...Cousins...

Kristeen was in town this weekend with Brylee so we got all the cousins together for the first time since little Samuel was born. Needless to say dinner at Bjorg's is getting more crazy every week! It was fun to see them all together. Brylee (left) Layna (right).. they are about a month apart, Brylee being older.

Who's going to get who first?

Ava is the best older cousin too...you can tell she likes her little girl cousins a lot. Even Madalyn has grown quite attached to her. We left that night with a kicking and screaming Madalyn because she didn't want to leave Ava. So sad! :(


All the girls!


The three little ones

Thought these were cute!

Time to go night night!


Let's go running. I've been running a lot with the kids and Madalyn has decided that she can't leave without her glasses. And yes, I've tried to correct her multiple times in saying that they are upside down, but she insists that is they way they go. Whatever works.

It may not look like Layna is enjoying herself, but as long as she is feed, she usually really likes the sroller rides.

Happy Independance Day!

We began our 4th of July this year by attending the Parade. The kids liked it because of the candy and toys they got, the little girls liked it because of the "princesses" in it, and Erik liked it because he was sitting in shade. :) Erik and Allen weren't invited in this picutre because they were too cool to dress festive for the day...it was really hard to get a picutre with all kids looking, out of many taken I'm sorry but this was the best.




Our favortie part of the parade were these jeeps. It's kind of hard to tell exactly what they are doing from this picture, but one jeep would stop in the middle and then the four jeeps around it would all ride up onto one of the center jeep's tires. Everytime they did it it looked like they were all going to tip over, but it was pretty cool.



Later that afternoon we had them all over to our house. We went swimming first, had a BBQ and then watched the Thanksgiving Point Fireworks from our neighborhood.
Thanks to Allen and Gretchen these glow sticks were a life saver for the kids. Waiting around until 10 at night for fireworks with a bunch of tired kids isn't always the best experience. :) But these glow sticks kept them all very happy, until the fireworks came on and then they all wanted to go home. KIDS! They are so funny. They all couldn't wait for them to start, and then after about two of them they all want them to end and are begging to go home. :)

Our girls!

We love our neighborhood pool!

Oh no!

The other day Madalyn really wanted to put Layna in her dolly stroller and take her for a "walk". So just for kicks and giggles I put her in it for Madalyn...however I didn't let her push her more than a few inches. The last thing I wanted was an injured 3 month old.
Layna did look pretty adorable in the stroller though. It was JUST HER SIZE!

Cute Moments

The other day Madalyn found a bird stuck in our window well. She wouldn't leave it alone because she was so worried that it couldn't fly. I asked her what the bird was doing and she told me, "The birdie came to visit Madalyn." I then asked her what the bird's name was and she replied, "Birdie Freeman"! So cute! Later that afternoon she helped Daddy free the birdie. Although Madalyn was really excited to finally have the "birdie out", unfortunatly I think it must have been injured because it still didn't fly away even out of the window well.
Madalyn watched this Bird for hours...



Finally Daddy got home and "freed" the birdie...


Madalyn was eating a popsicle and I made her sit at the table and waer a bib and so when Erik went and got a popsicle also, of course Madalyn made him sit at the table and put a bib on also. :)
Good thing Daddy is a good sport!

Girls' Spring Pictures

Just a few of the pictures we got taken of the girls this Spring.