Summer fun

Sorry I am such a bad blogger. In my defence I did try and post a few weeks ago and it was stalling and taking forever so I finally gave up and then forgot to try again. We've had lots of fun this summer, here are a few pictures of what we have been up to.
We were eating cucumbers (which is one of Janalee's favorite foods) and she kept putting them in her mouth and smiling at us. What a goof ball!! We haven't been to the zoo much this summer because it is so hot!! They were having a back to school party so we decided to go and play. The kids got their faces painted and there were a bunch of these characters around. Their favorite was the gator. ( I think they've been in Florida too long :)

Conner is almost crawling!!! He is scooting himself around the house slowly right now. It will be so much fun when he starts crawling so he can play with his siblings more!

Here is my future basketball player! Our neighbors gave us a pair of air jordans and we happened to have this onsie. What a cute picture!

We have been trying to go to the beach a few times a month because the kids love it!! Shaun plays with the older two and Conner and I take naps and chill in the breeze. What a perfect day!!

The kids favorite thing to do at the beach is dig, dig, dig!!!

This trip we let Conner put his feet in to see what he would do. I can't wait until he is older and we can put sun screen on him and let him play in the water more. I know he is going to have a blast! Just look at that smile!

Janalee had a friend over and they were playing dress up and poor Parker was feeling left out so he found himself a dress and asked me to put it on. He was having so much fun! Shhh don't tell Shaun that I let him wear a princess dress.

We were playing super hero's the other day and the kids were "flying" around the house. Parker kept saying he was "saman"(superman) what cute kids I have!

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We haven't been up to much lately, just hanging around the house and enjoying each other. Conner is now 4 months old, I can't believe how time flies!! He is rolling over both ways now and starting to get up on his knees every once and a while. I can't believe I will have a crawler here soon!!
I love my boys!! Parker is such a little thing that Conner's torso is almost as long as his. hehe Parker is 2 now and Conner is 4 months. They are so cute, I just want to kiss them all day :) When I was taking that picture Janalee wanted in on the action. She really doesn't like to wear clothes and who am I to make her, it's so hot outside I would be in my undies all day too if I could. I was just happy she had a shirt on.
I decided that my couch was too gross to sit on anymore and so I striped it and washed all my covers and vacuumed the couch. Janalee and Parker loved this and made forts and trampolines from the cushions and loved every minute of it!!

My poor little Ellie! She had a sore spot on her back and she wouldn't leave it alone and so my neighbor fashioned this for her from a milk carton. I thought it was very creative and worked like a charm. Now she has healed up and is as good as new! She was pretty funny to look at though! :)

I was cleaning up the kitchen one morning and then front room got really quiet when I went to peek he had fallen asleep playing. I love this picture, so cute!!

Janalee loves to make Conner laugh and is usually successful. Conner loves her!! She usually makes a funny noise or just wiggles around and is just silly. One of the many joys of being a mom!!

Parker picked up this book that we have read a million times and started "reading" it. I thought it was so funny, I had to get it on film!

Happy Birthday to my boys!!

We had two birthday this weekend! Shaun and Parker. Parker turned 2 and I won't tell you how old Shaun is :) Time has flown, I can't believe Parker is 2!! He loves to be outside and ride bikes with Janalee, but he didn't have one. So we decide that he needed one and he loves it! He got a lawn mower from Aunt Brooke and Avie! Janalee and Parker have spend the day running around chasing eachother and having a grand time!

Janalee picked out a little car garage for Parker and between chasing eachother around they have been playing cars. I love that they play together now. It is so fun!

I asked Janalee what she wanted to get her daddy for his birthday and she kept telling me over and over again that she wanted to get him a shirt. I don't know where she got the idea from, but that was the answer she gave every time I asked her that question. So she went and pick him out a shirt and is very proud of her choice. hehe silly girl




Janalee keeps me on my toes and has me laughing everyday. She came up to me one day will her dress stuffed with her princesses. I told her she was a little young to be stuffing her dresses! She is such a goof!

Here are my three cutie pies!! I love them all to pieces! They just make my heart melt!

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Well, in a few days Conner will be 6 weeks old! I can't believe it, time has flown but also it feels like he has been with us forever. The kids still love him and want to hold him all the time. Parker is always kissing him and loving on him, it just melts my heart! We haven't been up to a whole lot lately because I am too chicken to take three kids with me by myself if I don't have to. (Also because I am still really tired. Conner is a morning baby and likes to start the day at 5am!!)
Thought I would post some of the things we have been up to lately!

Here are my three cuties!!





Parker spends a good portion of the day hugging Conner or kissing him. Sometimes I really have to pull Parker away because his loving is a little too ruff. So cute to see them together though, I hope they will be best friends!

