It's over!!

Today. Was. Long. I am not 100% sure that I could have made it to right now (the end of today) without this little dress-up time Sophia let me indulge in:) While jumping on the trampoline was a good suggestion (thanks for your input Jay) this activity was just the pick-me-up I needed to get me to the end of my week from hell! What can I say, I can not sit still.

Along with this never ending week coming to a close, so does this years official longest month!! I realize that I am not making a whole lot of sense right now but stay with me. Not to say that September was uneventful, it just seemed to be seriously dragging on forever! The whole school thing is screwing with me...yeah, I'll blame it on that. Well October, I greet you with open arms. Bring it on!
p.s. don't feel the need to say "it's already been broughten", I got that one covered for you.

WE MADE IT!!

We made it through the first day of school, with no crying (on either end). There was a little rebellion at first but he quickly came around. Watching him walk up to his school by himself was bitter sweet, what a big kid. Cute too!

Good bye summer :(

Kylie's parents have this awesome pool that they so generously invited me, my sisters and ALL the kids over to for a last day of summer pool and pizza party!! It was a great way to end the summer! Thanks Kylie, you Rock!

It wouldn't be a REAL party without Soph in a little polka dot swimsuit there:) She is such a trooper, she went the whole time without a nap, smiling and laughing all day. She did almost fall asleep once in the pool (as illustrated below) until she caught a glimpse of me trying to get a picture of it, then she sat right up and smiled at me!!

A few things I love

#1. a) I love that our friends are our families. b) I love Oscars!
#2. I love the crazies that I live with, they make me laugh.
#3. I love when Soph does new things, this time it was how to make a lovely little mess.
#4. I love pudgy little painted toe nails!

Our Weekend

We left our house late Friday night (guess who drove and who slept) and pulled into Orem at 1:30 am. I can't complain though, night is my fav time to drive, especially if everyone is sleeping;) Even though Soph was wide awake from 1-3 she woke us all up bright and early Sat morning to begin our fun; Breakfast with our fav Sievers fam, took Jackson to Toy Story 3, hilarious!, took Codee to Cabelas, not so hilarious, then to the Richmonds for a rockin' party! Bucky was hilarious! He totally loved me, I think it may have stemmed from jealousy of Sophie getting all my attention. I'll take his love however I can get it. Big and Little Kenny put on a mini Stadium of fire, Jackson barely lasted to the end of the show. After all this excitement we finally headed up to our next hotel in SL, arrived there just after midnight, a small improvement over the previous night.

Jack and I decided to let the babies nap Sunday morning while he and I hit the town via Trax. He was a huge fan!! He did not care even a little bit where we were going or what we were doing, he just wanted to keep getting on and off, so we did:) We got our favorite snack at Starbucks and played some checkers. After some lunch we all set out for the Zoo. Jackson really enjoyed it, he loved the bird show and the baby elephant Zuri and paid tribute to CoopsCar by making a huge fuss over the penguins and alligators, I think they could convince him anything is cool. Soph didn't care about anything but Jack's blue icee and Codee was a trooper. I, on the other hand, am a huge dork, I know. I love the Zoo!!! I always have. I am pretty sure that I liked it way more than the other three combined:) Jackson was having to tell ME to settle down, I was running around like a little kid, embarrassing Codee the whole time. When we got to the Zoo the parking lot was completely full, when we left the park there were only a handful of other cars left. They all but had to kick us out, needless to say, we were pooped. Unable to pry ourselves off the bed for dinner, we ordered room service... best decision ever... at that moment anyway:) Delish! The hot tub ended day two perfectly, it even put Soph to sleep.

(I can't get this to move to the middle)

OK, you caught me. That is actually Sunday nights dinner, I didn't get any pics of Mondays happenings. It did start with more room service though. It's a good thing we didn't stay any longer cause we were hooked! After one more nap for the babies we checked out and made one more stop before heading home, Cowabunga (or Bingaha) Bay. Vicki, Tyden and Hadlee met us there and I am so glad they did, Jack and Tyden always play so good together!! A fun little park, key word, little. They seriously need an expansion pack for that place, still a good time though. Jackson even got to have an ice cream, churro and 44 oz. (or something ridiculous like that) soda for lunch, not sure how he talked Codee into that one:) He must have learned it from his mom;) I am so glad we went, it was a great little trip for our fam! Just what we needed!

Happy Half Birthday!

Our little princess is 6 months old! Well, closer to seven now but when these photos were taken a few weeks ago she was :) For her birthday she picked out her own toy for the first time and I didn't gripe the next time Jamie tried to sneak her a little something sweet. Still no cans of pink icing, but i will let a taste of ice cream slide now that she is half way to 1!! Jackson helped me get a few pics of her, she will always laugh for him:) She is totally a ham until I get out the camera, then she just wants to try to get it from me, so it' s a good thing I had Jacks help. I swear he can do anything and she will laugh, he must be the funniest person she has ever met!

If that is not total admiration I don't know what is.

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

(i am not sure why but I never published this post, it's 2 months old. there are 2 new posts, don't miss 'em!)

Now that she is four months old and so over being a tiny baby, she decided it was high time she had some real food. So with my assistance, she plopped herself down into her bumbo, put on a super cute bib (even big girls can be a bit messy) and prepared herself for a new and exciting taste adventure!

The shiny black camera posed a bit of a problem, it is very hard to concentrate on the task at hand when there is something screaming for your attention in the background. While bananas are fun to spit out immediately after being fed them, you gotta look good for the camera!

It turns out that on top of being a great toy, these things actually tatse good too... as a matter of fact she would like some more... and could you hurry it up please.