Some summer pictures!

This summer is almost over!!! I've attempted to do some 'super fun' things, but they seem to always backfire - so here is what our days mostly consist of.

The girls are now eating baby food twice a day. Breakfast & dinner. They both are fabulous eaters! Here is Taylor....she must have still been hungry after breakfast!

CAUTION!!! Here comes an adorable picture!!! They are getting very strong on their stomachs and will be crawling before I know it! (Rylee in Blue - Taylor in Pink)
Our baby hummingbirds. Caleb & I would check the nest almost every morning while we were feeding Simba.

Discovering a dragonfly with dad. Caleb would NOT touch it. Notice his hands behind his back?

Rylee - "Really mom...another picture??"

Watching a movie in his Lightning McQueen tent. One of my childhood memories is making a 'fan tent' with a sheet & heavy books & a fan. I need to make one for Caleb soon!

Trying on mom's vintage PJ's. (Taylor in white - Rylee in blue)

Caleb as a robot!!

Taking a nap. I love that they are sound asleep - but in the exact same position.

Making AWESOME things with his blocks!

Caleb LOVES going to the park. We try to get there a few times each week. His favorite is the blue park (Snow park). Brigham City is lame though because they don't have any swings! I love swings!

I love lounging by the pool...any pool. This is how my pool experiences have went this year. #1 I took all 3 kids to the Brigham pool in the early summer & we lasted about an hour. They wouldn't even refund my $! Oh well - not their fault. #2 Casey, Caleb & I met some of his family & my brother Dylan at Cherry Hill for Casey's birthday in July. After about an hour & a half of swim time, they evacuated the place because of a storm. #3 Last Friday when Casey got home from work I took Caleb to the pool. We met Angela & Blake there. Finally - a good time could be had!! THEN....someone vomited in the pool. We had only been there for an hour. The pool was evacuated & they asked everyone to either get a pass to come back another day or come back after the pool was cleaned. At least we got a free pass to come back! #4 Yesterday Caleb & I finally got about 3 hours of decent pool time! Caleb loves the kid slides & loves it when Angela takes him down the big blue slide. He is also getting much braver. Last year he wouldn't walk around in the shallow end...I'd have to sit & hold him, but yesterday he would venture away from me. Not far....but baby steps is fine with me.

Sibling Night!

My fingers are crossed that my family won't end up dysfunctional like 90% of families I know. I've been told to stop trying....most families just don't get along...but I'm not a quitter!! I strongly believe that in order to 'get along' we must spend some time valuable time together! We had a 'sibling night' when my brother, Jordon, left for the MTC a couple of years ago & now my BABY brother, Dylan, is college bound. Another night of fun & games was in order for sure!
We went to Fredricos in Logan for dinner. They have the best ham & cheese salads EVER. And I now highly recommend their Chicken Alfredo Pasta. I could feel myself getting fatter after each & every bite! We learned that Angela can't stand maternity pictures and REALLY can't stand family pictures of people when they all appear naked & are wrapped up in bed or something cheesy. She was quite animated with her description of those pictures! (I don't think any of us will look at her the same)

After we finished eating Ashley ditched us to go pack for a boating trip & the rest of us headed to the fun park. We played the arcade games. It was a blast because we had the whole place to ourselves and could act as silly as we wanted! Jordon managed to hit the jackpot on a game & we ended up with almost 500 tickets. Of course - with our tickets we got........FABULOUS MUSTACHES! Jordon looked like Super Mario, Dylan looked like Hitler, Angela looked like a biker, & I looked like a hairy person! GOOD TIMES!

Photos!

Casey's cousin, Cherish, took some pictures of Taylor & Rylee last month in Manuta. It was a fun photo shoot. Tricky though! Getting a shot with TWO babies is so hard! I wonder how those with triplets manage to get it done?

Rylee's feet are all muddy & you can see movement in some of the pictures - but I love them all the same. I'm excited for when they are sitting up & steady to get more pictures of them!! They are going to end up HATING the camera I think.

