Gorgeous little girls...

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Wow-this is the first day on my own. Mom just left this morning to head back to Wyoming-and surprisingly enough, I've survived the day (and it's only 2:00). The house is still messy, there are still dishes in the sink, the pillows are off of the couches, but hey, all of us girls (including me) got a shower or bath today. Hurray for us! And now that I have a spare moment-while three out of the four are asleep, I'm sending you all some beautiful photos that my friend Bridgette took of the girls. Enjoy-I certainly am (even though I want my MOM to come back).

Jillian's New Summer Haircut

Jillian's hair was getting a little bit shaggy so I decided to give it a trim this morning. She looks so cute with her "Bob" haircut. Her hair is really blond compared to the other girls' hair-even when they were her age. Jilly's hair seems to be more like Nathan's was when he was a baby...now his hair is almost black-weird how that works. Guess we'll have to wait and see if Jilly's hair changes. Hmmm.

Jones Girls' Choir

This afternoon, the girls wanted to go outside and swim in the "kiddie" pool...which is our friend Laura's from across the street (we're holding it for her since we have grass in our backyard). Well, girls being girls decided to grace us all with a little song. Hope you enjoy it (just as much as I did). I couldn't stop giggling-they're always making me laugh (I should have six-pack abs by now). This particular singing moment was like recording something from the Sound of Music-hilarious! So without further ado-I give you the Jones Girls' Choir.

Ashlynn-Kiwanis Terrific Kid Club Luncheon

Ellyce and Jillian-1st time drivers
Jillian loved the carosel.
So did Ellyce-look at that smile!
Ashlynn-She's one Terrific Kid, isn't she?


Ashlynn was invited to attend a luncheon today at Peter Piper Pizza for the Kiwanis Terrific Kid Club. At Legacy School, she was chosen out of all of the kindergarten classes to be a part of this fun thing. One student was chosen from each grade level to be part of this Terrific Kid Club as well. The other schools in Maricopa also had students there to represent their school and class. We are so proud of her for getting this chance to represent the Kindergarten classes at Legacy Traditional School. According to the Kiwanis Club representative, Ashlynn was chosen by her principal for various reasons like her grades, her behavior in class and behavior towards her classmates, and so on. How awesome is that? She certainly had a wonderful time, as did Ellyce and Jillian...but who doesn't love Peter Piper Pizza?

It's April, you fool...already?

Not a whole lot has happened in the past two weeks other than a cold that lasted WAY TOO LONG! Lynne, Taylor, Hansan, and Dallan came down for their spring break last week. It was fun having them here. Nathan and Taylor played a lot of tennis-or as much as they could. On Friday before Lynne and the boys left we all got together for a BBQ at our place. Luke, Emrie, Miles, Masey, Richard, Jena, Timothy, Lynne, and the boys all came out. It was great. We had fun just being together-Family is so important. Lynne and the twins are actually going to be coming back down on Sunday to stay for another week while Nathan and I go to St. Louis for a much needed vacation. Lynne's going to stay with the girls...how wonderful, huh?

Well, the weather here has been incredible lately. 80 degrees most days and just plain INCREDIBLE! The girls have been running through the sprinklers even...crazy to think they're already doing that considering this is the first day of April. That's Arizona for you-nice and hot! So here are a couple pictures of the girls enjoying the wonderful AZ weather.

Time out...

Ellyce and Jillian were not sharing this morning and Mommy was trying to clean up-so they both got sent to the stairs for a time out. I thought it was so funny-because they were both so mad that they had to sit by each other on the stairs...they didn't want to share the stairs either. Which was why they got sent there in the first place-for not sharing...Silly girls.

Mommy wanted a milkshake...so did the girls

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Since we didn't have any ice cream in our house-yes, I know that is so wrong...I put about 10 mini ice cream sandwiches in the blender and called it good. The girls loved it-they drank like 2 cup fulls. Jillian was the best...the first sip she took, about half of it came out all over her face and shirt. Once Ellyce saw that I was taking pictures, she wanted to get in on the action...she loves getting her pictures taken. And Ashlynn, we can't forget her. She was making silly faces just for the camera-my little poser! So, enjoy our pictures of messy faces and homemade milkshakes.

Picture of the girls...

Too cute to pass up...here's our girls being GIRLS! Ashlynn, Ellyce, and Jillian taking a break from jumping on the trampoline to snap a quick photo. Ashlynn, Ellyce, and Jillian after their bath. And Ashlynn and Ellyce making their usual "silly goose" faces.

Little Swinging princesses...

Here is a little video clip of Ellyce and Jillian on the swings at Pecana Park in Maricopa. There are some adorable photos on our family website of our little swinging princesses to see also...just wanted to add some clips on my own site-you know, add some variety. The girls just love to swing, but this time (for some reason)they weren't enjoying the camera very much. Just thought it was so cute how they completely ignored the camera which they, meaning all three, are never shy around.