Playing at the park

the girls are growing up so fast and i feel like i dont know where the last year has gone. i just wanted to post some more pictures of things we have done lately. i love abbys little personality she is so fun to have, and cali is getting to be such a little joker these days i love it. its really fun to have them in our family.

Halloween 2011

We went to so many Halloween carnivals and parties that abby wanted to dress up as something different each time, originally she was going to be belle the whole time but when she wanted to switch and we had all the stuff i thought why not? so those are the three she chose and cute Cali was a Care Bear thanks to Holly. We had a great Halloween and love that its warm enough here that we can wear the costumes and not have to cover them up with a coat.

Hiking up South Mountain

So we live in Tempe Arizona and have lived her for 6 months and have just recently realized we live right next to some great hiking trails. So we have been taking advantage ever since.

trip to vegas

We went to Vegas a few weeks ago to buy a truck from Jeffs parents (we sold our Jeep) so we decided to take the girls to see Freemont Street to see the light show and all the fun dressed up people there and they loved it. The picture on the top of Abby is my absolute favorite, i love that little girl.

Mexico in a day (this is for you Sarah)

So Saturday night comes along and my cousin Sarah ( in all the pictures above ) says to me and Jeff that she has never been outside the U.S. and so Jeff tells her thats its like 3 hours away to Mexico and we should go, so we decide to pack up and make a day trip out of it on Sunday. So we woke up early got everything ready and drove to Mexico. We spent a lot of time on the beach and that was awesome, it was really warm and just fun. Then we did a little shopping where Sarah got some glasses she has been wanting and then headed back home. It was spontaneous and just really fun. Sarah is moving in a couple of weeks and we are really going to miss having her here and being our "nanny".

Celebrating 24th of July

24th of July in Snow Flake Arizona

This year we wanted to actually celebrate 24th of July because its not really celebrated in many places here in Arizona, but it is in Snow Flake We have some friends who have a house close to there so we all went up and celebrated there. We had a parade in the morning, then a fair and then a rodeo and fireworks. Abby told me during the fireworks that they are better there than on tv (we have to watch them on tv for the 4th of July cause its just to hot) It was so nice to go somewhere a little cooler and to spend time doing things that we used to always do in Utah. It was a great weekend.

Baseball game

At the library this summer they had a program where if the kids read everyday they got free stuff, so abby got us free tickets to a D-backs game and it was so fun. Cali even sat through the whole thing.

mini photo shoot

we were very bored yesterday so i got the camera out and decided to just take pictures. they grow so fast so i just love to take pictures, and this is what came of our little mini photo shoot yesterday.

just a day with the girls

this is my life, and i love it! these girls are pretty much how i spend all day every day. I always say that if i could pay someone to just talk to abby all day then my day would be a little easier. She loves and i mean loves to talk, thats all she does. Jeff tries to play the quiet game with her but she just says she always looses and gives up on it. but i love her for it anyway. cali is just amazing, the best baby ever, i always say that too but its true. anyone who spends time with her knows she is the best (except when she is sick, and then i might not say that) but i love these girls with all of my heart and am so thankful everyday for them in my life.

Abbys first dance recital

So abby has been taking dance for a year now, ever since we moved to arizona and she had her first dance recital last saturday, it didnt go as planned. she was suppose to be there early to practice and then the parents go into the gym and each class does their little number and then the whole group of girls do one song together, well who knows what happened but abby never came out with her class so she only did the whole group number and thats all the pictures are from. im sad because she had worked so hard for it but oh well i guess, she still had fun and looked super cute!

jeff is 30!!!!!!

Well Jeff is the Big 30! He was not excited about it but we celebrated it anyway. We just had a few people over for dinner and cake and ice cream and then we played some minute to win it games. we had a lot of fun. I have just started making cakes and this is what i came up with for jeffs birthday! then the next night we had our awesome cousin sarah watch the girls and we got to spend a much needed night away (minutes away, but still away) so thats pretty much all we did but it was a great weekend.