Random Catch-Up

Mikayla chasing after toys

She and Noah were laughing up a storm about something

I made Mikayla cookies - she loves them!

Noah wanted his picture taken, too

He kept yelling "one, two, three - cheese!"

PJ pants and shorts I made for Coen

Noah cheesin' again

Coen trying out his PJ pants

Mikayla snuggling with her bear during nap time

The new look in the bedroom

My new reading/hang out nook. I love it! There's even a TV across from it on the dresser

From the window

Some of the new picture collages

New clock in the front room

Fireworks

The fireworks were in Palm Bay tonight, so Grant took Noah over to Brevard Community College were the festivities were being held. Unfortunately, it rained. Even more unfortunately, Noah's apparently not too fond of the noise fireworks make and they didn't make it through much of the display. They did get ice cream, though. And apparently Noah had a great time up to the fireworks :)

Getting ice cream

Lots of fog

Cake batter with cookie dough, I hear

Must have been good ice cream

Macho man and his ice cream

Gatchel Family Hands

We decided recently to update the house a bit and have been re-doing our bedroom and adding some artwork to the front room. One of the things I decided would be a lot of fun was to have a set of hand prints from each of us on the wall that we could rotate out every year. So this morning we went and got the canvases, I put a base coat on each of them and then we did our hand prints :)

Noah ready to do his hands

Waiting patiently

Mommy showing him how to hold his hand

Noah wanted orange on his canvas

One hand down

Yay!

Ready for hand #2

Woo hoo!

How cute are we?

Such a big kid

Grant and Noah's finished canvas

We did Mikayla's feet instead of her hands

Purple feet!

Just mommy left...

Noah wanted to help

Hand #1

Apparently I have no middle to my hand...

Ready for #2

Yay for Mommy hands!

All done and ready to hang

4th of July Parade

We took the kids to the 4th of July Parade in downtown Melbourne this morning. Noah of course had a blast (there were fire trucks, of course he was happy!) It was not too hot and it was fun for all of us to get to go together.

Noah and Daddy

Watching the parade

Noah really liked the garbage truck

Grant let him sit on his shoulders the whole parade (what a good Daddy)

Fire truck!

Posing with the kiddo

Very happy to have a flag

Daddy and Kayla

Mommy and Noah

Kayla's Dress

I made my first dress by myself for Mikayla. She'll be wearing it tomorrow :)