Saying Prayers and Washing the Car

The other night, Addison wanted dinner so badly that I put her in her chair and then continued cooking, I turn around, and see her deep "in prayer" as she knows that she should pray first before she gets her food.  So cute that she folded her hands and closed her eyes without us telling her to!  

Washing the car with daddy
Daddy and Emily
Addy was hogging the bucket :) 
Snack time - Emily, Hailey, Addy - I love it when we don't even prop them up for pics like this. They get their snack...and then they all just went and sat on the stair together.  I love it that they are "buddies!" 
Emily and a lot of soap
Addison showing us her smile
Hailey giving directions about something :) 
Addy, Em, and Hailey
Enjoying a meal outside on the patio - loving summer!!!!

Good Day/Bad Day

Good Day...

Well the other day we got to go to another triplet mom's house for a playdate.  It was super fun!  The kids had a blast and so did we!  This is the mom that I talked about in my post a while ago about the Mastercard Commercial where she has a 3 year old, and triplets the same age as the girls, and then she's pregnant again after they thought they couldn't have any more!  Wow!!  Hopefully we can get together again soon!

From left to right (Hayley, Addison, Cole, Cameron, Emily, Hailey, Lauren)
All the kids eating lunch.  

Hailey is our little flirt...so does it surprise you that she's stuck in between Cameron and Cole (also identical) :)  All I know is if we ever have triplets again (ha), I would definitely be getting one of these tables.  SOOO much easier to clean instead of 3 high chairs!!  

Okay so that was the good day....

now today we've had a bad start to the day.  

We were headed to the zoo this morning, so I put the girls in their carseats all strapped in.  Emily was crying so I gave her my keys to play with and then ran inside to grab some sunscreen.  I come back outside like 1 minute later...and all the car doors were shut.  And I was like...Uh oh... then I looked...and ALL of the doors were LOCKED.  So all 3 girls were staring at me through the windows and I'm thinking "ahh!  what do I do?"  They are STUCK inside the car..WITH my keys...and I don't have  spare !  THANKFULLY Emily hadn't dropped the keys yet...so through the closed window, I start telling her to push the buttons again.  She pushed and pushed all sorts of them.  The alarm was going off, everything.   The trick was that she had to push the unlock button twice in a ROW.  So it took about 5 minutes of this...and then finally, she did it!!  i was soooo proud of her!  AND so thankful that it was Emily that had the keys because she is my little detail princess so she was happy to figure out our little problem.  I can just see it...if Addison would have had the keys, she would have done a little squeal and threw them across the car and THEN what would I have done.  :)  Hailey is a little tease so if she knew I wanted the keys, she probably would have hid them from me and giggled or something.  Ohhh man.  SO then I was all frazzled and now we were late so I quick drove to the zoo and just as we're pulling up I realized I forgot my wallet and my zoo pass.  So back to the house we go.  Then we go BACK to the zoo...and then met up with friends...and then somewhere at the zoo, Addy managed to lose her shoe (her pink croc...which is ALLL they wear!!!)  So...I ran all over the zoo looking for it but couldn't find it...so now when they wake up, I guess we're going shoe shopping!  What a day! :) 

Northern Bay 2009!

We're back!  We just got back from our annual vacation to Northern Bay Resort (a resort like 45 minutes past the Wisconsin Dells).  We go with the Dooyema's and the Otten family (who Ryan's family has vacationed with for years!)  It was a blast AGAIN and we had perfect weather and lots of laughs.  The group keeps growing which is so fun!!  The girls LOVED it this year.  We want to go back! :) 

The Dooyema clan

This pic sums up how Ryan felt after attempting several family and group photos with the girls... :)   haha

Ryan and Addison, Grandpa and Hailey, Uncle Shane and Emily.  

Braden, Emily, Hailey, Tyler, Addy
The girls loved the hot tub water and once they got used to that, they weren't huge fans of the pool! (Emily, Hailey, Addy)
So this looks like Addison took a spill....but nope..she was found just laying in the sand like this making "sand" angels.  She LOVVVEESS the sand! :)
Emily pointing to boats... 
Hailey, Emily, Addison
More boat watching...
Playing at the kiddie pool

Then, these next pics are from the 4th of July!  My BFF Heather and her hubby Evan have lived here for 5 years (I was spoiled)  but now they're moving back to Sioux Falls to be by family....and now they are expecting!!!  Yay!  So...on the 4th of July, we threw a going away party/couple's baby shower party for Heather and Evan.  I am so sad to see them go....but totally at peace that this is where God wants them and what is best for them.  It really is bittersweet!  Anyway, here are some pics.  WE WILL MISS YOU GUYS!!!  
Des, Heidi, Heather, me
A group shot minus a couple people that were inside.....this was taken by a 4 year old!  Not bad! :) 
And this is Addison, trying to console her sisters who were both in time out behind the door. :)  So funny. :)