We have a climber

Yesterday I checked the girls in the playroom just to realize that items put up on things were no longer safe! We have a climber. Emily has figured out how to climb up on things. Her first excursion was to get on the chest and get the box of kleenex on the table behind it and pull them all out. Giving them to her sister to eat!

On top looking down

playing patty cake with tissues

This girl will eat anything!

Play Room

Ben's aunts went to the trouble of helping his Pop get his home ready for the invasion of all of us. They turned a sunroom into a playroom, and the girls have had a great time playing in it. It has been an excellent place for them to just be busy while I can actually get a few things done and not worry too much about them. It has large windows that I can see into which makes it easy to check on them!

Still like to read

Travel

We have moved to Texas.  The trip down here was not easy, but it was not an OMG we are never doing this again trip either. 
We left on Sunday and traveled to Burley to visit my parents and stayed there until Tuesday morning.  It was a good couple of days and I always enjoy visiting home.  The girls had a good time as well playing with a new wagon filled with blocks.  We even went swimming at the new kiddie pool in Burley.  MaryJane and her kiddos came too.  It was hot and the water was cold but the girls had a great time.
Emily has no fear when it comes to water.  She kept trying to crawl into the deep parts of the pool.  She would get to the point where she could not keep her mouth and nose above the water and she would keep trying to go further in...Crazy girl!  Ana was just having fun splashing. 
We visited Grandma Dayley and had a good visit with her on our way to the pool. 
Then we were off on our journey again.  We drove all day without too many breaks and then we drove until midnight so we could get to Farmington NM.  We had planned to stop in a little town in Southern UT, but once we got there we were having a good moment and did not want to stop driving just yet.  The girls had actually fallen asleep and we did not want to wake them.  So we kept driving.  We drove 600 miles that day.  Which ended up being a very good thing.
Landon was going to meet us in Oklahoma City so we were planning on going there but it turned out that he could not get anyone to cover his shifts at work so we ended up driving to Lubbock instead to visit Bens Granddad and Delorious.  On our way there the girls started melting down.  This was probably the worst day that we had.  I think the girls had just had enough.  We made a stop at a park once we got into Texas becuase the girls needed a break to get out of the Truck.  It was hot and the park had very little grass that was in the shade, so we just played a little on swings and such and then got back in and started driving again.  One of the stops that we made to change diapers happened to be right by a train and a train happened to be going by, and there happened to be a road close by so the train blasted its horn over and over.  It was so very loud that the girls started screaming which was awesome!  So
We stayed a few nights there to visit and had a really good time.  I am glad that we decided to make it there. 
After that, we headed to Fort Worth to our final destination.  We made it to Bens Pops home in pretty good time and got the girls all settled in.  It was a long trip and Ben and I were exhausted as were the girls.  But I am glad we got to see as many family members as we did on our way down. 

Great Grandma Dayley and the girls

Southern Utah

Southern Utah

Southern Utah during a thunderstorm

New Mexico

New Mexico



New Mexico

Swing in TX/Emily



Swing in TX / Ana

Lubbock, TX

We had the chance to visit Bens Grandad in Lubbock and we had a great time.  Here are some pictures from the visit!
Thank you for everything.  And Delorious for the little gifts and spending time with us as well.  We hope to come visit again soon!

Ana just messing around by the model airplanes

Just look at that face!

And this one.  Emily crawling around

Ana liked to go were she shouldn't!  This is the entryway to the Garage.

Emily was facinated with this rug which was coarse.

Ana peaking around the corner coming out of the garage...

Ahhh...so sweet.

Ana just posing for the camera

Hanging out on the couch

Ana listening to GrandDad with Emily looking on.

Now it is Emily's turn to have a chat!

Ode to the house in WA

Well, here are the farewell pictures for our WA house. I hope that who ever purchases it will be able to have as many good memories as we did. We spent our first year of marriage here, I spent my first pregnancy here. I spent 5 weeks of bedrest on the couch in the living room. I brought my daughters home from the hospital to this their first home. So many great life changing moments happened in this house. We will always remember these.

Den

Living Room

Living Room

Living Room

Family Room

Covered Porch

Back Yard

Our little garden mostly harvested

Compost pile

Our beautiful tomatoes that we had to leave

our herb garden

The final days...

Here are a few pictures of our final days in WA. The girls and the dog could feel the tension in the house and all were acting up because of said tension! It was a rough week.  They were kind of naughty and cried quite a bit over seemingly little things.  It was rough on me too!!!

Reader

We have a reader in our midst.  Emily loves books and reads them to herself quite often.  It is darling.  I got a couple of pictures on a few different days.  Here are just a couple of those.

Can you smell whats cookin?

So I don't remember the exact phrase, but Ana has gotten so she makes a "mad" face and it reminds me of the wrestler "the Rock" when he does his slogan.  So I had to get a video. It cracks me up every time and I start to giggle and she cant hold it. 
http://youtu.be/1c4V-BJBNZE

So Close to Walking

The girls are both getting so very close to walking on their own.  Emily actually took her very first unassisted step today, and Ana has figured out how to use the "toy walker" they are growing up so very fast...

Here is a short video of Ana walking with the walker.

http://youtu.be/i3aN31g4ctc