Choo Choo Express

The kids were begging Daddy to play trains with them when he got home from work so he graciously decided to humor them.

Again, notice how short Noah's attention span is.

Baseball in the Backyard

We love the backyard at our new house. We can finally do the things we have always talked about wanting to do in our own yard, like teaching the kids how to hit a ball. This came about because Noah likes to walk around the house swinging that green bat at anything that comes close to him. We figured it would be better for all involved if we took it outside and showed him what the bat is really supposed to be used for.

He tried really hard but was only interested for about 2 minutes. Then it was Gabbie's turn.

Kyle tried to show her the correct position but she kept turning her body right after her had positioned her correctly.

And here is Kyle showing her how to hit keep your eyes on the ball the whole time.

I love our yard. I can't wait until the scorching heat is over; we have only been out there to play a handful of times. Come September or October, we will be out in the yard every day.

Hula Hooping Anyone?

We have learned that not many of us in the Campbell/Christensen family have hula hooping skills.

The kids always want to try them and Aunt Tayyer was a good sport to go up on the stage with them and 'show them' how it's done. They didn't like her way all that much so they came up with these instead...

Who Do We Look Like?

We literally can't sit our glasses down for a minute. For some reason, this is one of the kids' favorite activities....

So stinking cute. Our glasses are a little bit stronger this go around then the last one so hopefully Gabs doesn't break them again like last time.

A Special Actiivity

We were introduced to the No Kill- Friends for Life Animal Shelter by a co-worker of Kyle's.
Each month they bring some of the dogs and cats out to a local park to try to raise awareness for their cause. You can walk or run with a dog while you make your way around the trail.

We thought this would be a great opportunity to see how the kids do around animals. It's not in our budget right now to take on an animal but we have been thinking about doing some fostering so we can learn together as a family how to take care of animals.

We got to walk Nedd, an adult male schnauzer. He was great with the kids. They loved petting him and taking him for a short walk.

Gabs was a little scared but she was trying to be so brave! So proud of her and her willingness to try things that are intimidating.

We also got to pet some beautiful cats too. Our allergies are so bad though, we will probably never own a cat. The kids had a wonderful time and still like to remind us that we told them when we moved to a house that had a bigger yard we could get a dog (didn't think that one would happen as fast as it did when we told them that).