Our FREE playset

Yesterday night I got on craigslist of free things and found this. It listed a free back yard adventure set so we went o go look at it and it is practically brand new. So we took half of it and are going back for the other half tomorrow, the girls are so excited to play on it!



This is the catalog photo of the exact same play set. It has a little picnic table under the fort thing two swings and a totter swing, a slide, rock wall... so fun! It is going to take up one whole side of our yard but we can't wait!

Things to Remember

This entry might be boring, but I wanted to remember somethings that the girls have said or done so Thats what this post is.

~ The other day I was driving in the car with Meika & Sienna and Meika asked me to turn the music down. So I did and a few minutes later she said "mom, I prayed that I could be a princess. I would like to be Snow White, and marry a prince." I thought it was so funny and so sweet.

~This morning Sienna was following Meika around calling her Kenna (Mckyna is her older cousin), Meika was getting so mad saying "Sienna, I am not Kenna!" Sienna would smile and saying it again "Kenna" She did this for about 10 minutes, Sienna thought it was so funny to tease Meika and Meika was getting so angry.

~When ever Meika has to go into time out Sienna will always come and say

Sienna: Sissy?
Me: Yeah she's in time out.
Sienna: t out? (she wrinkles her forehead and nose when she says this)
Me: Yeah she can come out in three minutes.
Sienna: niutes? ( Wrinkles everything again)
me: Yeah
Sienna: oh

after that little conversation she will walk over to their bedroom door and open and go sit in the room with Meika until the timer goes off. It is really so sweet.
The same thing happens when Sienna goes to time out or is having to take a nap, Meika will say "Mom can I go snuggle Sienna until she falls asleep?" or for timeout she just goes and lets her out. Which for Sienna's time out is okay because she is only in there for one minute so by the time Meika gets the door open and Sienna comes out her time is already up.

~Meika & Sienna eat ALL DAY! So ever few minutes usually Sienna will come to me and say "mom nack" So I will go get her a snack and she ALWAYS will put her other hand out and say "sissy?" meaning she would like one for Meika too, or if Seth is home she will say "Sissy, Daddy?" She is really the sweetest little girl.

~In the morning after Meika has made her bed and picked up her room I let her watch a couple kid shows, and I guess Sienna thinks its just really funny, but she will walk up to the t.v. and turn it off. Meika gets SO mad and will walk up to Sienna and pick her up and carry her away from the t.v.. Sienna will do this over and over and finally Meika will leave the t.v. off and go find something else to do. (Sienna now has to go to time out when she turns the t.v. off, but it is still so funny how she teases Meika)

Clean Up... Clean Up... Everybody Do their share

Yesterday I asked Meika to go pick up all her toys so I could vacuum her room. I started vacuuming the rest of the house.

Sienna got out her vacuum to help with the cleaning

We came to the girls room and it was still covered with toys so I went looking for Meika, and this is where I found her. Hiding in the closet with her "princess dress" and purse. I thought it was so funny, that she was hiding so she wouldn't have to help clean.

Camping at Mt. Charleston

Last weekend we went camping with some of our friends and had such a fun time! We went up Friday evening and stayed up there until Saturday night. The kids had so much fun playing with each other they were all so good even with no naps!

This is us right before we got in the car to head home, we were so dirty and SO tired!

The Theobalds have a nice trailer that they stayed in and the kids had so much fun playing inside. (Sienna, Meika, Mckyna)

Meika & Mckyna took this little table and chairs into the a little tent made of trees and shrubs, it was so cute... they stayed in there and played tea party and were just too cute!

Emily Hoopes came up Saturday for the day with her three little boys who are some pretty cute little boys!

Melissa & Troy hanging out

Sienna had so much fun playing in the dirt & painting her face was so cute all dirty and blue.

Meika made sure to keep her hands clean by washing them every five minutes. It about drove me crazy but she was having fun. Obviously she wasn't too concerned about keeping her feet clean.

The girls playing in the dirt

Sienna LOVED the dirt!

All the kids had fun playing in the half tent, there were barbies in there and coloring books. The boys may have enjoyed the Barbies more than the girls!

We took the kids on a little walk and of course had to bring food along with us!

Roger & Seth hanging out

Here all the kids were painting rocks and pencils, they sure made a mess. But that is the fun of camping... lots of messes and no bathes.

We had so much fun with the Hoopes, Allens & the Thobalds. Thanks so much Theobald Family for inviting us to go!

