A little late...

John's kids Kaitlyn and Jake, then Karli and Tori holding Yuki

Walker, Karli's friend Ellie, and Karli celebrating Easter a little late...

Walker's stash

Karli's stash

The first day Walker saw Yuki. It was about a week after Easter...I'm just a little late posting the pictures!

Yay! Leaves!!!

Remember how much fun jumping in the leaves was???

I know I sure do.

Well, my babies begged me to please make a pile of leaves for them to jump in...how could I refuse???

The neighborhood kids all came over and had to enjoy it as well.

Mike and Lara's Wedding

Scott's brother Mike got married at the end of September. Here are a few pictures from it:

Scott and Karli (it's all she could talk about) Walker was exhausted. For an hour and a half he came up to me and said, "Jessi, I'm SO tired, can we please go home and go to bed?" I was bridesmaid so I went into the bridal room to grab something and this is what I found: naughty little girls getting in make-up. But they're cute so it's ok, right?

Walker's 4th Birthday!!!

Yes, that's right our little guy is four! I honestly can't believe it. He is getting so big and he is such a blessing in our lives. The sweetest little boy I've ever met. We got him an RC Monster Truck for his birthday and he was SOO excited! It was the cutest thing ever to hear him literally scream for joy.
Him and his buddy Marley

My Holly

I have this profound love for my Holly. We met a few years ago and honestly, she's totally a kindred spirit. Yes, I just said kindred spirit. I doesn't matter how out of my mind bitchy I am, she is always there for me. We're on the same mental and emotional wavelength. She doesn't sugarcoat things, which I think is why we've never really diagreed on anything. She's real, and I love her.

Which makes me come to this. She saw this quote and sent it to me via facebook:
"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." ----Marilyn Monroe

Now I laughed out loud when I read it because she said: "Jess, I found us the perfect quote!" She's dead on. I read it to Scott and he laughed and said, " Who sent you that?" My reply, "Holly" He says, "Well, that's pretty much you isn't it?"

My Holly is one of the best friends ever. And yes, I just totally dedicated a post to my BFF Holly.

Liberty Park

So, the kids LOVE Liberty Park. They have a few rides to go on, not to mention the waterfalls they can walk through in 100 degree weather.

Karli and Ryan on the Ferris Wheel Kristine, Marley, and Walker on the Carousel
Karli is tall enough to ride the swings!

Walker getting butterflies in his tummy on the Ferris Wheel. He was actually kind of scared (if you can't tell by his deather grip)

And then I told him it was fun and it was just butterflies. He got happy.

He totally wanted the shark one. Surprise!

Karli thought it was kind of boring

They are so good!

These are the cool water things the kids like to play in

Typical....