I love Lehi

I absolutely love living here in Lehi! There are fun "small town" types of things to do. During the Lehi Round-up week there were activities going on every day. Movies at the ball park, concerts in the park, a children's parade, and a "big" parade. We ended up going to both parades. Ella LOVED it! The Lehi Fire Dept. held their first annual foam day. They sprayed tons of foam/bubbles all over this big field. Then they would run their sirens and that was your warning that they were going to start spraying. Ella was o.k. with getting her feet in it, but she was not o.k. when we got sprayed. I thought it was fun!

Messy . . . Clean

Here are a few random pictures of Ella, Dean and Elysee making a mess, looking messy and trying to get clean

Ella tried to hide (behind her hand) when she knew she'd be in trouble
John fed the kids Oreo cookies for breakfast while I was at work, I'm amazed that he captured the evidence in pictures.

Elysee was in the process of getting clean (bath time is quite the process)

He likes to feed himself and he likes to get it everywhere BUT his mouth

Ella loves to play in this mixure of rice and flour - she plays in it at least once a week, while I'm cooking. It usually takes me a 1/2 hour to clean it all up. But you should see how happy she is when she is making "castles"

Dean and Ely make this mess whenever the kids bathroom door is left open

Ely was an emotional mess. She lost her balance and fell and hit her lip. Her poor little lip was SO swollen!

Ella and I testing out the jets in the master bath

Ely loved her first experience with thin mint girl scout cookies

Dean just wanted more and more girl scout cookies

Best Buddies

Ella has her first real friend! The very first week we moved into our new house the cute kids from across the street came over to check out the new people (us). This cute little boy is Ethan. He comes over all the time to play with Ella. One of the times they were playing and Ethan asked if Ella had any costumes. Of course we only have girly costumes and Ethan was not OK with that. He ran home and had a hulk costume on and put his batman cape over it. I think Ella was in love (just look at the way she is looking at him)! I love that he is 4 and Ella is 2 and that doesn't bother him at all. FYI - there are little boys Ella's age all over our neighborhood, not many girls (we're going to be in trouble if we live here when she's a teenager).

4th of July

Better late than never - right? We had a great 4th of July. We had my family and John's family over for a BBQ. Then the kids played on the slip 'n slide. Ella kept on going up to the water, getting a tiny bit wet, then running away. We had a great time. Later that night John had to go to work. I put the twins to bed and was about to put Ella down when we heard some fireworks going off down the street. I decided that Ella needed to have the WHOLE experience of the 4th of July. So we went down the street and stayed for just a little while. Ella covered her ears and kept on closing her eyes. When I asked if she wanted to go home, she said "yes, it's too loud." Hopefully next year the twins will be able to see the fireworks.

Happy 5 years

John and I had our 5th wedding anniversary on June 18th. My in-laws came over and watched the kids while John and I went to a movie. Then on our way home we stopped at the Thai House and got some take out. We got home, hurry and ate, then John had to go to work. I am the luckiest woman to have such an amazing husband. John treats me like a princess everyday. I love you John, thanks for the greatest 5 years of my life! Oh and he bought me the greatest anniversary gift; a new LG steam washer and dryer for our new house - LOVE IT!

Father's Day and John's Birthday

I didn't do a Father's Day post, but I have to say my kiddo's have the most amazing dad. John is seriously the best Father to our kids. He works the graveyard shift, just so he can spend more time with the kids. He's not afraid to change diapers and be "Mr. Mom". I love you babe! John also turned 31 on June 27th. Happy Birthday John!

It's about time!!!

I know, I know... it's been a long time since I have done a post so I'll do some short summaries of what we've been up to.