Summer Fun

I haven't blogged in a while because I started to a month or so ago and it wouldn't post so I just got mad and said "baggit". But I thought I would try again today, hopefully it goes thru ok.

Priceless picture!!! Grandpa helping Maddie across the parking lot/sidewalk.

My parents came over to visit and while they were here we decided to take the kids to do fun stuff. We went to the state capitol building but it was closed for renovation. So we then went to the science discovery center where we had a load of fun and education at the same time.

This was a picture rotating device that made pictures go into action like cartoons. It was pretty cool.

They had sound scales and all kinds of things to tell you how tall you are by the sound waves above your head. And balancing science too. Really cool.

A pretend grocery store...it was hard to get Maddie out of there. She had so much fun shopping! haa Must take after her mama...LOL. She got really mad when I took her apples away from her at closing time and we had to leave. She tried to eat them (they were not real, but she just couldn't get that.)

This was a swing with air brakes...I feel like I need to explain that the seat belt was not really in her neck...haha It is just the angle of the picture that makes it look that way. haha Maddie sure had fun on there.

Lewis and Clark statues by the capitol building...um...my legs are the same color as my white socks. The joy of being a redhead. ha

The kids found some awesome leaves to put on their heads. Great fun.

Memorial Weekend...

We started off hanging out with my family in Idaho Falls. Then we took off to Yellowstone. It was so much fun. My parents came to Yellowstone with us and we caravaned until we had to turn different directions. It was good to have them there to hang out with in the park. The nice thing was it wasn't too hot that day, or too cold. Perfect weather.

Old faithful and buffalo from Yellowstone.

Then we headed to Darby, Montana where Nick's friends have a bed & breakfast cabin resort for the rest of the weekend. What a blast! The kids loved it, and so did the big kids...hahaha The big girls had a little 4wheeler fun, we raced...and I won. Ok, probably Terrah won, but it's cuz she cheats! hahaha

This is the main house that Nick's friends own. It was aweseome!! There are 2 fishing ponds and a hot tub down on the river and lots of 4wheeling trails. We even set up a little badmitten (sp?) for the big kids to play. I really suck at sports, except on the wii....hahaha

Here I am taking the little girls on a 4wheeling ride. We kept them entertained for a while anyway. ha

Maddie and Treyton got into a little mud...just a LITTLE...HAHAHA
Leesie on the left, and Treyton and Maddie in her barbie car. They sure had fun in that thing!
Leesie is driving the 2nd 4wheeler. She did really well riding around those hills.

What a fun Memorial Weekend! I love getting out into the mountains and having some fun.

Little Animals

We took the girls to a little kid expo recently. They had lots of fun rides and activities for kids which was a pleasant surprise for us and the girls. There were lots of bouncing toys and a petting zoo, and even pony rides. We had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures of the girls having fun...
Maddie riding her pony. She cried and cried when she had to get off.

The girls petting the turtle. Oh how they loved the turtles!!! They wanted to bring them home. hahaha (Like that'll ever happen!)

In the fun house bouncy boo.

Leesie with a llama and Maddie with a yak. Is that a yak? I am thinking so???

Maddie tried to take home the little baby pigmy goats. They were so cute. She was a little to small to carry them around but she sure tried. haha

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Girls bring so much funshine into a home...with dress-up and all the fun things the imagine up. We have had some sleepovers at our house lately that have been such a blast! It's fun to watch Maddie with the older girls just getting in there and playing he big girl games. She is growing way too fast.
Pictured below are Leesie, friend Tesa, and Maddie playing cheerleaders with a cheer dvd.
And they also created their own nails...Leesie should be a designer of some sort when she grows up. She is such an artist.

Leesie and Tesa...both have great nail creations...

Leesie and Maddie got ahold of all the hair bows we own and loaded them in each others' hair this morning. I just had to share it because it's so funny!!!

Maddie looks like a doll with ribbon hair...LOL

Ahhhh, the fun we do have!

Girls Are So Funny!

Kids crack me up daily. They come up with things that you just can't help but laugh at. My girls are quite creative and funny. Some of my favorites...

Maddie keeps randomly walking up to me and saying in a robot voice, "I not-a ro-bot mom-my." In her little two-year old pixie voice...and acting so serious...how can one not laugh at that? I have begun making her do it on command now...it's just too cute.

I have so much fun just watching her play sometimes too. She will grab a guitar or climb onto the piano and just go to town, especially if she doesn't know I'm paying any attention...she gets so dramatic as she belts out a song and strums the guitar strings or pounds the keys on the piano. She also likes to drum....on everything in sight! Her favorite is to bang measuring spoons against my metal wire basket and sing along. She has really good rhythm even if it drives mommy batty from all the noise. haha She is quite the little songbaby. I think she is going to take after her Grandma Jardine!

My little sis Jessie has always kept us in stitches with the way she sees things. Once when we were at my nephew Paul's baptizm (I believe Jessie was about 3 then) they were passing out the sacrament and when the bread came around all torn in pieces (she wasn't familiar with church routines) she shouted (really loudly), "Oh, are we going to go feed the ducks now?" Priceless!

Jess also recently (now 10 years old) said something that was hilarious. My mom was driving her home from a play that she was in. They live about 20 miles from town, so the road that takes them there tends to "get old", especially if they are traveling it daily. My mom commented that the road was "so long" implying that she was tired of driving to town so much for rehearsals and performances and such....Jessie quickly responded, "Well why don't they just make it shorter then?" Like...ya! That's the solution...if the road is too long, why not make it shorter? That makes perfect sense! hahaha

Leesie used to make up names for body parts if she didn't know what to call them...One day she was running around the coffee table and smacked into the corner with her ribs/side. She came running to me, holding her side, crying, "Mommy, I just hurt my THLING AND MY THLONG!" What in the world is that? hahaha How do you hold in a laugh when you are trying to console a hurt child but they are so funny?

I love when kids are just learning how to talk and you are trying to figure out what they are saying...Leesie's favorite movie when she was about 2 was The Wizard of Oz. We wore out 2 VHS videos and a DVD from over playing of that movie. It took me forever to figure out when she was asking to watch that movie because she called it, "The Fizz and the Fozz" ....HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED THE GAME MAD GAB? LOL This is the same as trying to understand a child who is just learning the language. hahaha And Blue's Clues was "Thlues Thlues". A mom learns to understand what her children want eventually tho, right? haha

My kids have tried to send me to my room when I attempt to make them eat their dinner. "Do you want to go to your room, mommy? Don't make me eat my dinner then!" Where is the logic in that? I am trying to keep them healthy. I am just so mean sometimes!...Geesh!

Leesie is getting to an age where everything is a trick and she is sooooooo silly! She loves tricking all of us and then gets a huge kick when we fall for something she does. She also makes up knock knock jokes that make no sense at all...cracks me up! She will say, "Knock knock" ...who's there... "rock" ...rock who?... "rock on the side of the road! Right there! Do you see it?" Ya...um...not really a knock knock joke at all. hahaha All of her knock knock jokes are like that and she leaves people wondering what in the world??? hahaha

The things kids do...ha They bring so much joy and laughter into a home! Gotta love it!