Slow Down!

Where is time going?! I cannot believe how fast the days are flying by.Since my last post quite a bit has happened so here is the run down.

Savannah started kindergarten!!! I still cannot get over the fact that this girl is big enough to be in school. She goes to all day kindergarten and loves it, it has also been so amazing to see how much she is already learning. She can spell a few words and is just starting read very small words as well. She made it into the 100 club last week and she was beyond proud of herself. (The 100 club is for kids who can count to 100.) This girl was made for school and I hope she continues to love it and to do so well.

Abby is now 14 months which is also crazy to think about, she is starting to look so grown up and she desperately wants to be a big girl like her sisters. She is an expert walker now, she climbs on everything, and has just started talking. She can say hi, daddy, mom, Nanna for Savannah, more, thank you, bye, uh-oh, no, and more. There are probabley more but I can't remember, also she says all these in her cute baby way but for those who are around her we know what she's saying.

Savannah also celebrated her 6th Birthday in September she had been looking forward to it for months and was so exited to celebrate with her new class at school. I asked her some question on her birthday and her answers are below; What's your favorite color?, What's your favorite thing to eat?, What's your favorite thing to do?, What's your favorite movie?, What's your favorite thing about school?, and What's your favorite thing to do with your family? This little girl is amazing!!! She's such a smart girl, a fantastic big sister, so creative, fun, sassy, head strong, and passionate. There are so many things about Savannah that I admire she really is just the best.

We've also been trying to spend more time together sine Jacob is now done with school, the girls were excited when they found a butterfly in their pool.

We also went for little hike, poor Olivia got a blister so Savannah took a turn carrying her.

Abby with her BFF Jacob.

Savannah was convinced she was getting sunburned so she kept putting on more and more sunscreen.

The fair also came the end of September and as usual we had a blast! The girls had so much fun riding all the rides, getting their faces painted, seeing all the exhibits, and Savannah even rode a sheep!

One of my favorite things that happened the end of September was having a visit from my parents! We always love when they come and this visit was no exception. On their first full day with us we went to Bearizona and it was so fun. You drive threw part of the park and see bigger animals that can come right up to your car and then the second half of the park you walk threw. We saw all kinds of animals like bears, wolves, big horn sheep, bison, buffalo, otters, foxes, and some birds during the birds of prey show.

This was a shorter trip so they were only with us for 4 days but we had a blast hanging out, going out to eat, and exploring. I can't wait to see my parents again cause I can never get enough of them.

Also while my mom was here she took some pictures of the girls and I'm of course in love with them.

Lastly to start off our October we watched General Conference which as always was amazing! I love being able to hear from the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I am always left wanting to hear more and looking forward to the next session in 6 months. I once again made conference packets for the girls and had huge success, I want to blog about them so I can have a place with all the info I need for next time.

I'm A Big Kid Now!

(Here is Olivia cleaning the table between the girls beds.)

So lately I've really been into refinishing things, I've gotten picture frames I've repainted, furniture I've painted, I'm even making a coffee table out of old pallets from Jacob's work. Since I've been in a re-purposing phase I've also really gotten into going to yard sales and thrift stores, I just love getting things for a good deal! Jacob and I decided that by the end of the summer we wanted to find a dresser, a cozy coupe, and a bed for Olivia. We scored and found a almost new cozy coupe last week or the week before so now we are hunting down the dresser and bed. Jacob and I had talked about when we wanted Olivia in a bed and we knew that we at least wanted the girls in the same room by July. We'll be moving again in August and knew that wherever we ended up we wanted the girls to be in a room together. We figured on doing it while still in the house we're in to get them used to the idea. We didn't want them associating moving with having to share a room and maybe think of it as a bad thing. I mentioned the idea of sharing a room to Savannah last week or the week before and that very night she started scolding Jacob for not putting Olivia to sleep in her room. Savannah was instantly in love with the idea of having her sister sleep in the room with her. We told her that we needed to find Olivia a bed first and then they could share a room. The reason behind this is basically because we're lazy. We didn't feel like taking Olivia's crib apart and reassembling it, what if it didn't go well having them sleep together? We didn't want to have to take the crib apart again and then put it back together in Olivia's room. We just decided that since Olivia would be 2 in July it was time she got a bed so once we found one we liked that was inexpensive we'd move the girls into the same room. On Saturday we hit up a ton of yard sales! The day literally got away from us because I think we went to 3 or 4 neighborhood yard sales where multiple houses in a neighborhood have things for sale and then we also went to 4 individual yard sales we happened to be passing while driving to our next destination. The neighborhood sales were kind of a bust and we were a little discouraged and finally decided to head home. Then we saw a sign for a yard sale and decided to see what they had. That's where we saw it! An adorable antique day bed with a mattress, also right next to it were 2 matching headboards that we're adorable. At first I only had eyes for the bed and I made Jacob get out of the car to come check it out. We both liked it and all the parts we needed were there. I kept looking at the headboard and thinking how nice it would be for Savannah to have one for herself. The headboards were $20 each and the daybed was $30, I talked with the owner and told her I was interested in both but I was wondering if we could go down a tad on the price. She mentioned how bad she wanted both out of her garage so she'd do $40 for both. I was sold and put the money in her hand. Jacob had to drop off the girls and I and then head back to pick up the beds, as soon as he got home we put them all together and now the girls share a room and Olivia has a big girl bed.

