Sydney's New Dress

I found Sydney a cute dress at a yard sale yesterday. It only cost 25 cents! Then they threw in a bathing suit for free, which will fir her next year. Sydney insisted i take a picture of her. She was so excited to wear it to church today. It's a little big, but then it will last longer. What would we do without yard sales?!

Picnic Time!

It finally got nice enough to eat outside. The girls loved it. Kimberly ate awesome! Maybe I need to do more lunches outside...

Father's Day

We went down to Jason's parents for a fathers day bbq. Due to naps and events of the day, we got down there around 5:00. By then everyone had ate and left. So we just sat and ate with Jason's parents and one grandma. It was still great food and the girls always enjoy spending time there.No surprise... We had to wake grandpa up to give him his gift.

When we were leaving to head down to G&G's house, Sydney told dad that we got him a shirt. I said, "No, that's for Grandpa". She responds with, "No mom, the other one." Gotta love her! She did so good at keeping his birthday stuff a secret. We got Jason a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shirt that Sydney picked out herself. I didn't get a picture tough.

Cicily's Birthday

I took the girls across the street to their friend Cicily's 3rd birthday party. They had so much fun. She had a bounce house and a pinate.

I just love this picture!

The small kids didn't have a chance breaking it with the pvc pipe. A nine year old got a good hit on the head. An adult ended up pulling it apart and the kids went crazy. After a sandwich bag full, I told Sydney that was enough, and she was happy.

Kimberly licked the sucker right side up the first few times. Then she did the upside down thing and then back to normal.

Kimberly loved playing on their slide. She actually came home with two slide burns on her back.

Love this one!

Utah Hogle Zoo

I took the girls to the zoo on Monday. My friend Debbie came along and was a great help. We had perfect weather. It was overcast the first two hours, then a bit sunny the last 1 1/2. Monday was a perfect day to go. There weren't a lot of people there. It started to fill up after lunch, but we were gone by 1:45.A portion of the zoo was under construction. So they had this neat play area for the kids. Sydney loved it. She didn't want to leave it. She said she was "doing lots of hard work". I love that girl!

Kimberly was mostly in the stroller, but enjoyed the times when I let her walk around.

It was so fun to watch the elephant get her food out of the net. It was also fun seeing all the baby animal. This elephant was 18 months old already.

This elephant statue is huge! Sydney tried to coax Kimberly to walk under it, but she wouldn't because it makes an elephant sound. It also spits water out of its trunk.

I guess I'm as big as an male adult gorilla... Time to lose some weight!!!

I can't help but notice how endowed this gorilla is. I didn't notice till I downloaded the pictures.

Yeeee Haaaa!

They had a special dinasaur exhibits around the zoo. Some of them spit water out of their mouth. Sydney liked it the first time, then almost cried every time we walked b it. Silly!

Where's my little girl! Sydney has grown up so much this past year.

Gotta love the highly chlorinated moving ball! Kimberly loved it! I remember Sydney being terrified of it when we took her to the zoo a few years ago and she was older than Kimberly is now.

This was at the discovery zone playground. I told Sydney that it was a spider and she said, "No mom, it's a chair". Of course! Silly me!

Kimberly loved playing in the tortoise shell.

The Lord has away of humbling us and literally stopping us in our tracks. Before we left, I had some struggles with Sydney and spanked her a few times. When I was on my way out to the car, I kissed the concrete. I honestly think I tripped over my own feet. As I rolled onto the grass in a ball, I had a little conversation with the Lord and resolved to be a better parent and more patient with Sydney. Late that night, two sisters from my ward called and gave me some good advice and brought me up. The Lord really knows me and looks out for me. It amazes me everyday!

Sneaky Kimberly

I was making cookies this morning for an Enrichment activity. I turned my head and Kimberly dug into the cookie dough!

Jason's Birthday

The pictures are out of order, but I'm too tired to fix them...
We celebrated Jason's birthday yesterday. I took him to see X-MEN First Class when he got home from work. We lift the kids with a babysitter. It was so nice to be out with Jason and no kids. I could actually relax and not have to worry about our two little ones. Then Jason had scouts. Shortly after that, we went to our friend's the Tolley for a BBQ. We had Aussie burgers which were awesome and two birthday cakes. Our friends made a tres leches cake. It was so yummy. Then we went home and opened gifts. Today we finished it out with lunch at Tucanos.Sydney was so good about keeping Jason's presents a secret. We bought them a few weeks back. I his them and then pulled them out to wrap right before Jason got home from work. We hid them and the cake. When Jason sat down for lunch, Sydney told him..."that she wasn't going to tell him about his presents or cake because it was a surprise"...then she said..."and you can't get me to tell you what they are"... What a silly girl! I was so proud that she kept it all a secret. My little girl is growing up!