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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Can't Believe Summer is Over!

We've had a fantastic summer. It's gone by way too quickly! We had a California trip where we drove out to welcome my parents home from Germany. It was so great to have the family all together. With 2 new son in laws and 3 grandbabies while they were gone, this was our first time really altogether. It was great! We surprised them at the SF airport, as pictured below.

Altogether :)

While in Cali we went to an A's Game which the girls loved.

Too lazy to turn the pic, but here's my bday celebration. My girls sure do love birthdays!

Back in Utah we went to a rodeo which the girls really enjoyed.... I found myself just worrying the whole time that someone was going to get hurt. Haha.

We've been meeting John for lunch at Liberty park every couple weeks throughout the summer. Its been fun playing hide and go seek after our picnic.

We went to a family reunion in southern Utah that had a good portion of my mom's side of the family. There were a lot of us! My grandma and grandpa are awesome. 6 of their 7 kids were there plus their kids and grandkids.

At the reunion we had a talent show, went swimming, hiking in Zions and we particularly liking off-roading in the golf carts. Don't know how I didn't get a picture of that!

And we've got pigtails! Unfortunate this is the best pic I've got of them... I'll have to try again soon :)

Other fun summer activities have included zumba for kids at our local library, playing with cousins (especially playing in the water!) and going to the waterpark. We liked the wave pool and lazy river. Mia starts kindergarten on Tuesday. Hard to believe!

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Catch Up

Mia played soccer this spring with her cousin which she really enjoyed. She liked running around, but I think her favorite part was the treats at the end of the games and getting a medal when the season was over. Here

she is at her end of soccer season party with her medal. Yes, Norah is dressed up as a pirate. Norah loved soccer too because it meant she could play with her cousin and chew gum.

Ruby turned one year old on May 17. She sure loved getting cake at Mia's soccer party and then again at home.

Here is Ruby with her ladybug cake that Mia helped me make. Ruby is crawling all over the place... most often after her sisters to try to get whatever yummy food they are eating.

Norah is as independent as ever. This is the haircut she gave herself.... thankfully they can almost pass as bangs. She is now potty-trained! Halleujah! She'll run to the bathroom yelling, "Pee pee is coming!" She can always make us all laugh.

The kids loved going to a BYU softball game and getting hot doggers. It was weeks ago and Norah still talks about giving Cosmo a high five. It was a huge highlight for her.

We are loving our backyard and use it rain or shine... yes they are in swimsuits in the rain. It was a warm rain thank goodness :)

Mia finished preschool last week and we are gearing up for summer! Its getting warm and we hit the waterpark yesterday which the kids loved. I've got to figure out a summer routine for us so we don't go crazy :)

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Easter!

Hooray for Easter!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Wowie Does Time Fly!

I can't believe its almost February! We've been keeping busy... John is enjoying his work (and we are enjoying the free tix we've gotten to the Jazz games from work with dinner and snacks included...wahoo). He's still home for dinner every night! He got called to be 2nd counselor in Young Men's and coaches the YM's basketball team which is fun. The YM have campouts every month though!!!! Ahhh! I'm not too excited about that. I got called to teach Relief Society which freaks me out! So we'll see how that goes! Mia's loving carpooling to preschool with a neighbor girl.... Norah loves going to her "school" (aka... the child care at our local rec center where I pay $3.50 for them to watch Norah and Ruby for an hour while I work out. Its been FABULOUS!) We like going to BYU athletic events (basketball pictured here).... this past weekend we went to a gymnastics meet which was fun. Norah yells "Go BYU" anytime she sees a sporting event on tv. Gotta start her young! haha. Ruby just keeps growing. She is sitting up and eating solids and still a joy. There's a brief update on us.... more to come shortly. Hopefully some pics of the house soon. I feel like I'm finally starting to get it together. hooray!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Christmas Party!

We had our ward Christmas party in which Santa made an appearance! Mia was super excited... Norah on the other hand was very hesitant, but then once she saw he was giving out candy canes she thought he couldn't be that bad :)