Popcorn & Movie Time.

Finding Dory.

This is the movie I had planned to be the first movie for our big girls 

I loved Finding Nemo as a child, my girls loved it as well so I had my heart set on this being the movie. Our movie theater is connected to the mall so JD dropped me off at the door so I could run in to grab two Finding Dory shirts for our little ladies. If you're going to the movies for the first time you might as well go all out, so that's what we did.

1. Cute braided hair - check..

( well, sorta. I'm still learning on how to do this whole french braid thing.)

2. Finding Dory Shirts- check

3. Kiddie boxes with popcorn, apple juice, & gummies - check

4. Nemo & Dory sippy cups - check

5. watch Finding Dory - check

The girls surprisingly did great the entire movie with only one bathroom break.

They sat still for the whole first half, the second half they ("they" meaning Kaylee)

started to get a little squirmy but.. that's just Kaylee. She's wild, rambunctious, & out of control lately and does anything to test your patience.

But, they're two & a half.. 

with that being said, they did great for being toddlers.

We spoke about Dory on the way to the car, at their Paw-Paw's house and I'm sure it will be the topic of conversation for weeks to come. We are home now, JD's working outside and the girls are in their little pool and water table. It's a little toasty outside to be 6:00pm

 HEllO SUMMER.

 

It was a fun time.

time to cook dinner.

Meatball sub casserole, it is.

Have a great evening!

- Brooke x0

Celebrating the most important man in our life.

For starters, I hope all the dads everywhere had an amazing day that they deserved. We started our day out with presents, and then breakfast of course but first.. presents. This year was pretty simple to pick out gifts for J.D.. He mentioned a Yeti Rambler once, and by the next day I had it ordered and shipped to the house. He loves pictures all around the house so my second idea was to have a Canvas of him and the girls on the beach shipped to CVS, my third idea was a Red Lobster gift card so he can finally eat the crab legs he's been craving. As a child, I started to swell up and turn blue from Old Bay chips and ever since I haven't had one bite of any type of seafood so.. It looks as if I can sit and watch him devour the crab legs until I get tested to see if I still have the allergy I did as a child.

Second - We Eat.

Bob Evans.

French Toast & Scrambled Eggs.

Yum.

Gimme all the breakfast food.

We took JD's father out for breakfast this year, which was a 20 minute wait when we arrived so..

a photo session it is.

one picture and we had the perfect one.. whaa? this never happens.

She looks as stuffed as I felt after breakfast.

We headed home to relax and let our bellys settle before heading out again for my cousins high school graduation party. He's 18, graduated, and headed to West Virginia University.

Holy Moly. Time slow down, please and thanks.

Before I even know it, I'll be doing a blog post of my girls heading to Kindergarten.

 Before loading the girls back into the car, I snapped a few cute photos of the girls with their Daddy.

We spent the rest of the afternoon into the evening with tons of family and friends celebrating Isaac's graduation with tons of food, Cornhole (I promise you, it's an outdoor game), and a playground for the kids to be entertained with.. oh, and tons of throwback pictures which I have one below to share. Kaylee was passed out in my arms before we even left the park, the heat kicked her butt. 

By 5 pm, we loaded up the car with food for me because I was still so full from breakfast that I didn't even get a chance to eat lunch. When we got home, I bathed and changed into sweatpants, ate the plate of food I brought home only for JD to pop his head in the door and say "Lexi said we can go see her horse tonight at 8" so.. back out the door we go but I wasn't complaining because who doesn't love horses? 

What a cute little throwback of me and Isaac.

Finally, we headed home.. for good.. but first, ice cream. My usual stop for ice cream had a line so long I decided I wanted to hit the drive thru at DQ just to get home faster which was still crowded too but I didn't have to get out of the car to wait at least so that's a plus.

Have I even mentioned how much I love, love, LOVE these type of days spent with friends and family? Because I do.

- x0x0 Brooke

Camping with the Hayslette's

 Raystown Lake 2016

Summer time is officially here for out little family.

Actually, we went to the beach in April so I guess we started our Summer vacations a little early.

We've been on two vacations, the first was Myrtle Beach & we just got back from Raystown Lake.

I was never the camping type of girl until recently because it's really super fun.

yes, we were still in a camper.. no tent but, that's still a big step for me.

The first day went great, the girls were having a blast and we were excited to just be away from our small town of WV for a few days.

Day 2 is when Kaylee started freaking out over the wind.

And I mean full out panic mode, you would've had to be there to even understand the fear she had.

Her plate of food blew away once, causing it to hit the ground and the dog ate every last bite.

From that moment, she would go insane, screaming & crying anytime the wind would blow which caused for a very stressful trip but when you have two toddlers at the exact same age you just have to make the best of it. Although she was terrified of the wind at the campsite, she was not afraid of the boat.. thankfully. Since being back we haven't been outside due to the crazy hail and thunderstorms we're getting so I'm not sure if it's a phase yet or if it was just something she feared at the lake. The girls still had a great time playing in the water, driving the boat, playing with Khloe.. Their cousins dog who loves the water as much as they do.

We were surrounded by JD's side of the family, his aunts, uncles, grandfather, family dogs, & cousins plus their girlfriends. The water was chilly but it only rained one day so the weather was pretty decent most days we were there. We grilled out every night, having ribs, hotdogs, shrimp, mac & cheese, a ton of yummy food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.. 

and of course, what would camping be without S'mores by the fire? 

Which I have been craving ever since we got back. This rain needs to go somewhere or I'm going to be making S'mores right from the microwave.

 

This American Eagle bathing suit was perfect to add to my collection of bathing suits.

(typical bath house mirror picture)

 

 Kaylee loved "driving the boat" and blowing the horn.

Kylee preferred to stay beside Mommy or Daddy at the front of the boat.

Summer time has just gotten started, and we're ready for some more

 adventures with these crazy twins of ours.

Until next time, Raystown Lake.

-x0x0 Brooke