So Parker decided that he was done taking naps when I brought Conner home from the hospital. I didn't think this was very nice of him. I would still put him in his room for some quiet time and this was the price I happily paid. Everyday he would pull all the books off the book shelf, but it was worth it to have an hour to get something done or maybe sneak in a nap.

Parker loves to play outside and spends most of his day out in the backyard. He also loves the dirt and loves to play in the dirt so this is how he comes back in the house. I think I must wash his hands and face 10 times a day at least. He loves it out there though so I'm happy to do it!

Aren't these the cutest baby shoes that were ever made!!! I love them! My mom bought them for Conner and he wears them all the time because he just looks so stinking cute in them!

Janalee's favorite place right now is McDonald's -which she calls "Old McDonalds" She wanted to go there and had been asking for a few days so we decided that the kids have been stuck at home enough and deserved to have this treat. They happened to be having family night that night and they had people there to play games with the kids and paint their faces and give prizes away and cake. Woo hoo! So Janalee got her first face painting and held really still for it too. I thought it turned out really cute! She was so excited and even had to run across the street to show off the the neighbors.



This is the cutest video ever!! I love babies laughing! Conner has done this before but as soon as I get the camera out then he is done smiling and laughing. He loves his daddy though, Shaun is always able to get him to smile and coo.

Conner is here!!!

Conner Jace Simmons has finally come to our family. We are all so excited to have him here!! He was born on March 16th at 7:48 in the morning. I went in on the night of the 15th to be induced. It was a really LONG night!!!!! I was so glad to finally get some rest after he was born. He was 6 pounds and 2.5oz and 19 inches long. He is so tiny! Janalee and Parker were both just short of 8 pounds. He is a good baby! I am so lucky :) Janalee and Parker love their little brother, it is fun to see them with him. Janalee asked to hold him all the time and Parker needs to know where he is at all times. They love to show off their new brother to anyone who comes to visit. Shaun didn't take too many pictures at the hospital except when Conner is in his birthday suit, hehe. (I didn't think he would want me to post those pictures)



Here is a picture of me a few days before I delivered

Here is Shaun at the hospital snuggling with his "baby"

Here is proud big sister

Grandma gave him his first bath. He is so little we decided to give him one in a mixing bowl.

Here he is tonight. What a little cutie

He is only a week old and he already is trying to roll over. He rarely stays on his back. He hasn't figured out how to get over his arm yet, thank goodness!

Here are my two cuties after getting all cleaned up from gardening. Yep, we decided to be crazy and try out a garden this year. We might have planted a little early, but we were excited to get started. Plus I wanted to start before I had the baby. The kids loved digging in the dirt!

Here is our plain ring ready to be filled with dirt!

Shaun and the kids are breaking up the dirt clumps and spreading it around

And the finished product!! I bought a strawberry plant and a tomato plant and did the rest from seeds. We have some carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, and flowers-for Janalee all from seeds. Hopefully something will come up, everyone keep your fingers crossed!

Here is a little video from tonight. Janalee keeps calling Parker "Princess Parker, come dance with me" and I keep trying to explain that he is a boy so he is "Prince Parker" still cute though!

Family Pictures

Here is my totally awesome family!!

I haven't been on here for a while because I have been on vacation for a few weeks to Arizona-woo hoo!! Then when we got back we got back we had to recover from the illness we got while there and when we got back. Both kids had the croup and Janalee had an ear infection. I just had a nice big head cold, Shaun somehow missed out on the sickness.

Anyway, the trip was so much fun!!! I loved being around all my family and miss them so much already! I hope that when we are done here in Florida we can move back there to be close to them again. Everyone needs to pray that we can find a job there!

Well, here is the star of the trip, my cute niece Kaylee!! My favorite part is her big huge cheeks and also her hair that sticks straight up. What a cutie pie!!!

While we were down there we decided that we should take some family pictures because this was the first time we had all been together-ever. Shaun wasn't able to make it to the weddings last summer and hadn't even met one of our brother-in-laws. So we decided to pick a very sunny afternoon so we could all have squinty eyes! haha

Here is my awesome Grandma Williams!! Love her to pieces!

I love this picture!! Grandma and Grandpa with all their grand kids!

Here we are with our pregnant bellies :) (I think I was about 32 weeks at this point)

Here is my sister Jamie and her hubby Josh

This is our 5 generation picture of all us wonderful-awesome ladies!!

The 2 cutest kids alive!!!

Janalee loves her daddy!

My cute little man!

All of us siblings being our crazy selves!

All the awesome ladies in the family!

Here are our handsome men!

You may have noticed that there isn't a picture of shaun, me and the kids. Well, that is because there isn't a single one where we are all looking at the same camera, or someone isn't picking their nose, or crying. Well, when this new baby comes we will have to fix that problem!