The Kids

Even though cell phones don't posses the most amazing cameras, they can capture the most amazing moments! I've enjoyed pulling out my phone from time to time while babysitting, those kids are just too cute!

Sweet sisters! I was enjoying watching the two of them play together on the big comfy chair, its so cute to see the way that Hope can get Grace to laugh! Big sisters are just too funny.

My sweet Smith boys. Nathan and I got to help his mom clean one day after Caleb came home from the hospital...even managed to sneak in a snuggle with baby Caleb. What a big helper Nathan is growing up to be!

Ella is my cute little farmer girl. She just loves the cows that live across from their house. This particular day she insisted that she was a farmer, pointing to herself and saying it in such a cute little way.

Little Grace is such a snugly girl! When we took this picture she was missing her mommy whom she loves.

Two workers ready to go, safety glasses are a must!

A sleepy boy just ready to be tucked in for a nap. I love that stage. :)

We decided to enjoy the weather, its the North West for goodness sakes! So we got her "bee boots" and went puddle hopping.

One of our favorite things to do (or at least mine) is play dough! Hope is good at thinking of creative things to make.

The two of us enjoying a book before bedtime. It's a pretty safe bet that we were reading about stars, or weather, or volcanoes; Nathan in a very inquisitive little scientist in the making.

Ella's mom told me that when she got dressed this day she wanted to wear these striped pants with the horribly clashing pink striped shirt. Why the stripes you might ask? Cause she said that she was a "pink zebra"!

One a rainy day we decided to have a picnic anyways, indoors.

This summer has been one filled with a lot of water fun, it's amazing what amusement a squirt gun, sprinkler, or pool can provide. Eric looks just a bit mischievous here, I think that I "got it" after I took this one.