Pictures on the Camera

When I went to download the Halloween Pictures I found a few other pcitures on the camera that were cute so I had to share. We are in the phase with Elsa where she wants to do everything her big sister Caitlyn does. One morning Caitlyn brought in an apron to put on her so she could cook in her kitchen. Well, Elsa was right behind her with an apron for her. They went into Caitlyn's room and cooked some Mac and Cheese. They are so cute together. I always have 2 helpers in my kitchen ready to help at any time. Caitlyn is now setting the table. She can be tired or throwing a fit and I say okay it is time to set the table, and her face lights up and she is ready to help. I hope it lasts forever. If only she could wash all my dishes!
Wade ran in a 5K Last weekend so we went to support him. I only snapped a couple of pictures but it was fun. It was at the Southern highlands Fall Festival. They had Bounce houses and all kinds of vendors giving out free food.

Well and Sick Check-up

Today was Elsa's 15 month Well check-up. Time has gone by so fast. Here are her stats:
Weight: 23 lbs 12 oz 53 %
Height: 31 Inched 69%
Head: 19 Inches 96%
I took Caitlyn with me today becuase she started to get a cold on Monday. I decided since I was already going to be at the Dr's office I might as well have Caitlyn checked out as well. He said it was just a cold. She had a little fluid in her ear but it should clear up on its own. It was a pretty good trip considering I had both kids with me.


Last week was the week of the parks. We are at the park Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I only remembered my Camera on Friday so here some pictures from that. My girls would stay in the swing the whole time if I would let them. We are tying to teach Caitlyn how to pump her legs so we don't have to push her.


Here are the girls enjoying some popcorm as we watched the Boston Red Sox win Monday night.

Girl's Weekend

I know that it is Thursday and almost time for the next weekend but I am writing about last weekend. I forgot my camera so I was waiting for pictures and then the time to sit down and blog about it. This last weekend I went on a trip with my girlfriends that I grew up with. There were a few a missing but it was still fun. We have really known each other since elementary school, some we met in Jr High and High school but it is like we have known them just as long. I feel truly blessed to still stay in contact with them and that I had a great support system growing up. It is amazing we are all still friends because sometimes we were not very nice to each other. I think that makes are relationships great today because there isn't really much that we can say or do to make us mad at each other.
The weekend was great and a nice break from the day to day life of wife and mother. My awesome husband (with some help from my sister-in-law Sarah on Friday) watched the kids for me in the middle of tax season so I could go. When we stopped and ate in Cedar I was like oh my gosh I get to actually eat my food when it is hot, I don't have to cut anybody's food up or feed them. It was so weird. We stayed at my Friend Jacque's Cabin in Panguitch, Utah. It was so pretty and the weather was awesome. We stayed up way to late got up way to early but ate really good food and played fun games. We also went to the RS broadcast that was so good. My throat was pretty sore when we got home because we talked so much but it was worth it. We try to do one every year and they are so worth it. I was glad to be back home but can't wait until next year. Here are the pictures from the weekend.

Tagged

So my friend Liz Tagged me and I was in the right mood when I read it so I decided to do it.

What was I doing 10 years ago?
1. Going to high School
2. Working at K-mart
3. Singing in the choir at High school
4. Hanging out with Friends
5. Taking Dance

What is on my TO-DO list today? Since it is almost dinner time my To-Do list is basically done but here is what was on it today. I am a pretty simple person when it comes to what I have planned for a day and don't plan a lot. I don't want to get too overwhelmed!!

1. Go Visit Teaching
2. Go the Grocery Store
3. Make Lunch
4. Make Dinner
5. Catch up on my DVR'd shows from Last night and this Morning

What are my favorite snacks? I am not a huge snacker, I would rather it a good meal that I didn't have to cook or clean up but here are my favorites.
1. Potato Chips almost any kind I am not picky
2. Chocolate
3. Oreos dipped in 2% milk
4. Chips Ahoy Cookies (the original ones) dipped in 2% milk
5. Ice Cream

What would I do if I were a millionaire? I have to agree with Liz on this one for the most part.
1. Pay my tithing and taxes
2. Pay off debt (cars, house, school, etc.)
3. Set aside a chunk for the kids
4. Share it with my family
5. Invest, invest, invest

Where have I lived? Probably not five places either so I will improvise with Streets too
1.Cartegena St
2.Wallaby Ln
3. Apartments on Silverado Ranch
4. My In-Laws
5. My house today!

What jobs have I had? I haven't had five only 3 outside of the home
1. K-Mart
2. Bigelow Management
3. A construction/Development company


People that MUST complete their own tag! YAY!
Anybody who wants to do it and needs something to blog about.

Forts

Didn't you just love building forts when you were a kid. We built them all the time with Pillows blankets anything that would work. Caitlyn has a new love of them. She tries to make a "house" out of anything, the laundry basket , chairs or just plays under the table. Elsa always joins in with the fun as well. Yesterday I helped Caitlyn make a small house in her room yesterday. Today she brought the couch and blanket down so I decided to make her a bigger one. It has been great and cheap entertainment for the day. I really think I will be buying her a pop-up tent, a little less of a mess and it won't fall down as much.

Caitlyn's First Haircut

I had Caitlyn's hair cut today. For a long time I didn't really know what to do with her hair and everybody just said let it grow. That's what I've done for the last 3 1/2 years. Last week I was looking at though and thinking that I need to do something. It just looks scraggly sometimes. She has curly hair and so if I don't put Mousse in by the end of the day it doesn't look good. It was short on the sides and long in the back. It is also pretty fine and so it doesn't hold a curl and I didn't know if she has the right hair to grow it long. I decided that I needed to cut all one length. So today was the day. I had my friend Shelly do it. I am really happy with it. It will be an adjustment because I can't really do ponytails but it will be fine. The curl in it looks a lot better too. Here are some pictures from the cut. I think she didn't really know what was going on. She just sat really still in the chair. I talked to her about it to prepare her so she wouldn't freak out. Now it will grow out and be even so I am excited.

Here are a couple of pictures that were on my camera. It doesn't rain a lot in Vegas so we had to take advantage of the rain we received this one afternoon.

Elsa is so dang cute and silly. She was standing on the chair playing the piano.

First Day of Dance

Today Caitlyn started Dance. She will be taking Tap and Jazz from Lori Day. It was kind of crazy for me to take her there because it was only 8 years ago (but feels like 2) that I was taking dance from Lori. I am not sure who was more excited her or me. I was totally excited because I loved Dance and I am excited to Lori every week. For ten years of my life I saw her weekly and she is just awesome. I knew Caitlyn was excited too though because ever since we have had her dance outfit and shoes she has been asking me when she gets to go to Dance. Well, today was the day. She did awesome. She did everything she was asked too. She would get distracted sometimes because she loves to watch everybody but she kept up. It was also so fun because my friend Alexis (I know crazy that she has the same name as me, she is really the only person I have met that is around my age with the same name.) that I grew up dancing with has her daughter Jocelyn in the same class. It was fun to catch up with her. She was actually Caitlyn's baby nurse when I delivered Caitlyn. It was just fun and Caitlyn loved it. At the end of the class Lori gave them suckers but before they could get one she had to do a dance step she learned. When she was called she went up there and did heel step. I was a proud mom. Here are the pictures from the day. I actually remembered my camera.