Finally...

We got a fence!!! Kevin and I have wanted a fence since we moved here 4 years ago and we were finally able to do it.

Here is what my backyard looked like before:

See how wide open it is? Not many people on our street have a fence, so all of our backyards just blend together. It wasn't very much fun for me to take my kids outside to play because all I ended up doing was chasing them around to keep them in our yard.

Here it is now:

So much better! I am actually excited for summer to come now and we can play outside. I will get to relax and enjoy being outside, rather than feeling like I am running a marathon keeping track of my kids.

I love this!

Every morning Drey comes in to my room, climbs up on my bed, snuggles up next to me, and goes back to sleep. Of course when its still sleep time, I take him back to his own bed, (or he just sleeps on my floor) but if it's late enough in the morning, I will let him stay. (at least past 6:30 or so...I am not a morning person at all!) Sometimes we are lucky enough to have Jena join us like this morning. I was laying in between them until I had to get up to answer my phone. I love when they are all snuggled up next to me and asleep. I sure do love these kiddos!

Happy Birthday Kevo!

It was Kevin's birthday this weekend. Here is the card Jena made for him. I was so proud of her. She wrote the card all by herself. ( I just had to tell her how to spell the words)

This was the birthday cake on the back of the card. Too cute!
I figured we would go to dinner or something for Kevin's birthday, but he decided he would rather just stay home and hang out. So, we just ran to a little deli by our house and got some sandwiches for dinner and then we came home and had our own little birthday party. The kids loved it! We played "Pin the tail on the donkey."
I was so surprised that Drey actually kept the blindfold on.

We played "Hide and Seek." Jena loves this game. She asks to play it all the time, so I knew she would be so happy to play it for our "party." She doesn't really get the whole concept of the game though. She never stays in her hiding spot until you come find her. Kevin and I will play dumb and say "I wonder where Jena could be...hmmm...." and she will come running out and yell "Surprise!" OR....if she does actually stay in her spot, she will be laughing hysterically (and not quietly) so we just start laughing cause its too funny and we know exactly where she is. Drey was also not in to the game. I know he's still too little to know what to do, so he just ran around the house and gave away every body's hiding spots. Kids are too funny!

We also played Uno Moo. Jena got this game for Christmas and loves it!! She begs to play it all the time...especially with Kevin. She loves when her Daddy will play it with us. Jena has also added her own touch to this game. Whenever we pick up an animal to use, we have to make that animal sound. So...you will hear a lot of "oink, moo, cluck, bark, baa..." during the game. She is such a nut.

It was such a fun night. The kids loved it and didn't want to go to bed. Happy Birthday Kev. I hope you had a great day!! I love you!