Baby Girl

I can't get enough of this sweet baby. She really is amazing and so beautiful. Just some more pics...

Fonties

Bud's sister, Tara and her three kids came to Vegas in July for a couple weeks. Our kids get along so well, and they just pick up right where they left off. We had so much fun with them at the movies, Pump It Up, swimming, and having a "Texas" party. So much so, that we're toying with the idea of driving (yikes) out to Houston to visit over Thanksgiving. We'll see how things go...

Still More Summer...

Since we still haven't gotten a summer vacation yet, a few weeks ago, me and the kids had to get out of dodge and headed to St. George to see our good friends the Lofgrans. Baby girl did amazing on her first little trip, sleeping the whole time, both ways. We just spent a couple days relaxing and let the kids have a good time. We went to Veyo Pool and the kids tried to catch crawdads in the stream. Megan's pregnant with her fourth and Caroline helped her remember what she's going through it all for. We took the cutest pic of her. Even though she's in a boys hat, she's adorable!

Another popular summer activity has been going to the movies, thanks to our friends at M&M's. On certain packages, you can get a code that gives you $3 off or even a free ticket. Some of the theaters here offer $5 tickets before noon, so I've been taking everyone for $10! Loving it! We went and saw Cars 2 and instead of $41 for all of us, it was only $17! Needless to say we've seen quite a few movies this summer. Of course we go with lots of people in on the same deal and take up at least an entire row.

2 Months

Caroline is two months old today. Hard to believe the time is going by so fast. She's getting more and more social, sweet, and chunky. We love it. I think she even gave me my first 6 hour stretch on Saturday night too, not sure though because I have a hard time remembering what happens between 10pm - 7am. Here are some pics from the past couple weeks.

The girls brought her these flowers

More Summer

Black-light mini-golf

Cousin sleepover

Playing in the rain

Playdough Fun
Elle's:

Jake and Jo's:
This is the "Wipeout" course

Mae's "creation":

After their cousin Jack's 16th birthday party, the girls decided they needed to throw a party.

The refreshments: bread, water, Doritos and Rice Krispy Treats.

The entertainment: Mae dancing and fuzzy camera image racing.

Elle, entertaining herself instead of sleeping, with "Chap-Stick Hair".

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July weekend. Didn't do anything especially exciting, but since we didn't get to go out of town, I treated it a little as a vacation and hardly cooked a single meal. : ) The twins were in the Summerlin Patriotic Parade again this year, but were much happier with their characters. Last year they were Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb, this year they got to be Mario and Luigi. My sister, Traci, is one of the people who puts on the parade every year, and I'm always impressed at how well it turns out. There's always such a great patriotic spirit there, especially when the national anthem is sung and the Gold and Blue Star Mothers walk by. I am so grateful to live in this country!

Blessing Day

Caroline was blessed last Sunday. All three girls were blessed in this dress and I just love it. My mom made the blanket and all five children have been blessed with it. Bud gave Caroline a beautiful blessing. My favorite part of it was that he blessed Caroline would have a special relationship with me and that she would have the self-confidence to make good decisions. Caroline's Hawaiian middle name is Kei (pronounced Kay), which means "one's pride and glory". I am absolutely thrilled we got this picture of her smiling in her dress. It's my favorite thing she does right now.