First day of school

Well today we started our first day of school...but at home. Since we are moving to Peru in October it didn't seem worth putting them in school so we are doing some home school until we get there. The kids are really excited about it and I am so happy to get to spend more time with them! 

Isabel is growing up

Isabel is growing up so much. She is running around, saying a new word every day, and full of exploration ideas. All bathroom doors must remain closed because she loves to play in the toilet water or try to sit on it like we all do (but in her clothes). She loves shoes and babies and pink candies. (She drags grandpa off his chair and pulls him over to where the candies are hidden and points and says "uh uh".) She always wants to be doing what her sisters are doing and runs after them all the time. She is the cause of most of my daily frustration and most of my daily laughter. I love you Iz.

Family trip to McCall

We took a family trip to McCall at the end of July. It was a little bit of Heaven on earth. We rented her skis and bikes. We went on this awesome hike where we saw 4 deer and ate huckleberries all along the way. It was a great family bonding time!

Snuggles

Every morning Mazie comes in and greets me with a big good morning hug, tells me she wants breakfast,

 and then snuggles me as I slowly wake up. It's the best alarm clock of all times.

Abby, my parents and I

I love this picture looking over the canyon with the Perrine bridge in the background .

Libby's Father's Day gift 2014

These are some of the 20 Father's Day coupons Liberty gave me for Father's Day 2014 - amazing gift for a 6 year old . I loved it!

Isabel's funny face.

Isabel does this super funny face and says, "oh ...oh!" when she hears knocking or us yelling for someone. Her upper lip covers her top teeth and her lower lip frowns and her eyes go real big. We think it is super funny!

Disneyland family trip

We went to CA for spring break this year. It was a little crazy with the move around the corner but we made it work and it was fun!

Ironically the girls favorite day was swimming at the hotel pool! Lol

Liberty's schedule

Found this hanging by Liberty's bed tonight.:)

Pretty sure the translation is this:

Liberty gymnastics chart + clothes,

10 v-ups, 1 minute

Jobs 5 minute scarlet (her pretend horse's name)

Trampoline 10 seconds

Love this girl! Her mind is just expanding so fast. I Love how she sounded this all out.

Isabel's love for this swimsuit

Isabel somehow finds this swim suit of Mazie's  about every day. Wraps it around her neck and refuses to take it off the rest of the day. It cracks me up!

Isabel gets tubes

Isabel got tubes in her ears last week. It was crazy. She had an ear infection that just wouldn't go away. After many prayers, a blessing, and 4 rounds if antibiotics it was I guess just meant to be. I really feel like this is the right thing and somehow needed before we go to Peru. 

She did not want any more doctors to look in her ears though. Hence the sad face! I love this little girl! She is at that super squirley stage where she is into everything. But she sure likes to laugh and it makes up for all the messes she makes.

My beautiful ballerinas!

Mazie and liberty performed in their ballet last night. They did so great!

Isabel's new favorite thing

Isabel loves to get into Mazie's drawer and get her swim suit. She then drapes it around her neck and walks around in it all day. It cracks me up.

Eliza cheers me up

I feel so blessed that we have Eliza in our family.  She is generally a very happy cheerful person.  Very smart , always wanting to learn more about how life works with a cheerful attitude.  She drew this little picture and wrote down this phrase on my dry erase board at work a few months ago and I haven't erased it.  I thinks it's a good example of who she is:

Liberty's deep question during Hometeaching last night

Tyler Butler (our Hometeacher): "guys this weekend is general conference where the prophets will talk, and we can have our questions answered. What are done questions you guys could ask?"

Liberty raising her hand: "I have a question, how did Jesus create his own mom?"

Isabel's favorite face

Isabel's favorite face is this face where she makes a perfect "O" with her lips and she usually says "oooo" with it. This pic is a little sadder than usual. The "ooo" face can happen when she us surprised, scared, or sad. It is so cute!