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Saturday, September 30, 2017

Instagram: September 2017

It was a great day to learn how to ride a 2-wheeler! Kendree has it down, now for more practice so she can conquer our dirt roads.

A great Labor Day "end of summer" hoorah today. Hiking in the morning, 4-wheeler rides with a baby strapped to by back (she then fell asleep), a snake!, games of chase between Grady and Brynlee, standing practice by the Hallee girl and a little baseball to top it all off (with Marc, our "favorite guy"). So much fun! How to get some zzzz's like cute, dirty Brynlee!

Devynee got new glasses! two pairs so she can choose everyday (and there is a backup pair). She looks so much older!

Hallee is 11 months old! She is a happy baby, but loves to scream a scream that pierces your ear drums. Most of the time it is when she wants your attention. So as the 5th child, that is a lot. She is a pro "stander" and is working on moving those feet. We'll have a walker before long. Hallee is taking two naps a day and sleeps though the night (mostly). She loves all food and would let you hold her on your hip facing outward all. day. long. Hallee will crawl all over the house looking for me or following noises. If we move to another room, it is just a few minutes before she joins us. We love her smiling face and are so glad she is ours!

We spend most of our weekday evenings at the soccer fields for some amount of time. Hallee loves this park especially if Kendree takes her down the slide (when Kendree is not the one practicing) and the wall around the perimeter is the *perfect* height for her.

Bath time baby!

Brynlee loves to sing. She does not like to be recorded. I bribed her the other day by promising that she could watch it when she was done. And no, it wasn't raining.

Hallee is ONE! Well, technically she turned one yesterday but we celebrated today. Hallee has two teeth, loves all food and is busy! Time to think about child proofing some cabinets around here. Hallee will take 5-6 steps between mom and dad when we set it up right and is getting braver on her own, but prefers to crawl most of the time. She takes two naps a day and officially finished nursing this evening (she doesn't know that yet). We had a great day celebrating this little one!

A few moments of our celebration. We had such fun with family celebrating Hallee!

Two more. Hallee's cake was the traditional giant cupcake that all of our kids have had on their 1st birthday. She is getting good at walking and it is so awesome to have Grandma visiting from California to help practice!

Friday, September 30, 2016

Instagram: September 2016

Friday night Ron and I had a hot date (a new gun for me!) and then P.F. Chang's for dinner. As we were checking in at the restaurant, a guy came up to Ronnie and said "Uh, dude? You have a praying mantis on your back." Before I helped him get it off, I had to document.

Saturday, I was able to join my parents and all siblings not serving missions ;) for the Fort Collins LDS Temple open house. Such a wonderful and beautiful building. IT was great to be there with the people I grew up with.

After the temple, we girls ditched the boys and did some shopping (shoes! jewelry!) and then visited my Great-Uncle Jerre and Great-Aunt Jean. IT was great to see them! Finally, we stopped at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse for a little Wizard of Oz action. Such a fun day! Picture documentation was sorely lacking from most activities.

To finish off our Labor Day weekend, we went camping at the ranch. Getting a fire started was the first task.

We had lots of fun on the 4-wheelers! Easton reluctantly wears the pink helmet as it is the only way he can ride on his own. Brynlee was tired and slept on Ronnie's machine for 20 minutes as we drove back to camp.

Our 4-wheeling destination at the ranch today was Quartz Hill which, as you may assume, is a hill completely covered in quartz stones. We have never taken the kids there before (I didn't even know it existed until last fall) and their reactions did not disappoint. They would run from shiny and glittery stone to shiny and glittery stone exclaiming and squealing as they went. Luckily we had a limited amount of saddle bag room for transportation of treasures or Kendree would have Brough the entire hill. Added bonus: sighting a massive mossed int he girls camp on our way (blurry picture due to distance from said moose).

Brynlee spends at last 30 minutes a day looking through our @chatbooks. They are worth every single penny.

37 weeks! The strangers have started stopping me in the store to ask how much longer I have, so I must look ready to be done. So far, no random belly touches though, so ask away, I say! My favorite is when they assume that Brynlee is my oldest and this is my second and then I tell them this is my 5th. The looks are gold. Pure gold.

One of the dang cats climbed up inside the car somewhere (axle?) and rode the entire way to my doctor appointment this afternoon. We heard her meows when we to out in the parking lot, coaxed her out and left her in the car. Devynee got to snuggle her for the ride back home. I still can't quite believe I actually have cats.

Finished one quite for each gender. These everyday quilt are washed, folded and ready. Next on to the milky blankets and then "special" quilts.

38 weeks. Still feeling remarkable well. Baby is so active it makes me a little worried about what things are going to be like outside my belly.

Minky blankest and loves for both genders. (that turtle fabric has me hoping for a boy.)

The boys headed to Utah this morning for the BYU game so we are having a "girl party" today. Soccer games in the morning, a trip to our amazing library and a little movie and popcorn time this afternoon. (This is the FIRST time Brynlee has ever sat for any amount of time in front of the tv. I am positive I will be unable to replicate it without her bigs sisters around new week). #ijustwant20minutestomyself

Sometimes, you craft it up with a good friend and your projects turn out even cuter than you hoped.

The boy "special" [read: bedding matching] quilt is complete. The bedding itself has been done for FIVE years (since I was pregnant with Devynee). To be honest, I didn't even think I'd get this far on my to-do list so I don't have the fabric purchased yet for the girl bedding/quilt. Looks like I know what I'm doing this week.