Yesterday...I cried

I noticed that Taylor & Rylee were each getting a front tooth. Talk about depressing! Next thing I know they will be coming home with belly button rings. *sigh*

Taylor is in pink in both pictures. Rylee is in the purple.

I'm a quitter

Since starting my 'mini day care'. My time for anything extra has completely disappeared. I feel completely drained by the end of the day. BUT - I'm not quitting it....at least not yet. Casey's mom was so nice & bought us a 50 lb bag of potatoes. (That is not a typo. It really says 50 lbs) So, I canned some potatoes today (talk about a process!!) & I could kill over. My back & feet are killing me. What sucks the most, is it took most of the day & I only got 12 quarts! But - that is better than zero quarts. I'm hoping to freeze some potatoes as well, but I am saving that for another day!

I did have to 'quit' my church calling. I feel like such a quitter!! I play the piano for Relief Society & just had to throw the towel in. Casey works 1-2 Sundays per month & taking the twins & Caleb without his help is just way to hard! I know that all of the ladies at church love & adore the twins, but I hate thinking that some may feel obligated to help & I hate that winter is creeping up on us & EVERYONE will have some sort of cold. I have been so blessed with healthy, darling twins that I would be so sad if the ended up with RSV. Hopefully we can still get to church 1-2 times/month because I know that Caleb really enjoys it & it is good for him. Casey & I usually tend to need the refresher as well.

I have a hard time in my ward for some reason. I just don't feel like we 'fit'. In Relief Society I am the youngest woman that attends because all of the 'younger' women are all in Primary or Young Women's, so that makes it hard to meet new people. My visiting teachers are both around my age & I really like them so that is nice - but our schedules never seem to work out that they can visit very often.

Hogle Zoo

We FINALLY had a successful family outing!!! Last Saturday my little family went to the zoo. I love my little people. Caleb was adorable. He'd check out one animal & then look at us & say "Let's go find more animals!!" The are making a new area for seals/polar bears/penguins & I am excited to go back & check that out! I loved the monkeys. They are so stinking cute! Caleb loved the gorillas & was so excited to ride on the carousal. Casey didn't say what he loved. Probably me though :) Taylor & Rylee were perfect - as always. They were so good in their stroller & we only had to feed & change them once. They are GREAT babies.

Bear Lake

My parents are FABULOUS. My mom's side of the family attempted a family reunion for the 2nd weekend in September so my parents got 2 rooms for our whole family to stay in for the whole week! We missed Dylan, Casey & Ben, but somehow we still managed to have a pretty good time. The weather was close to perfect. We played at the beach, got a boat ride from Uncle Terry, saw a HILARIOUS show (Juanito Bandito) at the Pickleville Playhouse, swam in the pool with cousin Keri & her kids Brynlee & Dalin, soaked in the hot tub, checked out Bear Lake Heritage Days, had a BBQ at Aunt Karla's, played games & ate & ate & ate! My grandparents ventured Logan Canyon to come to the BBQ. They are 80+ years old!! One of the funniest things from the trip was this conversation:

Me: So Grandpa, was there a lot of traffic in the canyon this morning?
Grandpa: Yeah....behind me (insert my grandpa's HUGE hearty laugh)

I love that he still has his sense of humor. And for the slow - he lauged because he knows he's old & drives like a turtle.

I love my mom in the picture below. She had to put her reading glasses over her sunglasses. She is a thinker!

The picture of my dad & Blake was BEFORE Blake's crazy driving threw them off of the jet ski. My dad even cracked his ribs with this incident! Blake had already had enough trauma - he had a nasty skateboarding accident a couple of days before the jet ski accident!

Juanito Bandito was so good. Rumor is they are going to be showing it in Logan & in Salt Lake. I will have to take Casey!

National Toasted Marshmallow Day!

August 30th was year #2 of celebrating one of the years BEST days! It's funny how much different this year was from last year. Last year we went to Mantua...in sweatshirts, hats, long pants & we were lucky to not get rained on. This year we were in our summer clothes fighting off mosquitoes as soon as the sun went down. Freaking blood suckers. We had hot dogs, grapes, chips & of course TOASTED MALLOWS.

These 2 sure love each other. It's almost gross. (just kidding)

Taylor & Rylee were pretty much hypnotized by the fire. Don't you love how chill Rylee looks (in the pink)? Cracks me up.

It's ridiculous how much I love a perfectly toasted mallow. Roast away my friends, roast away.

I've lost my mind

I was approached by my neighbors with the idea of watching their children. That's right. Day care. It is day 2.....& I'm wondering what I was thinking!  I don't think there is enough pepsi in the world to get me through this

I told myself I need to attempt a schedule for meals/quiet time/TV time/outside time...but the schedule will be muddled with my sweet Taylor & Rylee. They are still on the "I make my own schedule" routine.

I have the following:
2 - 6 month old beautiful girls
1 - 1 year old
1 - 4 year old
1 - 3 year old (sweet Caleb!)
1 - 5 year old (in Kindergarten - doesn't get her until 11:20)
1 - 9 year old (doesn't get here until 3)

I am so glad I'm not a polygamist.