"Summer time, and the living is easy..."

 

 

 

 

Ayden in the sprinkler, as usual! :)

Happy Father's Day!

 

 

 

 

Some pictures from our Father's Day outside in the sprinkler. It was a great day, beautiful weather, and Daddy was grilling all of our meals on the BBQ!

It's Arrived!

 

 

 

Ayden's suit arrived via UPS today for the wedding. He is very happy and can't wait to "wear it to chuu-uurch!".

Handsome!!!

 

 

 

 

It was Ayden's turn to shine in his handsome little suit for the wedding! He is very excited and can't wait to show it off!

Happy Easter!

 

A photo of the kids today after church. We purchased the flowers from church for my Grandma and the kids were excited to stop by and show her their Easter clothes and flowers. We are busy now making a ham, deviled eggs, and the rest of the Easter meal to enjoy as an early dinner. Happy Easter to all! We love you!

Sick Day

 

 

Here are a few candid moments in the Kirton house today. McKayleigh stayed home from school because she was feeling a bit under the weather and we wanted to kill her cold before it escalated. She was to sit on the couch, her bed, or the futon for the day to recover. Ayden, of course, was by her side each minute. Very sweet little memories made with these pictures! I took McKayleigh in for a hearing test today and she had pretty low levels. She is scheduled for two surgeries Friday March 7 at the hospital here- one for her second set of ear tubes for drainage of the mass fluid in her middle ear, and also to get her adenoids removed. He feels that this can be causing a lot of the fluid issues she always has. She is also going to have some blood drawn to check her allergies- this saves her from the "fun" multitude of needle pricks you get on your arms and back to test allergies! It is a pretty long surgery and she will be under for about eighty minutes, which worries me- but she'll do well. Keep those prayers coming our way! Andrew has an appointment tomorrow at the Eaton plant closer to our house- so hopefully all will go well and he can cut his 150 mile a day drive down quite a bit!

Forgot One...

 

Here is one that I didn't add that was accepted, as well.

A Family of International Artists!

 

 

 

 

The Kirtons are officially all a family of accomplished International Artists! I was accepted into the 10th Annual Faces International Online Juried Art Exhibition! All five of my pieces were chosen and I am very excited! It will be at www.upstreampeoplegallery.com worldwide beginning March 1 and running until February 28, 2009. It will be represented by a site that currently boasts over 800,000 hits a month! I was selected from the approximately 350 entries to date from various parts of the world. That makes Andrew, his mom (with her MANY frequent accepted pieces!), and me all on their various exhibitions! It really made me feel accomplished- I wasn't really thinking anything I did was that good, but I feel more confident to do more work now. Look for many more to come in the future from all of us!

My Little monkey

 

 

 

Some of Ayden being, well, Ayden!

Outside Play

 

 

 

 

Some shots of the wee ones on this beautiful windy day.

Our first Ash Wednesday

We are very excited about our first Ash Wednesday as a family. Our church means so very much to us and we are so happy to have found a second home. We'll fill you in later on how our Lenten season is going. Peace be with you.

My Snow Angel

 

McKayleigh in the snow the morning after the big "storm". It is almost all melted around here- still some nice chunks and sad looking snowmen in the area. It was a fun and welcomed surprise... but we are happy to get out of the slushy stuff!

Monkey-ing Around!

 

 

 

 

My little monkeys playing on the playground.

Ride Sally Ride!

 

 

 

 

McKayleigh on her bike WITHOUT TRAINING WHEELS! The second we took them off- she was gone! We took her out again to the tennis courts and she had it all figured out. Now she wants Daddy to buy her a new big girl bike!