorrow I'll be going to the orphanage. It should be fun. A couple of things about Jamaica:

1. it's really hot, REALLY hot and incredibly humid
2. there are random goats roaming the streets
3. they put curry in everything (tim would love it)
4. the people are very nice
5. there are lizards in the kitchen :) (funny, i think)

Ok-have to go now. We are having a great time!!

Family Reunion

We spent this past weekend at a family reunion in Wisconsin. It was fun to see everyone again, some we haven't seen in years. There were 68 of us there. We rented some cabins out in the middle of no where. Everyone had fun playing soccer and wiffle ball and playing in the stream near by. My grandma passed away this spring, but she had 14 grand children and 37 great grand children!! Everyone was able to make it, except 1 of my cousins and her family. It was a good time, hopefully we'll all be able to get together in the future too!!

Goodbye training wheels!!!

Brooklynn asked Tim to take her training wheels off her bike today, he did, but figured he'd be putting them right back on. To our surprise she took right off!! She is so proud of herself. She has to learn how to stop on her own, but other than that she is doing great. This is a big surprise considering she just turned 4 a couple of weeks ago. She's determined to keep up with her big sis!!

Friends

The Doyle family was over the other day so that Tim and Shane could work on their dirt bike and quad. They gave the kids a ride around the yard and then the kids were just playing on the quad. I think Elijah was pretty excited to have 2 girls on the quad with him!!! They all play so good together, it's very cute!!

Party Time!!

Brooklynn turns 4 years old!!

We celebrated Brooklynn's birthday at the park again this year. She thinks it's great to have a party there. She wanted to make her own cake, so we attempted to make a bunny!! It didn't look too bad, I guess. She had a lot of fun!! She is very excited to be 4 years old.

My mom takes the girls to Build a Bear for their birthday when they turn 4 years old. Brooklynn choose to make a bunny, it is very cute. The girls love going to this store!! Thanks Grandma!!

Tooth #3 gone!!

A couple to months ago Abby lost her bottom 2 teeth, now she is starting to loss the top ones. The first top one was so incredibly loose that she ended up swallowing it. She would not pull it out!! She wrote a note to the tooth fairy explaining what happened and still got her money. (that's all she was concerned about) The other one is loose now, so we'll see how long that one hangs on. She may start kindergarten with very few teeth!!

Exciting news!!! We just found out this past week that my sister, Jessica, is expecting!! Yeah!! Abby is especially excited and is eager to baby sit. (I do owe her a lot of free baby sitting!!) This is she and Mike's first. This will be grandchild #7 for my parents. Crazy!!! Congrats to Mike and Jess!!