.summer activities wrap up.

(warning: VERY LONG post)

.once grandma and heather and lily left, we had hard nights. b cried herself to sleep probably 2-3 nights. "ggggrrrrraaaaaannnnndddddmmmmmmaaaaa come back!" i want my gggrrraaannnnddddmmmaaa" we heard over and over again. 

.when we had to drop them off at the airport, b started to cry, so grandma gave her a pen. b fell alseep in her carseat crying and holding her "grandma's pen."

.we had MANY swimming trips. with friends, and solo. it is still one of my kids favorite thing to do EVER. 

.we celebrated our favorite daddy's birthday. he turned the big 27. we slept in, went to lunch, and dinner. we also got baskin robbins for dessert. 

 .kids bringing daddy his presents.

 .dinner date with daddy.

 .he was SO excited for his present from his mom.

.he told the kids he would give them candy if they scratched his back....he is watching his show, and they have theirs up on the tv.

 .the kids werent the only ones who were spoiled when grandma came....she came with 3/4 of her suitcase with books for the kids, presents, clothes, and a BOSCH for me. i am SO spoiled. 

 .one night, i was grating cheese for dinner, and andrew said, "why arent you using the bosch to grate the cheese?"....this is my "sad face text" to grandma telling her....im still not use to having it for small projects. but we have definitely used it for other big projects....like....pizza dough.

 .the kids LOVED making their own pizza, and than watching it cook through the oven door. 

.andrew got VERY into it.

 .we cuddled when we were cold at the grocery store.

 .we looked cute getting ready for kk pirate day.

 .we deep cleaned the van (2-3 times) and moved carseats...this is our future in 8 weeks. LOVE my van, and how easy it is to put 3 carseats across. 

 .we got caught doing things we werent suppose to be doing.

 .we cuddled our babies.

 .we dressed ourselves (multiple times, this one was TOO cute)

 .we werent on scouting stuff (lots and lots of hours of scouting....this is andrew sewing on his patches on his scout shirt...i refuse)

 .we had doughnut dates.

 .we made MANY videos of singing happy birthday...this one was my favorite, they wanted to wear sunglasses like uncle tyler, when they found out it was his birthday.

 .mom got creative with b's hair.

.she looked darling, and got many compliments.

 .we started "bon-fires" WAY too close to the house. 

 .we craved fruit....and cookie dough.

 .we got "cold" and snuggled with our blanket....and towel.

 .finished parker's name for his room (now to make a matching one for baby brother's name)

 .made and consumed a ridiculous amount of cookie dough.

 .started gymnastics for an 8 week groupon trial. ---we just ended week 8 and b was SO sad. i told her once baby brother comes, we can talk about putting her back in (aka...checking finances). 

 .met, cuddled, and adored our friends new "baby jane"...she is ADORABLE, and gets cuter by the day.

 .went to pirate day at krispy kremes and got ourselves 2 dozen free doughnuts.

 .went on a date night with mommy and daddy. we took them to texas roadhouse and b said "its really loud" lol.

 .we snuggled our baby dolls some more.

 .we played together.

 .we had sick days...can you tell parker doesnt feel good.

 .my amazing VT took b for 2 hours to a gymnastics open gym....when she left parker cried and cried and cried...he looked pretty pathetic right?

 .that night, he kept saying, "brooklynn's room" we finally gave in, and they fell asleep together. he just wanted his sister when he wasnt feeling good.

 .my morning audience every morning while i pee....no, im not kidding.

 .we discovered if i give the kids target popcorn they are SO quiet, and SO good for long days/shopping trips.

WE ALSO HAD USAA SIX FLAGS DAY....USAA rents out the ENTIRE park for I.T. Employees and their families. Last year, our in laws flew in and watched the kids while Andrew and I went together.....this year, we took the kids. Besides going on pretty much ZERO rides (i did get to ride the train) we had a BLAST. We got fed lunch, and the kids were tall enough to go on almost all the kids, including the roller coaster. THEY LOVED IT. We met up with our good friends, The McCanns from our Rexburg ward and Andrew, Mark, and Erica went on different rollercoasters while I watched their baby, "j" and Parker and Brooklynn. It was a great day. The kids were ALL SMILES. 

 .parker had some of the BEST smiles this day.

 .a few days after debbie left, we notice parker would occionaslly cross one eye.....and than it continued, and got worse...FAST. 

**SHOUT OUT TO CHRIS LEADER...I texted Katie, asking her to ask Chris about it, and Chris called me multiple times that day, and the next...and asked his friends, and professors. LOVE LOVE that family. They are simply the sweetest family ever.

i contacted my good friend who's son was in glasses for a LONG time, to get a reference to an eye doctor and glasses/frames reference. 

 .he totally rocked his apt. he was VERY shy and was a pain at the beginning. i thought "great, this is going to be a waste of a trip"....but they said they saw what they needed, dropped his eyes to dilate them, and than waited 45 minutes and looked again.....the solution...glasses.

 .b asked her dad to color with her one night...here is his family drawing. pregnant mommy and glasses on parker.

 .we met our friends at the gymnastics open house.

 .grandma spoiled the kids again, she sent this digital picture frame....they LOVE to sit and watch the pictures. they get to remember grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, trips...i love it too..

 .we have had many wrestling matches. 

 .parker LOVES being close to his sister. 

 .we got parker's glasses. i was in COMPLETE denial when he got them. i thought he looked funny in them, and i would seriously cry sometimes having to try and win the battle of him putting them on. we still have our hard days, but he is doing really well in them...and they are growing on me.

 .b started dance....yes, we had dance on fridays and gymnastics on saturdays for 4 weeks....gymnastics is over, and b has just dance until december.

 .cutie showing her dance outfit.

 .this is what parker thinks of dance.

 .good thing he is getting a baby BROTHER...his sister has had WAY TOO MUCH influence on him...he came down with cinderella heels, a tutu, a nacklace, stroller, and even a purse. 

 .b wanted to wear a handband to church one week....so i made it happen...she looked SO cute.

 .we have had MANY playdates with our friend Andrew and Jane. (seriously, these kids play AT LEAST once a week, but usually twice a week.)

 .my kids loving on baby jane.

 .after accidently throwing his first pair of glasses in the garbage (and taking the garbage to the curb, and it getting dumped before realizing it), tearing apart every inch of the house, and RE-ordering his glasses again....we spent a whooping $550 on glasses in 3 weeks. It made us sick to our stomach.....but I was reminded how thankful I am for a hard working hubby, with a good job, that it totally sucked paying for them (twice) but that it didnt have to come out of savings, and we still enjoyed life, and it didnt effect our budget and our normal way of life. 

.he is a pretty cute kid in glasses. especially when he smiles.

.that was our end of summer wrap up. 

.coming up next, halloween......

....holy shoot, im almost caught up!!!!