Thursday, July 28, 2011

This and That...

And now a bit of randomess....


Becka's wedding

In June we made a trip out to Idaho and Utah to visit family. My friend Becka was getting married that weekend so I had the opportunity to see it happen. They look adorable in this picture, but it really doesn't do them justice. Loved her dress. Loved her flowers. Loved everything.

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Sophie went to a birthday party a couple of weeks ago and came home with a zebra manicure.

(See? Told you this was gong to be random.)

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Sophie's favorite place to play. For very short intervals. And with lots of supervision.


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One day the girls spotted a spider crawling on the wall (an daily occurrence lately. Ugh.) I was in the middle of making dinner so I told them to hang on a few minutes before I could get it.

So they pulled up some chairs and watched it.


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I had to throw in an obligatory cheesy 4-year-old smile.

4th of July Weekend

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I wandered over here to my slightly-neglected blog and noticed that I hadn't finished this post from our 4th of July weekend.

Oops. Ahem.... anyway...

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So, there are sandy beaches at Lake Tahoe. Who knew? It's weird to be sitting on the beach in a swimsuit and glance across the lake at the snow-capped mountains. Best of both worlds. I love it.

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Yes, tiaras are a must at the beach. Don't tell me you didn't already know that!

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We also had some friends from California stay with us while in town for a baseball tournament. 

This next photo will only appeal to about 10% of you, but it speaks for itself, I think.


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And that, my friends, is what happens when you spend the night in a house full of girls.

The end.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

A lot of singing, egg cracking, and more singing. And an interview with Sophie.

I loaded these, but never posted them. I'm pretty sure they were all filmed in May.

The first one shows just how long Sophie can keep singing. She'd been singing for about 5 minutes straight before I started the clip. She's nuts. I can't wait to show this to her in about 10 years.



The next one is the girls cracking eggs. And then some singing time at the dinner table. (Know what a zu-kiwi is? Watch and find out. :))



This one is the interview I did with Sophie for her 4th birthday. I think Ivy was more willing to chat than Sophie was. And louder.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Trip to Utah

Well, technically we went to Idaho, too, but I didn't pull my camera out until the second leg of our trip. I'm horrible! We had a great time with my family, despite it raining every day for the 3rd year in a row. It's become kind of a joke.

The girls and I (Steve stayed in Reno and worked. Bummer.) made it down to Utah for a few days before heading back to Reno.

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We spent a lot of quality time together. Ivy gave Carter some yoga lessons.


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We tried to get a shot of the girls before church.


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Anyone with a 1-year-old knows how hard it is to get them to stay in one place when they finally start walking and have more freedom.


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Lydia had things to attend to.


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Appointments to keep.


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No time for cousin pics.


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Fortunately, posing for pictures is one of the few things I can get both of my girls to do simultaneously.

Ah-ha! Great-Grandmas are really smart. We finally got all three of them in one picture. All smiling, too!


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A-a-a-nd, one of us. Minus Dad.

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Off to church!


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After church, Uncle Devin reads to Lydia and Sophie.


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Nice, Soph.


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Sophie is sitting on the bed that my sister used to sleep on when we would visit as kids. My bed was on the other side of the room. I think they'll always be there!

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Dad missed us while we were gone. Luckily we made it back by Father's Day!

I just remembered that I said something about an interview with Sophie. I'll have to pull that out and post it. 

Honestly, I forgot about it... this past month has been crazy. Did I tell you I catered a wedding open house 3 days before we left for our trip? It was fun, but seriously, what was I thinking? Then we had house guests the day after we came home (glad you came Beadles!), and two days after that I taught a pizza making class to some girls in our ward. Sundays are never a day of rest anymore, either. I kind of crashed on Monday and all I wanted to do was sit on the couch and eat cookies.

Sports Equipment

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Oh yeah, I have a blog over here. Ugh. I'm sorry.

I'm working on another big post, but I wanted to post these pictures real quick. Sophie got a baseball bat set and a little plastic set of golf clubs for her birthday. Here's how it went down...

Mom explains how they work and what you do with them. (5 min)

Girls use them as canes and stick them in every puddle or container of water they can find. (15 min)

Girls resume Sleeping Beauty reenactment, baking "cakes" out of books and puzzle pieces, and humming in high pitched voices while the sports equipment lies untouched in their bedroom closet. (The last month)

We'll give it another shot sometime.