Living life and loving it. and free stuff doesn't hurt.

 We are having fun at the park

 Maggie making sod angels

 We went to the mountains to ride our new scooters that Kenny got for free. Let me just say, that Kenny is scrappy. Our friend works as the maintenance guy at an apartment complex in Provo. He said we could have some scooters that had been sitting for years in the parking lot.  Of course there was a gleam in Kenny's eye when he heard this, and now we have two scooters. Pretty fun I have to say. Originally we were going to fix them and sell them to get a 4 wheeler. But we aren't sure.

This weekend we went up to Squaw Peak. It was SO beautiful. Maggie and Olivia picked a bushel of pretty red, orange and yellow leaves. She needed 5 to 10 for preschool this week. We picked  a little more than that. It made me think of John Adams. Weird huh? I read David Mccullaugh's biography this summer. He and his wife were two GREAT people, salt of the earth people. They were also very stalwart in their simplicity. At the end of his life, Adams retired to his home in the country called Peacefield. One winter day close to the end of his life he looked out the window on a winter day and noticed the bbeauty and grandeur of nature. He said something to the effect that the branches on the trees and the icicles were prettier than all the kings and queens he had seen decorated with their jewels.

Summer Ending

Well the last few weeks have been fun. Wakeboarding and tubing with Shannon in Washingston. Camping in park city, putting in new flooring, and mountian biking at sundance. Perfect way to end summer. Now the girls are doing preschool and we will fall into our new schedule.

I asked Maggie what color cat she wanted to get, white, black, brown, or orange, "Pink!" she says!!

I walked into the girls' bedroom and olivia was naked, under the blankets with a big bottle of baby powder.

Olivia is potty trained (ing)

Olivia can most often be found saying, "oh my goodness"

There is something about these girls in cute summer dresses. Irresistible.

We had fun at the ward ice cream social last night. They had a 'candy gun' A what you say? A candy gun. Like it shoots candy out of a cannon. 25 feet. While they were doing it, I said to a friend, I know that my husband already has a plan in his head to make one of these.

You see that handbag, i sewed it. That was so easy and so fast. I want to make some more.
This is the only way i could figure we could do a family picture.

we introduced the pinata to the girls on the 4th of july. Olivia rocks.
We found a feather on our hike. Maggie liked it.
Daddy is Maggie's sherpa.
We are big in to patriotism.
our hike up at sundance on the 4th. It was hot!
CHEESE!
Beautiful girl.
Maggie is such a hugger and a squeezer. She loves to give hugs to everyone in the family. Olivia on the other hand likes to get in to mischief. Pictured here, she found the nail polish.