Color Wheel...

We used food coloring to color salt....red, yellow, blue. We drew (w. chalk) a large circle with six sections. Every other spot you put the colors you made....as you combine two together you will fill in the remaining 3 places with orange, green, and purple! The girls loved mixing the colors...even the neighbor cat had fun.

Ouch Abbi!

Poor Abbi! She gets about 10 accidents a day! She takes after her uncle Trev...

My girl is getting so big! VBS 2008

Here is a small clip of Lilli with her class at VBS. She has been going from 9-1pm all week and has enjoyed her time. It's so crazy seeing all the things she's learned. The day before she started we went to Target and got her a special "Hello Kitty" lunch box. That evening I went to the store to get her juice boxes and I stood there in the aisle for 15 min contemplating which ones would be the easiest for her to open so she didn't have to worry about it...After a while I just thought to myself, "Hannah, get a grip she's just going to VBS for goodness sakes." I now know how my parents have felt with my brothers and I. I never want my kids to struggle, even if it's just having to figure out how to open a juice box! I guess just thinking about my girls being on their own makes feel so protective...sniff sniff...

Honey

Here are some pics of our newest addition..."Honey"--aka. "Lisa" or "Snuggle bunny Ray"--Lilli has a new name everyday! We got her about a week ago. I told Josh my childhood dream of having a bunny has finally come true. All we had as kids were hamsters! (Thanks mom and dad...) The girls love having a little pet. She is very sweet. Notice the cage built from scratch by Josh:)

A day for a hike...

Today we attempted to hike Mary's Peak about one hour from Eugene. The top is a little over 4,000 ft. We were able to drive up most of it until the last 2 miles, which we hiked with the girls. There was quite a bit of snow and the clouds rolled in which made the view not really a view at all. I look forward to this hike in the summer time--although there seems to be a lot of bears out and about. Lilli was exhausted by the time we got back to the car...she kept saying she had a "cramp" the whole hike:) She is drama! Abbi feel asleep in the backpack on the way back...adventures like these are always interesting with toddlers!!

Grandpie and Grammie come to visit...

Here are some pics from my parents trip out here. We got to do lots of fun stuff...the weather was HOT! 90 degrees for quite a few days. We went to the swimming pool, the beach, Bend, and hiked Spencer's Butte to name a few things...the bottom pic is overlooking our city of Eugene. The hill right above Lilli's head is where we hiked with Dad. We love our parents and appreciate them coming out!!

Goofy Times!

These pics represent typical behavior from my two girls...crazy times.

The girls got these cute "shirt dresses" from Grandma Nancy from their trip to Mexico. They loved wearing them and I just thought they looked so cute. Lilli loves picking all our flowers! She says they're for her "wedding day"...We're in trouble!

We love to paint!

Monday Playgroup @ Splash!

Today we went to our Monday playgroup at this place called "Splash!" The girls love swimming so it was a perfect place on a rainy day. The water was so warm! We will definitely be going back there soon. When we arrived Lilli jumped right in the water, but Abbi sat on the edge and observed for a bit. A little later Abbi cried for a second and I thought she was just scared of the prospect of getting in, however, when we were standing I noticed her leg was swollen. Another mom had seen a fairly big spider on the edge earlier, so it hit me that she got bit while sitting by the edge. Thankfully we found the spider and killed it. Poor Abbi...hence the reason why she looks a little sad.