I know it's not quite summer yet but here in Carlsbad it feels like the middle of the summer! We have hit 100 degrees already and for the last couple of weeks it has been in the high 90's! It is HOT! We have had a really good time lately. There is just something about the sun shining and leaves turning green that makes me happy.
Derek's sister Melissa came and visited us for a couple of weeks and it was a BLAST! She has two sweet kids and McKenna, her youngest, is just a little bit younger than Carly!
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| Carly, Nathan, and McKenna getting ready to have a picnic and go swimming at the beach of Carlsbad! (It's a man-made beach that goes up to a river :)) |
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| Rhett and Derek playing with the kids at the beach! |
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| Now Derek and I know that we can have three kids and still keep our car even if all our kids are still in carseats. It was so fun to see the cousins together. |
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| Now that's teamwork! I wonder who thinks their the queen? |
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| I was able to go to Lindsay's house again and visit. It was really fun this time because of a couple reasons. 1. My friend Ashlee was able to come visit too, it was so good to see her and it felt just like old times, except with babies! 2. Carly was able to crawl this time and she followed Brett and Dantzel everywhere. Brett is so sweet to her and tries to involve her in everything. |
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| The three amigos or the three stooges depending on what time of day it was! |
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| The girls... plus babies! |
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| This is my sister's youngest, Kelsey! She is so sweet! She loves her mama and will just smile and coo at her all day! |
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| I sent this picture to Derek while we were gone! He was so proud of his little rock-climber. |
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| So sweet! I'm not sure what color her eyes are but I am sure they are gorgeous! |
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| My mother-in-law Bonnie bought matching dresses for the little babies! They were so cute! We did a little photoshoot with them! It was difficult but really fun! |
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| McKenna and Carly |
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| On my birthday Derek and I stopped for lunch at Subway, got a fruit slushie from Sonic and headed out to this beautiful place called Sitting Bull Falls. We had heard about it but had never been because it was closed due to a fire they had last year. It recently opened so we decided to see what it was all about. We were shocked at how pretty it was. You don't see very many pretty things in Southern New Mexico. Unless you think sagebrush and yellow grass is pretty. It really was beautiful though and we had a great time. |
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| Derek came home from a twelve hour work day completely brown. From the top of his head to the toes of his boots. It was funny and sad :) |
