good times...goood times

Daphne loved Mesa Falls

All my little chicks

Rexburg Splash Park

Cousins

Isaiah and Penelope

with that shirt on..we had to take this pic

We have been having a blast visiting family this summer. I have pictures from Colorado but I can't seem to get the computer to read the card so I have borrowed some pictures from Wendi's camera and have some pictures from out time in Idaho.

It's about time!

Just the last few days she has decided that she wants to walk. She also climbs anything low enough to get on. We also learned not to leave little chairs by the couch. Yesterday we found her on the couch with the Wii remote waving it in the air.

Penny = 1 !

My baby was one last Monday. We decided to have a party the Friday before so daddy could be there. The girls and I spent the day decorating and wrapping presents and making a cake. Buying gifts was easy.

Step one: go to garage
Step two: rummage through old toys and select a few
Step three: wash and sanitize
Step four: let girls wrap and present to baby who doesn't

care that her gifts just came from the garage!

regift

regift

regift




is it a regift?

One new toy!( I do have a heart)

Just so you know the cupcakes represent water

Don't you love our decor! Chelsea would be proud!

messy face! we had a great year and are so glad she decided to come down and join us!

Busy Bees

This has been one of the busiest springs we have had. This last week we have had every evening filled. Monday=T Ball practice( yours truly is coach and I actually like it), Tuesday=TBall game, Wednesday=TBall practice, Thursday=Tots graduation for Lily and a grand finale to Daphne's outdoor adventure group, Friday= Carne Asada dinner at the park, and today I went with Kate Rose to Build A Bear with her Daisy Troop. It was my first full day without my Penny and some one on one time with Kate. We also topped of the trip with a lunch at Peter Piper Pizza.

Lauren, Kate, Lauren





Making sure her bear has just enough stuffin'

You can tell Lauren is very excited

Groomin' their bears. ( I gave them matchy-match hair)

Dressin them up

Meet Daisy Moore and Beary Kate
This is her troop and they sure did a great job because that was one busy store. Great day and all thanks to wonderful girls, parents, and troop leaders!

My little squash!

So we just harvested our first zucchini and yellow squash. So of course I had to take pictures of my baby with them. She is so cute.

Look at those chompers!

Ocho de Mayo

They decided to have Cinco De Mayo on Ocho instead. So my girls thought it would be fun to wear their dresses that Aunt Darby bought them in L.A. Down at the Plaza they have Folklorico dancing, food vendors and activities for the kids. Ben also wanted to take some pictures with his camera so he took them over to the Curley School for some shots in their dresses.

Lily just had surgery on her eyes so they are a bit red.

This is the Curley School. It is very pretty and fun to walk around.

Lily had to pose in her glasses.

This is a Tarantula Hawk. They are huge. They don't bother you but are a little unnerving to watch fly around.

Lucky Number Seven

Isn't she the cutest seven year old you have ever seen? Well she is. And look at that beautiful cake that their dad told them it was decorated with playdough so Kate started to pull them off. My first attempt at fondant. It wasn't terribly hard to make, just tiring. It was a little too sweet but it looked cute for my first attempt.


For her birthday Ben took Kate and her friend Lauren to the Phoenix Zoo. They had a great time.

Kate got on the camel and quickly got off. Lauren was a natural. Must be from riding horses.

They came back sun kissed ( of course not burned because of course sun screen was remembered) and tired. They had a great time and even got to eat at Chili's. I stayed home with poor little sick Lily and Daphne got to go ice skating for the first time with her friend Seliah. She took lots of pictures but then accidentally erased them. She was bummed about that. I remember the thinking I couldn't love another kid after having one, because I had a whole lotta love for Daphne. Then they placed that Kate Rose in my arms and I realized it wasn't the same love, it was a completely different love for my second child. Good natured, quiet, and loving are the 3 perfect words for my Katie Roo.