we miss you pappi

Zach is in LA for an entire month. He left on the 11th of July and will be back on the 13th of August. So far I have not gone crazy but I have come close a few times!!!! The kids are being pretty good but I miss having someone to hang out with at night :(

Carleigh waving "Hi Pappi!"

She climbed on the bed all by herself!

Zander snuck in bed with Lissie! They were so sweet I had to take a picture!

Family puzzle time

Playing trains in our remodeled basement!!! Thanks to the flooding we had the night of the TORNADO WARNING we now have new walls, new flooring, and no BOW BAR!!! The basement is huge now!!! I am not sure who loves it more me or the kids.

photo shoot

Love the eyebrows!

I need to print this one for the wall I love it!!!

Watching the birds! See was so impressed with them!

Zander loves his little sister!

What a sweet little dude!!!

Going GREEN..

or pink, or yellow, or orange, or blue!!! Yep you might have guessed it I talking about cloth diapers of course!!!! My babies will now be sporting the fabulous bum genius 3.0 organic cloth diapers. We are on our first 24 hours of using them and so far I am loving it!!! The initial investment was a little painful to get all the diapers (12) but in five months they will be paid for and we will never have to buy diapers again!!!!!!!!!!! Plus we are helping the environment a bit too!!! They are definitely not anything like the old school cloth diapers of our parents days, these are deluxe! They are all in one diapers. They have the liners built into them and they go on just like a normal diaper would. They have snaps to put them on and they snap length wise also so they can be size small, medium, or large!!! They fit about 8 pound to 30!!!! Carleigh had on the same diaper for 12 hours last night without a single leak. Zander, Lissie, and Brody all also are wearing monkey doozle cloth diapers at night time. All three of them woke up with dry Pajamas this morning!!! I LOVE them!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow I am going to get some liners down in Racine so when they poop you just grab the liner and flush it down the toilet!!! My sister has two friends that have been using them since DEC without leaks as long as the white liner is tucked into the water proof outside!!! I am converted!!!

Yep that cute pink thing on her butt is a diaper!!!

Carleigh just LOVES the kitty!!!! Emmery is such a great sport when Carleigh makls her!

Leo Cariello...

FOR THOSE WHO REQUESTED WORDS...

Every Year my "Mormon family" goes camping at the beach in Malibu, CA over easter break. They have been going for 40 plus years. I went for the first time when I was 16 and have gone all but a few years since. It is such a blast!! Beach all day and camp fire at night. I was there all by myself without Zach. He wasn't able to take anymore time off so he flew home for 10 days and then met me in Las Vegas for the drive home. My buddy Aubrey and her sister Marla came for a day and a night. I was sad to see them go but was glad I got to spend one day with them at the beach. I so want to go next year...now how do I convince Zach to make the long trek west all over again???

Lissie and Brielle (Aubrey's oldest) playing tag with the waves. They were so cute together!!

Brielle and Brody collecting sticks to start a fire.

Carleigh loved the beach. She was such a trooper!!!

Lissie and Brody in the rock cove on the beach. The lighting was just perfect for some great pictures!!!

Holli (my mormon sister) and I at the beach. It was so fun getting to be with Holli. She is a big girl now with a husband and all. I can't believe it!!!

Trying to get a picture of the girls. Carleigh was less than happy as you can see!

Family shot on the rocks. I so adore my little ones...

After a long day at the beach. The kids went to bed pretty close to perfect every night!

Brody loved the water. I was hoping he would be scared of it so I could relax a bit but that was not the case. He was playing in the water almost the entire time.

Two cute girls!

Zander, Brielle, Peyton(one of aub's twins), Lissie and Brody. That was how they slept the first night there. Aubrey, Marla, and I were at their feet. It was one packed tent!!!!
Brielle, Lissie, Brody, Peyton, and Zander once we finally got the fire going...
The fire was too bright for Zander so he put on his sunglasses. TOO CUTE!!!

Aubrey and I cooking dinner together the first night. Oh how I miss her. Check out or sexy mom mobiles in the back of us!!!!!!!!

What a long strange trip...

The First Night in the Hotel on our Vacation!!!!

At Autumn's House...
We had a little birthday celebration there too. Lissie has had the longest birthday ever.

Mommy I have to go potty... on our way to St. George to see Grandma Spafford
Zach's Grandma Spafford.

Random pictures

Zander boy with his favorite little baby!

Why sleep in a bed if there is a hamper with a pile of random crap in it outside your bedroom door?


You're crazy if you think I am eating this stuff I prefer the camera strap!!!

Carleigh trying food for the first time! She is not a fan!

The foursome watching biggest loser with me on my bed! it is a good thing those are :baked" Lay he is eating!

chop!

It was time! Her hair was long and stringy. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT AND SO DOES SHE!!! It was so cute to see her so excited about her hair cute! She loves it when I curl her hair. She looks just like I did when I was her age except my hair was a little lighter.

So adorable!

Please excuse the pajamas and non matching bow!


PS. Carleigh learned how to sit up. She is fascinated with the kitty.