We are getting a Puppy!

We were so excited that over the fourth of July weekend my Mom & Dads dog (Roxy) had her puppies! We have been waiting for them to come for a while now and so we were all VERY excited! Now we just have to pick which one we would like. We are for sure getting a little girl, which Meika would like to name Cinderella.
My Mom sent these pictures of them to help us pick which one we would like but it is just too hard, they look so much a like still. So I am thinking I will have my family who live near my parents just pick their favorite for us.
They are Miniature Schnauzers and are still in that weird baby stage, but really they are so cute! We get to go get one this month sometime and we can not wait! Meika talks about her puppy everyday!

Puppy 1

Puppy 2

Puppy 3

This is a picture of the Daddy of the puppies when he was a baby.

This is what we have been up to....

Swimming!!! Of course with it being so hot in Vegas right now, that is pretty much all we can do.

I think these pictures are so funny, the little girl next to Sienna is Ryan, our friends little girl. She is just the cutest thing ever and couldn't stop touching Sienna! So sweet!

This picture I think is so funny because I can almost hear Sienna thinking ..
" Breath... its okay... she is only a baby..." Her little hands are all tense and her eyes are closed trying to relax! So FUNNY!

I don't know what they were looking at but it must have been amazing!

Nice Belly Sienna!

Ryan is showing everyone her cracker.

Meika really wanted Sienna to wear her bikini from when she was a baby and Sienna was so excited to be wearing a "swim puit" like Meika's.

Silly Faces!

Meika wore this swim suit when she was a baby so I had to get some cute pictures of Sienna wearing it too.

The face that Sienna is doing in this picture is one that she does all the time! like if you say a word she has never heard before, she will repeat the word and then do this face. like what?

Meika & Sienna are so sweet to each other, they are always snuggling and wrestling and hiding together. One morning Meika was in bed with me and Sienna climbed in bed crawled over me and laid down on Meika's stomach.

To see what were doing a couple weeks ago in Utah check out my Mom's blog because I forgot my camera at home so don't have any pictures!

I love CRAFT APPLE!

For any sewing people out there who are looking for an awesome project... you have got to look at this car organizer It looks like just about the best thing ever designed for a car belonging to a family. So check it out!

Suprise Visit from the Rash Family

Last thursday I got a text from my sister asking for my address, so I sent it to her and for somereason anytime she asks me any question I always say "why, because you are coming to our house" or something like that. well this time she said, yes we will be there in three hours. AAHHH!! I was so excited! So they stayed thursday night wit us and then at Lake Las vegas friday.

Krew & Sienna had so much fun riding in the stroller together, they were laughing so hard.

Meika wanted to hold Stryker so Erik helped her out.

We stopped by Sephora and while in there Meika got a hold of some lip stick...She is crazy about make-up!

Krew & Sienna taking a ride around the house.

This picture is so funny to me because Meika was sitting at the counter talking to Seth about how she really wants to go to girls camp with her older cousin Mckyna. She was so sad that she was too young... she told us that she was the same as Mckyna.

McCall & Sienna are best buddies

Kim and Stryker hanging out at the pool

Macky & Krew

Seth was listening to a book on tape and was trying to sleep...kinda

Sienna borrowed McCalls sunglasses... looking good!

McKyna & Meika best buds

Krew & I shared a slushie and every time I would stop drinking and take my mouth off the straw he would point to my straw until I started drinking again.

We got some yummy nachos, Sienna grabbed a jalepeno and quickly realized that she didn't really like it.

Meika watching the fire works, we were at the pool for a poolside movie and she decided she wanted to go swimming in her dress... so fun!

We watched the fire works from the pool at the Ritz Carlton at Lake Las Vegas and it was a lot of fun! Thanks Rash family for turning down a trip to the beach to come to Vegas and hang out with us!

Nanna & Pappa in town

My parents came to town a couple weeks ago and then headed to California to get by brothers kids and on their way back stopped by again so we were able to have lots of fun!

Sienna & Reagan Had so much fun playing together, they were very good at sharing too.

We went to the Leeds museum and had a blast, there is a little radio station that the kids can sing in. Meika sang the ABC's and the Wheels On the Bus.

Bubble Fun.

It was so hot while they were here so we spent time at my parents hotel watching movies and swimming.

Nanna & the girls heading to the pool. We had so much fun with my parents and were so glad that they were able to stop in Vegas and visit with us!