Utah Vacation

At the beginning of October we were able to take a family trip down to Salt Lake.  Wayne's brother Paul was getting married so we decided to make a little vacation out of it and stayed 10 days.

On our way.  The kids started the trip with naps.  They were pretty good the whole way:)

Ashley and Paul on their big day.  Presleigh and Noah were super confused about Paul getting married because their other uncle Paul is already married to Aunt Juju.  They also kept asking who Paul's friend was.  We had to keep reminding them that her name was Ashley and that she is their new Aunt:)

Watching conference in Grandma and Grandpa's basement.  Presleigh and Holland were having fun wrestling around.  Holland loves her big sis.

I love this picture of Holland with Grandma Taylor.  Our kids enjoyed her so much, and got lots of books read to them:)

Presleigh, Noah and the Nevers children watching a movie.  I thought it was cute how they all lined up on the couch to watch.

Playing outside with cousins

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Holland was such a happy baby while we were there.  She kept herself very busy with toys and exploring her new surroundings. 

We took the kids to This is the Place monument.  We walked around and talked to them about the pioneers.  They were a little more interested in the boxelder bugs that covered the monument. 

Holland loves to climb on her daddy.  She also loves to growl at him:)

Noah loves to take pictures

The next day we were there we went to Temple Square.  We explored the history museum.  They had some really great stuff for the kids.  We could have painted on these computers for hours. 

They also had some really fun dress up for the kids. 

There were a few mirror all around the dress up stuff so the kids could check themselves out.  I was trying to get them to dance, but Presleigh wasn't having it.

We had our picnic lunch out on a bench in Temple Square. 

And then the Peterson family joined us.

The kids were having so much fun running around together. 

The next day we decided to take Trax down to City Creek.  We told the kids that we were going to ride a train.  They were super excited.

Here we are on Trax.  The kids loved to look out the window and see how fast we were going.  This might have been their favorite part of the trip.  Presleigh said to me, "Why doesn't this train go choo choo?"

More wrestling.

We spent the first week with Wayne's parents.  We tried to do something every day.  We went shopping, explored temple square, this is the place, and city creek.  We enjoyed spending so much time with Grandma and Grandpa. 

End of September

Presleigh snapped this picture of mommy playing with Holland. 

Holland started crawling!!! She is really good at sitting up from the crawl position.  She is still learning and pretty slow but I'm sure she will all over the house pretty soon:)

We took the kiddos to see the movie Brave.  Wayne and I took turns out in the hall with Holland:(  She use to do really good in movies but I guess she's not a big fan of sitting still now that she is mobile.  The kids loved it!!

Love this sweet face!!!

Some more randomness

We painted stripes in our half bath.  This bathroom is right off our main living area.  We can see into the bathroom from our couch, so I thought it would be fun to paint stripes.  I love how it turned out!!!

We had a fun visit from the Lewis fam.  They came bearing gifts for the kiddos.  These vampire teeth were a huge hit.  Holland loved them. 

Just typical play with Payton.  They love those Lewis boys:)

I found this picture on my phone one day.  It kind of freaked me out because I had no idea that Wayne had gotten my phone to take it.  I love it though.  It shows how crazy our nights can be.  Some nights Pres and Noah will come in and wake Wayne up and ask him to lay on the floor with them.  Wayne enjoys sleeping on the floor and so he makes them all a little bed.  Holland of course wakes me up at least once a night.  Usually I just feed her and put her back in her crib.  This particular morning I was too lazy.  I am so glad that he captured this. 

We usually just shower with Holland so I was impressed when we gave her a bath the other night and she was able to sit up in the tub all on her own:)

This doesn't happen too often because she is usually still in the wrap.  But she is able to sit in shopping carts.  This girl is getting big:(

My friend Amy took our family pictures this week.  This is just a sneak peek that she sent me.  I love this one of the kids and can not wait to see the rest of them. 

Presleigh turned her bathroom stool over and made a little sled to take Noah and Holland around the living room in.  They had so much fun riding in it.  Presleigh called it her "new wagon."

The Update

Another week with mastitis.  I'm not sure why I keep getting this terrible infection but I am breastfeeding through it trying to keep my milk supply up.  

I finished painting the hallway!!! I am finally feeling motivated to finish painting the house.  Now if I could just decide what colors to do:)

Holland is putting everything in her mouth.  I have thought that she's been teething for months but still nothing.  She reaches out for everything and gets super excited when her baby food is close.  

