I wrote my name!!!!!

This morning while the girls were coloring Saige surprised me by saying "Mom, look I did an 'S.'" She then asked what letter to do next and to my shock she wrote her name. You can kind of make out the letters in the picture. It is written backwards but they are there.

Good Job Saige!!!

Checkers?

Yesterday morning Rylie was so excited when she realized that it was her birthday.

Mom : "Rylie, its your birthday...what would you like to do today?"

Rylie: "Well, there are so many things we could do...like...play checkers!"

Mom; "Play checkers?" "Have you ever played checkers before?"

Rylie; "Not yet"


I thought it was so funny that of all the possibilities she came up with playing checkers, a game that she has never played and that we don't own.

Happy Happy Birthday to Rylie

Yesterday was Rylie's 5th birthday. I can't believe my little girl is already 5 and will be going to kindergarten soon. We had a fun day and Rylie got to chose where we went for dinner. She chose Iggy's because she remembered the ice cream that comes with their kids meals.


Rylie was pretty excited when the employees came and sang to her and brought her ice cream. I love the look she gave Evan while they were singing to her.



Daddy, Rylie, Mckenzie, and Saige

Daddy and his girl!

Boondocks & Family Time

In June, my parents came to visit from Oregon. We had a great time going to Boondocks as a family and spending time together. Here are a few pics of the festivities...






In June, my parents came to visit from Oregon. We had a great time going to Boondocks as a family and spending time together. Here are a few pics of the festivities...

A little late...but you get the idea

This is the grand finale of our 4th of July. The girls both fell sound asleep in the middle of the fireworks.


We had a great time waiting for the fireworks to start and by then the girls were exhausted. Their falling asleep left Evan and I in a bit of a mess. We had parked a ways away with the plan for a quick get away after the show. Little did we know that the girls would fall asleep and were impossible to wake up. We had all sorts of blankets and coolers and chairs with us as well so we had to get creative in how to get out of there. First we tried to carry everything and everyone. Evan had all of our supplies and Saige and I attempted to carry Rylie and the baby (of course.) I made it to the parking lot and with my blistered, swollen feet could not physically carry her any further. We laid out the blanket and wrapped up the girls on the side of the parking lot and I waited with them while Evan carried all of our stuff to the car and then ran back to get the girls and I. He couldn't drive into the parking lot because it was all blocked with people getting out so he had to come back and carry both girls while I waddled along behind them to the car. It ended up taking us an hour or more to get out of there and of course the girls woke up when we got into the car. It was a fun and eventful 4th of July.

Happy 4th of July

Moab Trip Photos

So as you read, I went to Moab to go camping, but my main goal was to take some photos. Here are some of the photos I took. Which one(s) do you like the most? See the full Moab Photo Set at Flickr, I'll be added more, see what I've got so far below.


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