Sunday, July 24, 2011

Rhodes Vacay, Children's Museum, & the 24th

Brielle likes to change her clothes 5 or 6 times a day.  She loves getting all decked out, and it tickles her to change her look every hour or so.  Every time she comes out of her room with something new on whether it's a dress up or just her jammies, this is what happens.  She always has something tucked into her unders.  I'm still trying to figure out if she's doing this on purpose or not.  I secretly think she likes the look because she'll even go check herself out in my mirror sometimes.


Breeze wanted me to take a picture of her with the artwork she'd created in nursery.  But every time I kept trying to take the pic, she kept dropping her picture on the ground and then she'd act like it was my fault for being too slow.  Even her eyes have mastered the look of blame!

After the third try, she was completely exasperated.   I'm still not sure where she's getting this new little attitude.  It cracks me up most of the time, but sometimes it doesn't seem quite so hilarious.



Rhodes Family Vacay

We took a trip up to Eden with my side of the family for a couple of days and it was a blast!  Can you tell it started off with a bang?

It really was so much fun though.  We swam, played horseshoes, tennis, racquetball, ate yummy food, played some funny games, and had great company.
Naturally, Taylee loved the water and Breeze was a scaredy cat at first.


We had all sorts of contests in the water and of course this guy won them all.  He actually won in almost everything (except for when I kicked his trash in Boggle!)

The beautiful Misty and adorable Cayson:

A mean game of tetherball:

Travis and Tay watchin' Mommy kill it in horseshoes.

I was so good at horseshoes!

OK Randy, you can stop laughing.  This picture even proves how horrible I really was!  I have no idea how the dang shoe landed so far from where I was aiming.
I did get pretty lucky on a few rolls though.  And by a few I mean 1.   Everyone else had actual talent though, so that was nice. 


Kissing Cousins:

We spent some of our down time watching sweet Navy SEAL shows that I am completely fascinated by.  So were they apparently.


Grandma was such a trooper telling Brielle story after story after story.  Breeze was in Heaven!

And going on walks to see the fishies.

Every day was something fun.  Although I must admit my very favorite was racquetball.  We played every chance we could get.  I seriously love that game!  It is super intense.  I think we might have to make that a tradition.

On our way home, we stopped with Grandma and Grandpa at the Children's Museum in Ogden.  It was seriously dress up Heaven for my children.  Brielle couldn't have been more delighted.

The musical instrument room was fun too.





We had fun pretending all sorts of things.








Tay bug's personality is coming through in full force and she is turning out to be quite the crack up.  She makes us laugh all the time.





Our little 435 cheeser.




It was "utter"ly fantastic.  Just kidding, that was super lame.

But seriously though, it was a fabulous trip and I'm so grateful for my family.


24th of July:
We took a break from moving to enjoy some festivities.  (More on moving later.)  I love holidays!
Hope everyone had a great weekend.


Saturday, July 23, 2011

Taylee's Birthday and 4th Festivities

I now have a one year old and a two year old.  Yeah, this next year will just be a breeze, right?!  Taylee's 1st birthday was pretty laid back but still super fun.  Grandma and Grandpa Riz (That's what Bree calls them because of their dog named Rizzo) came down to celebrate with us.

And man was she stylin'!


Tay bug loved the cake.  It was pretty cute to watch.  She didn't even hesitate diving right in.  (PS: Can you see I got the girls ears pierced?  They look pretty dang adorable to me!)



It's a good thing she loves taking baths too.

We went to the store to play around for a bit. . .

And then we participated in Taylee's favorite activity: Slip n' Slide!

Yes this unidentifiable figure is my 1 year old baby shooting down the slide!  Travis was quite the bowler.

My two year old on the other hand, feared for her life!


Tay bug knows no fear

Eventually they both loved being thrown down though.

Well. . . at least I think so!



Grandpa & Daddy: A little R & R


Taylee would eat ice all day everyday if I'd let her. It's quite the special treat to her.

Time for some Fireworks!  Breezy absolutely LOVED the little pop it's.



This is how Brielle held Taylee exactly one year ago, so I had to compare.

Flashback to 1 year ago:

These sisters really do love each other.

We really enjoyed watching the children's parade. . . .

And had a blast with some parachutes and smokee's that Trav got creative with (PS: I totally kicked Trav's butt on the Parachute competition!)

Sparklers!

 

After G & G Rhodes took off, the Kyhl's came over for round II of fireworks.  It's a never ending party with us!

4th of JULY!!!!  My very favorite holiday!!

Grandma Ardella ready for the parade.

Grandpa is always so sweet with Bree.  Always offering to take her for walks or buy her sno-cones.

Aunt Abbey with Bells:

More of the crew:

Jackson and Breeze:


What should we do during the break?  Why not more swimmin'?  Go Abbey!

Tyson showing his sweet moves:


G & G

My favorite people waiting for the fireworks:

We had to get a bit creative trying to keep the girls entertained while we waited:




It didn't really matter what we did though because the second we ran out of candy, the girls migrated to those who still had some.

It even rained a little bit, but it was still so much fun.

My family:

And that's the end of our fabulous 4th festivities.  Thank goodness we live in America!