Saturday, October 16, 2010

Just Down the Road...


Pumpkins on the vine, hay ride, hay room, hay maze, petting zoo, corn box.  
This place is awesome and everything is free!  We will be going there every day, while we can.



Jim and Birgit came with us today!
The hay ride took us through the field of sheep we pass as we drive home, almost every day.  So fun!

Monday, October 11, 2010

Fashion

She made this elephant hat at preschool today!                                                                                                                               
Rebecca has her own sense of style lately.  She usually starts out the day in the clothes I dress her in.  But when we return home from school, dance, errands, or...anywhere...it isn't long before those clothes are in a pile on the floor!  She mostly chooses her princess dresses, twirling dresses, skirts, and her princess pajamas. She likes to layer them too. Sometimes she grabs random tops, layers of underwear, socks, anything in her drawer.  I am constantly making piles to drag back upstairs she she can throw them back into the drawers.  Yes, we throw them, toss them, shove them in her drawers.  There is no use in folding them!  She likes to add accessories, clips, headbands, necklaces.  I've got sneak some better pictures (she still doesn't like getting her picture taken).  But here are some I do have:
A little Halloween costume preview :)

We had joy school at our house a few weeks ago.  Here she is posing her her "dress ups" with her cute little friends.


 

You can tell from the light in the picture about that it was daytime.  Yet, here she is wearing her Ariel nightgown.  Hilarious!  Childhood is soooooo magical.  This girl sure makes her momma smile!  We like it!
P.S.  See the quilt on her bed?  My mom made that.  I LOVE it! 

Friday, September 24, 2010

For the beauty of the earth...

With all our stops, it took us 4 hours to drive there.  We spent 4 hours in the park.  Then it was 4 hours back home.  We left at 12 noon, and got back at midnight.  It was totally worth the drive, and I was happy that we didn't have to spend an uncomfortable night in an uncomfortable hotel bed, or sleeping bag, for that matter :)   









 
The park was pretty full for a Tuesday afternoon in September.  We could hear people speaking French, Spanish, Italian, and German.  Folks come from all over the world to see these wonders!  And here they are, in our backyard.  What a great experience we had and we hope to visit more national parks together.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Another Cousin is Comin'!

This time, it's the MALE variety!  We're so excited for Jon and Emily, expecting a baby boy in February 2011!

Peachies!

Birgit created a Peach Days Queen! With her cute outfit and accessories, Rebecca got the royal treatment as we wheeled her to the parade in her special chariot.

There was lots to see and mostly lots of  C A N D Y  for the kids to run and pick up!  Rebecca filled a bag with tootie rolls, suckers, ice pops, and other goodies.  There was a family of kids sitting beside us and we were so impressed how they left pieces there for Rebecca to pick up, if she wasn't fast enough.  She did get the hang of it by the end of the parade though.
Then it was up and away for the Bachmann 3!  Jim and Birgit watched us take a quick helicopter ride.  Our girl was not scared!  The ride seemed to last about 30 seconds, but it was a great experience for us.
Thanks for a wonderful weekend, Jim and Birgit!

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

High on a Mountaintop

Picture above from Em. Her post with a movie of Rebecca and Natalie here.


It feels like Christmas to me when reunion time rolls around...I love my couzzies, aunties, and uncles so!
Highlights included:
Just Playing together
The "Unbirthday" Party with Alice and the Mad Hatter!

Dress Up Time!

The fun playgrounds and this cool slide
A fishing pond for the kids
Hangin' Chill with some fun people!
Family Photo

Sunday Morning Hike with Papa
Playing in the "Dream House" with Mimi
We also enjoyed a slide show of pictures through the years and a family testimony meeting on Sunday.
We had a  m a r v e l o u s  time. Great people, yummy food, beautiful nature.  Just missed those that couldn't be there.  Families are forever and I sure lucked out with mine  :)

Friday, September 10, 2010

Photo Booth Favs




Thursday, September 9, 2010

Just 1 Question

I was only allowed 1 question!
(But I am so sneaky, I got in about 9 more;)



She was talking about a ride at Lagoon, The Jumping Dragon.

Time to Dance!

The wait is over!  She is finally old enough to join the local dance studio.  She's only been once so far, but she loved it!  She's learning ballet, jazz, and tap dance.


Rebecca is on the side closest to the mirror (in pink):

Hotness in a Jumpsuit

 My Grease Monkey
 


Kristin and Michael gave him this super cute outfit for Christmas and he definitely uses it!  Cracks me up.