Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Where is Katelyn?
Katelyn has a great obsession with "guys" (aka..stuffed animals). She has a great collection of them and once we finished her room she has put them all up in a row on top of her closet. Then, she climbed up there and hid amongst them. What a rascal!
Laci's 9th Birthday
Wow! I can't believe Laci is nine,(and I can't believe how far behind I am on my blog, two and a half months after her birthday and I am getting this done.) Time goes by way too fast. I am so lucky to have such beautiful girls. Man the older they get the more expensive gifts they want. This year Laci wanted one of two things, either a pink four wheeler or Taylor Swift concert tickets. So, we went for the cheaper of the two and got the Taylor Swift tickets. Her reaction to the gift is funny. She is really excited about going. I think it will be fun for us to spend some one on one time together.
We had a birthday party for her. She wanted a sleepover party. I kept the guest list small, no way was I going to be able to have more than 5 girls over. We got it all planned and invitations delivered. We heard back from 3 girls that were coming, but only one could sleep over. The night of the party, only 2 girls showed up, Laci was a bit sad. I felt really bad for her. I will always make sure we RSVP for parties, very rude to not let someone know if you won't be there. I was super sick that night, ended up having the stomach flu. Uuuggg! Luckily, I have an awesome husband and father of my children. He took over and did everything for me and for the party. He even made the girls breakfast the next morning. I think she had a great time, although I missed most of it. I am not so sure that she didn't have a bit of the flu herself. She had it before me and I don't think she was quite over it. I hope neither of the girls that came ended up getting sick. Here are a few pictures of her big day.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LACI! WE LOVE YOU!!
We had a birthday party for her. She wanted a sleepover party. I kept the guest list small, no way was I going to be able to have more than 5 girls over. We got it all planned and invitations delivered. We heard back from 3 girls that were coming, but only one could sleep over. The night of the party, only 2 girls showed up, Laci was a bit sad. I felt really bad for her. I will always make sure we RSVP for parties, very rude to not let someone know if you won't be there. I was super sick that night, ended up having the stomach flu. Uuuggg! Luckily, I have an awesome husband and father of my children. He took over and did everything for me and for the party. He even made the girls breakfast the next morning. I think she had a great time, although I missed most of it. I am not so sure that she didn't have a bit of the flu herself. She had it before me and I don't think she was quite over it. I hope neither of the girls that came ended up getting sick. Here are a few pictures of her big day.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LACI! WE LOVE YOU!!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Zion's National Park
We were able to visit Zion's while in Southern Utah as well. What an amazing world we live in. It is absolutely beautiful down there. Way too hot, compared to the very mild spring weather we have been having. We had a great time. It is not the best spot to take young kids, only for the fact that there are some amazing trails to go on and they are a bit much for youngsters. Mel & Luke were not able to make it down to Zion's with us, because Luke got a bug and was not feeling well. The squirrels would just come right out and see you, the kids thought that was great. I took so many pictures, that I can't share them all. Here is a few...
The girls loved driving through the tunnels and honking the horn while going through them. Ryan about got in a fight with a drunk guy when we were waiting to get on the bus. The guy was cussing pretty loudly and making quite a scene. Then he tried to push his way past Ryan to get on the bus where part of his group was at. Ryan told him to keep his voice down and stop cussing because there were a lot of kids around and to wait his turn. The guy was a pretty small guy, he only hit Ryan at about his chest, but the booze made him think he could kick anyone's @$$. Poor Laci was in tears, freaking out and did not want her dad in a fight, the guy really did not stand a chance anyway. The guy had a big walking stick and if he was going to do anything to Ryan, that was his only chance. Ryan grabbed the stick so there would not be a chance of that. We got on the very crowded bus, which thankfully the jerks, friends and family took him away and did not get on the bus. Laci sobbed the rest of the bus ride. But, even after all that, we still enjoyed our trip to Zion's. Here are are some more great photos of our fun filled trip.
Laci burning her marshmallow.
Katelyn's silly smore face
"Is there something on my lip?"
"I love smores"
The girls loved driving through the tunnels and honking the horn while going through them. Ryan about got in a fight with a drunk guy when we were waiting to get on the bus. The guy was cussing pretty loudly and making quite a scene. Then he tried to push his way past Ryan to get on the bus where part of his group was at. Ryan told him to keep his voice down and stop cussing because there were a lot of kids around and to wait his turn. The guy was a pretty small guy, he only hit Ryan at about his chest, but the booze made him think he could kick anyone's @$$. Poor Laci was in tears, freaking out and did not want her dad in a fight, the guy really did not stand a chance anyway. The guy had a big walking stick and if he was going to do anything to Ryan, that was his only chance. Ryan grabbed the stick so there would not be a chance of that. We got on the very crowded bus, which thankfully the jerks, friends and family took him away and did not get on the bus. Laci sobbed the rest of the bus ride. But, even after all that, we still enjoyed our trip to Zion's. Here are are some more great photos of our fun filled trip.
Laci burning her marshmallow.
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