Big Boy!

Big news at our house. Grayson got his big boy bed! He is so good at staying in it too. For the past 5 nights and naps, he has stayed put no matter how much I taunt him. When I got my first bed, Mommy said I was so crazy that she had to lock me in my room and "baby proof" the whole thing (I had a bad climbing habit). She said it was either that or tie me to the bed. I am glad I don't need my room locked anymore.

Grayson loves his bed so much, he can't wait to go to sleep. He calls it his "pirate boat bed".

Back to School

Grayson and I just completed our first two weeks at school. It was has been so much fun. I get to go 3 days a week and Grayson goes 2 days. So everyday of the week, someone has school. Everyday, after we get in the car, we fight over who's turn it is to go. Mommy tells us this is pointless.





We have also spent a lot of time lately "holding" each other.

Mommy and Paige were on TV today

Today was so much fun. I got to go to my cousin, Alexa's house and then while we were there, we saw Mommy and Paige on TV. They were lucky enough to be asked by Shade Clothing to model the new fall line on "Good Things Utah". They did a good job. I wish I could see them everyday on there but Mommy told me that is not likely. Here is a peek at the show!

Things we have done this summer so far...

Mommy and Daddy took us the Gateway Mall and to our surprise, shopping is really fun there.  We splashed away until the sun went down and we were so cold that our lips turned blue!

We spend at least one day a week our cool library.  We love the kid section there.  They have so many cool books and movies to check out.  Really, we would spend every week there if we could.

My favorite time to go there is after dance class.  We are so lucky to have so many fun things to do here.

We've been taking swim lessons since May and I have really improved.  I can swim (dog paddle) all by myself!  I love the water so much that I never want to get out.  It makes Mommy really mad, especially when we need to get somewhere.

They are building a temple right next to our house.  This week, we got to see them put the Angel Moroni on top.  It was so cool to see how big he is and then watch the gigantic crane place him perfectly on top.  We are so lucky.

We used to have really ugly dog cages in our side yard but Mommy and Daddy wanted to make a nice area for us to play.  Daddy planted lots of nice trees and plants and Mommy painted a four square court and hopscotch for us.  It is so much more fun now!

We have really fun next door neighbors.  On this particular day, we decided to help them with a lemonade stand.  So they dressed us up and let us help them make grape juice because they were all out of lemonade.

Daddy hung a hammock for us on the back porch by the hot tub.  We have so much fun swinging on it with our friend, ellie.  

On the 3rd of July, we headed up to Logan for fireworks in the stadium.

The show before the fireworks couldn't have been much more boring, Mommy is lucky we were so good and patient.

Our cousins, Alexa and Hailey were there too!  We had so much fun dancing around the bleachers with them.

On the 4th of July, we had fun at Grandma Coralie and Grandpa Glade's house.  We got ready for the big bbq and walked over for the hip-hooray (parade).

We caught a lot of candy and we even caught some water bottles.  I sure love hip-hoorays (parades).  And I love Grandma and Grandpa too!

We sure have had a lot of fun so far this summer and tomorrow we are off to California!!! We cant' wait to see Grandma Hollie and Grandpa Gordon!

Gymnastics

A little while ago, it was show week at gymnastics. I am getting pretty good at the bars. Here is my routine.

Rheagan's Birthday

While we were in Colorado, it was Rheagan's 5th Birthday. I can't believe she is 5 already. Seems like a really a long time until I will be that old. I have already been waiting almost a year until I'm 4. Rheagan had such a cool party. Theme was "High School Musical 2" so naturally it was pool/slip'n slide party. The most fun part was when we danced to music. Rheagan is such a good dancer.



Here are a few pics from the party!

FINALLY A NEW POST!!!!!

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted. Mommy has been to tired to help write about the stuff going on. So I will share some of the fun things that we have done in the past month.

On Memorial Day, we went to visit Mommy's Nana's grave. Mommy told us all about her and the special things they did together when she was alive. It has been a long time since Mommy has been able to come and put flowers there. She told us how much she misses her and it made really wish we could hang out with herl.



Grayson decided that not only does he declare himself "KING", he will parade around town dressed as a king. Thank goodness he is already out of this phase. Who knows though, he could pop back into it any moment. He is quite obsessive...


(sorry, I am too lazy to make this picture turn the right way. you'll have to turn your computer to fix it.)

We visited Colorado and had a blast with our cousins, London, Rheagan and Scarlett.



Daddy had his birthday. He turned 31! He has a 3 just like me. We got him some great presents including a book on how to become a princess.





Those were just a few, but I will post my videos next time.

My favorite things about our new house

Well, we have been in Utah for just over a month now and are settling in. Just last week I asked my mom "when are we going home?" She just kind of laughed at me and explained that this is our new home and that we would never live in our other house again but we can always go back and visit. I think she expected me to cry or something but I just said "O.K.". I've been thinking about what my favorite things are about this place so far, since it looks like we will be here for a while.

This is the view from my bedroom window. It is majorly beatiful and I love it.


I love my playroom. We even have a little movie area that Grayson and I snuggle with our sleeping bags in. We have such a good time in there.



I love my friends - Alexa and Ellie.
I love riding my new scooter in our cul-de -sac.
I love swimming in our pool (hot tub).
I love playing at the "big" gym.
But most of all, I love being with my family!

Happy Birthday Paigey!

Happy Birthday Paige! We love you and can't wait for you to come home!

Oh, little Gray

"Baby" Grayson was sick last week and kept falling asleep anywhere he could snuggle.  Mommy was able to catch a few of his snoozing moments on camera.  Mommy says that she loves it best when we sleep because we look so much like angels.  I think Grayson looks like a princess angel... just kidding, Gray!

Mommy has a new blog

So, Mommy got a little tired of always helping me with my blog and decided to start her own.  We couldn't always agree on what would be the subject of every post, so I am so glad she has her own venue to discuss whatever she wants.  You go Mommy!

http://memoirsofhermother.blogspot.com

A great mail day!

Everyday we love to check our cute little mail box and today we had a few great surprises.  First we received a package of new clothes from Grandma Hollie.  Then we found a nice check from the government for Mommy and Daddy.  Next there was a card from our Colorado Realtor with a nice gift card.  But the best thing was a sweet package from our Colorado neighbors,  the Hagers.  It was so amazing.  There was  movie inside that Susan made for us.  It was 2 years worth of movies and pictures of Grayson, Marin and me and put together nicely with the coolest music.  We watched it twice.  It was such a nice gift and a remembrance of what we left behind.  Susan also wrote Mommy a letter.  I am not sure what it said, but Mommy just cried.  I tried to cry too to make her feel better.  We miss Susan, John and Marin so much!  Thank you!

Me, Marin and Grayson on moving day.