Lunch at Temple Square & our new toys

We went to Salt Lake yesterday just because I wanted to. We decided to meet Dad for lunch so we picked something up and met him at Temple Square. Sofie had a blast feeding the birds that hang around for a free meal. We had a hard time getting her to eat her food because of the birds.


After lunch Dad had to go back to work so Sofie, Kyle and I walked around the Temple. Even though we live in Utah I think this is the first picture of Sofie in front of the Temple, how sad is that?
Some guy was nice and stopped to see if we wanted a picture all together. (I promise I wasn't strangling Sofie)

Right before she jumped in. Just kidding.

This was on the way home from a baby blessing in Ogden. She had played during the afterward get together and was exhausted.
At Home Depot picking up stuff for the yard. This is Sofie's favorite store, don't ask me why. I don't really care for this place.
We were able to buy a double stroller the other day. I had ordered one from Walmart but then we went to Babies R Us and found this one. It had a lot of the things that we were looking for but couldn't find. I was so excited to find this one, but it was a floor model, which means someone had already returned it. The front wheel didn't turn like it should have, I didn't think it mattered. So yesterday I decided to call and see if they had some in stock now and they did so we went and exchanged it. Let me tell you the wheel does matter. It is so much nicer now that it works properly.
We are working on finishing out back yard and have been looking for things to put back there for the kids. We saw this on walmart.com and were debating on it. On my way to Babies R Us to switch the stroller Nathan called to see if I would want one for 1/2 of what it would retail for. It was on KSL, The only catch, it was up in Ogden. So as you can see we drove all the way up to Ogden after being down south. We set it up last night and Sofie loved it. The Daltons and Cox's just happened to walk by when we were playing on it and all the girls had a blast. It is better with friends but Sofie makes up things when she is by herself (like bounce the rolly pollys). Well we were all exhausted after all that driving and Sofie didn't get a nap yesterday and was so tired last night, we didn't put her to bed early enough. Our dumb fault, but she was having a blast when we were outside.

Kyle's semi-new trick

Kyle has been sitting up a little bit lately but today he did great.

This is the face after a face plant.

Some cute pictures.

New scrapbook page

I really like how this page turned out. I love the picture.

Solids and a new toy

Kyle had his 6 month check up today. He came in at 17.8lbs and 26' long. Both in the 50th percent but the head is at 75th percent. Big, strong and healthy, and always super cute.

we started him on solids a week or so ago. We haven't been very consistent because I wanted to wait till the dr appt and the dr said we are good (I figured so). We should be at vegies in a few weeks.

We got Kyle a new toy the other day. He loves it and so does his big sister, why can't she just leave the poor kids alone for a few minutes. Although he loves her and always gets the biggest grin when he sees her.
Sofie was giving him a blessing. Nathan came home from work this day and said she looked like a hippie. Oh well she was cute.
Reading books together.

Dear Auntie L...

Summer so far (warning lots of pictures)

Oh, where to start. Last week the kids and I went to Denver to spend the week with Grandma and Grandpa Rock. I wasn't sure how it was going to go but it went o.k. Sofie didn't ask for Dad at all even when she woke up at 4:30 one morning throwing up and continued all day. Boy was I grateful that I was with someone who could help me take care of both monkeys that day. I didn't get many pictures from the trip because we were pretty much sick the whole time, but here are a few of the ones that I did take.
This was on the way to Denver.
Kyle started to sit up while we were there. He is getting to be so big.
We were able to travel back with Ken and LaDawn after they came to help Chris and Alyssa move into their new home. Here is a picture of their new little one. He is lying in Sofie's car seat where her thigh fits. He is a little peanut, I almost threw him to the ceiling when I first picked him up.
Our neighbor has this little dog and Sofie loves him. His name is squirt and she prays for him almost every night in her prayers. This is as big as he will get and he almost makes me want a dog, almost.
I bought a pool the other day and filled it up for Sofie. I was only going to fill it up and let it warm up for the next day but she wanted to get in so I let her. As you can see she wasn't in her suit but hey it washes right. This is a dress that Gran D made for her quite a while ago but she still insists on wearing it.
This is what happens after you have been in a freezing cold pool and won't get out. You have to come in and wrap up in sweats and two blankets to get warm. Her feet and hands were icicles.
On Saturday Nathan worked in the yard for the morning and Sofie helped. She was wearing underpants this day to see how it would go. Lets just say she was in diapers again today. She absolutly does not care if she gets out of diapers or not. I don't get it.
Then she was able to play in the pool again.
This was Nathan taking a break. I love these pictures of these two.

After we were all cleaned up we had a bonfire and smores. It sure was a full and fun day.

Not so long ago...

She could barely walk or talk and she had no hair. Where has the time gone?


Now she runs everywhere. Loves singing all day long, especially her own made up songs, and just basically won't be quiet. I was looking through pictures and realized, again, that my baby is gone and a very independent, smart, funny and most of the time loving little girl has taken her place. When did this happen? Now we have another little one that is doing the same thing. Why does this have to happen so fast. I was looking at pics of Kyle when he was first born and realized yet again that the little baby stage is almost over. WHY???

This is the new cousin Alex. Look at the size difference in those legs.


I thought these pictures were so cute. Just don't ask me how I got them, I won't tell you. =)

We went to the Zoo when my Sister was here a while ago and forgot about these pictures. Sofie had a blast and it was fun to be out of the house.