I'm back...kinda

Ok friends I've decided I need to put more effort into blogging and sharing our crazy beautiful girls with all of our friends and family. Since Jared finally set up my very own personal computer just for me that I don't even have to share I really have no excuse not to :) Honestly I can't promise how often I'll be updating, but I'm going to do my best!

I figured I'd start with our most recent exciting news. For those of you that don't already know we're expecting another tiny Meakin some time in mid-July. I have no due date, so don't ask. I've decided I fixate too much on dates so in order to not go crazy while waiting on this little one to make her appearance we'll just go with a general time frame. I'm sure most of you have already seen the video on Facebook, but for those of you that haven't we had a fun little gender reveal party with our family while my parents were visiting. My sweet friend Alison made the cake for us and it turned out just beautiful! It was so much fun watching the girls faces as the cake was cut. They all wanted a boy so much, so when we finally cut the cake and it was pink they were not quiet about their disappointment! Such a sweet memory to share with this little one once she gets older. Your sisters REALLY wanted a boy lol!

Playing with cousins!

For those of you who may not know my sister in law FINALLY had her sweet baby boy on Tuesday. Finn Schlaikjer came in at 8 pounds 9 ounces and 22 inches of cuteness! She was only 11 days overdue. She has officially earned her rockstar mom patch in my book! 

Because of this recent addition I anticipated lots of opportunities to play with Sophie and Mya while Alexis recovered. Today the girls came over for a few hours and we had lots of fun! The best was listening to Mya and Allie talking in the toddler language. I pretty much had no idea what they were talking about but it was super cute to watch!

Splash park fun

It's getting to the point where it's too hot to be outside unless your in the water. This is the splash park we practically lived in last year and we took this hot day as an opportunity to introduce our cousins to our favorite place.

Park!

My sister in law and her sweet family just moved here and are staying with us until they can get settled. On top of that my cute brother is staying with us until the end of June, so we have a very full house! (I'm just so grateful we have enough space to make it work!) Needless to say we jump on any chance to get out and enjoy some fresh air and elbow room ;) Today was our homeschool group meetup so we packed a lunch and a ton of water and headed out for some fun. It's not too hot yet so we can still stay at the park past noon and do the picnic thing my kids love so much. All five girls had a fantastic time and I'm pretty sure my brother had as much fun as they did. After all fourteen  year olds are really just overgrown five year olds! I snapped a few pictures between pushing swings and playing tag. Love me some family time!

Tiny skates

We hit the skating rink today with Aunt Cassie and Uncle Ethan and I was unbelievably excited to discover they had tiny skates for Allie! She did SO good! I was super impressed with all three of them and how they just kept getting back up. Jared even decided he would skate since there were so few people there. He only fell once! I made him take a bunch of pictures because I just couldn't get over the tiny skates! 

This is her new cheese face. Isn't it great?

This is the cute doo bobber that they had to help you learn to skate. She was doing it all by herself towards the end.