So, we haven't fallen off the face of the earth, it just feels like we have. It has been a busy summer and our camera is wigging out on us. I have some fun pictures of Abigail and her "Dennis the Menace" week, I'll post them soon!

Adorable Summer Pics

I know I haven't updated in a while, but that doesn't mean we don't have some really cute pictures! One of my friends bought a "sweet" camera and was needing to take pictures for practice. The girls were her first subjects and the pictures are so cute. We loved this last one of Chloe; Aren't they adorable? (Be careful answering that question-not a good time to joke)

Bedtime Stories

Abigail discovered one of her dad's many skins-a fox skin. She became fixated on it and wanted to know all about it and have it in her sight at all times. I hate the fox skin! I really, really hate it. That night when her dad came home she peppered him with questions (dad, what is that, what happened to it, what's his tail for, etc.). Nick told Abby a bed time story and it was hilarious. He acted out the story of the fox with the skin, a gun, a trap, and a lot of imagination. You see both of them trying the fox skin on, I was offered a turn and adamantely refused.


While I was in Boston, our Church had an all inclusive pine wood derby. Anybody could enter and there weren't any weight limits. I guess there were a lot of interesting entries, but Abby's pink car won! It was the fastest of all the cars (even though it had to be put back together after every race). It even beat Grandma's covered wagon. It was a great activity!

Cute Summer Pics

These are definately some random pictures but they are cute! This is Abigail and her cousin Hunter walking along. I took a picture for two reasons-1 Abigail has her pajamas, crocks, jewelry, and backpack on 2 she is holding hands with Hunter instead of pushing/being pushed.

We forgot to take a blanket with us to work one day and desperately needed one for Chloe's nap. So I took a carrier wrap and mummified her. She was happy in the wrap!

These pictures show Abby with her beautiful Belle jammies, princess fishing pole and sunglasses. She is somewhat of a random child but she is highly entertaining!

New York

Okay, the pictures are a little jumbled and I am still unsure how to manipulate them once they are on the page. But here was the second biggest highlight of the New York trip. The Central Park Carousel! The girls were shocked when I told them this was my first carousel ride-we didn't have a lot of those in Eastern Oregon, but we did have real horses!

Bethany and Jessica

Chloe and I

The crazy clowns in the middle-

Bethany, Rachel, Chloe & I, Amberly, and Jess


Here Chloe looks like a very creepy doll-not quite fake but not real. The motel rooms are all so small in NYC and even though you tell the desk you will have a baby, they don't provide any sleeping arraingments. I felt guilty kicking people out of the bed so we had three in one bed, two in another and Chloe and I on the floor. They were two very long nights!

Grabbing a cheap meal before the shows! Rachel and I went to Wicked (which was fantastic) and Jessica went with Rachel Mann and Bethany to the Little Mermaid. In Rachel's words "Prince Eric was so HOT!"

Chloe and I outside the carousel. I am sporting my new cute sunglasses (Nick's present for Mother's Day).

The Rachels. Rachel man had to buckle up-her horse was getting out of hand!

My riding neighbor Amberly, we led the pack or I guess it would be the herd!

The Disney Store

While we were in New York we went to the Disney Store! It was one of the highlights and we had such a great time. I shopped for Abigail's birthday (that isn't until September) and went a little crazy. Chloe wasn't sure what was going on but she played along with us dressing up and smiling for the camera. Here she is with Aunt Jess-

Sporting a Minnie Bow

Getting used to Dopey

Friends with Dopey

Sporting the entire Minnie outfit! I wished the dress wasn't $50!

Meeting the Family-

As many of you know, I was able to go to Boston earlier in the month with Chloe Bug. Nick recieved husband of the year award for braving it at home with Abigail for 11 days! Wow, it was brutal at times! We stayed in Utah for a few days before and after the big trip. She met some family for the first time and was a little more receptive than Abby was at this age (for instance she smiled, relaxed and most importantly didn't scowl)!

Chloe with Grandma Zella. She loved her beautiful dress!

With Aunt Vaunzell-I think we have identical pictures with Chloe's daddy on his auntie's lap!

Good ol' Grandpa Dean. Everyone smiles/laughs/enjoys themselves in his presence. What a fun guy!

Chloe wasn't crying with Grandma Hill, but for whatever reason, her little nose is red!

Grandma Peggy! We don't get down to Spanish Fork often, so we were happy to stay an extra day to go visit Grandma. While we love where we are living we miss seeing our family!

Lilac Heaven

Nick has been nursing the neglected plants at our house for a few years now and they are finally ready to bloom beautifully again. YEAH! We have been addicted to the scent of the lilacs and have clipped them over and over for indoor air fresheners. The other night we decided we should take some pictures in front of the lilacs and here is our product. Life is good!

Chocoholic

We drove to Boise for a weekend stay a couple of weeks ago. The girls were travelling really well; Chloe was asleep for most of the drive and Abigail was mysteriously quiet towards the end of the drive. Nick was hoping that Aunt Amanda was making brownies because he could smell them the closer we got to her house. You guessed it, Abigail had found our chocolate stash and was devouring the enjoyable treat! She has been cursed by both parents with an incredible love of chocolate.

A Day at the Park-Finally!

One of our favorite things is the park. Of course Abigail is a big fan but Chloe is even liking it more and more. She likes to ride on the toys with her sister while being closely supervised by her parents. There is a section of the park with a variety of spring attached toys and Abigail (being the heavy weight she is) can't get them to move very well. So the joy of the toy is to jump on, try to make them move for a second (maybe two), then jump off and move to the next toy. She does that over and over. When Chloe was on with her she made me very nervous!

The last two pictures show Abby having a great time and a little daring. She is usually all business when on the slide but here she decided to go down on her back. It didn't turn out well. Her bum hit the ground, her head hit the bottom of the slide, and we went home shortly thereafter. She is back to business Abigail when on the slide at the park!

Soaking in the Tub

Abigail LOVES the water and is constantly wanting to take a bath or shower, or go swimming. While I was working on one of the rare sewing projects she told me she wanted to take a bath. I told her that would be fine and I would go start the water. She must have meant a pretend bath because she jumped in the box and said she was swimming in the tub! She is so funny!

Easter Pics

The girls were being big sports posing for pictures. I had slowly worked on these dresses and kept thinking, "I can do something else; I've got time." Well, it was midnight the night before Easter, and mom had been at our house for an hour or two when we finally finished. It was a little rough, but the dresses turned out cute!

When Aunt Hailee was home for Spring Break she took Abigail shopping. Abby stopped her down one of the aisles and said, "Oh my gosh, I need that!" It was a princess Easter egg dye set. We had a blast decorating all of the eggs and Abigail thought the eggs were "so pretty." Here the girls are sporting their princess crowns that came with the set.

Here we are at the annual Jake and Wendy Bingham Easter Egg Hunt. It was so cold! Abigail loved riding the horses and did a good job picking out the Easter eggs but she didn't last very long and she has been a little leery of getting back on a horse ever since.