June 30, 2012

We have officially survived a month of living like this LOL :) No really though the kids have been sleeping great. Most days I have to pull the blinds and wake them up at 8:30 for swim lessons!
We closed on our new house Friday and now the real work begins. We'll be continuing to live the suitcase life while we work on the house (I really should say while Kevin works on the house...I'm not any help these days)
Scott and Hailey completed their swim lessons this last week. They both passed their levels and Scott got to skip over the next level and Hailey got to skip over the next 2 levels...so they did awesome this year! We have really been enjoying the location of our apartment. Every morning they get into their swim gear and we walk across the street for swim and when we need something at Walmart, we walk there too. Ari missed out on swim lessons, but every day afterwards we stayed to swim for a few hours so she still got in on the fun :)
Last weekend we decided to take a break and drive to Buhl Idaho for the weekend. We love this place! Absolutely gorgeous and the kids love it!
 
 
 There are 3 garden plots that the kids have made their sandboxes. I sat outside in the shade (possibly even took a little nap) while Hailey played one day for 2 hours in that sandbox!
 and of course fishing!
 Ari had so much fun wheeling it in over and over and over... so cute :)
 Saturday night we stayed out until 10 pm. I caught this fish and then Scott caught one, so he just wouldn't leave until he beat me. Luckily he got another right before we left :)
Fishing is the only thing I have seen Hailey not enjoy LOL She would rather play with the worms :)
Scott reeling in his 2nd fish
We let Scott drive the farm truck once we got through the gate. He's not too great at steering (luckily we were only going 2 miles per hour) but I told him to watch out or he was going to hit a tree and he said, "Excuse me! Not on my watch we won't!"
How funny is that? :)
playing in the water some more.
Hailey loves to get a running speed and fly over the top and belly flop into the pool. She thinks she's pretty cool. Ari is the ultra cautious type but wants to do what sister does so she says, "Watch me! Watch me!" and she runs, stops completely at the pool, carefully steps over and sits in the pool and smiles. lol
Scott didn't spend any time the 2nd day in the pool and said all he wanted to do was fish. After a while Kevin took him out to the pond behind the house. They were out for 3 hours and I think Scott caught 5 fish. He is so competetive though and didn't want to leave since Kevin caught more. Once I reminded him about the 2 the night before he was good to leave.
Don't you just love the Mary Poppins umbrella LOL
Monster blue gill Scott caught!!
washing off the sand toys
Well that's about it! Swim lessons are over and this week is the 4th of July which is always fun in Cache Valley. We tie dyed some shirts blue and red on Friday to wear and that was fun.
After this week I'm planning on taking the kids to Vegas while Kevin paints the new house and installs wood floors. I only feel kinda bad since I painted our entire Missouri house, plus I'm pregnant so that's a good excuse too :)

June 22, 2012

Last Sunday was Father's Day. Kevin really is the best father any kid could ask for. I did the same thing I did for Mother's Day and asked the kids some questions about their Dad. So funny. I love how they went way under for my age and over for Kevins. I guess they think he's old because he's so wise and knows everything. So cute.

What's Dad's favorite color?
Scott: "blue"
Hailey: "blue"

How old is Dad?
Scott: ummm..."37"
Hailey: "47"

What is Dad's favorite food?
Scott: "skewer chicken"
Hailey: "all food and green juice"

What is Dad's favorite thing to do?
Scott: "build stuff and work"
Hailey: "when I make him laugh"

What is Dad's favorite thing to say?
Scott: "he says 'Scott" a lot" :)
Hailey: "I love you"

What does Dad do the best?
Scott: "fix stuff!"
Hailey: "makes the best popcorn!!"

What does Dad love?
Scott: "me"
Hailey: "giving kisses and hugs"

One word to describe your Dad:
Scott: "Father"
Hailey: "Love"

June 15, 2012

Enjoying our little playground at our apartment....
We've been here almost 2 weeks and have been swimming in the apartment swimming pool, playing at parks, house hunting, having picnics and hiking around in the mountains. Grandma Melody also came up for a few days this week and we got to go to the city pool and walk around at the art festival.
 
 We have already gone up to the mountains a few times and I told Kevin I wanted to go on a hike at least once a week (not sure if I'm wanting to take that back yet... LOL)
Last Saturday the hike Dad picked was up to the wind caves- 1.8 miles up and 1.8 back. Our kids love to hike. I told Kevin to remember their smiling faces because before long they will be teenagers and mad at us for dragging them along!
 Kevin said it was a moderate hike...it was a pretty big climb, but no big rocks or anything like that. Scott and Hailey did awesome! 
 We stopped for a picnic lunch up in the trees on the right. We were giggling because people coming down the trail couldn't see us and we were spys :) Hailey does the best coyote howl and I told her to do it when this one girl walked by. "Arrrooooh!" Oh you should have seen the girls face it was so funny! She whipped around looking for an animal and spotted us in the tree and laughed. Hailey was rolling for quite a while on that one!
 
 Ari rode most the way on Daddy's shoulders, but she did get a little exercise :)
 made it to the top!
See the mountain behind? It looks like the great wall of China...kinda cool
 in the caves
 it was so gorgeous with the tunnels the wind had made
 Scott and Hailey were troopers. 
 Especially Hailey hiking almost 4 miles on her tiny little legs. She was tired but all the way down she kept singing little cute songs to keep her spirits up :)