Happy Fourth of July!

Fun at the Beach

Kensley had so much fun playing at the beach and never wanted to leave. This is one of my favorite pictures...I didn't notice until I was uploading pictures on my computer that her feet aren't even touching the ground! She had a few mis-haps, like getting knocked over by an angry wave and a mud-in-the-face incident, that turned her off for a little bit, but then she couldn't stay away and eventually started playing in the water again.

Kensley and Cousins

Kensley and her cousins Presly and Ava playing on the beach. I know, I know, immodest swimsuit....deal with it!

A Time to Sleep

We took a family trip camping at the beach over the Fourth of July week. Kensley wasn't always excited to go to bed because there were so many fun things going on and it just wasn't in her agenda. Stephen brought some glow sticks for her and I thought it was funny that she finally fell fast asleep within seconds while clutching her glow sticks in her hand.

The Need for Speed

A few weeks ago we went to Colorado for a family funeral and came across this 80 mph speed limit on the way home driving through Utah. It was very exciting for us and definitely picture-worthy. It didn't last long, but was fun while it lasted.

Hard Day

Poor Kensley has had all sorts of things go wrong for her today. First of all, she has been eaten alive by mosquitos or something lately and I don't really know where it has been coming from. Me and Stephen don't have a single bug bite and we are usually altogether. Kensley woke up this morning with all of these new bug bites on her feet. She basically looks the same all over her body.
Later, I was sitting on the couch when I heard a noise and then Kensley screaming from the other room. I run to get her and she is laying face first on the tile holding her stuffed dragon. I picked her up to see what happened and her mouth is full of blood which she of course starts spreading all over the place. It was all over her face, on my shirt, on her legs and feet. It was awful. If you look closely at the picture, you can see little blood spots all over her face. I tried to clean it all off but she was pretty hysterical and became more so whenever I came anywhere near her lip. What I guess happened is that she tripped and fell and because she was holding the dragon, she wasn't able to catch her fall and bit through her lip. It was very sad. She won't close her mouth and only drinks through a straw and is very hard to understand now. She is doing a little better, though.

Memorial Day Fun

We decided to have hot dogs for our Memorial Day Feast and headed off to Fry's for hot dog buns and milk and this is what we ended up coming home with! It was so stinking cute, I couldn't pass it up. It was the only one left so we had to stuff it in the car like that and I sat in the backseat holding onto it so it wouldn't go flying out the back. So worth it, though. Kensley absolutely loves it and sat in it all afternoon talking and singing to herself as she swung. She even buckles herself in. So cute. :o)