Meet Roxanne...

Let me start with a little conversation I had with Molly about a month ago....

Molly: "Mom, I need a bunny pet"

Mom: "You want a bunny for a pet, I am sorry sweetheart, but we don't have  spot for a bunny pet"

Molly: "What pet can I have"

Mom: "What about a fish, that's pretty much all daddy will allow I think"

Molly: " O that will be perfect a fish pet, yes a fish pet is perfect Mommy"

I then got to thinking how she could "earn" her "fish pet". I thought we would make a chart with 10 squares on it and every day that she 1: didn't pee her pants because she got too busy 2: Didn't go in time out 3: Was nice and happy all day 4: Helped clean up toys and helped Mom ...she would earn a fish in the square. When she got them all filled up we would let her pick out a "fish pet"...Overall she just had to be happy and good all day and she would earn one.

She filled that chart up in about 2 weeks, it worked awesome. We were going out of town right when the chart was filled up so we waited till we knew we were going to be home for a while. Well that just happened to be this past weekend. We went to Petco and let Molly pick out her very own fish. She picked a pretty blue/purple Betta fish and a little tank to go with it.

When I asked her what she wanted to name it she said "Roxanne" almost immediately. I was taken back and thought Roxanne? Really? Well, Clint then tried telling her it was a boy fish (which it is-according the the bowl it was in) she walked by the car and started to cry to me and said "I wanna name it Roxanne Mommy, I just lllooooooovvve Roxanne" I said she could name it whatever she wanted and she was happy. In the car again Clint said, "Its a boy fish Molly" to which Molly looked at him and said "Her is a girl fish named Roxanne Daddy!!"

Floating Down the River...

We were headed to Springdale/Zion to go to the "Flying Monkey" and have dinner, when we decided before hand we would let the girls play down by the river. My dad decided to get some tubes and take them down the river a tiny bit. Cody and Clint tag teamed getting them up the river a bit then had the girls and one of them go down and my dad was at the end before it got to little rapids to catch the tube. Molly was scared the first time cuz she went alone, but after that her and Maggie had a blast. It is something I hope we can do more especially when they get a little bigger.

Grandpa Steve and Molly J...see her little head poking up?

 Uncle Cody and Maggie

 Clint and Maggie

 Our niece Peri was down for a visit and tagged along too..

 Clint and Molly

 Maggie loved playing in the water most of all..This kid could play in the water every second of every day if I let her.

24 th of July

We really didn't plan on doing much for the 24th actually we planned on doing nothing really. Then Craig called and said he bought the girls a bunch of fireworks and asked if we could do it Monday Night. It was perfect. It ended up being a ton of fun Craig and Janet came over, and Kyle and Berkley and a bunch of their buddies came over to do fireworks and have treats after. I love having people over and we hardly ever do so it makes it that much more fun. It seems we are always going places to meet up with other people, its kinda nice to have them come to us every once in a while.  The girls were in heaven with all these "big" people to play with. Molly wouldn't let poor Berkley out of her sight and games for that matter. She was a good sport and played right along. We had a great time and can't wait till the next little get together at our house!

 Most the gang...

 Molly and Maggie wanted Berkley to read them book after book and play school!

 That same day I decided to get all the girls broken crayons and make new crayons. Since all the school stuff is in stores now I was planning on buying new crayons and such anyways so we decided to give it a shot. It was a hit and all Molly and Maggie wanna do now is color with our "super awesome" crayons now. It was really easy, I peeled the paper off, broke them into little pieces, put them into an ice cube tray from IKEA that made skinny long ice-cubes, placed them in the over for about 20 min. then into the freezer to cool and popped them out, cut them in half and wah-la! "Super Awesome Crayons" as Molly calls them...

"Grandma Grapes" House...

This past Tuesday I decided spur of the moment like midnight the night before to go to my Grandma's House in Ferron, Utah...(an hour south of Price) It is a quaint little farm town that I actually lived in till I was about 3 yrs. old... Infact, My grandma and grandpa kept saying, I remember you when you were Molly's age and coming over for the day and now I get to spend days with your kids.  It is so much fun to go there and be away from the world and just play outside all day long, eat and fun little restaurants, ice cream runs, and just enjoying eacother.  Molly had a blast teasing my Grandpa almost constantly taking his shoes, messing up his hair, pinching him, you name it...He made her laugh so hard in the process. It was just The girls and I up there. My grandma kept saying "It is so nice to just have you here with the girls and not with everyone else around so we get to see their cute little personalities come out".. My Grandma Jan is my favorite person in the whole world, if I could be anything like her I would feel accomplished. She is an amazing women and I am so glad my girls get to know her along with my grandpa and all their other "greats". It was such a fun trip and we are already planning the next one...Molly has been crying for "Grandma Grape and Papa Kent" since we got home...

The Hammock was Molly's most favorite thing of the whole trip.. Any time we were outside she was on this thing for most of the time!

 

Wouldn't be right if we didn't have Ice Cream of some other treat every day...

 Every morning and evening my Grandparents sit on their portch on this swing and read or just talk..

 

After the first time we went on the ATV's Molly was hooked and asked constantly if we could go on the "floor whaler"...Maggie was nervous at the first of every ride once we started going she started to laugh and point at things she was seeing.

 

More Ice Cream

 

This kid is such a nut!

 

Trip to the park

More Hanging out... Molly sitting by the squirrel we caught(then released)-More Hammock time-Teasing Grandpa Kent-Playing with "blue" the cat

 

Maggie riding the "tute little bear"

 

It is a must to take a bath every night becaues playing outside all day can get very messy

 

Maggie doesn't let ANYONE hold her most the time..This just melted my heart, I was going to get her to sleep and she started to cry for "Mama" which is Grandma and sounds a little different then when she says "mama" for mommy...So I took her out there and they rocked for a good half hour.. As soon as she woke up in the morning she was asking for "Mama" (Grandma) again!

Breakfast on the porch and one last 4 wheeler ride..About the end of it Molly started leaning forward and we looked down and she was fast asleep! 

Crazy Morning Get Up...Jamies, Choc.Milk, Shows, Jacket, and BED HEAD

 

Everytime we are there I have to make a stop to see my dads grave-Molly loves to look at all the treasures people leave and she helps me fix the flowers or what not too..  We are also lucky enough to see "Grandma No" or Grandma Snow while we are up there too since they live in the same town, she was helping her sister @ her restaurant most the time so we didn't get to see her much, but enjoyed the time we did see her.

 

Playing in the tree house we just re-painted

 

It was such a fun trip and a good way to spend the week that Clint was in classes the whole time. Can't wait to go back! Thanks "Grandma Grape and Papa Kent" for having us!

Some fun comparisons...Molly is 23 months and Maggie is 17.5 months....

Both on the "Little Bear"

 

Both wearing the same get-up bed head included-