What we've been up to:

Here's a few (ok, several) pictures to let you see what we've been up to lately. I totally skipped posting about our Allen Family Reunion which was the middle of June. I hope to one day (better late than never) get that posted, but decided to not get too far behind and catch up with what's been going on as of late.

seriously CUTE!! On July 1st Kyri's cousins got to come and play for the day. Thanks, Tam, for letting us borrow them! We had SO much fun! And Kyri still talks about them...I think she misses their crazy boy-ness. You guys can come play ANYtime!!

Here's Kyler, Kalen, and Cameron chillin' in the pool.

Kyri checkin on the boys

Gary and the kids settling down for a nice movie. Although, I think they were all slightly irritated with Kyri because she only sat still for about 2 minutes.

Kyri's new big girl bed. She LOVES it! And has only fallen out once :)

We had a fabulous 4th of July! Unfortunately, Gary had to work. So, I took the 2 kids to the parade by myself. (If you know much about my life with 2 kids you know this is quite an accomplishment for me....I don't take my 2 kids anywhere except on walks) Graysen slept through the whole parade and Kyri LOVED the horses the MOST! She even got a few candies! Then after Gary got home from work we walked over to the little carnival they have. I looked at jewelry in the booths while Kyri played on the FREE blow up toys. Then we got a snowcone to top things off. That night we went over to the high school (about a block away) to watch fireworks. We could have seen them from our house (obviously) but wanted to really experience them. They woke Graysen right up, but he watched them intently. Kyri loved them, even though she got distracted by her surroundings. All in all it was a great day had by all.

Here's Kyri sleeping with her glow stick bracelet and necklace the girl sitting by us gave her. She actually fell out of bed this night...she is a wild sleeper! But really loves her new bed.

Kyris 4th of July outfit she wore to church Sunday. Cutest girl in nursery!!

Here's Kyri with messy hair...and just being silly with some glasses we found in a box from her cousins.

they don't come any cuter than this!

Kyri playing in her pool....fully clothed

and I don't know how blog appropriate this is, but I couldn't resist! I took Kyri's sopping wet clothes off and before I could get her into the house she was back into the pool with nothing on but her flip flops and hat! I love this girl!

Another day in the sun...well, shade...Graysen loves being outside!

splashin' in the pool

no words necessary...

Kyri: sneeze ("achoooey") still Kyri: "bless you, Kyri!!"

A favorite Kyri phrase, "oopsy doopsy!"

I love that Kyri is starting to use her imagination. Lately when she eats strawberries they turn into frogs! "Ribbit!"

Last night we were just finishing up dinner. Kyri was still sitting at the table with just a tiny bit left on her plate. I was standing at the sink, with my back turned to her. I hear from Kyri, "hoppertopper...hoppertopper (in case you missed it from a previous post that translates into 'helicopter')...higher...higher!!" Then I hear, "oooohhh gross!!!" At this point I decide I should turn around and see what's going on. Sure enough, it was gross. Mushrooms all over in her hair!