Memorial Day Weekend

Quick updates on  the fam:

Zac-Is working hard at his job like usual. His foot is still bothering him so he's going to see a specialist.  We really hope it heals up soon so he can be back to his old self.  Zac has been enjoying his calling in the EQ but that too might be changing soon because he just got called to be a High Priest.  

Ilene-I have been keeping busy with the kids and also the start of a potentially new business.  I really don't know why I'm doing this but I got this idea and I couldn't stop thinking about it, so I thought I would give it a try.  If you care to check it out the website is www.seatnsnackcovers.blogspot.com If anything I have definitely improved my sewing skills and that has been fun.  I am still working with the stake sports and am currently in softball season which has been so much fun to actually play this year.  

Anne- Anne has enjoyed the new warmer weather and loves being outside.  Though in this very rainy spring she has found a new love of puddles and splashes (and sits) in them whenever she sees them.  She has also come a long way with her shyness and stayed in nursery for two weeks in a row without us! Her favorite phrase these days is "Do it!" which means she wants to do it herself.  It's very cute to see her finally wanting to do things on her own.

Rachel- Rachel has had lots of first in this last little while.  She got her first two teeth (on the bottom) which has caused her a little discomfort and lack of apatite but she's better now.  She has also started crawling!  She mostly army crawls but she gets to where she wants to go fast!  She also likes to explore and put things she shouldn't in her mouth so after almost three years of having kids we finally have to babyproof our house (Anne just wasn't an explorer so we never had to worry).  She has also made some new sounds such as dada, mama, baba, and Prbbbbbb (the tongue noise which is probably her favorite).

Shizzy-This little girl is getting big fast.  She is no longer the meek little puppy she was a few weeks ago.  She has lots of energy and loves to play fetch.  We're working with her to not jump up on us and to stop nipping.  I am very excited for that phase to pass.  She also had a slightly traumatic experience in her doghouse so she now likes to sleep out on the grass instead.  Poor thing probably wishes the weather would warm up as much as we do.

Shizzy's first bath

Rachel's first tooth

Fun in the castle

Cutie

On the go

Rachel absolutely loves Shizzy and makes a special puppy sound whenever she sees her.

I sure love my hubby :)

I think I could enter this one into some kind of contest.  She has the most mezmorizing eyes I have ever seen.

I love my little girls.

Rachel loves her mushy food and her favorite by far is bananas that I make in the blender.

And Anne likes to finish her leftovers.

Red Fridays (Old dresses = new shirts :)

I put this one in to show how much they move around while we're trying to take pictures.  It's amazing we get any good ones.

On Saturday we took Shizzy down to Utah Lake (about five minutes away) and this is what we saw when we got there.  Crazy.  Utah has and is going to have some major flooding this year due to all the snow and rain we've gotten.  It's very weird and cool to see everything so green.  Very different for Utah. 

 But we paid $9 to get in there so we made the most of it.  Anne and Shizzy had a blast playing in the water.

 And on Monday we visited my Grandparents' grave in Salt Lake.  It was very nice to see so many people at the cemetery honoring their loves ones.  That's what Memorial Day is all about.

Weird weather for Memorial Day.  The forecast actually called for snow, but we didn't get any in Provo, just the mountains.

 Afterwards we found a Chuck-E-Cheese and decided to check it out.  Zac and I had not been to one since we were kids so we thought it would be really expensive.  But it turned out to not be that bad! It was actually a lot of fun.  Anne loved the "show".

 We just got the salad bar and the meal came with four tokens which was just enough for Anne to enjoy the little rides.  We didn't get a good picture of it, but besides the merry to round they had a cool big jeep that moved around.  That was definitely Anne's favorite.  She loooooooves our jeep.