Sneak Peek . . .

My hard work paid off . . . I must say they make pretty darn cute fairy princesses! See them in the Virtual Costume Parade on Make It and Love It, HERE.

Happy Fall

Nothing like a peanut butter & jelly sandwich picnic in the leaves.

Just chillin'.

Cutie. Finished just in time.

Already!?

Yes, it snowed a couple nights ago. This picture was after it all about melted. We probably had four inches. I was hoping we still had a good month before that happened!
Lucy started swimming lessons yesterday! She has been counting down the days. The pool is only a couple blocks from our house, so that is nice. She loved it and had so much fun! Lucy is a lot of fun these days. I can't believe how much she has grown up lately. She's my buddy. She's pretty tall, and everywhere we go people can't believe that she's only 3! Lately, she's been really into playing "house" with Kate and her dolls. It's so fun to listen to her make conversation. She definitely keeps us laughing!

Catching Up

It's been a while. Things have been crazy the last couple months. We have done a couple horse shows this month, one in Blackfoot and the other in Montana. Nick couldn't miss. We had fun, but were sure worn out afterwards. My parents came and spent some time with us, WHICH WE LOVED!!! Lucy can't get enough of them, she even went to Utah with them for a few days. We are finally getting settled into our place. We are really enjoying it here. Nick is getting back into the groove of school and doing well. The girls and I are keeping busy with fun things around here, it's been way nice to actually live "in town" for a change. Okay, I'll admit it . . . I AM A COUPON FREAK! There, it's out. So it's nice to be so close to all the stores! Anyway, that's another post in itself. Maybe someday. Oh, and I have to add that I WENT SAILING last Saturday. And it was pretty much AWESOME! Somehow I didn't get a single picture, darn it. Next time. Thanks Womack's for the great time! Lucy can't wait to play with "the boys" again. Wow, this post is really random, so I’ll stop. Here are some random pics to go along with the post. Later.

Lucy ready to go down the river at Lava Hot Springs!

And there she is with Alisa and Nathan behind!

Nick driving Bomber at the fair in Blackfoot.

Lucy and Grandma at Shoshone Falls, near Twin.

In our new backyard. The girls love the playhouse and swing!

Kate with her flower and headband, she does everything just like her big sister these days. =)

CORN, CORN, CORN

We have corn coming out of our ears! Haha. I know, I'm a dork. But seriously our garden has been giving us plenty of veggies to eat breakfast, lunch, & dinner. My parents are here in Lewisville with the girls and I while Nick is in Twin Falls at school. We have been eating corn on the cob like crazy and I love it! (The only good thing about the end of summer.) We have frozen about 18 DOZEN ears of corn. A lot! We have had tons of cucumbers, beans, swiss chard, peppers, beets, lettuce, corn, and the tomatoes are coming along. Gardens are sure a lot of work (especially when your husband decides to plant 15 rows of corn), but when they begin to produce it's all worth it! Here's some pics . . . The process . . . Some of the bags we froze . . .
Horses enjoying the leftovers!
On another note- Nick is doing well with school and we are still getting stuff moved. One of these days we'll be settled! But for now we are enjoying my parents being here and spending time with them! We've had lots of visitors this last month, it's been great!

It's Happening!!

Nick starts in the Nursing program on Monday. We are excited and a little nervous at the same time. It will be something new and different! He bought all his books for the next 4 semesters and that alone about wiped us out! We will be moving to Twin Falls, where Nick will be attending the College of Southern Idaho. All Lucy can say is "I don't want to move to a new house!" We'll be back often enough, I'm sure! She and Kate are getting lots of rides in on Howdy to make up for the time we'll be gone. They sure love the horses . . . good thing! We went to Twin Falls this week to look for housing and finish up some last minute things before Nick starts. It was a bit of a stressful trip, but we took a break to go see Shoshone Falls and have a picnic. It was beautiful and the girls had fun having a break from the car.We'll keep you posted on the move. As for the Europe pictures, they're still coming, things have just been a bit CRAZY!

A Failed Second Attempt

Poor, poor Kate. Today Kate had surgery on her eye again, this time in Salt Lake. We took her in in hopes that they could insert a tube that the last doctor wasn't able to. No luck. The poor girl has a lack of duct work on the right side. It's just too bad they had to torture her like that . . . for nothing! And let me tell you, she was NOT a happy Kate coming out of recovery from surgery. This time she was much more swollen than last time, her poor eye was completely swollen shut. It was huge and puffy. She'll probably be black and blue in a couple of days. The doctor was very disappointed that the surgery didn't quite go as planned and wants to see her when she is 3 to try a different procedure. We left Lucy at Benson's during the surgery and when we went back to pick her up she saw Kate and said, "Daddy, I think we need to take Kate to the doctor, look at her eye!" So cute. She's always so concerned about Kate's eye. I won't put the sad, pathetic pictures of the little girl on here. It'll make you want to cry. But the swelling has already improved a lot, she can somewhat open her eye . . . and she has a smile on her face. :)

Trip of a Lifetime!!

I just got home from a trip to Europe with my Mom and Janelle. It was an AMAZING experience. We were able to do and see so much. I flew into Munich, Germany and met my Mom and Janelle, who had already been there for a week. We were able to see some of Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy! It was a blast. We had some fun adventures and interesting experiences. I don't have the pictures yet, but will put them up here when I get them . . . all 3,000. Just kidding . . . maybe. My Dad and Nick were gracious enough to watch the girls while I was gone. They all seemed to have survived. It was a great trip and I'll post more soon!

Zoo Fun!

We had a great time at the ZOO in IF last week with Nathan & Alisa, as you can see . . .

Summer Fun

We've been very busy around here lately. We went to Utah for a few more horse pulls and had fun there. We stayed with Karen & Dave and had a great time, thanks guys! The girls had a great time playing, of course. Nick was able to shoe a lot of horses while we were down too. He has stayed very busy with horse stuff this spring/summer. My Mom & Dad came up after dropping off Brian at BYU. We had a fun time with them! Lucy always has a hard time when they leave. Wish we lived even just a few hours closer!! While they were here we celebrated my Dad's 49th birthday, next year is the big one!!

We also went down to Lava Hot Springs and had a lot of fun tubing down the river and enjoying the hot springs, of course.

We also went to the "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" production they had in Idaho Falls. Nick's uncle played Joseph! It was amazing!! I'll have to get those pictures. The girls always have fun at the Splash Park in Rexburg!
We had a great 4th of July. Took the horses in the parade in Menan, sadly we have no pictures. Right after the parade got over we headed down to Utah for another horse pull in Lewiston. The horses did awesome! Nick placed 2nd in the HEAVYWEIGHTS! That was real exciting. My Mom & Dad came with Janelle and Brian and Nathan & Alisa also were there! We watched fireworks after and then made the trek back home. Here's a pic of Nick and Lucy on Howdy . . . And here's the best I could get of Kate for now. She's become quite the little walker and is into everything!! She makes life exciting.