Terrorizing The House

I had to spend some time in the kitchen chopping up veggies. It took a little over an hour and during that time Kayley just ran around the house playing... She would run through the kitchen, then I'd hear her in her room, then the living room, then back into the kitchen. I didn't think much of it and just kept quickly chopping veggies....
Well, when I finished in the kitchen and came around the corner, here is what greeted me in the living room! Holy Cow! I was only in the kitchen for an hour!

Another of Kayley's favorite things to do. For some reason Kayley LOVES my shoes. Every time I turn around my shoes are scattered all over the house. Here she is lining them up....

And counting them. She does pretty good, she can count to 13 now!

Kayley really likes to play with the viewmaster. Remember these things??

Dear Heavenly Father....

I really wanted to share this funny thing that happened today with Kayley.
We sat down to lunch together and got ready to say our prayers. Kayley said, "Kayley say it!"
So I agreed...
She said, "Heavenly Father... thank you for the egg....and toast....and juice....and milk....and babydoll......and mickeymouse....and sandals....and shoes.....and pizza......and elmo.......and scissors....and ketchup....and blanket............."
At this point I was giggling so hard that she gave me the stink eye....

Then she continued....
"Jesus name.....Amen!"

"Again!!!!???" she said.

"Ok" I agreed.....

We repeated this prayer with a few differences about 8 times. It was pretty cute... At the end of each she would say, "Amen! Again???" And we'd start over and do it again. I eventually cut her off because my lunch was getting cold.

Babysitting...

Hallie...

Marisa...

Kayley did really well with Marisa, she played with her...

And then just ignored her...

Spaghetti... which has nothing to do with babysitting, but was a cute picture.

No words necessary....

I was at the kitchen table when I heard Kayley saying, "Heart! Heart" and "Thump thump!!"

Here is what I found.... What can I say?

To Shelley

Someone asked me the other day what "studio" we used to get our professional family photos done earlier this summer. I was horrified when I realized that I had been remiss in not mentioning that my dear friend Shelley took these photo's for us as a favor.

I'm sorry that I did not mention this much sooner. They turned out positively fabulous and we were so grateful since we really couldn't have afforded a studio sitting. She did such a wonderful job for us and we are so thankful.

THANK YOU SHELLEY!!!!!!!!

As for Shelley, sadly, I don't think she is for hire but I can always ask. =)