New friends

We made some new friends that got displaced from the flood, so they moved in with us for a week. We had a great time. They have two boys ( one and almost three years old). The boys taught my kids how to play in the dirt and mix play doe. I also got some new recipes from Jess (mom) and had some good adult hang out time after the kids were asleep. I did not get a lot of pics, but here are a few.

Water Fun

As soon as spring hits we try and enjoy the outdoors since it gets pretty hot and humid here in the summer. We broke out the sprinkler and baby pool I got at the end of the summer last year for two bucks. This was before the flood. The kids had so much fun in the water.

Flood

Saturday morning it was raining pretty hard as friends started to arrive for a baby shower. We thought it was just another storm that would soon end and leave the skies blue and sunny, but it just kept raining. As the baby shower was ending we started to hear sirens. It was not just fire trucks. It was the tornado sirens in town. They went off three times that day. Soon there was flood warnings, and roads were being closed. My friends tried returning to their families. The last friend left at five and returned home at 6:45 pm. The rain continued through Sunday. We live on a hill, so our home was spared. We are so thankful and blessed. I felt very loved and covered in prayer as many friends, neighbors and family called, emailed and text to see how we were. Here are some pictures from the flood.

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Hair day

Cameron was up early one morning, so I did her hair. This helped keep her quiet for the rest of the family and was quite fun.

5 months

Roland is 5 months old. He loves to jump. He is now eating rice cereal, has two teeth, and is rolling over both ways. Roland is truly a blessing and we can not imagine life without him and we can barely remember life before him.

Garden

We planted our Garden again. This time a little more organized. We labeled rocks the kids painted so we would know what we planted.

Janis' Wedding

I got to be in one of my dearest, and oldest friends wedding while in CA. We got pedicures and manicures and had a great time hanging out and getting ready for the big day.