Summer Fun

I know I know...I'm awful. It's been a really long time and A LOT has happened since June...so I'll just give a quick little summary. Well, we moved from Flagstaff back to the Phoenix valley the end of July. Chad is on his last semester of school (GRADUATES IN DECEMBER!!!! CRAZY) and he was placed down here. So...we did the lovely pack up and move out and the girls did a lot of this.....

 Empty cupboards are heaven for kids. Right after we moved Chad's brother got married. It was beautiful! The bride looked absolutely gorgeous! Here's the best picture I could get of the girls...Molly was a little distressed Emrie kept squeezing her. I was so excited for an excuse to try and make them something...so I did their little dresses and hair things...They turned out pretty cute I thought.

 Then I packed up and went on a little vacation for a week and a half with my sister Rochelle. We visited Jacob and Lauren and their week old baby boy Grant. He's such a cutie!!!!

 Then went to hometown Burley, ID. Went jet skiing with cousins Ryley and McKinnley and spent lots of time at the Fair.

 I saw some highschool friends I haven't seen in years. It was so fun to see them. Left: Amanda, Jill, Carrie, Hailey, Lana and me.

 Then we went to see my sexy sister Kara (she'll probably kill me for putting this pic up :D)

 And her cute little baby boy August

 We stayed with my cute grandparents :D

 Does this not make you baby hungry!!!!

 Celebrated my hubby's 28th birthday! Isn't he a handsome stud?!

 And our 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! Can't believe we've been married for 6 years already. Chad had an orientation in Flagstaff so we ended up going there (with NO KIDS) and had a day and a half all by ourselves. It was so fun!

And those are just some pics of the girls. I can't get a picture of Emrie without some kind of pose. I love this last picture cause it looks like Molly is trying to pose like Emrie...cracks me up (you'll have to click on it to see) But they are really growing up fast! Can't wait to put up Halloween pictures!

June June June

It has been a long time, so here is an update of our June (the big events anyways). It's been a fun summer so far. Chad is out of school for the summer, so we usually get to spend every day together except for the little bit he works. So we've been taking turns going to the movie with Emrie each week for the summer movies for kids, we've gone swimming, teddy bear picnics, lots of library and park time. But the big events have been BIRTHDAYS! Molly turned the BIG ONE at the beginning of the month! CRAZY! Emrie turned THREE last week! They are so big. Here's some pics

 She LOVED her cake...dove right into it.

 Birthday gift put to use...and just yesterday and today she has really taken off walking. Like stands up alone then goes like 10 steps before she has to regain her balance.

 A visit from Gpa and Gma Andersen!

 And gifts...I will say Emrie was quite obsessed with this dress. She had it on every morning right when she woke up until bed for 5 days in a row. We even had to let her wear it when we went out shopping...that thing was not coming off.

 And this is what Emrie came out in on the morning of her birthday ;D  Both of them loving the princess dolls

 We made a special outing to McDonalds for dinner and she got a Happy Meal...which she thought was awesome.

Planes, Trains and Festivals...in reverse order

   Okay, so I've had some difficulty posting on this updated blogger....well having it post my pictures, so here's a lot of pictures :D

Kite Festival Chad and Emrie went to while Molly and I were in Utah at my cousins wedding. They had bounce houses and bunch of booths with games the kids could win little prizes at. They also had train day that same day and went to the train station and got a cute hat. Then this a week ago was Armed Forces Day and they had an open house at the airport and had TONS of planes out for you to look at. They had planes flying in formation constantly above...taking off right in front of you and landing. It was pretty cool. They also had a helicopter take off right in front of us...like 30 feet in front of us. It was really neat! So here are a few pictures for your enjoyment :D

I cut Emrie's hair into a little bob, so it was the same length and it looks so much better. Can't believe how grown up my girls are getting! Molly turns 1 next week and Emrie's almost 3...she's become such a pretty little girl I think (but of course I'm biased :D)

Happy Easter!!!

It was pretty chilly Saturday here, but we headed to an Easter Egg Hunt at a Nursery here. It was really fun.

We've lately had a really hard time getting Emrie to go to bed. She'll go down fighting and then come knocking at her door calling "mommy" like 4 different times before she'll stay in bed. It is VERY frustrating to me. So Saturday night we were fighting and I finally had to call the Easter Bunny for her to talk to. He told her she needed to go to bed or he couldn't bring her a basket and she went down quite nicely after that. Now we just need to figure out how to fix her bedtime issues for every other night.

Girls in their Easter dresses Sunday morning. They looked so cute :D I am SOOOO happy with how their dresses turned out. I must say I've kinda become addicted to sewing. It is so much fun to me. It is definately my new favorite hobby when the girls are sleeping and I have time to myself.

Good Books

Soooo, I know I'm WAY behind the mad rush reading of The Help. I was way behind on Hunger Games too. But I did just read this a couple weeks ago and I have to say I did Really Really like it. It was so good. I LOVE reading! It is one of my weaknesses, but I hate it when I run out of things to read.

And if you haven't read this book it is AWESOME!! Makenna recommended it to me. It is a series and there's 2 books out so far. But I loved it. It takes place during the Revolutionary War. It's called Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson.

One day Chad found this video and made me watch it because he said it totally reminds him of how I am. It makes me laugh. "I'm Reading a Book" by Julian Smith...If you haven't seen it you should watch it on youtube. And if I'm being totally honest, I'm kinda like the video...I don't like to be interrupted during a good book. I drive Chad crazy when I'm into a book cause I totally zone out.

If anyone has any great books let me know, I'm always looking for something new to read!

And I couldn't not put any pictures of these two little cuties

Bath time is the favorite time of the day.