Well after nine long months of saving and working the girls finally had enough money to buy themselves a Nintendo DS. In January they both decided that they really wanted one after seeing all of their cousins had them. So since Santa had just come, Dave and I told them if they really wanted it they needed to start saving. They had jobs that they did every week to earn an allowance, they sold some toys and cookies at a yard sale, they saved all their birthday and holiday money. They worked really hard to buy them and Dave and I were really proud of them. We are also hoping because they worked so hard they will take better care of them. It was very exciting to go and purchase them. On the way home from the store Katie fell asleep but she still had a tight grip on her new toy.
On another note we planted some sunflowers and the girls have loved watching them grow. We just go our first flowers this week. Check them out.
As you can see they out grew any of our expectations. I was hoping they would get as tall as Elizabeth, but they are taller than Dave. And as you can see the bee's love them. Also please notice Dave's new work attire, I took these pictures on his Lunch break. He is enjoying the little benefits of working from home.
On Saturday the sky was blue and it was a beautiful day. We took the kids swimming all afternoon and out to dinner that night, they played hard all day. Then they all fell 
