Oh That Smile!

How cute am I?

Seriously.
Could I be any cuter?

A Summer of Play

Swimming with Kaylee

I can hold my breath in the water...I can be a burrito...I can take pictures of Angie and Mom...I can have a funny little sister!!

Playdate with Ashton and Keegan

Riding on the Slip-N-Slide.

It's funny how much longer the original slides were.

I remember running like a the length of a house to dive on that thing and slide across the whole front yard!

We have a new fish in the family!

The best things about having season passes to Lagoon:

1. We can go whenever we like. A few hours in the evening is great! We can go on the weekend or a week night. Either way!!
2. We don't feel the need to spend a whole 12 hours there to feel like we're getting our money's worth
3. We can choose to do the rides or the beach and not feel like we missed out on the other

We discovered that we have another water baby!! Abby absolutely LOVED being in the water. Most of the time we laid on the tubes and floated the lazy river. Abby loved just standing up and watching everything around her. Or she laid on her tummy on me and just stare into the water. She was perfect!

And of course our first fish!

Anna is just loved the kid slides and could go and go all day!

We did get the chance to ride the BIG Ferris wheel this time. Even with Abby. It was beautiful to be up that high and see all over Davis county. Anna thought it was cool that we were as high as the birds!!

We Have A Tooth!

Finally. At Eight months, we have a tooth!!!

Cute little grin to go along with it too!

Anna'isms

She's laying on the couch watching TV
Anna: mom will you get me a drink?
Me: you can get one
Anna: MOM I can't. I'm watching my movie!
Me: Anna!
Anna: Mom, I'm laying down trying to sleep! My eyes are closed!

At my mom's house, she's in the corner for not listening about NOT picking up the kitten for the 1000th time after I've told her not to!
Me: Do you know why you're in time out?
Anna: Because I kicked grandma's fridge and I love butterflies!

Laying in her bed after quiet time
Me: Anna are you going to get up?
Anna: Mom, shhhh. I'm still having quiet time.

We're at lunch with my mom and she's asking us who our best friends are.
Me: Daddy is my best friend.
Anna: MOM! (she gives me this look like how dare I say daddy is my best friend!!)
Me: Oh, YOU are my best friend.
Anna: Oh thanks mom!
Grandma: Anna, who's your best friend?
Anna: Aunt Tanny!

A New Chapter

It's amazing the journey life takes you on sometimes.

And I wouldn't change it for the world!

Lazy Days Of Summer

Summer means....

Hanging at the pool with friends....Chasing the ice cream man.... Spending time with family....BIRTHDAYS!!!Going to Lagoon....

Camping...

I LOVE summer!

$1000 day!

On Tuesday, July 20th I will be having my $1000 Mary Kay sales day!!

Great discounts apply all day...but the bigger discounts are in the morning!!

Visit my website at www.marykay.com/cynthiaperkins
Email me at cynthia.perkins@marykay.com
Or call me to place an order!!

Orders received between 8am-12pm receive a 30% discount
Orders received between 12pm-4pm receive a 20% discount
Orders received between 4pm-8pm receive a 10% discount
AND all orders placed through my website will receive an extra 5% discount!!

Now is the time to stock up on all your skincare needs!!
And as always, Mary Kay has a 100% satisfaction guarantee on all the products!!

You can also EARN FREE PRODUCTS by hosting a party with just 3 friends!! It's a great way to get the products you want for FREE and enjoy some girl time!!!

If you haven't received your Summer Look Book, let me know and I'll get one mailed out. You can always view the book online at www.marykay.com/cynthiaperkins

Thanks!!

July 6, 2001

Happy Anniversary Chris!

Today we celebrate 9 years of wedded bliss and 17 years as soul mates.

Here's to another 50!!And what makes it fun is that today we could still shove cake in each others faces and laugh the entire time.

You are an AMAZING husband and father.

I am blessed to be married to my bestest friend in the whole wide world!!

Not many couples can say this, but we truly are soul mates!

SEE! I told you!

See! Not 1 minute after I finished posting about her 8 months, and look at what she was already into! Trouble with a capital T!!THAT!! That's that mischievous smile I was talking about!! In all fairness they are perfect and I wouldn't trade them for the world!

8 Months

Abby is 8 months old now. Wow time has gone by so fast! She's getting so big. Her and Anna really are like night and day in how they are as babies. Of course our living situation is quite different now than when Anna was a baby. But I automatically tell myself "Abby will, because Anna didn't" or visa versa!

They are of course similar in many ways too. Anna loves to swing. So does Abby. In fact she's quite content just to sit outside in her swing and watch the world around her.

Stink bug. Or maybe it's a yoga pose!She's got the Army crawl down to a science!

She moves so fast you really have to keep an eye on her or she's out of your sight in seconds!Anna adores her little sister.

And I'm pretty sure Abby adores her big sister.

Random things about Abby:

* She is so smiley! All you have to do is look at her and she instantly has a smile on her face.

* She LOVES the dogs and cat. She'll just sit and watch them and Bear has been so good about letting Abby pull on her or pick at her.

* She is a GREAT sleeper. She's been sleeping through the night since about 4 months and will generally sleep until about 7am. We call it "swaddle and bottle time". Chris has the duty of putting her to bed every night. It's their little bonding time.

* She is noisy!! She GRUNTS and MOANS and TALKS all the time. Nothing like sitting in church when it's quiet and you hear "GRUUUUUNNNNNT"

* She loves to get into EVERYTHING! This is one of those I compare to Anna. I never had to worry about Anna putting things in her mouth. With Abby, she doesn't even have to pick it up and her mouth is on it!

* She is a SNUGGLER. She loves to cuddle and be held. I think she's going to be my sensitive one.

* She's learning NO NO NO...and when I say it, she turns and gives me this mischievous smile. I think I'm going to be in trouble!!

My First Day Home

My job officially ended on June 30th. Well not officially. I "officially" stopped working in June 30th, but I'm now considered a "non active employee" for 60 days. So basically I get paid NOT to go to work. Easiest job I've ever had!!

But now the real work begins. I've got just over 2 months to really start building my Mary Kay business. If I can supplement at least 1/2 my income, I'll be able to continue to be a stay at home mom!! I've seen how sucessful Mary Kay can be. Heck my BFF started one month before me and she's already a director! Her check from MK last month not counting sales...over $3000! Um...and she sales lipstick. SERIOUSLY!!

Today I decided to spend the day just hanging out and relaxing. After the last 2 weeks I've had dealing with family issues, I really just needed a nice day to do whatever I felt like.

So we swam and sunbathed...And ate popcicles...Abby got a new swing and loved it...So much she fell asleep in it...And I gardened.

Lettuce, carrots and tomatoes....
And I weeded...

And in the end it was a great day.

Kids laughing

Pot roast cooking

Mom smiling