Missing Daddy!

Kinley and Jax got really used to Daddy being home during the summer. Now that he is back to work it comes out that they are sad during the day when they realize he is not home. Some mornings this week Kinley would ask me if he was at work and when I said yes, she would go and gentley explain to Jax that he didn't need to be sad today because after naptime Daddy would be home and then we will get to play with him. She is such a big girl and it shows me that she was the one who was "sad" and by explaining to Jax she was telling herself not to be sad - too sweet.


A great reason to be missing Daddy... Momma is not nearly this patient to lay in bed and read books with two kids and a dog crawling all over her and probably doesn't read near as many books either!

Let's Have a Tea Party, Won't It Be FUN???

A fun evening tea party with baby dolls, teddy bears and a little brother acting on his best behavior so he would continue to be allowed to play. Kinley only reminded him 20 some times how careful he had to be so he didn't break her tea party dishes.

Bouncin Bears!!!

This week our friend Ms. Jennifer organized a playdate at Bouncin Bears and we all had a blast!!! A huge thanks to here for finding out about it and organizing the group fun, it is really close to our house, but Momma hadn't even noticed that is was open or what it was so we might not have gone for along time. It costs $5 for a day pass for each kid and then the parents are free. Because it is only about a 2 minute drive from our house we decided to buy the card with 10 punches and today's jump free (12 jumps for the price of 9) and because Daddy works for Klein we got another 15% off so this makes a CHEAP playdate for us and the kids LOVED it! Kinley wants to take Daddy back tonight to show him what she can do! Momma forgot her camera but Ms. Jenn let us borrow her's (thanks again) so we could get a few pics from today! I don't have pics of everyone but this was one of our biggest playdates ever! I'll probably leave someone out, but here is a list of all our friends who jumped - Kinley, Jax, Jake, Clint, Hayes, Jack, Lily, Luke, Anna, Sam, Ava, Audrey, Nico, Yuri, Ben, Emily and Harry. We are so blessed to have sooooo many great friends!


Momma, Jax and Kinley on the BIG slide!


Kinley by herself on the BIG slide!


She LOVED the whole place!


Jake!


Anna (such a girly girl) stopped bouncing to pose - too sweet!


WOW - Jax!


What should I do next - Sam!


Ms. Steph and Clint on a slide!


Hayes peeking over the side with his Momma!


Coleman kids!


Ms. Meredith swinging Kinley!



Kinley and Anna!


This jumper is for kids under 3 - a nice SAFE place! :)

Noah's Ark

Another Kinley Funny! Sorry for all the details, but I want to remember the whole conversation, not just the funny!

This morning Kinley came running in with all the finger puppet animals and started telling me the Noah's Ark story. "God told Noah to put all the animals in the ark and then a BUNCH of rain came...." I was very proud of her and thankful to her wonderful Bible class teachers and Ms. Kay who she said read her the Noah story last night. She continued to tell the story, then I asked her how many animals of each type went into the ark, she didn't say so I said, "Two of each kind, two cows, two Lions, two dogs..." She then started listed them herself by the puppets she had on her fingers - "Two zebras, two horses, two GRANOLA BARS, two alligators..." I looked over the counter, wondering what in the world she was talking about granola bars in the middle of listing the puppet animals. I said, "where is the granola bar?" (I think I expected her to see a granola bar sitting out on the counter or something that had distracted her.) With no hesitation she grabbed the KOALA BEAR puppet and held it in the air. - I love my funny little girl!

The Nike J!

This morning Kinley has been going around the house collecting tennis shoes of the entire family from the closets, baskets, etc... I asked her what she was doing and she brought me the pile said, "Momma, I was jut getting all the shoes with the J on them!" Apparently it should be called the Nike J, not the Nike Swoosh!

1st Haircut!!!

Today when Jaxon went to get his 1st haircut Kinley wanted her's "cut like Daddy's too"! We didn't let her get it "cut like Daddy's" but we did let her get it cut for the 1st time. She loves her little bob hair cut and Momma and Daddy do too!









Just to throw in a "Kinley Funny"... when she was climbing out of the chair and noticed the floor she exclaimed, "WOW Mommy, all my hair fell off!"

HAWAII!

We spent last week in Hawaii on the island of Kauai with Gpa and Gma Coleman, Uncle Troy, Great Aunt Jenny and Uncle Jim, Alex and Molly. It was an amazing vacation and Kinley had a wonderful time along with the entire Coleman Crew! We took so many pictures and did so much on the trip this blog post is truly a "sampling" of the fun filled week. I will try to do a post later this week of funny stories and extra memories from the trip if I get a chance, for now, here's some pics to show a bit of our family adventure!


Our "Hawaii House" as Kinley likes to call it!


Love it!


Backside of House


Front yard flowers


One of the MANY beautiful sunsets!


One of the views from the back lawn.


Kinley loving on Jax


The Coleman Fam!


Wow!


So pretty...


Pineapple Outfits!


Kinley's 1st look out our back door at the ocean on Thursday morning.


View from resturant on beach.


New shirts from Gma Kerry!


Showing off!


YUMMY!!!!


Swinging bridge on zip tour!


Momma hanging off slide of platform inbetween zips!


Climbing to the start of the zip tour!


Poipu Beach!


Loving that sand!


Kinley's pic with Mr. Seal!


He was putting on a little show for us on the beach!


Serious business making a sand castle!


Daddy and Alex swimming with the sea turtles!


Teaching Jax to Hula Dance!


Ahhhhhh....


Ohhhhhh..... :)


Fun in the ocean with Daddy!


A church at the North Shore


Muddy beach at North Shore - YUCK!


Cave at North Shore!


Kinley loved Molly!


Daddy and Kinley learning to Hula on stage at Luau!


Our Family of 4!


The Coleman Crew!


Daddy and Momma!


Hula Dancers!


Grandma and Grandpa!


Gma Kerry and Kinley!


Kinley with the dancers after the show!


Molly, Uncle Jim, Aunt Jenny and Alex


Loving the ocean from our back lawn!


Hula skirt day!


The model!


Showing her moves!


Ice cream night!


Beautiful!


Dinner at the Grand Hyatt!


Daddy and Momma!


Our Giant Table!


Momma and Kinley at the beach!


Daddy and Kinley at the beach!


Kinley's Family!


Kinley with her coffee cup at Kauai Coffee Company!


Aloha from the coffee man and Kinley (for Mr. Jeremy)


Where else do you see a rooster in front of the ocean?


Feeding the chickens on our walk!


From top of canyon!


Love this girl!


A sister and brother at the beach!