Just getting to Memorial Day weekend

I didn't get to post the pics that I took over the Memorial Day weekend. It was a nice relaxing weekend spent with Ben & Rachel. That was the first weekend in a LONG time that we had just to ourselves. Ben actually didn't have anything planned for school, so it was NICE! :) We were able to go to North Star Mall, which I've not been in a LONG time. I believe it was Rachel's first time there. She had a blast walking to different kids stores (Disney in particular). She kept asking to buy one thing for "one dollar". I told her that we were at the Disney store, not the Dollar Tree. ;) My poor girl, she's like her mommy. We love the dollar stores. ;)

She loved the fountain in the mall. She threw a few pennies in. It was so great to see her eyes all excited about doing that. I just love to see her excitement in life for the littlest things. I love being a momma! :)

Some tidbits about our girl:

Rachel is really into talking right now. She wants to talk to everyone! We go to the store and she strikes up a converstation with the cashiers, or ppl around her. She wants to tell everyone that her birthday is coming up and she's going to be "flee" (three). ;) She is so excited that she's going to have a birthday party. She keeps talking about seeing her cousins and playing with them at her party. She loves talking on the phone (really it's her hand-she's got a great imagination). The other day, she said she was going to call the store (Target) to see if they have giftcards for Papa (on Father's Day). She was in her carseat while we were filling the car with gas and she acted like she was talking to the person for quite awhile. She was laughing like the person was making her laugh and she kept saying, "that was funny, hahahahah!". I was listening and giggling as I listened in the front seat. :)

She loves to count backwards right now. She will either count down from 3-2-1- blast off. Or she does the 5 little monkeys. :) She uses her fingers to remind her what comes next. She holds up 5 fingers, then puts another one down to say 4, and then 3 and so on. :) She cracks me up.

Happy 8th Anniversary Baby!

I love you Ben!

(I know i used this same pic last year, I need to scan more wedding pics soon!)

Wonderful husband, best friend, love of my life, and FANTASTIC father.

Wii are doing fine! ;)

So in late April, Ben bought us a Wii! ;) I mentioned that I wanted to see how the Wii Fit would be when it came out. He took it as, I wanted a Wii. He looked into it and found that the games are fun (and the one that helped make the decision to buy it was there will be a Star Wars Lightsaber game coming out in the future)! ;)

I dont' have a pic of me using it yet, but I'll get one soon! :)

Ben- ready to play tennis.

Ben- serving for his tennis match. Rachel "playing" with her contorller.

Kelly & Tara have still been joining me on Monday evenings for dinner. Here they were trying out the baseball game. ;)

***BTW- We still don't have the Wii Fit. Ben's been looking for it to get me for my b-day, but it's all out of stock! ;)

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Now that my work (tutoring position) has come to a close, I am going to be a better blogger! I have continued to check all of my favorite blogs and I totally miss sharing what's been going on in our lives. :)

Here are some pics that I took of Rachel in April. :) She is getting so big and talking so much!!!Oh yeah, that's what I look like now! ;) Just kidding. It's been awhile. :)