4th of July at the Cabin

For Independence day we went to the cabin as a family

While we were there we made some crafts for the 4th of July

First we made red white and blue spin art:

Here's what it looked like:

Then we cut them up to make streamers

The kids taped them up to 'decorate'

We made fireworks with straw painting (blowing paint around)

We also made fireworks with popsicle sticks and glitter glue.

Here are some flags we made/ate: 

 At the cabin the kids love the swings

 The kids (epscially the girls) were really loving Monsters Inc around this time so we went into town and saw Monsters U in the theater.

At the theater... I haven't trained them t pose very well

 Since it was the 4th we also played with sparklers

Terra actually burnt her hand on one, it as so sad. But she still liked them and obviously has long since healed

 Another cabin tradition is going down to the train track and waiting to watch a train go by

Eating snacks while we waited:

Covering their ears (trains are loud)

Overall we had lots of outside time as we enjoyed to cooler temperatures away from the valley

Climbing rocks

Watergun fight

 Jason helped the kids make a stick fort:

We played with pop-its (with Caleb, too): 

And got nice and dirty: 

We went for a hike and picnic lunch together: 

Cow Appreciation '13

We dressed as cows once again to get free food at Chick-Fil-A:

Phoenix Temple

My grandma and my aunt and uncle lived near where the Phoenix Temple was being built so every time we would stop by their house for anything (usually picking up or dropping off grandma Statler) we would swing by and see the progress on the Temple.

One time I tried to take pictures of the kids in front of it, but the girls flat out refused, and here's the one of Parker before he complained about it being too bright.

Oh well, pictures aren't the most important thing right?

I did get this one of Terra in the parking lot, though:

Anyway, we're very excited for the new Temple to open up!

Terra at Two Years

Here are Terra's stats when she turned two:

Height: 33-3/4 inches, 50%

Weight: 24lbs 5oz, 20%

As always my kids are higher percentage for height than for weight

At two years old Terra is super fun

She is learning to talk and picks up new words everyday

She loves Winnie the Pooh. The kids listen to Winnie the Pooh music daily and they love to watch the movies as well.

She loves to swing. She begs constantly to get pushed in the swing and that's all she wants to do when we go to parks.

She's a good eater, and she loves bananas more than you can probably imagine

We love our little Ter-Ter!

Terra Turns Two

Terra turned two and we had a party to celebrate!

Here is the cake:

She loves Monsters Inc so it was perfect for her!

Here is the video of us singing and her cousin blowing out the candles for her

Digging in!

The birthday girl

Big sister

 Here she is opening the presents:

 One of her presents was a pool:

Before we took it outside we played with the balls in it inside

Playing Around

For a really long time Parker would always play with his head on the ground. I don't know why but it was just super funny to me

Even better is something you can see in THIS video where he would put his feet up on the wall or the couch while he played.

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Terra from one to two

June

July

August

September

October Princess

November

December

January

February

March

April

With her siblings in May

June