goodbye BFF

My Sister Katy & her kids Camden & Kynlee are moving to Washington in a couple of days & this past year we've hung out more than we ever have. They came over the other night to hang out one last time before they move. Camden was sleeping the whole time on the couch so I was only able to get one picture of him.

Katy & I were trying to get a picture of us sisters & I found out that she sucks at taking pictures of us by holding the camera out in front of us.. We were laughing so hard at how she looked in the pic. If anything it was a good laugh & memory.

Kynlee is adorable as always & we will miss our babygirl spending the night & playing with stephen. I got some cute pictures of her b/c she was wide awake & crazy!

she & stephen are so cute together it makes my heart so warm! she kept going into his office to "bother" him & watching him & her play makes me going to miss her so much more than i thought i could. I have the cutest video of them playing, but its not uploading now, so i will have to post it later when i have more time to wait around. xo Bjo

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these past few days...

I was sick & then Stephen got sick, he ended up getting a double ear infection & his asthma got really bad from all the chest congestion. So, I made yummy chicken noodle & dumpling soup... (The rolls are NOT homemade, but still hit the spot).

I found out we have a camera shy dog who wouldnt co-operate for pictures...

I finally found a quote i liked enough to place above our bed & grow to love it more each time i look at it. Right before bed lately i tell stephen, "goodnight my love, good night my everything" & we just start laughing.. the best, i love those moments.

I finally had enough of the messy bench we hide our shoes in by the front door, so i cleaned it out & realized we have way too many shoes in that bench.
BEFORE:

AFTER:

It was Kynlee's 2nd birthday & we had fun celebrating it with her even though she got real shy from the attention. I love these pictures though of Bren & Camden, it was so funny watching Camden ignore Bren while he ate his cake.

The cake my mom made for kynlee fit her so well... She was being so shy...

Anden has gotten SO big lately, My lil' buddy is growing up. He & I went on a date this week with Jacob & got Jack in the Box Milkshakes & walked around the store , nothing big, but enough to make his day & mine. The funniest thing, we were in the drive through & the lady in front of us was taking forever. Anden kept saying how she is so fat & how its so rude that she wont just hurry & eat & then come back so she wont waste our time. I love him SO much.

Baxter LOVES Baths!

Last Night it Rained & We still havent put time/money into our back yard. So it was a muddy mess.
We let baxter out this morning & he Loves to dig in his big playground of a backyard. So, Mud was everywhere & my floors.. lets say, they now sparkle!
I was able to snap some pictures while stephen was giving him a bath. Baxter was being so good & didnt make a mess! He was drinking the water &acting so cute! We dont have babies to post about, so we post things on Bax & gosh dangit we love him!

Our Poor Baxter

Stephen & I both work around the same hours everyday & work full time. Baxter is not good enough when no one is home, so we have to put him in his cage all day long. He has not been used to this & We feel so bad for him, but can't really do anything about it. He has so much energy when we come home. We've been taking him for long walks & he still wants to go crazy (I dont blame him). It might get a little bit better in about a week when stephen will go into work a couple hours after me & then come hom a couple hours later, so he will only be in his cage for about 5 hours, but we still feel bad for him. Hopefully in a couple of years he will be able to roam the house when we are gone & mind his manners! I've been wanting to take him to a doggy park & see if that helps get his energy out, but i'm scared of alot of other dogs, so we'll see what happens. We LOVE our Baxter!

Stephen's New Job

Today was Stephen's first day of training at his new job. He works at HealthWays (the same place his mom works) and so far he likes it. It will be nice to kind of be working the same hours & to be able to have around the same time off give or take a few hours here & there. We are so excited to plan some fun weekend trips! I was going to take a picture of his first day, but he didnt look to thrilled with  the idea, so i gave in & just decided to write about it.
I woke up with him @ 6:30 on my one day off to sleep in! & I thought I would be able to fall back asleep, but for some odd reason I couldnt & I ended up getting a lot done. Made yummy dinner for when he got home & had the perfect relaxing night.
I am so thankful that Stephen & I both have good jobs. I am thankful that he works so hard for us & for our future. He is still considering going to get his Masters & or Law School, but I think he is going to wait until Summer to Decide what he wants to do. Hopefully he will get a job by then more in his field that he wants. But for now.. HealthWays is good & steady.

Oh Kynlee..

We watch Kynlee about once a month over night. While we were babysitting, Stephen was playing video games & I was busy doing laundry, She gets into everything!! I caught her in the act a couple of times...

 I kept catching her put her feet in Bax's water & splash around.

 She loved to play with stephens cell phone when he wasn't paying attention...

Watching him play his game...which made him think she was the coolest kid

 It didnt take long for them to become best buds!

So easy to LOVE!! We're gonna miss our little friend when she moves.