Sunday, April 22, 2012

Spring Fun!

We have been going outside a lot more lately and we are loving it.  I am so glad it has been so warm and winter is gone, even though it was a mild winter.

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This is at a park that is close to where we live.  It is  water park when it gets warmer and this crazy contraption shoots water down.  I can’t wait to take Katelynn, she is going to love it. 

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Katelynn likes the toys, but is definitely more interested in playing with the rocks.  At least she doesn’t eat them.  She might have tried one or two, but then decided they didn’t taste so good.

I love warm weather because you can barbecue.  One of my favorite things, well my favorite thing, is to grill shish kabobs.  I have loved them since I was a little kid.

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All done grilling, just waiting to be eaten.  Sooo delicious, my mouth is watering now just at the thought of them.  I could have these almost every night.  I loved grilled vegetables. 

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Kevin does a great job of getting them just right. He sure can grill!

Katelynn loves to be in the kitchen whenever I am in there.  She has to see what I am doing.

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She usually lasts on a chair for awhile, but then wants to be held so she can be right by the action.  She is getting so big and learning to do a lot more.  She like to help me put things in the garbage.  So far she has only put garbage in the garbage; we will see if that continues.

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She is so much fun and brings lots of joy to our lives!

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She has lots of fun faces she makes.  She loves to “talk” to us and is starting to say a few words, mainly just hi though.  Lately, her jabbering always ends in mama.  That has to be the last word she says or at least it seems like it to us.  I am doing well.  I am not as tired as I have been since I started to take iron.  I found out that I have gestational diabetes again.  So wish me luck on that.  It is good for me, but I will miss my cookies.  I won’t mind if I weigh less after I have this baby girl than I did before I got pregnant.   Other than that things are going well. 

St. Patrick’s Day

I have never been to a St. Patrick’s Day parade before, let alone heard of one, but Ft. Collins has one.  It was great weather for March.  I think it got up to almost 80 that day.  We went with Ben and Shanna to the parade.  There were so many people there. 

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The parade started at ten and we got there early so we could get some good seats, so it was a little chilly at first, but then it got hot. 

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There were a lot of awesome floats, this one was kind of weird, but hey, they’re wearing green, right? 

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Katelynn did really good once the parade started.  She loved all of the balloons, and there were a lot of balloons. She also loved all of the dogs.  There were a lot of dogs too. 

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Chillin’ with Daddy, watching the parade. 

After the parade we played at Ben and Shanna’s.  Out comes the water! 

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Katelynn was so excited to play in the water and with her cousins. 

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Kevin was great playing with the kids and kept them busy for awhile.

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A good rest is needed after playing so long.  I don’t think Katelynn needed to rest as long as Kevin though.