While in Utah, we were able to spend lots of time with grandma and grandpa, and all of my family. Olivia loved spending time with her cousins and didn't want to go home when our time was up.  

She just LOVES her cousin Sydney.  (and Blake too!)

     

This is our attempt at getting a photo of all the cousins together. 

On the 4th we had a BBQ up the canyon...and found a little trail to go on a little hike.

And we did fireworks.  Olivia loves fireworks! She had fun helping dad light them too.

  

Hair Cut

 When Olivia was 9 months old she didn't have any hair.   (I can't believe that she was once

this little.)

 

And although Weston doesn't have what some would say a full head of hair, he definitely has more than Olivia had at 18 months old. So a few weeks ago, he got his first hair cut. 

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 (cat call whistle)

Sandpoint

 We headed up to Sandpoint, Idaho in early June to spend the day on the beaches of Lake Pend Oreille

    We enjoyed playing at the park, building sand castles and watching seaplanes take off.  

 But what we were excited for the most was waiting at the finish line of the CHaFE 150 Bike ride that my MIL and FIL did.

 They completed a 1/2 CHaFe which is 80 miles.  I felt such a sense of pride just watching them cross the finish line

 We are proud to have them as Grandma and Grandpa.  They never fail to amaze and inspire us.  Way to go!

Time to Catch up

I don't know where time has gone since I last posted. We've had a great summer thus far and over the next few posts I hope to get the blog up-to-date.  For now, here are a few pics of the kids and some of our random days.  As you can see, Olivia likes to do silly faces when the camera is out.  As much as I try to get just a "normal" smile of her,  it's the funny faces that she does, that perfectly portray her for who she is. She keeps us laughing and brings so much joy to our family. 

 Weston has his own funny faces that mimic's his sisters

 But really this guy is all smiles most all of the time.  He is so fun and easy going.  

We can't get enough of him!

 All in all, they are just great kids! We love them so much and are happy they are a part of our family.

 I think we'll keep 'em!

Holidays past

 For holidays lately I have been decorating the kids doors.  It has turned out to be a lot of fun for Olivia.  She knows its a holiday when she wakes up and sees that her door has been decorated.

This was for Valentines day. 

St. Patrick's Day

 And Easter.  The Kids (well Olivia) had a great Easter and was so happy to finally be able to wear her Easter dress. She later threw up all over it.  It was a lovely day.  :(

 

Just a TIP....

(In case I am not the last person on earth to hear of this...)
So a few weeks ago Olivia had a cold. It was not fun for any of us in the house. I always feel so bad because their just isn't much, if anything at all that I can give to her. Well a lady friend at church gave me a great tip that I thought I would pass on.
She said, instead of putting Vicks on her chest... put it on the bottom of her feet (for those of you that don't know, your feet have the largest pores on them.) and then cover them with socks when she goes to bed. Well we tried it and it worked GREAT for Olivia. She slept better, I slept better, and the count down to spring is only 20 more days (more like 60 where I live).

Pictures

These two are keeping me busy, but they are so much fun. The camera is usually laying around the house or close by so that if the right moment comes I can snap of pic of the them doing what they do. However by the time I am ready to snap the picture, the moment is over and getting them to both smile for me has long gone. So here is what our photo shoots look like:


Me:"Olivia, open your eyes!"




Me:"Olivia, keep your eyes open, and try not to touch Weston."



Both the kiddos have there eyes open and are sorta smiling. We'll take it.



A few days later I was able to get a couple of good pics of them. Weston is almost 4 months now. Crazy. These are a couple of my favorite things/people.

And since the camera has been hanging around on the coffee table, kitchen counter, side tables, and desk...Olivia has managed to take a few (actually a lot) pics of Wesman. And out of the many, many pictures she took, a few actually turned out where you could see Weston's face. Here are the pics from the future photographer: