More changes

The kids' babysitter is taking 5 weeks off this summer. The kids get to spend Mondays with Grandma Robbi and Fridays with Grandma Jan.

Tuesdays through Thursdays, they get to have fun at the Hayes' house with Lauren, Jason and Brecken. For their first week of change, they seem to be having a good time...

Cuties

Sippy Cup

Austin is learning to love his sippy cup.

Chairs

The kids love these little chairs they got for their birthday.


The chairs fit them perfectly. Lilly also loves the softness...she'll put anything soft up to her top lip for comfort. :o)

Relay for Life

For the last 5 years, Dustin and I have participated in the Relay for Life event supporting the American Cancer Society. This being their first year, the kids seemed to have a good time. The Duke Energy team theme was Star Wars..."may the force be with us to find a cure." (Clever, I know.)

Lilly and Austin enjoyed playing with the light sabers most of the day.

As you can see, we wore them out by mid-day.

We even talked cousin Brian into being the "Miss Relay" for our team. (Each team has a man dressed like a woman walk around the track. The wo-man that collects the most money wins. All money collected goes to the American Cancer Society. What a good sport!!)

All in all, the event was fun and so far our team has raised about $16,000 for the American Cancer Society.

~Side note: there's still time to donate! There's a link to the donation page in the top left corner of the blog screen. Feel free to check out our sight and donate! :o)

Show Off

Lilly tends to be quite the show off. As many of you know, she's always striving to be the center of attention. You can tell by the look on her face.

Austin is more laid back and tends to go with the flow.

New Things

Lilly recently discovered that she likes to drink from a straw (sort of)...

and she LOVES lemons.

Austin likes straws too but not a big fan of the lemon. He'd rather have puffs.

Year in Review

This past year has been a crazy one. As most of you know, many things in our lives have drastically changed recently. The one thing in life that seems constant is change. Life doesn't slow down for anyone or anything. We have to try to push through it and take one day at a time. The kids are adjusting as best as they can (like us.) One thing is for certain...Lilly and Austin are truly a blessing to us. When our lives seem like they've been turned upside down, all we have to do is look at the smiles on their little faces to bring a bit of cheer back to us. They are what we live for each day.

Happy 1st Birthday!!

Austin was ready for his first taste of cake.

Lilly just did not want to wear her birthday hat. (She's pretty good at throwing fits nowadays.)

Lilly wasn't too sure about the strawberry cupcake, but she seemed to like the chocolate.

Austin mainly liked the icing.



They were pretty worn out by the time the party was winding down.


All in all, I think they're 1st Birthday Party was a success. :o)

Guard Dog

As much as Sassy doesn't want to admit it, she loves the babies. I walked in on her while she was "guarding" Lilly as she napped.