Random stuff...

I love her kisses!Peyton got her first fish! Her Great-Grandma Rosemary sent her some birthday money and we went to Walmart and got her a fish! SHE LOVES IT! "Where's Peyton?Not sure what this is all about...
Our little ham! She loves posing when you tell her "CHEESE!""Cheese!"I was changing the belt on our vacuum and she needed to replace hers too:)We took my little sister and her boyfriend to a DiamondBacks game a few weeks ago. She is growing up way to fast too! Thomas and Kelli came, then Madi, a friend of Hailey's met up with us too!She really likes bubbles!

She says "awwww" in a soft voice whenever she sees Tommi. And calls her "Baby Tom"

Peyton's 2nd Birthday!

We celebrated her birthday the night before her actual birthday too because my mom and my Hailey had to fly out early the very next morning to New York! Hailey made All-American last summer at Nationals in Denver, CO and she did awesome in New York too! They played in Central Park and the pictures they sent us while they were there were so neat!!

She hated when we sang "Happy Birthday " to her! Make a wish! I'm the birthday girl so I don't have to wait! She saw the "Dora" plates!Mama and the birthday girl!On Friday, her actual birthday, we had Kenny's parents, Paige, my dad, Kelli, Thomas and Tommi over for pizza, cupcakes and ice cream! And once again, she hated being the center of attention.She got a lot of markers, crayons, colored pencils and pads of paper for her birthday! Everyone was asking what they should get her and I couldn't think of anything else, but art supplies bacause she loves to draw! Although, it was funny because Nana and Pop Pop Holmes got her a little leap frog computer. Then Kelli and Thomas walked in with her gift and said, "I think you are gonna have to take ours back" because it was the same thing...Then the next day Uncle Rod, Aunt Karen, and Paige gave her their gift, and it was ANOTHER one! She really likes playing with it and we have yet to try everything it does! It was a great idea!She had her own little cake and everyone else enjoyed cupcakes!Paige helping her open gifts!Kenny and I got her an easel with a chalkboard on one side and a white boeard on the other! She really liked it too and I was so happy because I was so excited to give it to her!Peyton has grown up so much these last couple of months and has learned so much! She can spell her own name which is something that she just picked up this week! She doesn't know how to write it just yet, but she spells it out for us! She really likes to draw smily faces like this too! She draws the hair and ears sometimes too...it's pretty cute!Yep, she's our little genious! We are starting to work on potty training more and she is getting the concept more and more each day! She loves getting ready with me in the mornings...she will sneak makeup out of my drawer and when I catch her she says "ah, pretty." She is so cute and always makes us laugh. The other day I caught her pulling all the tissues out of the boxes and I said, "excuse me missy!" She started saying "achoo, achoo" over and over! She is so fun and definitely has a mind of her own!

Mother's Day 2011

For Mother's Day, we got an early tee time at San Marcos Golf Club in Chandler. They had a nice brunch that my aunt, grandma, and a few cousins met us at later after our round of golf. Our lunch was served with a few choices of salads, a lunch entree with a side, and a few choices of deserts. The cheesecake was PHENOMENAL! I also got a mimosa, which until my sisters wedding, I didn't realize how much I liked them! I'm a "special occasion" kind of drinker, but if I wasn't...I'd be in trouble! ;) Anyway, here are a few pictures from our round of golf! We had so much fun even if we "cheat". We have an inside joke with our family...Hailey "doesn't count" the strokes if her ball doesn't go more that 2 feet on the putting green, my mom doesn't count how many times it takes her to get the ball BACK into her own fairway and YES! I tee up everywhere my ball lands except the sand and putting green...Poor Kel tried to play, but it just wasn't working out for her.And don't be mistaken, this is my little sister driving the ball, not swinging a bat! Haha!Even though we had to chase a few balls down, I only lost one!

And this little sweet girl who made this special day possible for me:) Kenny dropped Peyton off with us for lunch after we were done playing.So delicious!

One of these days I will catch up on posting. I think I am so far behind it scares me a little to start because it's going to take a while and I don't want to spend the time to be quite honest! Anyway, here's a quick post for you...

I completed these two little projects one morning. First off, let me tell you how much I LOVE going to yard sales! Just to look for anything that I can paint and add to my home decor. To be honest, I never have too much luck, and have only came home with maybe 3 frames...kind of a bummer because I love good deals, but I just look at it as saving money!

