Fall Days

Today felt like Fall was finally here. Hadley stayed home sick from school so what could be better than a fall craft activity? They saw these made on tv so we went and picked up some birdseed, collected pine cones from our backyard & waited for Lauren & Gentry to take their naps.

It was a lot of fun. Hadley and Vincent always enjoy doing crafts with each other. Now we'll just wait and see if any birds come!

Hide-a-Key

Last Saturday Chris and I decided we'd take the kids to the beach. We give the kids naps, we get dressed in our swimsuits, pack the van, lock the house, buckle everyone up, look for keys to start the van, then look for keys to get back into the house so we can start the van. (Never mind that we just changed all the locks/knobs on the entire house two days before.)

So what do we do? Instead of calling a locksmith and waiting Chris decides that maybe he can crawl under the house an opening in an undisclosed area (just in case any of you wanted to try it). Too bad he is only wearing swim trunks and a t-shirt. Not to mention how confused the kids are that we're not leaving yet and why is daddy crawling under the house.

This is how the rest of us occupied our time:
Much later, we got to the beach where it was cold and windy but still fun to watch the kids enjoy the waves.

Lost In Translation

My good friend Eileen brought this funny t-shirt that we used to laugh about when her daughter was small enough to wear it - she was passing on the humor but I had to share (and Eileen you will get it back when you have another daughter.)

I can't remember the entire story but I think she got it from a Japanese exchange student her family hosted. Apparently this is what they try to translate 'girly' sayings and words into.

Zoom in if you must It will be worth it. This just cracks me up so much. I have to say my favorite part is to "Don't Sweet the Staff". I can only guess they mean Don't Sweat the Small Stuff. But seriously, how funny are all the girly words they tried to add to it: happy, cute, smile, and then cherrys? I have no idea what the numbers on the bottom presumably represent - any ideas/theories?

P.S. For all of you out there with little girls, let's stop throwing Disney Princess parties and start throwing Goddess of Victory parties. Can I get a shout of triumph for that one?

General Conference Weekend

Some of us got our nails done for the festivities.


Getting together with cousins means lots of baseball.

While some preferred staying in the dugout waiting for their turn at bat . . .

 
The next day was golf lessons for all those ages 4 and under (thanks uncle brookie!)

September Re-cap

Among other things that seem to fill our days, here is what I actually took pictures of:

Gentry is starting to fill out and become a little 'chunky monkey' - love it.

Took the kids to the beach for a Sunday stroll. It was beautiful and fun trying to run away from the waves.

Vincent and Daddy met with the cousins and uncles for an Angel game.

"Let's eat cake!" Lauren waiting for the twins' b-day party to begin.

First Day of School

The night before Hadley's first day of school she got to go out with her favorite person in the whole world - A.Molly. First they went to the library to read books - something the two of them love to do, but with no younger siblings to interrupt or de-shelf all of the books. Then off to Ruby's for a strawberry shake.

Hadley was anxious and excited to start school and happy to have a friend from church in her class. Here she is minutes before I left her for her first day.

Unfortunately, Hadley was quite disappointed by her first day of school. When I asked how it went she said they didn't learn anything except, "rules rules rules." The following day got better as they put the 'rules' into practice and actually started learning stuff.

Labor Day Weekend

We had a fun Labor Day weekend with family in town for swimming, playing baseball, pizza and holding Gentry.

Hadley and Dallin discovered a door in the pool house just their size.

Lauren lounging on the stairs at the end of the day.

Ethan holding Gentry who is flashing ominous 2-week old gang signs already.

On Monday Chris had to work so I took the kids and we went up to Mt. Baldy to pick blackberries with Gma and Gpa and A.Molly. The weather was beautiful but the bugs weren't fun. Gentry, true to form, preferred to just be bundled up tight and held.