Family Fun

We had a great time at home. I say home, because Idaho will always be my home. Some of the young women in our ward got mad at me when I told them, "we went home to visit" They said back to me, THIS is your home. Sorry girls it just isn't true. Anyway, we miss everyone and want to thank all of you helped out with the girls. It was great! I'm sometimes really bad at not grabbing my camera, and other times I'm taking too many pics. So sorry if I didn't get some of you in my pictures. (mom and dad) The first half of our vacation was spent with my family. We were busy everyday. One day was at Bear Lake, then golfing the next, and of course we had to see Harry Potter with my sisters. Oh yeah, and one day my very talented sister, Cordie took pics of our girls. Aren't they great? Thanks Cord! We had a great time!!

The second half we spent with Jeff's family camping at Stanley, Idaho. Where the Sawtooth Mountains are. It is sooooo gorgeous! Like I said earlier about the camera thing, I didn't get any pics of the mountains or when we went to Red Fish Lake. I know, I know my bad. Sometimes you want to just enjoy yourselves and not worry about a camera, but mostly I just forgot! Then on our way home, Jeff's grandparents, aunt, cousin, and parents came with us to spend 5 days here. Wondering about the elk antlers on our van??? That is the elk Jeff got last year, and his brother did a European mount for his b-day. This was the only way to bring them back with us. Attached to our bike rack. Yep, we got sooo many stares and pointed fingers at us. It was so funny. Ahhh memories!

Orange Balloons

They love balloons! In the video you can hear Gracie saying "sister" and then Madi saying "thank you" They can say quite a few words, but still talk mumble jumble too. I love it!

There won't be a post for a while because we are heading home to Idaho. We start the dreadful drive this afternoon. Won't be back until the 20th. See ya later!

Our 4th of July

The gang

Gracie's kimono

Kortney and Madi
Mommy and Gracie's "CHEESE" smile

Madilynn cooling off Gracie throwing rocks

Gracie, Madi, and Daddy
Madi and Daddy

First, we hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend. We got an invite to go camping this year and on Thursday we decided we wanted to to go and see how the girls would do. So all of Thurs we got ready and did all the shopping. Friday we drove about an hour and a half to the campsite. It was so hot when we arrived. We set up our tent and went to find our friends who were at the river swimming. They found a great secluded swimming hole. We stayed at the river for 4 hours and the girls just loved it! They didn't complain the whole time. Gracie and Madi love the outdoors. They got so dirty playing in the dirt and petting the dogs. It was so much fun, until about 11pm. And no, it wasn't the girls that made it bad, it was my ALLERGIES!!! We were a bit worried that the girls would have a hard time falling asleep, but within 15 minutes they were out. So the adults stayed up until 12 hanging around the fire. By that time I had tissues jammed up both nostrils and running through a brand new box of tissues fast. I knew it was going to be a rough night, so we put an air mattress in the van so I could sleep in there and not wake the girls up. Around 2 am, I was still awake and suffering so bad. I was running out of Kleenex fast. I decided to go wake Jeff up and tell him that we had to leave. There was no way I could have stayed. I can't remember the last time I had an allergy attack that bad. So we loaded up our perfect sleeping babies into the van and took off. That was the longest hour and half ever! When we pulled into town around 3:15 am I used my last tissue. At 3:30, I was taking a shower to get the smoke off. I was a lot better the next day, which was the 4th, so we went back up to the campground and then went to the beach to watch fireworks. Overall it was a great time, but man alive I hope I don't get an attack like that ever again!!!

The Beach Again

Goofy sunglasses. So cute!

The weather was finally good today, so we went to the beach! The girls absolutely love the water. Gracie is a little more active in it, than Madilynn, but they both really enjoyed it. Jeff and I loved it too. It is so fun to see your children explore new things. Madi is in the pink shirt.

On a different note, does anyone elses pictures space out like this? Whenever I fix it, it won't let you click on the photos to blow them up bigger. So I don't fix it anymore, but it looks bad. Any tips?

Cute Pics

Oh my look at those bedheads!

Cute pigtails!

Silly girls!

Gracie in yellow, what a cheeser!

Aww, my sweet Madi

My girls are getting so big and are doing new stuff everyday. The top pick was this morning. Gracie wouldn't leave Madi alone, so when Madi climbed on the couch to get away from her, Gracie followed and then laid on top! In the second picture the girls climbed in their seats all by and were holding their trays saying "color!" They definitely know what they want know and sure tell you! The third picture is waiting to see grandpa and grandma on the web cam. They always get so excited to see them! Both sets, mind you. Gracie is in the pink. The last pics were just cute so I had to add them! I love putting their hair in pony or pigtails because we can actually see their faces! In the top three pics their hair isn't done and it is all over and in their eyes. Poor little chicas.

Hidden Camera

Lately the girls have started to do new and funny things, but whenever we get the camera they stop and come over to the camera and try to look through the lens. Therefore, we hardly catch any of their cuteness and quirkiness on camera. This time Jeff was able to press record without the girls seeing. I guess before he did this, they were being way silly, and on the video it is less. Oh well, I guess that always happens when you want to catch it! It is kind of long, so go ahead and watch if you want to!!

ChEeRiOs!!!

This is what happens when you get new cell phones and are in the other room playing on your new toys instead of watching your children......