Simple life

        Tonight after cooking dinner for the first time in seriously almost a week we decided some ice cream sounded good. Since the girls and I spent all day in the house we were all happy to get for a little bit. Jazi was begging to wear her rain boots of course cause it had rained all day.. she had a pair of shorts and a tank top on. Real cute look on her.. but I am sure I would get some crazy looks if I thought I could wear that out. Of course she has a major love for ice cream but the main thing about our 30min out of the house was her getting to jump in water puddles. As she is doing this I am snapping a few pictures.. I am thinking to myself what a simple life. I wish I could see a water puddle sometimes and just go jump in it and splash water all over me with out any worries, not really.. but the joy that this brought to her made me smile. So maybe we should smile more about the simple things in life and look at our life's like a three year old looks at a water puddle with rain boots on!

Branson

   This past weekend we took a mini vacation to Branson as a family of four. It was a little interesting with a 10month old and a 3yr old. We probably couldn't of been in the car any longer than 3 hours.. thank goodness for dvd players in cars! We left on Friday after lunch, took us about 3 hours to get there. We were able to check in our room and had 30 min. to spare before the dixie stamped. Jazi of course was just thrilled to see as she calls them the yehaws! It was a very cute show of course the girls started to get a little restless towards the end. But all in all Friday was a good day. Jazi told us on the way back to the room "I had a good day" Just loved hearing her say this. 

           Saturday we had lunch and did some shopping which is of course is interesting with two little girls who don't know the true meaning of shopping quiet yet :) Since my birthday was a few days prior to this I was lucky to get to go to the Coach outlet, which by the way I was crazy for always paying full price for before. After a long day of dragging the girls around and the hubby, we went back to the room so they could nap. They all three took a little nap while mommy snook away for a little while. All four of us being in the same room was a little trying at times. So that is why it was a short vacation, not sure we could of all survived a week. That evening we went to the fish house which was a restaurant on the the river next to the bass pro shop. Jazi loved getting to see the fish, well she was pretty scared of the fish tank we sat next to at dinner. She has become quiet the chicken lately telling me she is scared of everything. But at the pass pro shop she liked the fish there and the bambi's. We walked the Branson landing which is super nice by the way.. cute little water show that Jazi and Juliana enjoyed. Oh I did forget to mention as we passed the go cart track on the way to eat she said I wanna go there. And on the way back it was closed so we told her we promised we would go tomorrow. I didn't think she would really ride to be honest. 

     Sunday morning we got up and packed and got ready to check out of the room. As we are doing this Jazi keeps saying "I like my room". I think she had a fun time staying in the room. So as we promised we headed to the go cart tracks first. We asked her if she wanted to ride and of course she said YES. So her and daddy rode the bumper boats first.. she thought she was going to get to swim. She did enjoy that. But not as much as the go carts. I thought Jas would have to go slow because she would be a little scared. Wrong.. she loved it. I could tell each time they passed me by the look on her face she was having a blast. That is when I knew it wouldn't matter where we went for vacation she will always have fun. We then took her to the disney store and few others that we had missed on sat. she picked a bambi out of all the princess stuff she hasn't put him down since. We headed back home after lunch and both the girls slept most of the way. 

      I feel very lucky to be able to treat our girls to this vacation. This is something we dont do often but something we need to make a habit out of.  Jason isn't far out from being deployed once again.. so I am glad we got to do a small get away before all the chaos begins. I am looking forward to a vacation for me and him when he gets back :) 

spending time with momma while Jazi got to  ride

Just look at that face! 

Birthday

  Today is my Birthday.. I am now 26.  It really is amazing how time flies. I love where my life is right now.. I hope 10 yrs from now I can say the same thing. Actually I hope I can always say that on every single birthday. Birthdays have always been a big deal to me.. not sure if it becuase you can say look I made it another year.. or because you can reflect back on the past year and smile. I love birthdays.. I want to always make them a big deal for my girls as well.
   I am thankful for many good friends this birthday I have very sweet people in my life. Jas invited our friends to dinner without me knowing tonight it was a very sweet idea :) Glad they came and kept us company at dinner.
    We are taking a trip to Branson this weekend so I am excited to get some birthday shopping in :) This will also be our first mini vacation with the four of us.. so wish us a little luck!  Happy March 14th :)

Past time

   Is it already MARCH? Really.. these past three months have flown by. I love the month of March, not just because it is my birthday month. The weather is always nice and its a taste of spring. I cant believe I havent blogged since Feb.19th!! Wow.. I will blame that on Jason being gone two weeks and throwing us off our routine. It was a crazy two weeks.. the end of the second week we went to stay with my mom. So that helped passed time while we were waiting on Jason to get home. Like always we had to pack up right back up the very next weekend after he got home to go back for drill.
   Wouldn't you know my girls got the crud.. I thought maybe pink eye? Never seen it before so was unsure so I spent $20 for the doctor to tell me that Juliana had a cold. Gotta love walk in clinics. So now it has ran its course and guess who was next in line me. I guess I cant complain I dodge the stomach bug twice. So I would rather have the crud. However I feel like my head is about to explode. Maybe its just because I am getting older that now my allergies are here. O did I mention my birthday is this month :) I like birthdays not sure why.. but I make them a deal. We are going to Branson the weekend of my Birthday. I am excited cause this will be a good excuse to get away with shopping. And Jason will just have to stand and pretend to be happy about shopping since its my birthday!
   Just in case I haven't already said this.. Juliana is pulling up and standing on anything she can get her hands on. Also she cut another tooth last week. I just cant seem to keep up with all these milestones. Jazi is still as wild as ever.. she keeps Jason and laughing a lot these days with her wild imagination. I love my girls so much couldn't imagine things without either of them. I said the other day to Jason I forgot what is was like before we had Juliana.. she just fits right into our life. I am sure one day baby #3 will to :) haha.. just seeing if Jason is paying attention. For the record he doesn't want anymore. But I do catch a few hints about maybe one day trying for a boy lol. But in the mean time I am enjoying the two of them growing up way to fast.
    Well I am just rambling trying to catch you all up.. I feel like I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off. So no plans for these McKinley girls this weekend just some RR.  New pictures soon!!!