Recent happenings

I just realized that I didn't blog a lot last week. I guess I was kind of on pins and needles and chomping at the bit to write about Brett and Jenny and put our own happenings at the back on my mind. So, now that the big announcement is made, here's what's been going on at our house over the last little while.

Josh made us some shelves (full post on these coming soon)

Sophie continued to be adorable

We ate our lunch in strange places (and without pants)

(super blurry/crappy pictures but...) We demolished block towers

We spent a lot of time smearing up and looking at ourselves in the mirror

We made muffins

The girls got their first hair cuts!!! It was time. Their hair was awful. I do feel slightly bad that I cut off Sophie's perfect ponytail, but they look so much less...crazy?... now. So I'm glad I did it. 

And yesterday, I went up to Logan with Jenny (See? We really do a lot with each other!). We went to visit family and friends and just to get out of the house. It was fun and although I didn't take too many pictures (i.e. like 3 all of the same thing...) we had a great time. We got Aggie Ice Cream, squeaky cheese, and the girls were perfect the entire time. It got crazy windy and rainy as we were leaving, but other than that, the trip was perfect! 

I also have several posts in the making. One of them is an updated cloth diaper overview. A few things have changed since my last post and I've been getting a pretty good amount of questions lately, so I thought I'd update (along with my thoughts on potty training). Look out for that in the next few days!

Pumpkin Walk

Admittedly, my blog sucked during the month of October. How do I know this? On Halloween night, I hopped onto flickr to upload some pictures and I noticed that I had only used 50% of my storage for the month. 50%! That's crazy. On a normal month, I usually hit 90% around the 20th and I really have to start pacing myself (why I don't I upgrade and pay for more storage, you ask? Answer: I am cheap.) Not in the month of October. I had plenty of room (50% that was for you, Fro...) left. So, I uploaded a bunch of pictures just to get them in before the end of the month. I was going to do a huge photobomb with all of them, but I realized that each 'event' has about 9,000 pictures with it, so here's the first batch. The Pumpkin Walk.

 

 

 

 

 

  

Notice Lillian in these next few pictures...

 

 

 

 

And thus begins our yearly tradition of taking the girls to the Pumpkin Walk. I guess I should note that we tried to take them last year, but they had thrown away the pumpkins by the time we went on Halloween! I was heartbroken to say the least.


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A little getaway

Sometimes, we try to look like we've got it all together when we really don't. Sometimes, everything we have bottled in starts to overflow. Sometimes, you have to leave Stake Conference 20 minutes after it starts because you can't stop crying and people are looking at you like you should be committed. When that happens, your husband might look at you and say, "We're going to Logan. Right now." So, you pack up some treats and sippy cups for the babies, grab your camera and drive two hours to the most beautiful valley in Utah. You don't tell anyone you're coming and you don't make plans to see anyone. You decide to let this be strictly a family trip because your family {but most specifically you} needs a trip very badly and even though the trip is only to Logan, it still counts.

 

 

 

And yes, our treats included a can of olives.

 

Sort of a recreation of this picture. I've apparently got a thing for side ponies.

I really do love Cache Valley. I realized on this trip though, that it doesn't feel like home anymore. That was both a heartbreaking and exciting realization for me. I absolutely love where we live and truthfully, it felt like home from the moment we walked into the house once it was ours. However, its nice to know that Logan is just a short drive away and that I have a husband who is willing to take his pathetic wife up there to relive some of my most favorite memories. Pretty much the entire trip was spent reminiscing about our years there. Everything from before we met, to when we were dating, to married life as students before having kids to
bringing home two babies that weren't even 5 lbs.

I owe that little valley a lot and we're determined to make it a part of our girls' lives. 

Because really, 

it is so, so beautiful.

Aaaand don't worry, I'm fine now. Although I was a basket case for a little bit there. Luckily, that's weeks behind us.

Also, I didn't edit any of these pictures because I was lazy. So there you go.