Pretty Car

Chad"s Grandpa came down from Idaho this last weekend to help get the Station Wagon started! They had no issues starting it.  The girls love the car and were so excited to finally ride in it!!

My parents came over to join in on the fun!

Chad was even daring enough to let me drive his baby...

Okay I will admit it...I killed the car and Grandpa had to walk around the other side of the block to rescue us. He looked at me and joked and said "Give me your patch back!" But it ended up not being all my fault. The timing was off and the choke wasn't turned all the way. Oops. After that it was smooth sailing and the car runs like a dream!

We almost couldn't get the girls out of the car they had such a blast. Every time we would stop Sophie would ask everyone "Who wants to drive next?!!" She also thinks the car is done....um not quite we are missing a few pieces....

But its getting there! They put the roof and visor on Saturday and when the girls and I went out to look at it Lydia said "Oooo pretty car mom. I want to ride in it!!"

My Stylish Children and General Conference

Sophie randomly stopped her phase of having to wear dresses everyday. Which means she picks out her own unique outfits. Her favorites is all of her colorful leggings but I have to remind her to put a skirt or something over it because she just thinks they are pants. This one is my favorite so far...

Luckily we were not going anywhere that day...Then there is Lydia who would just love to live in PJ's....

I asked her if she was exercising and she said "I mickey mouse-ker-cise Mom!"

We watched General Conference this weekend and are very excited to have a Temple in Tucson! It will be so nice not to have to drive two hours! To help the girls listen Grandma Clayton set up pictures of all of the apostles and the first presidency...

Whenever they matched the picture to who was speaking they got to pick a candy. Sophie really got into this. We also had pictures of subjects with candy next to them...

Whenever someone talked about the subject they got to have a candy from that bowl. They didn't do as well with this we kind of had to help them. Sophie did much better on Sunday and found some on her own. Lydia would randomly just walk up and grab a piece. And sometimes it would be the one they were talking about. Most likely it was just a coincidence. She really liked the bowl closest to the toys because she could pretend to play with toys and really be snacking on candy.

Funny Things Sophie Says

Sophie is really excited that I am pregnant and always tells me that she will have a baby in her tummy someday too. And I always tell her "yes but only after what?"
"I get older and I find my Prince!"
"Yes....and?"
"We get married in the temple!"
"Exactly."
"Mom? Do you think you can give me a ride to the temple when I get married? ....cause I cant drive"

Today while I was working she came into the office and asked "Mom do you know how to say hello in Chinese?"
"No do you?"
"Yes"
At this point I am thinking what Disney show did she watch that taught her Chinese? "Well how do you say it?"
"Hello in Chinese! Silly"
"Your right Sophie how silly of me"

Pumpkins and the Secret Stash

Last week Chad and I headed to the Temple and the girls got to spend the day with Grandma Clayton. They had a ton of fun and when I asked her how Lydia did she said "she was great" I had to pause and make sure she was talking about my Lydia, you know the one that likes to whine and test the limits.

They did some cute crafts. I forgot to take pictures but they made chocolate Halloween characters on pretzel sticks. And they got some pumpkins. She cut out the faces they picked out in vinyl and they put them on...

Because we live in Arizona you cannot carve your pumpkin until the day before Halloween because it will not last. So when it comes time we will carve them.

A couple of  weeks ago every morning when we would go in to get Lydia she would be eating a vanilla wafer. I laughed and asked her the first morning where she was hiding her stash. She responded with "ummm..." Then I said "Oh is it confidential?" And she said "um yes..." We could not figure out where she was hiding them and she would never tell us. Then this morning when I was cleaning I saw that their car toy needed to be cleaned and I opened the trunk and it was full of vanilla wafer crumbs! It had been in their room the sneaky girl.

I took the car to her and opened the trunk and asked Lydia if that is where she hid her cookies. She looked at me smiled and said "noooooo." Then she looked in the trunk and said "Oh their all gone." Oh Lydia.

Chad's Birthday

Last Thursday was Chad's Birthday! We started the morning off with fresh cinnamon rolls. The girls had each written him their own cards. Well I wrote them they told me what they wanted to say.

When Chad headed to work we got to work too getting the house ready. The girls helped me decorate the house with lots of balloons and they colored a banner...

You will have to ignore the black blurr in all of our pictures. Sadly our camera is dying.

The girls helped me make Daddy's favorite...pumpkin pie...

When Dad got home we surprised him by spraying him with silly string as he came in the door. I tried to video tape it but I didn't realize the girls moved the camera so you can only see half of it.

He had to find the secret message we wrote on the balloons. "We Love you the Most" and sang Happy Birthday to him of course...

We were going to have him pop all of the balloons with his blowgun...

But when we brought the cardboard outside with the balloons it was so windy they blew everywhere so he just popped a few of them.

A Little Addition

Labor Day on the Mountain

Yesterday  we headed up to Mt Lemon with the girls. They were very excited. Sophie was not a fan of the drive though she kept asking us why it was taking ALL day to get to the mountains. But once we got up there we had fun! We started with a picnic...

The girls were in heaven being outside and loved looking for the perfect pine cone....

Then we went for a hike. They thought it was so cool to drink out of Daddy's hiking backpack...

We wanted to hike down to rose canyon lake but didn't realize how far it was. The road just kept going so we decided to stop at the next best thing. A tiny creek that the girls could throw rocks in...

It was a fun day in the outdoors. Somehow Sophie started asking about bears and what they ate then she decided it was time to go before it found us. Silly girl she would get really concerned every time we stopped. "We need to go before the bear finds us." I am happy to say that the bear never did.