Life in September 2010

We had a wonderful surprise visit from one of Ashley's college roommates, Kristina and her family. Ashley had so much fun visiting with her and catching up. Pictured, is Ashley's friend Emily & her boys with Kristina, her husband Joel and her brand new 6 week old baby Westin.


Ashley, Emily and Kristina. Met in their teens, now in their 30's!


It felt like we spent A LOT of September at soccer games. Nathan and Daniel both played this fall. Here Nathan is pictured at one of his games.


Daniel's favorite part of soccer was receiving his medal at the end of the season and seeing what he was going to get for snack each week after the game!


Lizzy actually had so much fun playing with soccer balls during the soccer season. She really enjoyed running and kicking the ball. In fact, she seemed a little bit more into soccer than the boys!


Almost 7 years old!


Lizzy, with her key accessories-- her "night night" i.e. yellow blanket she's attached to and her sparkily pink purse with all her treasures.


We had a fun visit one Sunday evening from Mimi. The kids love playing with her. Here they were outside drawing pictures with chalk.


One momentous thing that happened in September is that Rachel learned to walk. Once she started, she never stopped!


The girls love spending time with Ashley's mom.


Ashley took the kids to the Hoggle Zoo one Saturday afternoon. Rachel insisted on walking around the zoo.


She would NOT ride in the stroller. She insisted on being a big girl like the other kids! She is 1 1/2 going on 3!


Lizzy was a little bit unsure about some of the animals. She didn't fully understand that the gates and glass between us would protect her from harm!


Daniel LOVED being able to read the zoo map. And, insisted on navigating us around the zoo.


We finally got to see the cute baby elephant that was born last year at the zoo.


Our little soccer player!

Family Pictures

We recently had some new pictures taken of our family. The kids amazingly cooperated in the first 5 minutes, so we got some nice ones of all of us. After that, it was a bit of a challenge! Ashley's happy to have a updated family picture since we haven't taken one since LIZZY was born (almost 2 1/2 years ago!).

Life in August 2010

Lizzy's favorite thing to do right now is to walk around the block pushing her baby stroller. She has become VERY into dolls--rocking them, feeding them, putting them to sleep. It's so fun to watch her be a little mama.


Lizzy especially likes it when Ashley pushes Rachel in her stroller at the same time. We have been adjusting some nap schedules lately. Lizzy has completely dropped her nap and Rachel is down to one. So, we're having a lot of little cat naps like this one! The girls are also finally sharing a room, which they seem to enjoy. They're becoming close little friends.


Nathan is having a hard adjustment not having Daniel around as much. So, we've had a lot of playdates lately. Here Nathan is with his best friend Krew, driving around in the red mustang.


Rachel learned how to give kisses this month and gives out lots of them! She also started walking and is now walking everywhere. She loves her new independence and being a big girl now!


The girls love playing with KC our kitty. We're trying to teach them to be 'soft' and not pull whiskers, tails, etc.


We had the chance to go to Michael Hess' wedding in August in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple. He and his bride looked so happy together. Michael was one of Dave's Young Men in Burbank. Now he's all grown up and married!


Dave with another one of his young men, Jacob Barlow. Michael and Jacob were probably the 2 boys he was closest to and still keeps in touch with.


The happy couple.


Another happy couple!

Life in July 2010

It has been so much fun to watch the girls grow up over the last month. They are starting to play together and even fight occasionally! In these pictures, Rachel found a little box to sit in and Lizzy got jealous. They starting fighting over the box so Ashley got them each their own and they were so happy!


There is nothing Rachel loves more these days, then emptying out a box or drawer and then sitting in it!


Nathan has been such a big help this summer. He always wants to be the one to push Rachel's stroller.


And, of course, Lizzy has to push her doll in a stroller and be a little mama!


The boys had fun doing a little face painting with some new markers we got!


We got another ride-on car this summer off of KSL. This mustang is cool because 2 people can ride in it and it has a great radio. Here Nathan is giving our neighbor Simon a ride.


Nathan is quite the builder.


All 4 kids enjoying blocks on a Sunday morning...


Rachel really likes stacking blocks and knocking them down. It's another one of her favorite things to do these days.


Ashley took the kids to Bridal Veil falls to play in the water. Here the boys are throwing rocks...


An attempt at a family picture of all 4 kids...


Rachel did not want to miss out on the fun. She insisted on putting her feet in the freezing water and tossing in rocks.



Lizzy was very cautious about getting in the water.


Lizzy accessorized this outfit herself-- with the necklaces, hat, etc. She loves her 'pretties' and being a little princess.


Lizzy likes to 'help' with the household chores.

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Ashley took the kids to the Balloon festival for the 4th of July. It starts at 6:30 Am and you get to watch all the hot air balloons inflate. We love it.


The girls were enchanted with the balloons.


We loved the 'diet coke' balloon.