Sunday, November 13, 2011

Get ready.....

Lucy Turns 2 Today!!!!!!!


Look who is excited for her sister's birthday!


Lane helped Daddy make Lucy's baby-doll cradle!




I love this little boy....



The finished product! how cute it that!!




Think she'll like it!?? We'll find out today after church when we have her birthday partY!!



Until then........

First SNOW!

It starts.......


This was at the beginning of our little storm....we probably ended up with 1.5-2 inches?


Goodbye sweet, sweet Grass!!! I'll see you in MAY! (Hopefully)


Hello Snowmobiles!!

Twins

Saturday was the last day that I have "twins" :) For 24 days of the year I will have twins every year....that's kind of fun! So I decided to make it a tradition to take "twin" pictures every year! Next year I will actually try to make them look nice, and maybe have the girls match (for as long as they tolerate it! hee hee) But this year was totally impromptu and I think they are pretty darn cute!!



I know these pictures all probably look the same to the untrained eye, but I couldn't pick my favorite!!! i have about 20 more than look just like this :)


It's so crazy to see how grown up Lucy has gotten this past year. Last year she looked just like Macy, a little chubby baby. Now she's turned into a little girl!!! It will be fun to see Macy grow up this next year too!

I just love these too!!! Lucy is such a little mama these days :) This is the same hug and loving look she gives to all her baby dolls now :) Macy is like a great big live baby doll to Lucy






These pictures made me realize i have another Scott look a like though. We couldn't decide who Macy looked like, but this pictures seals the deal. I coule put up a baby picture of scott side by side to both Macy AND Lucy, and you couldn't tell them apart! Lucy just has blonde hair! :)


CUTIES!!

Felt Fun

So i've been trying to think of ways to make our toy room more fun....and this is my latest idea!! I made a felt "board" to hang on the wall! So far, *I* have had the most fun with it...lane is second, and the the girls just like to peel everything OFF the felt board. Me and lane have been playing with letters alot, and he can almost pick out his name letters....i think he probably knows them but just likes to tease me.....


Now i just need more ideas on felt shapes, themes, and how the heck to STORE them?? right now, i think all the letters are currently spread out accross the FLOOR of the toy room.....not so productive :)



On the Move

FINALLY!!!!!


Miss Macy is walking!!! Full time.....well mostly...
She'd been working on it for a looooooooooooong time, and made it before 13 months! GOOD JOB baby girl!


She can also bend down and pick stuff up, carry things while walking, and stand up by herself in the middle of the floor!!!


she's getting so grown up! :)


Saturday, November 5, 2011

Trick or Treat

Trick or treat was a little crazy this year. Scott was working late in Priest Lake so we met in the middle at Newport to go trick or treating. Turned into a little bit of a late night, but these two were TROOPERS!!!! They walked around for a good hour without wanting to stop! impressive.....



Robin Hood, and the Pirate
I love blow up halloween yard art!!!



Lucy was helarious trick or treating this year. She made herself right at home, even opened a few screen doors attempting to speed up the candy delivering process....and said "trick or treat" readily and loudly as not to be left out. It was great!





Dear macy, i am so sorry for putting this terrible picture of you for all the world to see. I didn't want you to think you were left out, though :) You had a matching pirate costume with Lucy, and you rode in the stroller all night and did really well :) Sorry mom didn't get a better picture of you the entire night!!! :)



Classic. The car ride home. Sugar-dazed and watching a movie. Please don't look at anything other than the children in this picture. I was a little mortified when I saw how insanely trashed my van was :) I don't look back very often.....



More sugar over-dosing when we got home. I think these two girls are so fun together. I hope that they stay good friends, becuase they are so cute to watch...



Smile!!



Thursday, November 3, 2011

Train ride

A couple weeks ago we went on a really fun train ride! We've been wanting to do this for a few years, and finally got it together and went! we took the Terry's with us, and had lots of fun!!! The train goes from metalline falls to Ione and back. it's really pretty!



here's lunch before the train leaves



we got to sit in the caboose! So cool. they had open cars too but this was easier to keep the kids contained and it wasn't so cold. But you could go out the front and back of the caboose while it was driving, so it was fun!
Lane dressed up with his cowboy hat and pistols so he could protect us from the "robbers" that come and rob the train in the middle of the ride.


Gramma Deb and Lucy





Cowboy Lane standing in the caboose door.



Little lucy in the doorway



Here's what the open cars looked like. they looked cold while we were driving :)



The train went over the Box Canyon Dam. Pretty amazing stuff...



The other side of the Dam





Debbie and Emmy



Me and Macy. No, Macy was not on drugs :)


This is how macy looked the rest of the trip. :) Speaking of binkies. I did something a little crazy and decided we are ALL DOEN with binkies. Two days ago, me and Lucy gathered up all the binkies and she and I threw them in the trash can. Nap times have actually gone suprisingly well with no binkies. Night time is still a little rough in getting to sleep, but I think a few more days and the girls will be back to normal and binkie free!


Lucy loved the train. She had her head sticking out the window almost the whole ride saying "whooooooa" and "chooooo choooooo" it was cute.



Crazy cowboy daddy with his girls





A little ranch we passed



Our "guide" in our car. He was so funny. He kept trying to play with macy and she would have none of it! So he went after Lane and his guns :) It was pretty funny




After the train we went to metalline falls to visit Sweet creek falls. This is one of my favorite little areas around here. These falls are really family friendly and fun to play in (when it's warm) but pretty to look at when it's cold!



Stopping at the cave on the way



the upper falls.



All in all a beautiful fun fall day!

Walter's and Catch up

These pics are from when my parents were here....still catching up :)



We got to go to the temple to do some family names with my Dad. It was awesome. I went to the temple for my great aunt Helen, who i helped take care of when she was at the end stages of life. It was so neat, and I could really feel that she was excited for her work to be done! I love temple work!!
We also made pine cone bird feeders with my mom. Lane had lots of fun, and we hung them all over our porch. And mom, they are totally empty!!!! The birds have been LOVING them, and it's so fun to watch these huge birds come and balance themselves on a swinging pine cone to eat the seeds :) we'll have to re-do them and take some pictures of the birds we get!



Then there's lucy :) this is usually where we find her when she's outside. :) She LOVES the 4 wheeler. She's just waiting for someone to take her on a ride!


We took my parents up to Green Bluff, our local group of orchards and farms. We went to Walter's fruit ranch and played in the giant pea pit. the kids had a blast. this was actually the inspiration for our great sand box!!



peas as far as the eye can see!



so what does a 4 year old boy do when you put him in a giant box of peas?? He sticks one deep in his ear of course!! here i am trying to extract said pea.....



the offending pea. It was actualy pretty deep in there i'm surprised i got it out :)


another attempt at a family picture.....not the worst :) BUT we got our family pictures done last saturday so i'm SO Excited to see how they turned out. SURELY in 2 hours we had to get ONE good one, right!??!!



Macy playing in the peas



Pea angels......ha