Sick Little Girls

Poor little Brooke Brooke and Lydia ended up getting sick and being sick for an entire week.  They had horrible sores in the back of their throats and didn't have any energy or any desire to eat.  It was a week full of resting and watching Disney movies.  You knew Brooke was sick because she fell asleep on the floor watching the movie.  She's never fallen asleep anywhere but in her bed and car before. 

 

 Luckily for us we had a little rain storm and the girls sat by the window watching the rain fall.

We were so glad once this finally passed us.

Stirling Family Reunion - Day 3

On Saturday we went boating at Quail Lake.  The girls loved riding in the boat.  They thought the wind and the bouncing was funny.

 

 

 

 Justin was able to to show off his skills on the wake board.  I didn't get the best of pictures, but he had a lot of fun.  I was jealous that I wasn't able to go out too!

 

We  put Brooke and Lydia in the tube with Justin.  Lydia liked the tube, but Brooke didn't like it very much.  We ended up taking Brooke off the tube and then Justin and Lydia went out again.  Lydia liked learning how to signal faster, slower, and cut.

 

 Lydia was having a lot of fun with Justin.

 

 It makes her looks so little!

 As the day went on Brooke started getting more and more tired.  I love how easily the exhaustion shows up in her face.  Poor little thing.

 

 Brooke relaxing while eating lunch.

 Lydia enjoyed pulling Stephanie, Brooke and Levi around in one of the tubes.  Lydia could have stayed in the water all day long if we would have let her.  She loved being able to walk around in it.  It was so much fun watching her.  Brooke had fun too, but she mostly liked sitting in the sand playing better.

 Stephanie was the winner and ended up getting Brooke to fall asleep in her lap on the tube. 

After boating we went and cleaned up and then met up with everyone again for dinner.  We ate Cafe Rio at the church and then watched a movie in the gym.  Grandma Stirling also had little scavenger hunt things ready for the kids.  It was a fun reunion and really nice to see everyone.

Stirling Family Reunion - Days 1 and 2

We went to Leeds for the Stirling Family Reunion.  We met up with everyone on Thursday for lunch.  After lunch we all went our own ways for a few hours and then met up again for dinner at Ron and Carol's house.  Each meal is provided by one of the families.  On Friday we split up for most of the day.  Some of the families went to Zion's Park, some went swimming, and we went to a splash pad.  The girls loved it!  Michelle's family and Stacey's family came too.

 

 Justin has just as much fun as the girls do at the splash pads.

 

 The splash pad we went to also has a little stream area that the girls loved playing in.

 

 

 

After the splash pad, we went and visited Justin's buddy Scott to see his new house and then headed back to Justin's parents.  It was their night for dinner and they were doing dutch oven.  The work so hard getting it ready and it always turns out delicious.

Happy Independence Day

Happy 4th of July!!  I took some pictures of the girls in their patriotic dresses before church.  They are both getting so big.  Brooke looks as big as Lydia in some of the pictures.

 

 

 It really is hard to think Brooke is 19 months younger than Lydia in this picture.  She almost looks bigger than her.

 This picture shows that Brooke is indeed smaller than Lydia still!

I tried a new hairstyle on Lydia for the 4th of July.  I was going to do it on Brooke too, but after making Lydia sit still for the amount of time it took me to do her hair, I decided not to make Brooke try to be good that long too.  Everyone at church loved it!

South Jordan's Parade and Carnival

Last year we went to South Jordan's town days parade and had a lot of fun so we decided to go again this year.  The girls liked the parade a lot.  Lydia caught on really quickly about getting the candy, but it took Brooke a little longer to get the hang of it.  Brooke was content with just two pieces of candy, one for each hand.

 

 After the parade we went over to their carnival.  The carnival has this animal train that gives the kids a ride for free.  I think it is awesome.  Brooke loved it and waved the whole time she was on the ride.

 Lydia thought it was a lot of fun too.  I think it was cute.  There is a 4-wheeler that pulls all of the carts.

 We told the girls that they could each go on three rides.  Of course, they picked the carousel so they could ride the horses.  Justin was the lucky parent that "got" to go on it with them.  Neither one of us really enjoy going around and around.

 Brooke and Lydia also picked the dragon ride.  I love Brooke's face because she is so serious when she is concentrating on things even if she is having fun.

 Lydia thought the ride was a lot of fun and kept trying to give Justin a high five when she went past us.

 The last ride they went on was some jeep ride.  It was great because they both had steering wheels and they both stayed focused on driving the whole time.

It surprises me how expensive carnival rides are.  I wish we could have justified letting the girls go on more rides, but it was still a fun day and they had a fun time.

Wheeler Farm

We went to Wheeler Farm with Cammie, Ashley, and Nathan.  The morning actually started out a little chilly, but it quickly warmed up.  The kids had fun running around after each other, looking at all the animals, feeding the ducks and geese, and playing on the park.

 

 Brooke started getting a little worried after awhile with all of the geese coming so close to her.

 Doesn't Lydia look so tough.

It was a fun day.  Wheeler Farm is the perfect place to let the kids roam and get all their energy out.

Lydia's Family Portrait

Lydia drew a picture of our family with chalk on the sidewalk.  I had to take a picture so I would always have it.  I thought it was way too cute to just let wash away!

Lydia drew me first, then Justin, then Lydia, and then Brooke.  She said that "Brooke just little," and that is why she drew her so small.  The best part of the picture is how she draws the arms.  The arms are what appears to be ears.  Lydia loves drawing.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to my best friend ever!!  Justin is such a great day and is so good with the girls.  Everyday when he comes home from work he plays with the kids.  He'll take them out to ride their bikes, they go visit the neighbors beagles (dogs that Lydia refers to as the Daisy dogs), he lets them crawl and jump all over him, he changes diapers, he takes his turn getting up with the girls in the middle of the night, and he'll even take them to the grocery store to pick up random things for me and let me stay home and relax!  Justin is a great dad and Brooke, Lydia, and I are all lucky to have him in our life!!

The girls loved being able to help him open his gifts and to read his cards.  They made him ties and Brooke was having a hard time handing it over to him.  She wanted to play with it more.

Brooke and her Umbrella

Brooke loves her umbrella and this picture was just too cute not to post.

Splash Pads

The girls and I went to a splash pad and the girls had a blast.  They ran from thing to thing and pretty much followed each other around the whole time.

 

 

 

 

It is a fun little splash pad, and close by so that makes it even better.