Thursday, July 30, 2009

July 4, 2009


I am in that trailer with Stephanie and one of our employees. I am shaving ice for hours on end to satisfy the people in this line.

July 3, 2009


Super Laney to the rescue.

July 2, 2009

I went to find Allie and on the dining room table found this.

And then found her and found this.

July 1, 2009


No words needed.

June 30, 2009

No picture.

Not sure why not.

I am a slacker.

June 29, 2009


My dad sat down to eat his dinner. Allie climbed on the chair and helped herself to his food.

June 28, 2009


The newlyweds are finally home.

June 27, 2009



Allie enjoying her blanket from Grandma Karen.

Pretend that the picture is turned the right way.

June 26, 2009


Hanging out with Grandma and having a snack.

June 25, 2009

No picture.

Drove home from St. George.

Made and filled flavors FOREVER.

June 24, 2009

Laney and Chase enjoying thier party favors from the wedding.

June 23, 2009

Claire, Laney, Seth, and I jumping off the cliff in my cousin Todd's pool. It was fun enough that we did it lots and lots during the two days we went swimming there.

Thanks Todd and Tracy.

June 22, 2009


The perfect ending to day of fun with cousins and swimming is ice cream on the grass.

June 21, 2009

Happy Father's day, Erich.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

June 20, 2009


My girls love their cousins. And we have been looking forward to the wedding day for a long time. It was pretty much a dream come true for them.

And as for their hair, lets just say naps in the car during the ceremony plus 20 mph winds did not equal good hair for Laney and Allie.

June 19, 2009


Stolen from my sister.

Here is Erich and I in action. He shaves. I flavor. And I love that he i looking at my work- most likely making a snide remark about how I am doing it.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

June 18, 2009


John and Steph requested shave ice for dessert at the family dinner the night before the wedding. We obliged. Here it is all packed up and ready to travel to Vegas.

June 17, 2009


When I can't find Allie, the first place I check is Erich's computer. Quite often, she is like this- hoping to get some paper out of the printer.

June 16, 2009


John brought home doughnuts from the grocery store.

Friday, July 17, 2009

June 15, 2009


Allie spends hours and hours pressing these buttons. She loves the songs they sing. When she wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, this is where I put her. It always cheers her up.

June 14, 2009


Laney trying to take a Sunday nap with Stephanie.

June 13, 2009


Hairclips for all the little girls to wear at the wedding next week.

June 12, 2009



The girls, my mom, and I ran some errands.
My mom promised the girls if they were good, she would buy them McDonald's.
They were good so we went to McDonald's.
As we are pulling in the parking lot, Laney insists on french fries. We offered ice cream and she refused. She wanted french fries.
We order french fries for the girls and ice cream cones for us.
We start to drive home. We enjoy our ice cream. Allie enjoys her fries. Laney just sits.
I tell the girls they need to thank grandma for their fries. Allie does. Laney sits in silence.
I threaten Laney that if she doesn't say thanks, I am going to take her fries. She continues to sit in silence.
I take her fries.
Finally, at a stop light, I turn to talk to Laney about her behavior. And she mutters out, "I want an ice cream."
We have a little chit chat about what happened.
I stop at another McDonald's and buy her an ice cream.
We take it home and she enjoys it.


I think she really didn't understand that we could order ice cream in a cone at McDonald's. She obviously has been sheltered.

June 11, 2009


Finals are over with. Just need to finish up grades. SUMMER!!!

June 10, 2009


We hit up kids eat free at Chik-fil-a with Stephanie and kids tonight. Tonight they even had some face painters. While I don't think my kids ate anything, they definitely had fun.

June 9, 2009

No picture. Erich is in Utah. We are playing. I am trying to finish writing finals.

June 8, 2009

I am pretty sure Allie got more paint on her than on her project. Notice the lovely red streak in her hair!

June 4-7, 2009

I went to Utah and Idaho all by myself. I saw some of my favorite people and was in the temple when Meg was sealed to Paul. And my camera was in AZ with nobody using it. I did steal this picture from Megan to prove that I was there. Fun, fun trip.

June 3, 2009


Laney loves to jump off the diving board. And I am getting a lot of practice treading water while I catch her.

June 2, 2009

Stephanie is really trying to be the favorite aunt.

June 1, 2009

Back from an early morning run.

And I don't know why blogger turned this picture.

May 31, 2009


Scrabble Slam is our game of choice right now- except when Erich or mom tries to make up their own words.

May 30, 2009

Grandma thought that Allie should have some ranch dresing to dip her chips in.