Wayne trimmed our neighbors tree and left the pile of branches in the yard.   They have kept the kids pretty occupied.  Noah tries to plant trees in the yard.  He tries to build the dirt up around the branch but can't get it to stay standing:(

We had a really fun weekend up in Placerville, ID.  We stayed at a friends cabin and did some 4-wheeling.  The kids were so excited to be going to the mountains.  Presleigh was actually bummed that we would not be staying in a tent.  We need to get out more.

Noah was very interested in what a four wheeler was.  So I told him it is like a motorcycle but with 4 wheels.  When we got in the van to drive up the mountain he said, "like this mom?"  I guess I didn't give a very good explanation.

Although Presleigh was not interested in taking pictures she did have so much fun riding.  

We went to the Payette River and let the kiddos play around a little.  They wanted to get in the river but it was pretty fast and Wayne was fishing so he wasn't there to help me keep an eye on the kiddos.

So they got to play in the hot springs instead:)

Here they are planting a tree together.  I just love that Noah is in his underwear and rain boots. 

Holland is starting to get on all fours and rock.  She can get to her sitting position from all fours too. Pretty soon she will be crawling all over the place:(

Sometimes she gets up like she's going to do a push up and then gets tired so she has to rest her head on the ground:)

Weekly Update

Our week was full of preschool, doctor appointments, and yard work.  Presleigh and Noah's had their 3 and 4 year check ups on Wednesday.  Presleigh weighs 36 lbs (30%) and is 41.25 inches (40%) tall.  Noah weighs 31 lbs (45%) and is 38.25 inches (70%) tall.  Their BMI is exactly the same at 14.9.  

Presleigh was a little behind on her immunizations and because she is turning 5 soon she was able to get caught up on her vaccines and get her kindergarten ones as well.  When I told her that she would be getting shots she said, "That's ok, they don't hurt."  I tried to warn her and tell her that they would hurt a little bit but she was so brave and didn't seem too concerned about it.  She seemed more shocked then in pain when they gave them to her.  She struggled a little bit but no tears.  She is my tough little one. 

Presleigh's feet turn in when she walks just like her mine did when I was little.  I wasn't too concerned about them because when she was around 2 a doctor said they would correct themselves.  But I have noticed that she is tripping a lot more especially when she runs so her new doctor has referred her to an orthopedist.  We will see what her has to say about them.  

Noah lucked out and didn't have to get any shots:)  

Holland is 6 months old!!!!

Noah has been obsessed with watches.  It's a super hero thing.

Presleigh all ready for her first day of Preschool

Cousin Krista left for college:(  We are sad to see her go, but we know she will have so much fun  at BYUI.

We have goat head throughout our yard.  They are the nastiest weed ever.  We have stepped on multiple pokeys since moving in and those things can hurt for weeks.  Wayne decided that it was time to get rid of them so he has been picking up the individual goat head (pokey)  and throwing them in the garbage so that they won't come back.  He had Presleigh and Noah out there with their flip flops on helping.  They would step all over the parts of the yard that had lots of pokeys and get them stuck in their flip flops and then Wayne would pulls them off of the flip flops and throw them in the garbage.  They were having fun and it was so cute to watch how excited they got when they had goat heads in their shoes.

A new Fred Meyer was built just down the road from us.  We are there a lot.  My kids love that they have these car carts and they search for them when we get there.  We pulled into the parking lot the other day and Noah spotted this one at the back part of the lot.  These little cars help my kiddos behave in the store and makes grocery shopping with kids a lot more fun:)

The pile of weeds that Wayne picked from our yard.  Still have a ton more to go.

I did a beginning of the school year interview with Presleigh.  I  love that she will be able to look back at her cute answers.

This is what her answers to the questions were.

I am 41 1/4 inches tall and weigh 36 lbs.

My best friends name is: Daxton

My favorite thing to play:  Princesses

My favorite color: Pink and Purple

My favorite book: My little pony

My favorite TV show:  Angelina Ballerina

My favorite food:  Spaghetti

When I grow up, I want to:  Do the things that's right

Something I really like:  My new beanbag Ms. Janis made

Something I really don't like:  To hit my brother

My favorite thing about myself:  My heart

Something I want to do this year:  Go to preschool

Presleigh's preschool is from 12:45 to 3:15 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Her teachers name is Ms. Janis.  Pres was a little nervous when we went to the open house but after her first day she told me, "I'm not afraid of  Ms. Janis anymore." She is super excited to be going to "real" preschool this year.