Family

We had some pictures taken of Lexi and Mark before Lexi left town. Well most of you know our photographer Kelly, but man is she like the kid-whisperer or what? I mean....Lexi and Mark don't hold still or pose for anyone! They are typical toddlers but she worked some sort of magic with them...we can't wait to see her proofs!



This is Mark flirting. See his little head tilt? I think he's saying, "Hi Ms. Kelly."

She even taught them how to play ring around the rosie!!!

Have you ever seen two happier grandparents?

More pics from the 4th...Britton, Leyton, and Mark.

Mark and Lexi

So after all the toy stealing, hair-pulling, screaming, etc...they really do love each other! This is Mark attempting to kiss Lexi

Like I said earlier we had a family reunion a couple weeks ago at MarVal campgrounds in Gore, Ok. Here is an attempt at a group photo of what was left of my most immediate family. There were sooooo many people there I didn't know. I think there were about 200 people there.

Our new lawn man

Aunt Brenda bought Mark a bubble lwan mower and guess who loves mowing the lawn now? We thought these pics were just too cute. And Mark insists on parking his mower right next to daddys. Oh and he prefers not to mow the lawn alone, so sometimes John has to go prance around the front yard with his lawn mower too. Its pretty funny.

So have you ever forgotten about some potatos you bought? I bet you haven't forgotten about them for as long as I did. That, or I just have the perfect climate in my pantry for a potato.

I can't resist...

...posting this picture!

We went to my family reunion 2 weeks ago and John did a little trout fishing. I will tell you that he LOVES fishing and has probably always thought he looked cool, or at least like a serious fisherman, until he saw this picture!! Hee..hee.

I realized I haven't posted anything from the 4th of July yet. John and PJ said they were going to set off a few fireworks "for Britton" but really....who seems to be enthralled with the roman candles? Britton? I don't think so!

Here you can see the gallery. Brandee, Tim, and Lexi, Jennifer and Britton, Me and Mark, Lisa and Leyton. We watched jaw-dropping fireworks like worms and smoke bombs! It really was pretty g-rated until Tom got there and shot a roman candle at PJ which made 1) John DIE laughing and 2) PJ dance like a mexican jumping bean (no pun intended!!ha) and 3)PJ got out the mother of all roman candles...see below.

ok so maybe its not the best picture and you can't even tell how big the thing is but I was laughing so hard it was hard to take the picture.

First thing in the morning on the fourth of July I dressed Mark in his new t-shirt and tried to make him pose in front of the fireplace...I love when his hair is freshly combed!

Splash Park Mania

Doesn't that picture crack you up? I don't know what is so funny about it but I can't look at it without laughing. Is it their shoes? Or maybe its cause they are such little people!

Ha! Both faces in the same picture and proof that they did play together....once.

I think he was cold. That, or trying to look thin for that hot two year old behind him!

Lexi L-O-V-E loves to jump. She hops every where she goes!

And again...both faces in the same shot at snack time. I deserve some sort of award! BTW, doesn't Lexi look just like Brandee?

One Happy Customer

Well I have never seen a more annoyed face in my entire life!! Mark had his very first hair-cut today and contrary to the picture he actually had a great time. I took snacks and he sat there busily gobbling down his snack for the most part. But for some reason this was the face we got in the end!

He is hard to get a shot of these days but this is what he looks like with his new do from the back. His ears got seriously lowered!!

Cousin Lexi!!

Yea!!!! Cousin Lexi is here! Mark and Lexi haven't seen each other (except in pictures) for an entire year and to a toddler that is a long time. They are having sooo much fun together. It is fun to watch them run around and squeel. Most of the pics from their first two days together are on my mom's camera so I will have to upload some of those later. But today Papa and I took the two of them to the zoo and I had my camera. It is really hard to get a picture of both of them at once, especially both faces. It was a little cooler today than it has been, but it still got really hot. We made it about 2 hours and thought that was good. We only had a few issues such as Mark touching Lexi, Lexi eating Mark's snack, and feet touching while in the wagon. You know, the normal life-ending events to a toddler.

