Silly Papa

We certainly have the best Papa at our house!  I love how much fun he has being silly with his girls!

A visit with Johnnie and Scarlett

Ben's half sister, Johnnie and her daughter Scarlett came to visit this summer.  All of the Wilson cousins had so much fun together.  Jade loved her time with Scarlett and really hated to see her go.  They live in Florida and so it very rare that we get to visit them.  Jade asks almost weekly for Scarlett to come and play--it is hard explaining to a 4 year old how far away Florida is!

It was fun to take some Wilson grandkid pics while they were here... I did not realize the slide was bending and almost broke, but it sure was a fun shot!

Some more cute faces! What a miracle they are all looking...well almost!

Quite the crew!

Tommy and Ben putting up the volleyball net--love that hat! And Kiera sneaking a drink from her water squirter!

Ahhh...the joy of playtime with cousins!

You would think this girl was dehydrated or something!

Just relaxin'...

This sneaky character kept squirting my camera...and everyone else too!

When Scarlett came to play at our house, the girls had fun drawing their outlines on our driveway.  Kind of funny, if you were a random person walking by our house and see all of these body outlines in the driveway...but hey...it was fun!

Visit with Maddi on her Bday

Jade's cousin Maddi turned 5 this year and we took a trip up to celebrate her birthday.  Jade loved playing in all of her cousins dress up clothes...

Poor Jade was in alot of pain still from her dentist visit the day before, but she still enjoyed playing at the lake with everyone.  

Kiera & Marly scouting out the water...not sure they wanted to get in, it was a little cold.

Venturing out into the deep...

Love Marly's face...is it cold or what!

4 crazy girls...

Kiera loved pushing herself around on her belly through the water like this.

Who doesn't love to paint their entire body in mud?!

I love these next three shots as Jade attempts to ride the big Nemo fish...she gets on and takes off!

She dumps over as she has trouble balancing...

The sad, sad face of defeat...

But she gets right back on! This time in shallower water where it easier to balance--smart girl!

No trip to a lake would be complete without some playing in the sand.

Digging some massive holes...

Just can't get enough of this cute girl...trying on some random goggles she found.

Cousin pic in the water...

and one on the beach...

Back at the house, the girls had fun helping Maddi open her presents and of course playing with them.

The girls even got to have a special "punch party" with Grandma Revelli.  She had bought these fun little cups and pitcher and the girls loved it!

Fun times with Grandma!

Jade's 1st Trip to the Dentist--1st Cavity :(

Back in August, Jade and Kiera went to the dentist for the first time.  Jade ended up having her first cavity.  The dentist fixed it but because it was so deep and almost to her root, she is still having issues with pain in that tooth.  Good thing it is a baby tooth, but still she now has to deal with that pain for at least 4-5 more years!
Here she is getting ready to have her cavity filled...relaxing and...

watchin' some Tangled on the ceiling TV!  

Poor Girl! 

Reading in Bed

I walked into the girl's room one day to find this scene....made me proud!  These two certainly love their books and had dragged their Elmo couch onto Kiera's bed and were having a read-a-thon!

Old Friends of Ben

Ben's good friend, Gordon came to visit this summer.  Ben used to be roomies with Gordon back in the day and I think it was a happy reunion!

Ben and his family used to do Tae Kwan Do with Gordon, so they had to show us some of their moves!

Kiera had to pause for a picture with "Bree-lanna"  is how she says Brianna's name.

Jade and Gordon

Kiera and Gordon

We all took a trip to the park and had some fun...Grandma Peggy showing the grandkids how to go down the slide!

Jade had lots of fun playing with Gordon's son, Jesse.

Lost in thought...

She wanted to try the pole for the first time...

Beautiful Kiera...