How are they the same gene pool???

There are so many times that I just don't understand how both Carli and Codi are from the same gene pool!! There were a few times this week that I thought to myself...what the poop????? On Thursday I had to take Codi in to the dermatologist to look at a mole on her back that looked suspicious...Codi was nervous thinking about them probably going to have to take it off...well we had to take Carli with us...she was the biggest worry wart in the room...looking at all the pictures of skin cancer on the wall...completely freaking poor Codi out!!...We scheduled when we have to go back to get the mole removed...while we were driving Codi informed Carli that she doesn't want her coming next time :)

Then today I realized that Codi needed new tennis shoes before we go on vacation...poor kid has been cramming her feet in the same shoes for a while..and never complains (definitely doesn't get that from me)----We went to sports authority...Codi went directly to the clearance rack and found a pair in 4 minutes..half the price of normal shoes...she even threw the comment "do you want me to use my own money mommy?"......Very Very different than Carli's shopping habits!!!

I love my babies :)

It's a tradition!!!

For the last three years...we have gone up to the Viterbo Ranch for memorial weekend :)...It is the perfect way to kick off the summer...especially after the true craziness of this year...both girls playing year round ball and me coaching 4 different teams since August...it was the PERFECT break!! The girls have a great time with Hailey and Megan...riding rangers..playing volleyball...and playing this new cops and robbers game :) The adults had their share of fun too...we hiked each morning...mostly to justify all the yummy meals that Chris made for us!!!

The sand volleyball court on the creek got lots of action!!


Craig and Chris took on all 4 girls :)


Cowboy Craig ;)


Codi has her game face on :)



Craig and Hailey in the Creek


Chris diving for the important things :)


The girls before their ranger ride


I got my baby fix :)

While the dads and kids went on the ranger ride...I parked myself on the front patio...probably is a permanent mark on the chair from my butt :) It was such a good trip...thanks DeEtte and Chris!!!

Volleyball Party :)

Today we hosted the "end of the year" party for Carli's team (even though there is still one more tournament the end of June)...We bbq-d...kids swam and had a mini 4 on 4 volleyball tournament in the backyard! It was a good time...kind of makes it more real that the end of this chaotic year is almost here :)

All of Carli's teammates :)




If you look closely at the volleyball picture...you will notice that the actual court is mowed lower that the out of bounds areas...It looked awesome...Craig is very proud of his yard :) :)

Happy Mother's Day :)

It was an amazing Mother's Day...actually a great Mother's Day weekend!!! I had my eyes done again with Lasik on Friday morning...thus requiring me to lay on the couch pretty much all day Friday and Saturday...darn :( I wasn't suppose to really watch a lot of TV so I tried to just listen to the baseball games :)

This morning we got up...had a great morning...Carli made me some toast :)...Craig surprised me with a new pair of tennis shoes (I was in the need for some new green ones:)...
Carli making some breakfast :)

My new shoes...love them :)

....he who dies with the most shoes wins :)


I spent the afternoon with my mom at the Diamondbacks game...she loves baseball as much as I do :)...we had some great seats thanks to one of my volleyball boys :)...It was a great game...30 hits in the whole game...makes it fun to watch :)...we shared a beer...lunch and ice cream...:) I am so blessed to have such a great role model!!!



Craig and the girls went over to his parents...helped them with some yard work and had pizza...I joined them when the game was over :)
Craig and his mom ;)


It was a great day!!!...I am super lucky...my girls make being a mother easy!!! ps..Grammy wanted to tell Carli and Codi "thanks for sharing your mommy on Mother's Day" :)

High School Reunion

Craig and I had high school reunion last night...it was kind of cool because it was a reunion for a span of about 7 different graduating classes...It was so nice to see some of the people that I have recently re-connected with through facebook :)

Of course Craig had to wear his high school football jersey for a significant amount of time :) There were probably about 250 people there...it was a great turn out!!!




Craig in his jersey with the girls




Craig and Matt Rankin


The jersey made it's way around!!

Codi's Party!!

For Codi's birthday...she wanted to have a few girls spend the night. Her true concern was that they could go TP-ing!!! She is so easy to please :) All she wanted was "big cupcakes" (the ones from Costco) and to go TP-ing...done :) She had a few friends over...Craig and I took them to two houses...both friends that the kids know from school.

It was so funny when the girls were getting ready...I told them each to go grab 2 rolls of toilet paper...one for each house...I could see Craig doing the math in his head...figuring out how many rolls this TP-ing job was going to cost him :) When we got to the first house...I caught Craig taking over Tori's roll...I had to keep telling him to give the roll to her....he wanted to join in so bad :)

They did both houses without anyone coming out :)


Codi with Emily and Lexi


Codi with her best buddy Tori


Getting ready to go TP :)


In the car after house #1 :)


Codi's heaven :)