Little girls

Whisper, whisper, sister, sister...
It must have been a funny one...especially coming from someone who doesn't really talk!!

Two!

Our little cutie turned two this week. She loved being the star and was so silly whenever anyone mentioned "birthday"! We had a little family party for her at home. None of the pictures turned out great--darn camera. I'm working on a Rachel spotlight.

Must be Fall!

We're definetely outside more often enjoying our 90's

Taking walks.

Playing soccer (Meg only)

Trying to learn the monkey bars-mostly dangling by one arm.
I'm not unpacking cooler weather clothes just yet, but maybe sometime soon! I love fall!

This and That

Today was SUSD's first early release day of the year (one per month). We were off to the park to burn 2 hours of energy that didn't get used up at school. It seems like maybe fall is around the corner. YAY YAY YAY!!!!

This is how Lizzie felt after a busy day at preschool on Tuesday-exhausted.

On we go....

I'm not sure where I am with my 365, and I know I've missed a couple of days. I am trying to take a picture everyday. Posting is a different story--sometimes time or energy isn't there. So here are the last two days.
Did you know that Campbell's makes Princess Chicken Noodle for little princesses like this one? This one doesn't really even like soup...unless there are princess shaped noodles in it!
Look what we got! We've been looking for one for a longtime. There has been someone on it pretty much every minute that we have been home.

Trying to be a Big Kid!

Michael insisted that I take a picture of Rachel "playing" a video game--sure looks like it was fun!

Back Home

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We had a great time on our trip. It was cool and rainy. I didn't bring enough warm stuff (who would think of it being so hot, here!) and didn't plan for all the mud, but other than that it was really fun. There were so many kids there for ours to play with and they loved being outside pretty much the whole time.


They always save the lodge for us--here are the monkeys swinging from bunk to bunk over a hard concrete, head-cracking floor.


Here is Rachel on that same bridge that I posted a picture of before we left--she wasn't born yet in that picture! Isn't she getting tall!?

A Camping We Will Go...

We're off to Camp Lo Mia for our ward campout today. The kids are very excited.

About this picture....our first trip ever to Camp Lo Mia...about 1 month after Meg had her transplant. It was our first trip anywhere in a year. It was so fun and I love this picture-happy kids.

A Clean Room

For the last year or so, we have major room cleans on Saturdays--meaning clean enough to vacumn the floor. We did this because there just didn't seem to be time in the evening to get the rooms clean, have baths, read, etc at bedtime. Toward the end of the week I would have to literally close the door...stuff everywhere...a tornado of junk. So when Saturday rolled around, everyone had ALOT of work to do and it took a long time! Just recently (during a Saturday room clean), Michael and Matthew decided that if they just do a little bit everyday, Saturdays would be much better days. So we are giving it a try. A quick clean up every night. Tonight, Meg's room was a disaster with clothes and toys all over the place. She went in there for about 2 minutes, came out carrying dirty clothes to the bathroom, and told me to go in an check it. Clearly, we have two different ideas of a clean room. Here she is after her first attempt. Didn't get the tantrum that followed on film.