Hanging with the cousins....

The girls had their cousins over this week to hang out while Kiley and Dennis went out for her birthday. They had a pizza party and had fun doing shoulder and piggy back rides! The girls enjoyed having them over to play! I grab the camera and the girls of course strike a pose! Man, their cute!

4th of July 2010

We had a long and super fun weekend!!! We had our traditional breakfast at my Dad's on Saturday which was also Addison's birthday. After that we came home to get ready for Addison's party! It was fun to have the family all together! Later that night we watched the Magna fireworks from our house and did some of our own!

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall!

These pictures were taken the same day. I see a copy cat!

One last Hurrah for Summer! Now bring on FALL!!!!

This is one of my favorite times of the year. There is something about the chill in the air, pumpkin season, fall leaves and homeade soup that I love. Oh, besides being the start of all the holiday hoop-la, bring it on!

An apple a day....

well it kept the Dr. away, but not a little bad luck... :) (inside joke there).

Anyway, my little family and Lori went down to my Dad and Polly's to help pick apples on their two trees in the backyard! It really was very fun! Brooklyn is now a "Pro Apple Picker"!

Addison was a big helper too, she would put the apples that were on the ground in the buckets. She loved carrying them around and following her sister.

Dad and Polly, we had a fun fun time! Love you!

24th fun!

Here are some pics from the 24th..... Tres, Mel & Hayden joined us for some food and fireworks!!

My baby turned ONE!!

Addison had a GREAT 1st birthday! Can't believe it has already been a year (July 3rd)~that is crazy!!! We had family over for a BBQ, and enjoyed the evening together! Thanks all for coming!

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WOW........

it's really been more than a month since my last post. I must confess to my disappearance. I have found a new like for farming...... that is all!!!

We had a pretty busy May. Celebrated alot of May birthdays, went to Wheeler Farm with our friends, the Barnum's, and Memorial Day. We spent alot of time out working on the yard...it's definitely getting better. Of course lets not forget my everyday picture taking of my girls! Brooklyn and Addison amaze me everyday! Addison is going to be 1 year old in a month, and is learning new things. She has mastered her sippy cup, getting 4 teeth at once (which now totals 6), crawling & any day now....walking. Today in fact, she walked by herself holding onto a stroller. She gets into everything, and keeps us on our toes! Brooklyn is the BIGGEST helper! She loves being a big sister, and does all she can to help us out. She loves being outside and taking care of her flowers. She says the funniest things, and is so smart! She says when she grows up she wants to be a ballerina. (One day it was a firefighter....we'll see)
Let's re-cap with some pictures, shall we!

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Disney on Ice!

We took Brooklyn to Disney on Ice last weekend. It was so much fun! We drove downtown and parked under the Church Office Building. We rode the "Train" to the Energy Solutions Arena. Brooklyn had fun on the train. It was so new to her, she just kept smiling. We got to the arena and she got to pick a toy from Aunt Lo, as princessy as she is, she got a wand. We bought her a crown, and then her and Addison both a Minnie Mouse. She was so excited for it to start, when it finally did she was all smiles. The look on her face was priceless!

This is Halloween!

What a fun Halloween we had this year. Friday we took the girls to see their great-grand parents to show off their costumes. It is a fun tradtion that all of us do, and the kids all have a great time. The fav this year was the leaves! They had so much fun, and even Grandma G, Jer, and Andy joined in on the fun! Then we raked them all up, and Becky and Kiley took some home! Becky and Kiley also made my girls cute Halloween shirts that they wore when they weren't wearing their costumes! Later that evening we went to our wards "Trunk or Treat". Brooklyn had more fun handing out the candy, than getting the candy. We then came home and spent the evening visiting with Lo and Heidi and had some scrumpcious dinner courtesy of Fazoli's! YUM!

We hope everyone else had a great Halloween! :)

The Monster Bash!!!

We had alot of fun at our Evans Halloween party. We had dinner and then planned a few games for the kids. Everyone brought a little treat for them, so it looks like they don't need to go trick or treating anymore! :) It was fun to see all their costumes, and kudos to princess Snow White for making all the kids so excited! It was a spooky spectacular!

Pumpkin Patch

This is our little trip to the pumpkin patch this year! Brooklyn would have taken every pumpkin if she could! We had a great time!

Time for books....

This was so cute! Brooklyn and Auntie Lo were reading Addison some of Brooklyn's favorite books. (I love how Brooklyn is constantly rubbing Addie's head, oh and clocks her in the face a few times!)

The State Fair...

We went to the State Fair again this year with my sisters and nephew Parker. Addison slept the whole time, and Brooklyn and Parker liked all the "pee-you" animals and the farm. We of course got all the favorite State Fair snacks, how can you pass those up! Although after we felt kind of BLAH! It was fun though! It's a tradition I will keep up! Especially for the Dippin Dots. .....I sure wish they sold those in the store.....! Anyway, here are some pictures we took. Don't we look fabulous in the pear tree? (well If i peeked my head in a little more you could actually see it's me...)

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Happy Birthday Tres!

Tres just celebrated her.........birthday! Just thought she might like me to post her YOUNG age! Hee hee....here are some pictures from her birthday!

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Addison's Blessing Day!

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We had a great day! Thanks to everyone who came and supported our family! We love you!

Happy Grandparents Day!

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It's actually on Sunday, but I thought I would do it early, and a Happy Happy Birthday to my dad yesterday!!! :) Love ya!!

Catch up on pictures.......

It's been awhile since I have put pictures on my computer from my camera, so I thought I would blog about some things that have happened the last few weeks.

My nephew Seth had a baseball game which Andy and Brooklyn went to. I didn't go, but it looks like he did a great job! I love the ones with his tongue sticking out. Oh, it was funny too, that same day Brooklyn and Andy matched....it was cute!

The last two weekends we have laid more sod in the backyard. Nothing too big, but enough for Brookie to play until we do it next year. While we were laying the sod, Brookie had the SMARTEST idea and got into her pool with her clothes on. It was a hot day! The next day she wanted to go and step on the grass with her feeties. She said to us....."I sure do like this grass"! That makes the hard work worth it!

Addison is starting to smile. It is so adorable. Of course we don't have the camera when she is doing the big grins, but we will be sure to post some when we get them. Here is what we have so far! There is also a picture of her in a hat that Grandma Becky made for her.

One more thing....we are trying to potty train Brooklyn. This is what I have been able to do so far. As long as she has a movie, snack, drink, and books she will sit on the potty. She actually has gone a few times, but still not quite there. Any suggestions?!? She seems to be ready, but still needs a little help.