Sunday, August 31, 2014

August

The fun times we had in August. We spent a lot of time in August on mini trips to get it all out before Emma started Kindergarten and we wouldn't be able to travel as much anymore.

*Bre's first full ponytail. It didn't last long...*




*Somebody wants to be like her big sisters... she loves putting underwear on. Hopefully that carries over and she's easier than Abby to convince to potty train (No Abby is not potty trained yet.)*


*SO COOL*




*Our good friends, the Johanson's, daughter got home from her mission and we were excited to go to her homecoming talk! The girls loved playing in the hotel room.*

*Twin Falls. Looking out over the canyon at sunset. SO gorgeous.*

*Woke up one morning to Bre asleep in my bed like this! Luckily she did not have an accident...*



*Post-pigtail hair*

*The girl's got this bead bracelet making kit for Christmas last year... and we finally pulled it out with them and made a bunch of character bracelets. They had a blast and Daddy even helped :) *




*Running through the sprinklers at 8pm...*


*She sat and looked at this book (with no pictures) for about 20 minutes.*



*She has the BEST bedhead. Reminds me of when Anna wakes up in Frozen :) *

*Bre is a picker. She is constantly picking at dry skin, any owies she has, hangnails, etc. It drives me nuts.*

*She still loves her Rapunzel hair. It's an old belt of Daddy's.*



*For a Relief Society activity we went out to Stricker Ranch and got a tour. It's the first homestead and was a small town between Boise and Pocatello. It was really pretty out there.*




Friday, August 29, 2014

Emma's 2nd Lost Tooth

Not the greatest pictures... but Emma lost her second tooth! I took these pictures because I was worried about the tooth coming in behind that was so out of place. But everyone says it will move forward now that the old one is gone. She was more nervous to get this one pulled out because she knew it would bleed a little like the last one, but it came out and she was really happy when it was over :)



Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Twin Falls County Fair

We love spending some time at the Twin Falls County Fair. The girls had a blast running around and riding rides. We went with our neighbors across the street and it was fun to do all of the things with them.

















Monday, August 25, 2014

Holly's Homecoming & Boondocks

My cousin Holly got home from her mission so we headed to Utah to visit and listen to her homecoming talk!

*We stopped and visited Nate and IsaBelle and Sarah on our way down.*

*We also took the kids and Uncle Mike to Boondocks while we were down there. They had a blast!*








Friday, August 22, 2014

Puddle Jumping & Flooding

We had a few crazy days of rain here in Twin Falls which resulted in some flooding. It was crazy how much some places flooded. Most of the water ran toward the canyon and created quite the mud slide down the side of the canyon. We didn't really have too much flooding near our house and our basement was spared, thankfully. The girls had a blast playing in the water though.





*The extent of our flooding. I'm grateful that the rain slowed down and this is all we got.*

*Also lots of hail. At one point we got marble sized hail! Biggest I've ever seen!*

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Abby & Potty Training

Abby finally potty trained!!! I tried numerous times and buying of underwear to convince her... I knew she could do it without a problem if she would just DO IT. But she wouldn't.
One day I even put underwear on her and she held it for 9 HOURS before I gave in and put underwear on her. I had really wanted her to go to preschool, but at that point I gave up because there was just no way she could be potty trained in time.
A week later this new "princess potty" that sings when you go in it came in the mail and the next day she potty trained and has not had any accidents. When she decided it was time, she did a perfect job :)
and she got to go to preschool!


*Her and Emma also got their Elsa dresses that we had bought months before to bribe Abby and it hadn't worked!*