Just For Fun...

Just some fun random pictures of the kids and life around the Helgren House!

I caught Lauren with her hand in the flower pot! Yes, where there have been new flower seeds planted, Lauren will find them and attempt to extract them from their new home! Look at that face of "innocence"! She is a "pill", as my Gramma would say!
We decided that the kiddos needed a good sandbox, so Kendall built them one today! They are so excited and the dirt is already flying!

Loading up sand to take to the new sandbox!

The kiddos in the wheelbarrow..."helping" Daddy!

Lauren loves to be in the dirt and get dirty!

Easton's favorite thing to say to me, "Mama, I want dwink...plea Mama...!!"

Lauren has begun to make a habit of falling asleep while she eats. She was eating her nshima and dozed off to a 2 hour nap...no no no, I removed her from her high chair after taking this picture!

All Dressed Up and No Where To Go

My best friend, Lauren, loves to make sure that my princesses always have the most adorable personalized dresses. Recently, Lauren Callaway received her first "Aunt Lauren dress". We had a photo shoot today and I could not resist posting some of these cute pictures!

Mama's favorite picture!

Two sisters...and this was not posed, therefore, I love it all the more!

Lauren Callaway was laughing at Zeria!

Lauren's typical surprised and happy face!

Oh How They Love Being Outside

The rooster crows at 4:30 a.m., little eyes open at 6:30 a.m., breakfast is devoured by 8:00 a.m., and the requests begin..."Mama, can we go outside now?" "Go ask your Daddy!" They are granted their request and within a few minutes the new adventures of the day have begun! Paul, our gardener and guard, is so great with our children. He plays ball with them and teaches them about the bugs that they find in the yard! We are so thankful to have him around because he really loves our children. Today, all three of them followed Paul around the yard and helped him pull weeds and clean the cooler. Oh what fun they had!

They are all playing after helping Paul scrub the cooler, they rubbed their soapy hands all over it to make sure it was perfectly white again!
OH boy! Lauren and Easton found a little pool of water and wanted to get the cars and themselves as wet as possible!

Lily says, "I am Cinderella!" Then she begins to sing, "Sing sweet nightingale, sing sweet nightingale...ah ah ah ah ahhhhhhh!" Hilarious!

Easton playing with his favorite thing in the world...trucks! I love how he ran them through the water and made tracks. He enjoys lining them up and pushing them along one by one to their next destination.

Last but not least, this is how Lauren looks at the end of most days. She crawled through the water then across our yard to the garden and loved every minute of it! Thank goodness for play clothes!

After the Rain...

I really love photography and on Monday after the rain storm, I ran outside to catch a few pictures of the rain that was still visible in our yard and in the sky! Praise the Lord for the little blessings that we find in raindrops on leaves and rainbows in the sky!

Distance Makes Memories Sweeter

Kendall has been gone for 3 days and 2 nights to Zambue, Mozambique. This may not sound like a long time and in my realistic perspective, it really isn't. But when you consider that we spend all of our days together 3 days is a long time! Recently, I found a CD with pictures that were taken in 2003 right after our engagement and of our honeymoon. We were so young then and we made so many memories together and all of those memories become quite vivid when the person that you shared them with is out of touch and you cannot communicate with them. Kendall at the canyon at the family ranch in Comanche, Texas

Cozumel, Mexico- January 2004

Horseback riding in Ocho Rios, Jamaica

Our precious family. As I look at Lauren and Easton I can see Kendall through and through. Lily is beginning to look more and more like her Gramsie and her mama!

The Little Car That Could

On our recent trip to Lusaka we stayed at a Guest House that had this little car. The kids LOVED this car! Lily was such a good big sister and pushed Lauren and Easton around the yard! But dont worry Mama got her workout when Lily and Lauren decided that they both wanted to ride!

Just Lauren...

We cannot believe how big Lauren Callaway has gotten! She is 14 months old TODAY! WOW! She is a fun baby and what a blessing she is to our family! Praise the Lord for children!