the bird

buz's work treated us to an afternoon up at snowbird.

first time on a chairlift, lily was in heaven

and coming down the slide, with her arms up yelling "woooooooo"

she of course loved the inflatable slide and bounce house the best.

i love her sweaty face, fluffy hair, just bounced like crazy look.

sun in your eyes? nope, that's just her smile of choice. nice.

zoe wouldn't sleep the entire ride up. but the walk at the top rocked her into la la land.

lily and chloe wrestling. a pretty even match since they're both miniatures. i think chloe won. of course this happened while the mommys were playing and the daddys were watching the girls!

i love how both of their hands are in the momentum building position.

candy!!!

(that's what we say instead of cheese. you get a better smile that way, promise.)

chloe in front, lily in back, thrillseeking with their daddys.

and who can't resist a good ride on a mechanical bull? thanks for the pic honey!

not much

that's what we've been up to. not much at all. but just in case you all were wondering what it's like to be overwhelmed by the fact that your baby's almost 4 months and is definitely not a newborn anymore, here you go....

oh how i love her.

well…i’m back, again…

she's happy

and she's happy

and i'm happy

that’s right, we decided enough is enough. the internet is back taking up too much of my time!!!

(if you're interested, i've updated a lot of posts...see below)

Helper Me!

The next weekend we headed to Helper for a good old fashioned family reunion! Color coordinated t-shirts, field games, good food, waaaaay too long tour of the junior high, you name it, we did it!

We were able to tent out on the Junior High Football Field! Here’s the story short and sweet:

Buz’s grandpa grew up in Helper. He played football his whole life, ended up playing at

BYU (go cougars!) and then on to the 49er’s. So, the Junior High down there named the football field after his grandpa. It really was so fun and the perfect place for a reunion.

smudge on the camera, not on her face!

Thanks Nick for putting it together, you did a great job!

pioneers settled in wyoming too? no way!

Over the 24th we headed to Wyoming for a little time out, and hung out at the festivities “in town” watching the local band Quiksand and touring the museums.

oh that face.

Big girl trying to figure out the more complicated things in life.

Buz had training in Phoenix - yep, Phoenix in July, there’s nothing better! - so off he went and we stayed to enjoy the rest of our time.

My aunt and uncle now have a place in the same area, so we went to feed their horses Quincy and Clancy one night. This is Quincy.

We hiked to Intermittent Springs, which isn’t so intermittent at this time of year. Of course Lily just threw rocks into the water!

Zoe Update

Time seems to fly by so unbelievably fast she’s already three months! So, here’s the stats from her 2 months appointment:

Height: 22 inches – 35^th percentile

Weight: 9 lbs 14 oz – 26^th percentile

Head: 4^th percentile – she gets that from buz, poor thing:)

She’s a bit bigger than lily was, but that’s not saying much. She’s already sleeping 10-12 hours and night and has been for quite a while. She’s smiling and cooing and just lighting up our every day. Lily’s pretty nice to her, with just the occasional light love tap on the head to see how I’ll react. Oh well, that too shall pass.

Lily Update

I just have to write down the cute things she says before I forget them. Her vocabulary is ever expanding and I laugh every day at the way she tests words to find out what they mean, and the pronunciation attempts are hilarious!

Libble dit: little bit

Pocolos: popsicles

She mixes up her f’s and s’s. My favorites are “slip slops” for flip flops and things like the “itsy bitsy fider”

She adds “all day” to just about every sentence

She started saying “Zoe Lou” a while ago and I think it’s stuck. I love little nicknames!

If I ask her a question it will undoubtedly start with either “well…” or “cause…”