S'mores

We couldn't leave the beach without a bonfire and some s'mores! The last night at the house we decided to do s'mores the Flinders way with fudge striped cookies and mallows of course. The kids really enjoyed their s'mores!

Sun, Sand, and good book

What a relaxing day we had on Saturday. We didn't leave the beach house once! We just walked out the back door onto the beach and spent the whole day there. Well, at least the dads did with the kids. Jenn and I made it out occasionally, but spent a lot of the day inside with the babies. The best part about it, was that I got to sit down and read a really good book! (My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult) It's been so long since I have been able to do that! The kids had so much fun though, and honestly, except for a few hours of naps in the afternoon, they were out there basically from sun up to sun down!

Look at Ethan go on the boogie board! He was awesome and had the time of his life!

Next year maybe my kids will be ready?

Poor Drewby! I guess he didn't mind though! The dad's had more fun digging than the kids!

End of the sunset from our balcony

Time to call it a day!

San Diego Zoo

We had an amazing weekend in San Diego with my sister, Jenn, and her family. We rented a house on Mission Beach for 3 nights and even though it was in the 90s with 70% humidity and we were sweating almost the whole weekend, we had so much fun! We flew in Thursday night and got to the house just in time for BBQ and the sunset. Friday we woke up and headed over to the zoo. What a fun zoo it is too! The animals were out and lively and the kids loved it! I think the polar bears were the favorite because we were lucky enough to see one up close and personal. He was right up next to the glass and although they look cute and cuddly in cartoons and even from afar, I am very sure I never want to come face to face with one in the wild.

Happy Birthday Parker!

Just wanted to give a shout out to Parker Whitford, Brooklyn's BFF, boyfriend, and some day husband. Happy 4th birthday! Wish we were there to celebrate with you! Hope you had a great day!

Parker's 2nd b-day

Parker's 3rd b-day

"Hi-doh?"

Not only did Tallan look totally handsome this morning all ready for church (thank you cousins Ethan and Drew for the oh so cute tie!), but I had to take a picture of his new favorite thing to do...he LOVES to talk on our cell phones. As soon as he sees a phone laying around, he says, "Hi-doh?" and goes for it. He puts it up to his ear and says over and over again, "hi-doh? hi-doh?" I promise I don't talk on the phone that much! Some of his other vocabulary consists of, "uh-oh, dada, ball, and o-da buh" which we aren't sure exactly what that means, but he sure says it a lot! By the way, as much as I loved the dirty hands, knees, and tops of his feet all the time from crawling, he is taking more and more steps all the time! I can't wait to have a little walker!

Look at that face!

The Posse

We finally broke down and got a new camera and our first picture taking experience with it was at a BBQ we had at our house last night with Tim's friends from high school, "The Posse". They got that name because a news reporter once wrote an article about a group of boys in Spanish Fork that started a gang and the reporter referred to them as The Posse. It was Tim's group of friends and the name stuck. They even have a website they keep in touch with each other on called The Posse Page. As much as us wives make fun of them, it's actually pretty cool. They had such a close group of guys in high school and they are almost all within an hour from each other now and try to get together as often as possible. So, we had these guys over with wives and kids and had a lot of fun. We were missing about 8-10 of the guys, but we'll try and get them next time!

Thanks a lot, Jenn!

My camera is broken so I don't have any recent pictures, and may not have any for a while, but thanks to my creative sister, Jenn, my blog has a new look! Thanks for the help...she told me where I can get cutesy title bars, accents, and templates. Almost 2 hours later, I figured out how to do the title. I'm exhausted though, so maybe I'll try and figure out the rest another night. Be sure to check out my newest nephew, baby Ty, on their blog though! (follow the link to "The Daniels Family" from my sidebar) He is absolutely adorable!

ps...she wrote the little poem about her days as a mother of 3 boys on the upper left of her blog! Way cute! I'm so proud of her!

Making a house a home

Yes, we have been in our new home a whole month now and I am finally getting around to decorating! I have started adding a few personal touches throughout with vinyl, and still have a long way to go, but it's so much fun for me! Here are a couple little things I have done so far...

This is in Brooklyn and Tallan's little playroom under the stairs. Brooklyn was very excited to have the alphabet with the fun animals along the wall and especially loved the little "PLAY" definition. One evening when I told her it was time to clean up in the playroom, she brought me inside the room, pointed to it and said, "mom, look! It says 'to make a mess'!" Well, she was right!

Don't worry, I won't take a picture of everything I hang on the wall, but since this was the first, I wanted to share now that our house is feeling more like a home.

Girls night out!

Last Friday night we had a much needed, long awaited, girls night out. We had a mini baby shower for Buffy and Sarah at Brick Oven. We ate good food, and opened presents. Then we headed over to Riverwoods for a little shopping and dessert from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. We got a chance to catch up since it had been a month since I moved already and even though I'm not too far away, I haven't had too many opportunities to see the girls, and I miss them!

Where does the time go???

same lake, same boat, same kids

July 2007

July 2005

Out on the lake!

We took the boat out to Deer Creek with the Whitfords before we left for Montana last week, and had a great time. The water was a little gross, but it was pretty smooth. We are so lucky to have so many fun opportunities to spend time together and make some fun memories. Here are some good pictures of the day!

The Captain and Warren on the water

Chadder's for dinner afterwards

The best flaggers!

Yes, Warren caught me crashing pretty good!

Car for Sale!

I am trying to sell my brother's car for him while he's on his mission, and am not having too much luck, so I thought I'd pass along the word this way.

2003 Honda Accord, $13,500, 2 door, 5 speed, spoiler and nice rims, gray cloth interior, midnight blue exterior (really it looks black, but that's what it's called), only has 45,000 miles on it and it's really a very nice and fun car to drive!

Pass the word along and let me know if anyone is interested!

Thanks for your help!

All moved in!

We got moved in to our new house over the past week and are loving every second of it. It's so fun to find places for everything and still have room left over. The kids are loving having so much room to run around and play. I can't wait to slowly decorate, paint walls (I haven't had white walls as long as I can remember), and get some furniture for our very empty rooms. We can't wait to have lots of visitors!

The loft/kid's tv room

The main family room/adult tv room

My beautiful kitchen!

entry way/future formal dining and living room

My first garden! I have always hated gardening, but my sister told me once I have a garden of my own, I will love it, and it's so true! I go out to check on my little flowers at least 3 times a day and the vegetable garden is on it's way in the backyard but it's a huge project. We got to get a lawnmower and everything! It's so fun to be adults!