One of the highlights of the zoo trip (for me anyway) was the swimming elephant...see below. He really is swimming, not drowning as it looks like in the picture.


Here are the munchkins looking at the elephants. Mark tried to crawl though the fence.

Another highlight was the penguins. There were about 20 of them out and about and swimming on top of and in the water. We found one right up at the glass just our size!

We spent a good bit of time inside the monkey building because it was so hot. Mark and Lexi ran around screaming following each other from exhibit to exhibit. Here is another pic of the back of them.

And last but not least I would like to introduce Mark the twerp. He figured out right away that Lexi does not like to have her head patted, hair pulled, or really to be touched in any way at all by Mark. So what is one of his main goals in life right now? To annoy her. We were playing the other day and I had just told Mark, "Mark, do not touch her." In a very stern voice I might add. And here is what happened next. Notice Lexi happily playing, You might need to enlarge the pic, but notice his one little finger touching her arm! And you can't see my mom in the picture but he is looking right at her like, "oh yeah, watch this." I think this kid is gonna need some drill sergeant like discipline when he is older!

Fun, fun, fun

Fun describes our last two weeks. Busy, but fun. And with cousin Lexi coming to town in a few short days we are only going to have more fun!

Since we have started swim lessons we have tried to go to the neighborhood pool to practice our "skills". Well the other day I told Mark we were going to the pool and he ran off and found the sunscreen I had laid out to take and attempted to put some on. Then he tried to put some on Rocky and then Mobley, and finally Daddy. Luckily (for the dogs mostly) Marks' version of putting on sunscreen consists of laying the bottle on you. Anyway, he LOVES the pool. And is fearless. And I don't know if that comes with being a boy or if he is still just too young to understand to be afraid. Either way we have him loaded up with all sorts of floating devices to make sure his head stays above water. I'm surprised he can actually move once we've got him all strapped together! I'll have to get a picture of that sometime. Here he is "putting on" sunscreen.



Mark's buddy Leyton came over the other day and I forgot to snap pics of the two of them playing (or stealing toys from one another). But after Leyton left Mark went to his room, got a blanket off his bed, and laid down in front of me in the middle of the floor. I guess that was how he decided to tell me he was ready for nap time!

Father's Day tradtion #1:
Krispy Kreme Donuts

We went to Krispy Kreme for the 2nd year running and this year Mark got to eat a donut too! He's never had one before and wasn't to sure of it at first but at one point he stuffed two pieces in at once. Luckily, he still ditched the rest of his donut once I brought out the blueberries. I swear I think the kids gonna turn into a piece of fruit! Here is a pic from this year..

and a comparison pic from last year! crazy how fast they grow!

The other day we had a baby shower for baby Jackson and afterwards Jackson's daddy, uncle B, stopped by. In the pic below they show off the W for Wingerter. (...oh.....also for Wilks) =)

We also went to John's company picnic and it was at Discoveryland this year. Too cool! First, Mark jumped in a Jupiter Jump for the first time ever. You've got to enlarge this pic to see the sheer joy on his face.

Soon our good buddy Britton showed up to jump too!

And last but not least ...Leyton!

Mark and Leyton were constantly in the recovery stage while jumping. What I mean is they would no sooner stand up when Britton would jump by or they would try to take a step or maybe a breeze would blow and face first they went again bouncing and rolling. Then the strenuous process of attempting to stand again and this cycle repeated over and over and over. It was hysterical. Anyway, after jumping we had a bar-b-que dinner and then a pony ride. I'm not showing the pics of Mark on the pony because the one shot we got is right when the pony threw its head back with a wild look in his eyes. You al would think I'm the worst mother ever putting my child on a wild stallion or something! Lastly we went to the show. Mark loved the singing and dancing and loved to clap and dance. Here he is clapping.