Fair fun

We did another of our traditional outings, and went to the fair. The girls LOVED the farm, it's actually one of my favorites for the kids too. Brooklyn as been 3 times now, and this was Addison's first time.

We re-lived some good 'ol memories this year, and even got stopped by a news crew (of course a few of us were a little wimpy), but Tres talked with him. The kids also won a creative award ribbon for finding 10 bees in one of the exhibit buildings. Brooklyn said one of her favorite parts was seeing the little piglets & petting the animals. Girls loved it, we had fun...I think it was a sucessful trip this year! :)

First day back to preschool...

It's that time again for preschool! This is Brooklyn's 2nd year back, and so far is loving it! She loves going 2 days a week now. She is already doing awesome with her schoolwork. She has brought home her work with "excellent" & "perfect" notes from her teachers. I know she will continue to do great, and am so excited that she loves it so much! Addison is my little riding buddy and loves taking her to class. She is always asking "where's sissy"...too cute!

September birthday bash!

So, on my side of the family we have quite a few birthday's to celebrate. Lori and I came up with an idea to celebrate all the September birthday's together, and threw them a party at our house. We made each "birthday boy/girl" their own cake and had everyone over for dinner. It turned out great, and I think they all had a fun time!

New family pictures

We had our family pictures taken last week, and wanted to share some fav's! Thanks Lo, they turned out so cute!!!

Lovely locks

I caught my girls in the bathroom doing hair the other day. I loved their facial expressions and how Addison kept copying Brooklyn! These two crack me up everyday!

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!

24th weekend in a nutshell.

The last part of July Andy was able to take some time off work (being his birthday and the 24th holiday) so we decided we wanted to do as many fun things as we could since we don't get the opportunity often. Also can't beat free tickets!
We celebrated his birthday kind of laid back, he didn't want to do anything too big. I had got work done early that day so I could spend time with the girls and Andy. We were about to head out for the day and Andy got a call for a part time job interview. SOOO....since he has been waiting to hear back about different jobs we decided to go ahead and went with him to interview (well we walked around the store while he interviewed). After my dad and Pauline had invited us to lunch so we had his favorite, Training Table.

Later on we had cake for him and enjoyed our evening watching movies.

The next day we had our 1st super deal on tickets and took the girls to the zoo! The last time we took them Brooklyn was about 2 1/2 yrs and Addison was 2 weeks old. So we figured they would have a bit more fun now that they were older. Brooklyn said that all the animals were her favorite, but said she loved the new baby elephant, Zuri.

On the 24th we watched that parade and then went to see Toy Story 3. This was Addison's first time in a movie theater so we weren't sure how she would do. She did great! Thanks to Lo and Heidi we scored our second day of free tickets! It was super fun to have Lori and Heidi there! Then later that night we went to my sister Cindy's for her traditional 24th block party! It was  a super fun weekend and glad the girls enjoyed it all!!

Days of '47 float preview

Today we took the girls to the Days of '47 float preview at the South Town Expo. We were to vote on our favorites, and Brooklyn and Addison chose # 17.  Brooklyn loved the fairies and the princess carriage....I can see why it would be their favorite! The girls got to meet a clown and he made them flower balloons. We had a great evening together, it's been awhile since we've been able to do something with just our little family! Oh...and it was FREE, even better!!!

Fishing with Daddy

Brooklyn had her first experience fishing with her daddy a few weeks ago, and they had a blast. Brooklyn has been wanting her daddy to teach her how to fish for along time now, and they finally had the chance to go. They went to the Bountiful pond and her Uncle Dennis and cousins came along too. Brooklyn can't wait for her daddy to take her again!

Our baby turned "2".....

The candles blew themselves out this year.....so we pretended!

We threw Addison a Hello Kitty-flower-polka dot party this year. Did I take pictures of all of the decorations...of course not--but it turned out so cute!!! We had a busy day since we were celebrating the "4th" and her birthday, but it was SO fun! I love to throw parties, so we wanted to make it super fun since we were celebrating the two events. We had A BBQ with both sides of our family, had a pinata for the kids- which Addison was afraid of ..maybe she was just sad the other kids were hitting Hello Kitty, who knows! The Shewell's stayed and watched fireworks with us later that night! I hope Addie had a great day...she sure was tuckered out by the end of it! Thanks to all of our family who came and a bigger thanks to everyone for helping out!!


Happy Birthday Addie! We love you!