Well, last month I went one morning and came across something I knew I "needed"... another shelf for Peyton's stuff! The others just weren't cutting it anymore. So I pulled up to this one house because I saw this shelving unit leaning against a bush. I was walking up right behind a guy and his wife and he was looking at the same item that made me pull over:( He walked away and I saw a sticker that said $10. The lady that was "hosting" this yard sale was standing there and I asked her how she mounted it to the wall because it seemed to be missing a few peices of the hardware, and she had some suggestions for me. So I offered her $5 thinking she would counter-offer with a couple dollars more, which I would have been more than willing to pay, but yes I am that cheap and hoped she would accept it, which SHE DID! I was THRILLED to say the least:) And the funny part of the story was that the guy who was looking at it before me (who walked away I must add) was getting ready to show his wife and I just heard him say, "well you were over there lolligagging and it's sold now." Haha! "Ya snooze, ya lose." (I'm not that mean, I just don't feel too bad because the guy wasn't mad about it...at least I didn't think he was...anyway it is much bigger and stores more! I'm a little hesitant to put all of her books on it because I don't want her to climb up to get them so I only put a few on that she doesn't read all the time!

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My other project was finally painting this...for the third time! I had it black when the toy room was our guest room. After we made it her toy room I just thought the black was too dark for a toy room so I painted it white and left a little black in the crevices. Mainly because I didn't take the time to paint it completely and thought it was "good enough" no one ever sees it anyway. Well, in January, we got a new tv I thought it would be perfect below it, but the color definitely didn't work. I put off painting it and was sick of looking at it everyday knowing it needed to be done so I finally repainted it. I just want to rough up the edges so it looks a little more "worn" than so crisp and shiny.
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Just wanted to share with you what makes my day...This gorgeous little face and her spunky personality! We love her so much! I will blog a little later to tell you all what we've been up to! Until then, hope you have a wonderful day!

Saturday we were invited over to Kenny's Nonni's house for lunch. She was planning to bbq, but after the forecast predicted rain, she made delicious sloppy joe's instead with beans, potato salad, deviled eggs (one of my faves!), and a delicious chocolate cake! Even though the rain changed our plans, the food was still great and weather like that couldn't get any better! I love the rain! That night we had a birthday party for one of our friends so we went over there for a little bit. I didn't take pictures, but Peyton met a new friend. She was so cute and such a CHUNK!:) We weren't there very long before Peyton started getting tired, but we got an intense game of catch phrase in:)

The Superstitions on our way to Nonni's on Saturday! Gorgeous!
These were growing in Nonni's yard and I though they were so pretty so she gave me some to plant! I hope they make it! We needed some color in our yard! We don't have a drip system yet and we don't want to spend money on plants if they are going to die so we will see how I do with these;)Sunday, we woke up early and since it was so nice outside, we did yard work! I don't mind doing yard work...I think I appreciate our yard even more when we put so much work into it. It was pretty bad though! Since we didn't plant winter rye there wasn't any yard work to do over the winter. The weeds started sprouting up recently and then with the heat, it just got out of control! So we spent the first half of the day cleaning it up! I wish I would have taken a before picture, but with the amount of weeds in this pile, you can imagine!Plus our garbage can was FULL of weeds!This is what we have left and the worst of it so I think we might hire someone for this half of our yard! Anyone know someone fairly priced?Our dogs sure do appreciate the clean backyard too!Angus enjoys the shade! Sunday evening we played softball at Skyline Park and won the first game of the tournament, but then lost the next game. It was still fun, but I realized I am out of shape! I almost had a homerun (inside the park of course and off of errors lol) but when I got to third base my team-mate was telling me to go and when I stopped I told him I couldn't because my legs were like jello! My hamstrings were already hurting from all my weed-pulling that morning! Hahaha! Then, I was playing left field and caught every fly ball that was hit to me except one because my left leg cramped up and I couldn't run! Its almost embarrassing to be honest, but I have to admit I am getting older and I need to stretch before any physical activity! LOL I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Breakfast picnic in the park!

Sunday morning I made some cinnamon rolls, cut up some strawberries then we headed down to the park for a little picnic! She loves the park
Enjoying and sharing her breakfast!
!She didn't want to leave so she thought throwing her hat on the ground would make us stay longer...She will learn some day that it is no way to get what she wants;)It may seem like she throws fits a lot, but she really is a good little girl! Her tantrums are just really funny so I like to share them! :)