Follow Their Lead

I love watching kids interract with each other and see what they come up with to do together.

Here River, Silver, MJ and Austin are playing Musical Chairs.

We had a chair for each of them and they'd squeal and run to their chair each time. 

TOO CUTE! 

Here we have the neighborhood girls playing in the sand box. 

Left to Right: Winter, Silver, River, Tomi, Shayla

They discovered with a little water, they could make volcanoes! 

Here is their frog.  With his bulgey eyes, nose and smiley mouth :)

Quote Board

Being a Mom is very rewarding: I have all these skills and talents that I never noticed before and took for granted. Kids point them out and make you feel so good about yourself! I got a round of applause for killing a "Spider!! BIG!"


Summer LOVES her food. Lately she has discovered something Very entertaining! I put a spoon-full of baby food in her mouth and she says "Tttthhhhppppbbbb" and it shoots out everywhere :)

River's new word: Awkward! She fits it in anywhere she can. It's too cute to hear - Awkward!

I walked in the bathroom to see Silver washing her hands in the toilet.

Silver: "I See!" "I See!" This is how she says "Hide and Seek!" It took me awhile to figure out what she wanted me to see :) She is really good at hide and seek. She'll hide quietly for quite a while until someone finds her. Sometimes she'll go into Colt's dark closet to hide and is quiet as can be :) She'll also hide stuffed animals in random places and have you go find them. Of course the places are usually where they were hid last time.

River: "I LOVE cooking food.....I just don't like eating it so much."

Silver: "Barbie Time Outs!" A little bit later: "Barbie Happy Now!" "Barbie SO tired" "Barbie Sleeping!"

Silver will lay out a pillow and put stuffed animals on it and cover them with a blankie. Then say "Sssshhhh, sleeping!"

I wish I had a camera right now! River and Silver are out with the neighborhood girls going "cat hunting!" 5 little girls running around trying to find the cats. When I was little we had a "forest" in back of our neighbors house. It had an irrigation ditch and willows that grew, and the vegetation was thick to a 5 year old. One day while we were exploring we found a nest of baby cats that we promptly took home. That was such a great day to find those cats. Every day after that we would go exploring trying to find another nest....we never did find another batch, but we were great searchers, and it was so much fun!

Sweet Moments

River loves to take care of her Summer! 

Silver loves to show Summer things 

River gets underneath Summer - she does this somehow all on her own.

Summer loves the bouncy ride :) 

I love Summer's thumbs up in this pic! 

Summer and Mom

Star inside an apple.

The small discoveries everyday are so enjoyable!

Our backyard has so many different looks depending on the time of day and the weather.

Watching the BYU basketball game with Daddy!

BYU is #1! 

A mountain of sand is oh so much fun! 

Tiny Footprints 

Silver got up into the candy cupboard.

This was a fun activity last summer.

One of our many fishing holes had overgrown with plants, and we could no longer fish in it because of all the grass.  So, we tied a tire iron on the end of a rope and fished for grass.

It was a lot of fun!  And every cast came back with something. 

VIDEO:  Our obstacle course!

Dr Visit

These pictures are a bit dated - last summer before Summer was born :)

Here we have Dr. River doing a complete physical for Silver. 

Because I was pregnant, they learned that no Dr appt is complete without listening for the heartbeat.

They always got a kick listening for the beating sound! 

here they are taking care of their babies.

I love this picture with River in the background, and both girls feeding their babies.

Great Pictures!

Here are a bunch of Random Pictures that I absolutely LOVE!

Summer likes her thumb....and Daddy's Toesies! 

Yum Yum!  Added Flavor!

This is one of my favorites of Silver :)

 Wanting to be part of it all! 

Playing games with Dad!

They always want to be on Daddy's team. 

Just don't know whether to cry or not

Priceless 

Comforting River after she got hurt.

I love Silver's "Sorry Wiwwerr!"  With a big hug and kiss. 

Daddy is SO loved! 

Summer is LOVED!

Fly Tying with Daddy 

River gets to make up her own creations - we'll take it fishing and try it out!

Imagining they are on the high seas!

Life is GOOD!