the swing set project

this post is WAY overdue!  we are SO excited about our new swing set in the backyard!  we bought it over memorial day weekend and zack put the entire thing together himself.  he worked SO hard for days and did such a great job!  every second he was at home this is what he was doing.  sometimes after the sun went down!  it was a fun project and it was a HUGE project.  i decided to document it for your viewing pleasure.  :)

there were so many pieces in different boxes.  he took about 3 hours to go through and label everything before he started.  he claims it was WELL worth it.

this is the first of the structure that we saw.  

climbing wall and ladder added...

getting the floor started...

walls and a roof coming together...

look at that!  and then he started working on the swings...kamdyn could hardly stand the wait.

she LOVES to help daddy...

getting on for the first swing!

and now this one...

little did she know it also has a huge slide!

the first slide!

look at this awesome thing!  the picnic table and all!

the dogs and kamdyn both love it!

her first snack under the swing set...and macy's too!

i can't even begin to describe how excited kamdyn is about this swing set.  she would be on it ALL DAY LONG every day if we would let her.  too bad it is SO stinkin' hot outside!  we can go out after breakfast for a few minutes and that's about it!  she loves it.  any time someone comes over she points out the window and says, "daddy make that."  or "daddy make that for you and kyler."  it's VERY cute!  she is so proud!  we have gotten a lot of use out of it so far and it has been fun to have our friends play on it too.

THANKS DADDY!  YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

days at home

so yesterday  morning, around 8am, i decided it was time to potty train kamdyn.  i have been terrified of this so i just decided to bite the bullet and go for it.  SO.  we have been home-bound and plan to be at least through tomorrow.  i must say i do have a bit of cabin fever, but at least i got to go to the gym this morning.  so in the mornings we have been spending some time outside on the swing set before it gets too hot.  (swing set project post to follow).  i had to take this picture of kyler (with my iphone) b/c this is how she always ends up in her swing.  no  matter how excited she is to get in there and start swinging, in less than a few minutes she is lounged out and sucking that thumb.  it cracks me up.  kamdyn keeps telling me to put her legs down, "kyler, legs down."  but when i do they just pop back up.  they are also always like this in the stroller and high chairs, etc.  she is a limber little thing!  the second pic just cracked me up b/c this is all i could see for a while yesterday.  she insisted on putting the potty in her tent.  which was fine with me, as long as she used it!  she needed a puzzle too.  that was a good potty activity for about 2o minutes.  ;)  

spwink-a-lers

nothin' like good old fashioned fun!  kamdyn had a blast playing in the sprinklers at lexi & savannah's house this weekend.  she also enjoyed jumping on the trampoline with the sprinklers shooting up through it.  kyler was happy just crawling around in the grass and even on the pavement.  at one point i did find her completely under the trampoline, in all the mud.  i wish i had a picture of that.  and if you think these swimsuits are cute, wait til you see the cover ups.  okay, okay - i'll post a picture below.

first pony and perfect piggies

kyler's hair has def been getting thicker and a little longer and i normally just clip a bow over to one side.  she kinda goes crazy when anything is on her head so i wasn't sure how it would work.  but it was time to try the actual ponytail for the first time!  i think it was cute and a nice change.  zack thought she looked weird.  :)  kamdyn had pigtails at 6 months old and we have gone through many different stages with them.  here's how those piggies are looking these days - so curled and perfect.  i can't tell you how many people comment on them when we are out in public!  she has also been very into wearing bows again so i am all for that!!!

lovin' the doggies

i think the dogs are half in shock and half over the moon that we have been outside so much since it's been warm.  they have actually been getting some attention and even a play-mate every now and then.  :)  i can't remember why kamdyn started hugging on them the other day and then proceeded to climb on maddie's back, but they did not seem to mind.  and yes - that would be kyler crawling in the last picture.  that's right - she is now crawling.  10 months.  maybe she'll start getting some teeth next.  :)

holy snowcone, kamdyn

last weekend our friends invited us to go to the snowcone lady.  we have been wanting to get a snowcone from this place since last year but we never did so this was the perfect opportunity.  as you can see, kamdyn thoroughly enjoyed her snowcone and can't wait to go back.  and believe it or not - the shorts are white again with no sign of snowcone.  :)

doesn't brynn look so sweet and innocent in these pictures?  she is so clean - even with a GRAPE snowcone!  the funniest thing is that kamdyn & brynn normally rival one another when it comes to eating.  it is always entertaining.

kyler was so good in her stroller.  i just stuffed her face with puffs, as usual.  what a sweetie.  as you can see below, the snowcone lady is quite popular.  this was the line at like 3pm when we were there.  it's crazy!

last day of school

i really can't believe that kamdyn's last day of school was on thursday.  this year has flown by.  it will be so weird not having it on tuesdays and thursdays this summer.  she really had such a great year in preschool and we were so blessed to have the teachers she had and all the little friends in her class, including her best bud, isabel!  this is them together after school on thursday.  i need to go back and find a picture from the first day of school to compare.  she seems so much older now!