Happy Happy Birthday Blaaake Dear..Happy days will come to you all year...

My sweet husband turned the big 39 over the weekend. Its been a weekend of partying and being happy about life. Not only was it Blakes birthday but also his mother turned 71 and his brother turned 45.

Grandma LaRae came up for the weekend to share her birthday with her kids. We were lucky to have her stay with us and were lucky that all the kids and grand kids could get together to celebrate.

Here is Uncle Troy who turns 46 on Monday.

The girls got to meet their cousins they haven't met before. Here is Lilly and Emily with Kesyn

Lilly and Emily playing with Kamdyn

Here is Blake's other brother Kelly with his sweet wife Brittany and my niece Brianna

The girls LOVED jumping.

Sayda playing in the sand pile.

Brianna is the oldest of the kids. She is 13 and all teenager.

The youngest of the kids is Kesyn. She is 14-18 months (I think) so cute.

Here are the little girls. We have decided that Watkins can't make any boys. (Sayda, Gracie, Emily, Lilly and Kamdyn)Kamdyn on the tramp.

We had a great time with everyone. We'll have to get together more so that our kids get to know each other better. After everyone left we realized that we didn't get a picture of everyone. We haven't all been together for about 4 years. Dang, next BBQ i guess.

~~~The Zoo with Grandma~~~

This weekend the girls wanted to take grandma to the Zoo. It was a nice hot sun screen day.

Gracie taking advantage of the Misters that were scatter throughout the zoo.

Mother and son in 100 degrees.

Lilly and Emily hanging out in the shade.

Gracie on the water spitting Elephant.

Emily looking at the monkeys

Everyone taking a break in the shade...did I say it was hot?? Everyone was tired after a long hot day at the zoo.After dinner and tubs, the dog whisper found Clyde and fell asleep.And Clyde didn't care.

We had a really nice weekend with Grandma and the girls really love to have her around.

Now its time to have life get back to normal.

..And they call it Puppy Luv....

Let me tell you a little about the Watkins family (my husband and his brothers and mom)...they love their Dogs. I mean, their pets are like one of the children. With that said, Emily is all Watkins in that regard. She LOVES animals especially DOGS!! She thinks they are all friendly and I think she is a little dog whisper. All dogs seem to love her. Poor Clyde, He can't just lay down with out Em coming over and laying on him or hugging him.And I am happy to say that Clyde loves Emily just as much. The girl can do anything to this dog and he takes it with a lick and a wag of his tail. It's amazing.Here she is giving him his morning hug.Emily has grown so much since I have been home. I am really enjoying watching her learn. I missed out on my other girls since I was working at this time in their lives. I can't seem to get enough of her.My Babies. I love this pictures because Emily is (for the most part) aware of where the camera is.This weekend my Niece Maddie turned 5 and we had a party at Liberty Park. It was really fun to play and spend time with some family.

Pic of RuthAnn. What a trooper, she was sick and still came to play.Gracie with her party hat on. Liberty Park has changed a lot since I was a kid. They have a lot to keep the kids busy. I took that oppertunity to practice my photography skills.Here is Lilly looking at the water play area.

I love this pic of the girls. They are so gorgeous.

All three kids in Black and White. I love them.

Here is Ashlee and Jer in Black and White.And last...Jer being a dork on the phone.
This week, we are spending most of our free time cleaning the house getting ready for my Mother in Laws visit. She comes in on Friday morning and leaves on Monday. We are having a birthday Party on Saturday for Her and Blake. I hope to go to the zoo, swimming and to the park while she is here.

More random Photos from my nice camera

Here are some more random pics from my nicer camera.

My Niece Abby. She looks like her dad here.

Joey and Abby at the Park

Emily being silly with the broken apple slicer. (I nearly sliced my thumbs off)

Joey and Abby at the park again. I love this picture.

Joe and Abby.Emily at the park with her bag of Cheetos.What a poser.

Random Cell Phone Pics

Here are some random cell pics.

Since I have been a stay at home mom I have has some fun opportunities. One was to be a chaperon at the Zoo for Gracie's Kindergarten class. We had a lot of fun. Even though it was raining.

I was in charge of 4 kids. 3 girls and a little boy. Here are the girls in front of the Giraffe cage.

Gracie and her best friend Anna on their very last day of school. Gracie won't go to Fox Hills next year she will be going to Silver Hills. So it was a sad day for her to say goodbye to her friends.

We went to Toys R Us looking for a birthday present for Kunka and Lilly found this sports car. She thought it was so cool and begged us to get it for her. Its pretty sweet.

Saturday, we decided to go to the park and play in the water. A few of my siblings came as well. We had a nice picnic and everyone loved the water. I forgot my camera but I did get one picture with my cell phone of Emily hanging out in the shade.

But as a result of being in the sun and water all day we all got a little sun burned. I was so good with Kunka and Lilly but not so much with Gracie. Here back was Fried.

the white is where her swim suit was. Poor thing. We have been slathering her with Aloe Vera.

Emily has been doing this funny smile lately. I was trying to get a picture of it and this is the best we could get.

This week we hope to go to the Park for free lunches and play in the sun. I will have my camera with me I hope.

Conversation with a 3 year old:

"FART!!!"

Mommy says, "Lilly did you just fart?"

Lilly, "No mommy, my butt just burped"

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