Well things have just been really busy around here, so I haven't had the chance to really sit in front of my computer much and update the blog. Let's see...Barry's parents were here for a little over a week, they just left on Thursday. They watched Kaelyn for about 3 days while Barry & I went to Newport RI. It was so wonderful. We had a fantastic trip, and I still feel so re-engergized from getting away and not having to be in mommy mode 24/7. We went through 6 mansions, drove along the ocean, walked around and checked out all the old & historic homes - it's just such a great town. If you haven't been, I highly recommend it. We took tons of pictures, but they are all on Barry's good camera, so they haven't been downloaded yet - I'll have to see if I can get them on my computer easily because there were some great pictures. Last weekend we went to our neighbor's house for a luau in celebration of their little boy turning 1. Kaelyn had a great time. I also have some pictures here of her helping me garden - very cute...very messy.

This was us on our way to the luau. I decided to dress nice & enjoy the beautiful weather. But this outfit didn't last long, as I was boiling hot & had to come home and change...you'll see.

I think she found this on the ground & was eating food she found. She's building up quite a healthy immune system.


Ok, now I'm really glad I changed clothes since I was soon covered in ice cream that Kaelyn insisted she feed herself. Luckily we could throw her in the kiddy pool afterwards.

These are her new gardening gloves. So cute.

Here's the beans we picked from our yard. They were good.

I thought they looked pretty in the basket.

Helping in the garden.

I would pull out weeds, while she just scooped out dirt.

I love this picture because she's all dainty in her pretty pink dress, but then she has this messy hair that's full of sunscreen, and dirty knees and a clump of grass she scooped up. She looks like she's been working hard.

When we got inside it was immediate bathtime. I didn't want her to touch one single thing with her dirty hands, knees or feet. Even her face was dirty!

Filling up the tub.

I just thought this was cute with her hair all a mess.

Here we are at dinner one night in Newport.

It was one of the few pics on my camera from the trip.