Labor Day fun

This Labor Day we took advantage of the warm weather and enjoyed an afternoon at Highland Glen park in Highland. 

Look how DELICIOUS this little girl is!!

The girls spent hours playing in the sand, building castles, wadding in the water, having snacks...all that fun stuff. The next day was Adaliah's first day of school- so we told her it was a day to celebrate her last day of summer.  Summer flew by TOO fast, as it always does. 

Don't be fooled by Zizz's face, she had a great time.

Norah is 0 and a half!

Norah is 6 Mths already!! I cannot believe it. Adaliah calls it "0 and half"

Norah still loves to be swaddled for her naps and bedtime. We got this new blanket called a "woombie" that zips up the front. Norah is such a crazy sleeper that sometimes when I get her in the morning she has managed to flip all the way around inside the woombie until the zipper is in the back. 

 

Kim gave me a front carrier and it has become my go-to while on outings, and even in the house while trying to clean and cook. Norah seems to like it a lot. 

Norah's hair is out of control. After seeing her 6 mth pictures I decided that I need to cut it soon.

Norah loves play peak-a-boo with her sisters. She loves watching them play and dance. The girls can make her laugh a lot more often and a lot easier than Pete and I can.

Norah can sit up, roll, and scoot around on her belly. Between those 3 things she can slowly get where she wants to go.

August Highlights

Aug 21st- We had a great weekend trip to Ogden Sunday night to Monday to attend the Ogden temple open house. Bekah was so inspired to really prepare the girls and do some family night and scripture study about temples. The girls were so excited to go inside and see it. Ned and Kim were so accommodating and fed us dinner and breakfast and were great hosts. When we went to the temple the girls were very well behaved, especially Dali. She was very reverent. It was great to feel the spirit and see the girls experience it for the first time. The temple was beautiful. -Pete

I loved seeing our entire family in the celestial room. I told Pete that it will be another 20 years until we will all be in there together again- but what a great goal to strive for.

This August it rained A LOT. Summer rain storms are the best. It was hot outside and the warm rain would cool everything down and make our garden and flowers grow like crazy. One evening it was raining so hard that the streets and gutters were full after 10 mins. Adaliah and I ran outside in the rain and had a blast. 

A lot of the neighbors came out to enjoy the storm too. After the storm stopped, there was a  beautiful rainbow.

Another August day, we left to run errands and Zizzy and Norah feel fast asleep and it started to down poor again. I didn't want to wake up the girls and take them into the crazy rain storm so Adaliah and I shared a milk shake and hung out in the car while eating it and watching the storm.

When Pete went on his back packing trip, the girls and I went to the splash pad at Thanksgiving point and hung out all day there on Saturday.

One August morning I was stretching on the front lawn, in preparation for my morning run. This big black Ravin flew down and stood right next to me. It kinda scared me, so I started walking away and it started following me around the yard. I decided to go inside and he followed me up the stairs and waited on our front patio for awhile until Pete scared it away. WEIRD!

We made it down to the Sanpete County Fair this year. Kayla Hall was in town, and Tausha threw her a surprise 25th birthday party. After the party we watched the parade and went to the fair.

That night my parents watched the kids while Pete and I made it to the rodeo.  I don't think there is a more beautiful Rodeo view in the world. Manti is sure beautiful.

We also had lots of fun cousin time in August.

The Ackermans had a little camp out in Cache Valley. Zizzy and Norah came down with runny noses and coughs, so I stayed up and took care of sick kids- but Pete and Adaliah got to go and enjoy the fun. I was told by many that one of the highlights of the trip was when Pete put on his camouflage clothes and hid in the trees and played "find Uncle Pete" with all the cousins. 

Elizabeth is 2!!

Elizabeth is 2! 

Stats: 

Weight: 26 pds (53%)

Height: 34 inches (50%)

Elizabeth Kate is such a joy. This year we did a combined birthday party with her cousin Elle. We had ice cream, cake, presents, and fun at Grandmothers house. Amanda and her cute kids came to join the celebration. Elizabeth woke up the morning of the party and when I went into her room she asked "Today Elle birthday? Today Zizzy birthday?" And when I said yes she got a big smile and started singing "Happy Birthday to Zizzy. Happy Birthday to Elle"

All about Elizabeth:

She LOVES DOGS. Here she is at the park carrying her stuffed dog, wearing her dog shirt, and petting a dog she found at the park.

She is becoming a little social bug. She loves having friends over and loves going on outings.

She, like every girl in the world still LOVES dress ups, princesses, and dancing around.

(Adaliah and Zizzy went to the princess party  in Lehi where they got to meet lots of the princesses, dance, and make crafts)

She loves SUGAR! She's always asking for treats. Cookies, ice cream, fruit snacks... 

She is becoming quite the little performer. She loves to sing and dance for us, and when she is done she nods her head down and up one time for her bow. She also loves making us laugh. She makes silly faces, does silly dances, and says silly things...if we laugh its like fuel to her fire and she starts taking it up a notch to make us laugh more. She always says "Watch this, is that silly?"

She ALWAYS has to have this little pink blanket with brown poc-a-dots every night, and she carries it around for a good portion of the day. She is also so in love with her baby sister "Ro-Ra". She likes snuggling with her, and trying to make her laugh.

Shortly after her 2nd birthday- I cut off her baby hair into a bob so it would grow in thicker. She looks so grown up with her new hair do! 

I think Elizabeths more dominant trait is her DETERMINATION. She wants to learn to do EVERYTHING by herself. "I do it" is her favorite phrase. It takes a lot of patience to let her do everything by herself but I'm glad that we have let her because she already knows how to clean her room, put on her shoes, get dressed, get into her carseat....and so many more things.
She also likes to ask questions, but SHE wants to answer them.

Example:

Elizabeth: "mom, what animal is that?
Me: It's a tiger
Elizabeth: I wanna do it! A tiger.

Also- for some reason, she does this 5 times a day...
"who loves Jesus?"
"Who loves the prophet?"
"What's the prophet's name?"
Then I say Thomas S... and she hurries and says "Monson!" before I can finish

Pete's Backpacking Adventure

On Friday and Saturday Trevor, Ben and myself finally made it out on a

backpacking trip up to the high Uintas. We left work around five with

hopes of being up to the trailhead with enough time to get to lake

Packard before sundown... That was a pipe dream. We left the trailhead

around 8, and made a couple wrong turns that set us back a bit. The

sun went down and we missed the main turn off toward lake Packard and

found our selves an hour in the wrong direction. So we decided to cut

the corner through the woods at 10 o'clock pm. It was thick woods, we

were sure we would run into wildlife and so Trevor and Ben both had

their loaded guns ready just in case we were attacked. Hah. It was an

adventure to say the least. We finally made it to camp by 11:40 pm and I

boiled water while Trev and Ben tried building the fire, but the wood

was wet, it took over an hour. Then we ate our dinner at 1am and hung

out til 2 and went to bed. 

I slept great with all of my new gear, the

marmot tent, sleeping pad and Columbia sleeping bag. Woke up at 7:30,

ate some oatmeal, then tried out my water filter for the first time,

worked great. 

We tried fishing with no success, so Ben and I went to

the cliff and enjoyed the amazing view of the mountain views. We

relaxed they and took a lot of pictures before we headed back to camp

for lunch. Then we took a nap in our tents. 

After we woke up I started

packing up and we decided to head home, Trevor seemed a little rushed

to get home. He high tailed it on the trail, we saw where we missed

the turn. Some great memories. Can't wait to go again soon.