Grandparents Day 2014

 This year for Grandparent's day we didn't see either set of grandparents. It is quite unusual because we usually see at least 1 of the 4 each day. The girls look forward to Grandparent's day every year because it gives us another reason to celebrate. We gave them both a copy of the printable below in a nice frame this year, and the girls are so excited to see them displayed when they visit them. My girls are truly very luck to have both sets of grandparents who love and care for them. I am so appreciative of each one of them and all they do for our family to help us anytime we are in need and even when we are not in need. I honestly don't know where I would be without them.

Swiss days 2014

Every year the friday before labor day, my mother in law and I go up to Midway for Swiss Days. We love looking at all the booths and even make a few fun purchases for the up coming holidays. This year my older two girls were in school and so Skyeley got to the spend the whole day with her grandma and her mom. She loved all the attention, but for some reason didn't travel well at all in the car. She screamed most of the way up and back. When we got done at Swiss Days my mother in law had an appointment in provo and so we decided to stop and eat at Waffle Love for lunch. It did not disappoint. We both got the peaches and cream waffle and Skyeley got a plain waffle with caramel on top. I look forward to this tradition every year and can't wait until my girls are old enough to join in on the fun.

Swimming lessons 2014

This year when we went to the Weber State Easter egg dive, both girls got the easter egg for free swimming lessons at Weber State. We decided we would wait until after summer was over to start taking lessons. They started on September 6 and went for 6 weeks. The absolutely loved it and want to do it again. I'm so proud of both of them and how much they learned in that 6 weeks. Both of the girls are able to move up to the next level and are quickly out growing their fear of water. Each saturday their lessons started with whale's tales, and they would learn new safety techniques for being in and around water. Then they were able to get in the water and learn new techniques to become better swimmers.

Kenzley's camping trip and cousins

Kenzley was able to go camping with Brinley and her family over labor day weekend and had an absolute blast. We had family pictures with Mike's side of the family and so the girls stayed and did family pictures and then my mom drove Brinley and Kenzley to Wyoming so they could camp the rest of the weekend. They had so much fun together and I'm glad that Brinley's other family doesn't mind taking Kenzley along.

The girls were also able to see their cousin Athena, who lives in Nevada that same weekend we did family pictures. They absolutely love and adore her and didn't want her to go home. It is so cute to see them interact with an infant. They are all going to make great mommys some day. 

Kenzley's First Grade Field Trip

This year Kenzley's class went to Hogle Zoo for their first field trip and Mike and I were both able to go. I thought it would be fun to take Skyeley along with us and luckily this year we had Kenzley and one of her friends in our group so it was really easy.

We started by seeing the giraffes and then stopped to get the classic head in the lion water fountain picture.

After we got done with that we went and saw some of the monkeys and then headed over to the elephants. We were able to see the baby elephant out playing while we were there.

We were able to see the rhinos right up close next to the glass and then we went to see if all 3 girls weighed as much as an elephant.

After we were done there we went and saw the eagles and played in the nest.

We stopped and ate lunch after we were done watching the sea lions, they were getting their tank cleaned while we were there by some scuba divers. After we were done with lunch we went and watched the polar bear swim. He swam right up to the glass and Skyeley didn't like it. She did enjoy watching him swim as long as he stayed away from the glass. When we were done seeing the bears we headed to the snake exhibit to see all the creepy, crawly, animals they had. Then we went to see the lions, tigers, and gorillas. Once we had seen all the animals, Mike decided to do the same thing he did last year and buy our group of kids tickets for the carousel.

After we dropped our one child from our group off to the bus, we headed out to lunch with Kenzley and Skyeley to Buca di Beppo. It was so yummy and the girls loved spending the day with us. I'm so glad that Mike and I both work for companies who allow to go and enjoy these exciting times with our kids.

The girls were able to draw a picture of Ramona the ravioli and have it displayed at the podium at Buca di Beppo. They both were so proud of their artwork, that we of course had to take a picture.

Skye's first hair cut and car wash

Over labor day weekend Mike's cousin Jessi was in town and we all got together for a family party at her mom's house. I had asked Jessi a couple weeks before she came if she would be willing to give our girls a haircut when she came. She of course said yes, and the girls were so excited. Brinley decided to go shorter, Kenzley just wanted a trim, and for Skye was I was hoping to cut off the curl. It didn't work, but Skyeley sat so good while Jessi cut her hair.

After we left the party, Mike thought it would be fun to take the girls threw their first car wash. They are always begging him to get the car cleaned and he thought this would be the perfect chance. They loved it and thought it was so fun watching the machines wash our car.

Hooper Tomato Days Little Miss Pink Tomato 2014

On Saturday I took Skyeley to participate in the Little Miss Pink Tomato contest in Hooper. It was so much fun and she was so cute to have her in it. They did a luau theme this year and allowed all the kids to be in swimming suits and to have hair bow in their hair. In years passed, all the kids under 3 were in a diaper and no hair bows of any kind were allowed. I of course didn't take a swimming suit for Skyeley so as soon as my mom and her husband got there I hurried home to get Skyeley a swimming suit. I was so afraid I was going to miss her age group, because I left right when the contest started and of course there is construction on the way to my house, so I called my mom and told her if I missed it to please take lots of pictures for me. Luckily I made it back in plenty of time and had a few minutes to snap some shots of her in her swimming suit.

When it was our turn, I took Skyeley up on the stage and had her wave at the judges and say, "Hi." She was very friendly with the judges, but she wanted to get down and dance to the music. I tried to have her dance on the table and she didn't want anything to do with it.

We were pleased to find out she won best dressed beach babe and ended up with a lei medal and bag full of goodies for her winnings. She was very proud of herself and couldn't wait to show her daddy the pictures on the camera when we got home of, "Skye."