Distance.

I miss them :( As much as I love our new house... awesome town... more room... one thing that I will always miss is the ability to just hop on over to Liz's house or her skip on over to ours. Now the drive is a little (well a lot) further... and we can't just head over for a few minutes anymore.

Hopefully some day... and sooner rather than later... they'll head closer this way as well. I miss my bestie being so close... and Landon misses his girl and seeing her multiple times a week.

Tonight we had a little Rawlings/Williams Family get together... and some much needed playtime for the babes. It was so nice to just hang out again.

Sniffle. Sniffle. We miss you John, Lizzy, & Delilah.

The most awesome bib this girl owns :)

Pinkie & Bluesy.

Tool Time.

Look how much these two have grown... I remember our first Mama's and Babes pics and wow... tiny to tots in such a short time.

The Handsome Boys!

Hilarious Wee-Ones.

Monkey Man!

Mamamama!

Blowing MaMa kisses goodnight.

Daddy & Daughter... Two of a Kind.

I love this girl!

Rock-a-bye babyin' Shawn

Crazy Uncle Jon!

Cute Patoot.

That's my boy!

Lovvvve you!

Teaching D one of Landon's tricks.

MaMa's sweet girl.

One Proud Auntie!

Monster

Why is Landon a filthy mess? Because he devoured delicious chicken enchiladas for dinner. This babe is a piglet when it comes to adult food. Forget mushed up baby chow... give this kid the real deal!

Where'd all the food go?

Sweet handsome boy.

The new programing set to repeat. Monsters Inc.
Both kiddos are watching it everyday... I'm thankful for the Finding Nemo break... but jeez... a little variety never hurt anyone ;)

Munchkin stretched out his onesie a bit too far.

Muah!

Ticklefest for Mommy.

Freeze!

Mr. Curious

The Banshee.

My lil Munchkin. Love you so!

Landon growling at the monsters in Monsters Inc.

Stinky Feet

For the life of me I can not remember... (what us think that we were wise la la la la la la) haha... no seriously...

For the life of me I can not remember if I posted about Shawn's new "saying." This is one hilarious toddler moment (that keeps repeating.) When ever I ask Shawn "Why did you just do that!?!" I am getting this response:

"Because I've got stinky feet... I'm inxy... and I'm bad bad to the bone!!!" -that's Shawn for ya... Kid... I love you so stinkin' much!

As time goes on we are unpacking more and making this new place our own. One thing, as a photographer, that is a dream here at this house is... wall space! I have so much more room to display my work... and family snap shots... in a more creative way. There is still work to be done with arranging them "just right"... but you get the idea :)

The big one is reserved for our family portrait (when I get around to taking it.)

Kiddos play room. Family, friends, and good ol' memories.

Shawn asleep on the couch.

That big ol' hole in the fire place will soon be filled with a pretty decorative fixture.

The Girl Next Door. Landon & Hailey making "conversation" through the fence. These two are rather adorable to watch mingle.

Lessons in Super Soaking

Last night Kendra and Aydan stopped buy for a visit to check out the new place (and for a play date/mommy time.) The boys were feisty as ever fighting over this, that, and everything else. The number one attention grabber was Shawn's new truck. Nan went a' yardsalin' the other day and picked up this find. Well, this treasure is quickly becoming a feuding ground... and headache causer for Mommy.

Ah, but over all the boys did have fun playing together... I guess its just the age where everything is "mine, mine, mine." And it was rather cute watching them haul each other around in this contraption.

Mr. Independent refusing baby food... and refusing to be fed.

Alas, the yard is completely fenced in! The first thing I had to do (after my doctors appointment for my stinkin' knee) was run to Lowes to pick up some sand... and then to walmart for a kiddie pool. Now Summer can really begin!!! Today was such a fun day I didn't want it to end. The weather was perfect... the kiddos were happy. We spent literally the ENTIRE day outside playing (well, other than dinner and sunscreen breaks.) We all love it here so much and feel so blessed to be here as a family.

Freedom! Fenced in yard to run like crazy in... and a refreshing pool to cool off afterwards.

Daddy snuck up on us with this old beast... his famous super soaker!

Now look what Daddy's got him started on... ;)

Mr. Fix It to the Rescue!

Big Guy in a Short Truck

Then later this afternoon after his nap, Landon was given his first opportunity in a sandbox. I was really unsure on how this would go since he is rather fickle with water... but lo and behold... he LOVED it!!!

1st Touch of Sand

Sharing rather nicely :)

"This is pretty cool Mom!"

And the 1st sandbox experience just wouldn't be complete without a 1st mouthful of sand.

Keep that sand outta the button!

Wasn't me!

...and the temperature... JUST right!

Shawn was so sweet helping Mommy hold brother's hand.

Poking his own button like the Pillsbury Dough Boy LOL... now just hear that "Oh hoo hoo" squeal.

Tool Time.

After Landon went to bed it was time for some weeding and watering... Shawn volunteered his services with his rusty trusty Nemo watering can.

As he watered each plant he said "This is to help you grow." What a sweetie!

"Growing just right" he said :)

Now for an evening drive before bed.

Good night all!