Rylee

Taylor

Ahhhh....Birthday Breakfast

Oh my goodness. Who knew what fun this tradition would be! This year marks SEVEN years of going to Village Inn to celebrate my Aunt Sandra's birthday. Village Inn has pancakes that I adore. I think that we went on a whim when she turned a certain age with a ZERO at the end of it, and had so much fun that we now enjoy breakfast & the fashion place mall every year.

At Nordstrom. Their sale SUCKS. Who can afford a $28 onesie????

Amber, Angela, myself & the birthday girl.

Rylee & Taylor

I had a little cross stitch or something like that in my room growing up that said "Sisters are fine, especially mine". At the time...I thought it was a BIG FREAKING LIE. But now I believe it. Hopefully next year my sister Ashley & my mom can make it to the party.

I heart this picture.
It's true. We exude awesomeness.

My smokin hot new sandals that I had an anxiety attack about buying. But that anxiety vanished when the clerk rang them up & the were $20 less than expected!!!!

Rylee & Taylor were pretty good little shoppers. Whenever Sandra was pushing the stroller she had a PLETHORA of people asking her all about them. Not one person approached me when I was pushing them. Am I unapproachable???

Looking forward to next year!

Little Valley Days

Casey's mom grew up in Mantua. His Grandma & his Uncle still live there & invited us to a BBQ & to watch fireworks for Little Valley Days. We had hot dogs...I haven't had them in a LONG time & ended up being sick, but it was tasty!! I made "better than 'you know what' cake". It was fabulous. Then there was salads, fruit, veggies, brownies & trifle. Delish.

Smiley Rylee.

Caleb was so excited to hold this HUGE bowl of chips. One problem was he would take a bite out of a chip & then put it back into the bowl. S I C K. Mona found all of the ones that had bites out of them though, so it's all good!
Caleb LOVED the sparklers.

These little ladies slept through the fireworks! I couldn't believe it!

We had a mini sidewalk show....

...and then the city does fireworks over the reservoir. I have to say...it was an amazing finale! One of the best I've seen.

I'll probably attend Little Valley Days again sometime. There was some stuff going on at the park that we didn't get to go & see & I would like to see what that is all about next year!

Well...

I was told by someone the other day "Whether you think you have something to blog about or not...you can still put up some pictures of those babies!

I'm finally amusing to both of them!

Rylee (on the right) rolled over last week.

Taylor LOVES to sleep on her stomach.
A couple of weeks ago we met Derrick & Ashley at Willow Park & just wandered around. Caleb had a blast on the playground & I was amused by this pelican chasing this swan. It was hilarious! It was chasing him on one side of the pond & the swan tried to get away by swimming to the other side....Mr. Pelican just followed & continued tormenting Mr. Swan. It was cracking me up.

Once or twice a week we get irrigation water in our gutter & I've convinced Caleb that it is fun to play in. Now that I've convinced him...he checks for the water daily!

Taylor's pedicure. Rylee's toes are purple.

Here is Casey pretending he thinks this sling is stupid....when in reality he flung it on before I did!

The fourth of July was kind of blah. I wanted to go to the fireworks over in Logan on Friday night but Caleb ended up with a fever for 2 days....then Casey's family came over for a BBQ on Monday & I was kind of cranky (which I didn't know why) and I tried to watch the Brigham fireworks with Caleb Monday night, but he would just scream to go back into the house, so I put him to bed & watched them with Taylor (Rylee & Casey were sleeping). She liked them. I ended up with an ear infection in both ears (probably explaining my Monday night crankiness) & it has been terrible! I've been dizzy...sweats...fever off & on & off & on...super tired...just miserable! My antibiotic finally started to kick in last night & I am feeling MUCH better this morning.

THANKS MOM & ANGELA & CASEY FOR HELPING ME OUT! Taylor & Rylee even got their first sleepover at Aunt Angela's for a night. She said they were good! HOORAY!