Since Rachel is getting all caught up on her blog, I figured it was time that I did the same.
When Mom and Dad were still here after helping me move up, we (Rach, Mark, and fam, Mom, Dad, Doug, and me) went to the Hogle Zoo in SLC. It was a fun time - even though it was forever long and hot!
Me with an elephant
Shelly and Emily with a giraffe
Now there's two!
There was this humongous hill that almost killed those of us pushing Mark up it. Shelly came to our rescue.
A few Sunday's ago, I came upstairs and found this cute sight:
One of the first few days with just the kids and me hanging out at home produced an unexpected result. Emily is going through the annoying phase of not eating anything except milk - even if it's one of her favorite foods - and I was trying to get her to eat something so she wouldn't be grumpy. I told her to sit at the table until she had eaten two bites. I went to go check on her after doing some dishes and this is what I found:
Apparently she was more tired than hungry.
Twenty minutes later she woke up crying "ouch" because her arms had fallen asleep...silly kid!
Here are some random pictures I've snapped with my phone:
Time to play with the water!
This is a rare sight, Jason reading to everyone. Usually it's Shelly that's reading.
Annie showing me a "rollie pollie" or as I call them, rocks/bird poo/seeds
Coloring time with Aunt Katie
They all needed their own table and set of crayons, mostly because I have the supplies to make it work :) Each kid gets to put up 4 pictures on my wall, Shelly likes to rotate her pictures almost every day. Often in the mornings while I'm getting dressed, one of them will knock on my door to ask if they can come color. I made a "Kid Dance Music" playlist that we listen to while hanging out. It's my favorite when they actually dance to the music, it's awesome!