 

 (Luckily I had some sheets for Olivia's bed but now we need to find a bedspread.)

 

 (I also have plans to do something with the gold knobs, they just don't do it for me.)

 

 (Here is Savannah's new headboard.)

 

 (It actually has two storage compartments behind where I have her pillows, I'm debating on weather to leave them be or cover them with bead board. I'm going to wait till we move since I might like that storage space in our next house.)

 Savannah is ecstatic and she and I had a very long talk before bed about what I expected from her and how I needed her to be an example to Olivia. Olivia loves jumping and playing on her bed and its perfect for her, although it is a bit high so it takes her a little while to climb on by herself. That fist night we put the girls in bed together and Jacob and I had very low expectations of how it would go. Savannah did wonderful! She only got up once to try and coral Olivia back in her bed but other then that Savannah just stayed in bed and even went to sleep all while Olivia kept climbing out and making noise. After an hour we put Olivia in her crib and she went right to sleep. Last night we tried again to see what would happen and low and behold Olivia went right to sleep! She even fell asleep before Savannah did, Savannah was still wonderful and kept quiet and didn't wake up Olivia. Now at 2 Olivia did wake up and come into my room and start hitting my bed to get my attention. I just scooped her up and took her right back in to her bed. She laid right back down and didn't get back up till 8. When I went into there room Olivia was trying to sit up and Savannah was sitting at the head of the bed singing Rock-a-bye-Baby. I'm not sure if Savannah woke Olivia up or not but I was just thrilled with how well the girls did. For nap time today I had to put Olivia in her crib but I'll keep working on that too and we'll see how Olivia does tonight.

New Love

While we were in Maryland I tried to take lots of pictures. I had mentioned to my mom that I sometimes had a hard time getting my pictures in focus and how it was kind of annoying. One day she took a few pictures using my camera and realized how right I was. That is when my amazing mom offered to let me have one of her cameras. If you've read my blog you know what a great photographer my mom is and she has/had 3 cameras so me being her most favorite daughter got to inherit one. I am already in love and have been having fun taking pictures of the girls. Also like many others I love photography, I love having pictures up in my home and I love taking pictures of my sweet girls. When I drive around I look at my surroundings and think of how I could get the best shot. My family is full of photographers so it doesn't surprise me with how much I love it even though many don't know I do. So here is your first picture I have taken with my new camera and I am in love. Thanks again mom, you really are to generous but I don't think I'll ever stop you.

One Word

and that word is Pinterest. I'm in love, if you know what it is you'll understand what I mean and if you don't know what I'm talking about you better google it.

I did it.

So I have been working on something for the last 6 months or 7 really. When I first had Olivia I stopped into my old office after one of her appointments to say hi to all the girls. One of my good friends there Lisa asked if I had time to read a book. She wanted me to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, now I'm not a great reader by any means but I do really enjoy it once I find a book I like. I tend to get quite absorbed in it actually to the point where I have a hard time getting anything else done. So I told Lisa sure I can read it while I'm nursing I can multitask after all and away I went with the book. Yeah...so 7 months later I finally finished! This is the first book I've read since having Olivia. Oh and yeah, so I hardly read any of it for the first 6 and a half months. I actually read about 3/4 of it in a week and a half. I told you I get obsessed once I really get started. Now I want to get my hands on the second one, I had to put it on reserve at the library so now I'm anxiously waiting for them to tell me I can come get it. As a side note this is not a happy go lucky book it can be quite intense and a bit graphic at times but I just couldn't wait to see where the story would take me next. I really did enjoy it so thank you Lisa for letting me borrow it and now I'll work on getting it back to you it don't worry it won't be another 7 months.

Just for Lisseth

Ok Lisseth, I've finally taken a picture of Jacob's wake board. He ended up going this past week and as usual had a blast so I was able to get a picture for you. Hope you enjoy:)

Happy Father's Day!

So for Father's Day Jacob got a new toy which he is quite excited about to say the least. He really is like a big kid but I will say we are quite similar, in that it doesn't take much to make us happy and here is the prof.




He got a mini bike from a gal at his work, they were going to sell it at a yard sale so Jacob got it for $20. These are the before and after shots of the bike, one of the guys at Jacob's work panted the bike for him. Not bad I think and he's had quite a good time driving it around the neighborhood with his friends. Savannah also thinks it's quite something and highly enjoys watching her dad ride around.