Just before bedtime

The kids wanted to send a goodnight message to everyone! We love you all!

Sorry for the mouth full of cheese the kids were munching on...they decided they needed a before bedtime snack tonight.

"Look at Hallie!"

Hallie is a little narcissist ...right now it's pretty cute and we humor her by usually looking at her and saying how cute she is...because honestly she is dang cute. Wikipedia says there is a healthy level of narcissism...we will just hope it transfers into being very confident in her future years!

So this post was not to bag on my sweet little girl, but rather to point out another object of her most recent infatuation...

We got her ears pierced and she LOVES them! We think it's pretty cute also! She cried while they pierced, but then saw herself in the mirror and was happy again and now continues to tell us about her "pretty pink earrings", "Hallie so pretty earrings!"  Aww...we sure do love this little girl!

Summer time

We have had a wonderful summer so far filled with many great activities. I haven't blogged in forever and don't feel like catching up so here is a rundown of our summer events this far and then some photos of the kids this week.
May- Road trip to WA- the kids did wonderful on the road trip and it was so fun seeing them interact with everyone!
June- Work like crazy to put our sprinkler system, sod, and garden in! We seriously worked from about 7am-1am a few days! We had GREAT help from friends and it was a fun (but exhausting) learning experience.
June- Snyder's come to visit UT! We also had the Richardson reunion while they were here which was a lot of fun getting to meet people from extended family!
July- Krystal turned 24! It was a great birthday and I truly felt spoiled!
July-Monica and Jachen came to visit us and it was fun spending time with them and getting to know Jachen.
This week-Tess came to visit us over night to have a break from Rexburg before graduation next week! The kids LOVE her and she let us go on a date (to see Eclipse) which we are thankful for!
Next week the Bridges side of family will be coming into town and we will all head up to Rexburg for Tessi's graduation! YAY! It will be nice to all be together and share in such a great accomplishment by Tessi!

We are loving the weather of summer here this year and having a yard to play in!

Without further ado here are the pictures promised!

Backwards order, but these are the pictures that lead up to the one above.

Hallie is so into the camera lately. She asks to have her picture taken all the time and has smiled for it multiple times!

Photo courtesy of Caleb photography...I think it's such a cute picture!

That's all for now! Hopefully I wont take another 4 months break before the next post! Hope you are all having a wonderful summer!

A day at the park.

We had our first long visit to the park this week and it was beautiful! The kids had tons of fun and the weather was SO nice! We can't wait to go more often!

Caleb looking pretty cool all decked out in his new "summer" attire. Caleb keeps telling me he is so happy it's summer time because he gets to wear his flip flops and sunglasses.

Cuddle

Hallie's favorite word lately...She especially likes to cuddle her baby dolls!

Easter Morning

Pictures are in reverse order (sorry). Easter morning the kids had fun doing their hunt for their Easter baskets.

Hallie wasted no time getting into the candy. She didn't really care to find her basket, she just wanted to eat the candy trail leading to it! :)

Easter Hunt fun!

We went to 3 different Easter Egg hunts this year. The kids had tons of fun! After the This is the Place hunt we went on a train ride that lasted a little too long, but we sure had fun!