Brai the cowgirl

Allie had got a cowgirl hat for her birthday and we don't do well at our house with only one of anything so when Greg and I were gone for our anniversary I found this cowgirl hat at DI and bought it for Brailie.  She isn't that much into wearing it but since she had to rescue this stick horse from my yardsale pile and we were playing "She'll Be Comin Round the Mountain" on the kids songs CD I was able to convince her to put the hat on and ride the horse and I ended up with some adorable pictures.  I think she makes a cute cowgirl.  My mom and I had bought her the cutest pair of cowgirl boots in Montana while we were there because we could totally see her in them with every outfit but they didn't fit.  They would have been the perfect accessory for this day.

I don't think there is a cowboy alive that doesn't pick their nose. 

What a sweet little lady don't  you think?

Happy Anniversary to us

It has been 5 years that we have been married.  To me it just feels like everything that happened prior to getting married wasn't really life and so my whole "life" I have spent with Greg and I love that.  We decided to go to Richfield to spend the night for our anniversary (I know-what world travelers we are).  I was actually nearly as giddy as I was when we first got married to have this little getaway and we didn't even have much planned.  I guess I just needed it.  We stayed at Greg's parents house in Monroe.  We went shopping all afternoon and by we I mean me and Greg had to just wait patiently and push the cart.  We went to DI which is always my favorite.  We found some cute stuff for our baby boy and lots of other goodies.  We ate pizza which is one of the only things I have craved all pregnancy.  We also went to the dollar store.  My friend Allisha told me about a tradition her and her husband have for their anniversay which is to go to the dollar store and buy each other gifts and then come up with cute sayings to go with them.  I wanted to try it and though Greg was hesitant, he did an awesome job.  It was actually one of my most favorite parts of the outing because it made us be creative-especially my husband.  We watched the movie "We Bought a Zoo" which was really cute and slept in the next morning until 9am which we might not have done since our actual honeymoon.  Then we went to the Manti temple for a session which was also wonderful being in the temple we got sealed in on the day we were sealed.  I felt overwhelmed with gratitude the whole 2 days to be married to such a wonderful man and have a beautiful family.  I love you my honey bunny.

Tea (Juice) Party

We were having a horrific day at our house and after many time outs and much screaming and yelling from everyone I finally had the thought pop into my head, "the tea set."  I have had this since my Ricks College days.  My mom saw it and new I would love it and put it to good use some day and I did love it then and it was just as fun to get out for this very special occasion.  I told Allie about it while Greg took Brailie on a little date to the school and then I took Allie on a date to the store to buy cookies and grapes for our get together.  We set up a blanket, poured juice into the tea pot, got napkins and found some extra fun guests to have at the party.  When Greg and Brai came home we all sat around drinking (and spilling) punch with our pinkies up and perfectly happy.  The girls loved it.  I am waiting for another equally special occasion to take it out again because I don't want the charm of it to wear off just yet (as so many things seem to do with the girls.)

Brai has discovered her hips

I have been slacking on posts lately.  My camera needs to be downloaded to my computer, my life needs to have a minute or two to do so, my children need to nap longer or nap period, I need to get up at 5:30 to do this plus weed the garden, put away laundry, mop my floor, make some sense of my craft room, and dejunk all the junk baskets I have around my house.  You know just the normal excuses.  Plus when I look at blogger and it tells me that 2 people on average view this blog it doesn't give me much motivation to actually post something-except that I know my mom loves it.  I have had this video to share for a while.  Brailie is becoming quite the dancer.  She always is doing some crazy move and her little hip shake is priceless.  She gets it from me-I had a mean hip hip shake back in my day. 

Untitled from Heather Parsons on Vimeo.

Cooling off

It hasn't been overly hot around here yet but it was pretty warm the other day-warm enough for the girls to take a dip in the sprinklers.  It went from washing their hands to fully soaked in just a matter of minutes. 

 Here the girls decided to wash off their shoes.  I had to put the axe down on drinking the water out of their shoes (always a dark cloud I am as the mom).

 And of course washing off their feet.

 Brailie was more willing to pose for the camera than Allie

 And of course what would a dip in the sprinklers be without washing off your bum.

Schools Out

Schools out scream and shout.  This is what Greg had for breakfast on Friday (his last day of school)-a stack of cinnamon bun french toast with candles (which melted in the warm toast-whoops) and the girls and I sang him a "happy last day of school" song.  We are looking forward to the summer more than anything else.  He has had a very difficult class this past year so here is to a good summer and better students this coming year.

A new year with many trips to the beach to come

I decided it was time for us to head to the beach once again for the new year.  The girls just love playing by the water and in the sand.  They even played for a good long time before I went back to get the sand toys from the car.  They are so carefree and delighted in the simpleness of getting covered in sand.  The worst part of going is actually having to come home-getting girls covered in sand who are wet into a car to drive back to town is one of the most unpleasant things I can think of.  Next time I think I will have to take a change of clothes with us and just keep them moving around until they are more dry and I can change them.  Anyway it was still a blast and we are looking forward to going again.

Sunday morning pictures (the uneditted version)

I got a new dress for Allie from the thrift store when Allisha and I went on a little shopping getaway.  She was thrilled and insisted on wearing it to church.  Auntie Mandy had done her hair the day before (complete with braid and curls from the curling iron...WHAT-she never lets me do that) and she insisted on keeping those in too.  She also asked to have her picture taken with Brailie.  When I had them go outside to get some "good" shots this is what happened:

And that is pretty much when I decided that we had had enough of a photo shoot for one Sunday morning.

Swings

I am so thankful for our backyard swing set and that the girls love it so much.  We usually go to the park but I have discovered that pushing 60+ pounds of child in my red double stroller is too much for this prego mama these days so the girls have been content to play in our backyard much more.  I just thought they looke super cute on this day and couldn't help but take pictures.

 One of my favorite things about Brailie is her wrinkled nose cheesey smile.

How we are staying cooled off while the weather heats up

I bought this toddler pool at the thrift store to use as an indoor ball pit but it was really too small.  When the weather started getting hot I decided to put it outside and fill it with water for the girls to play in.  I didn't really intend for them to basically swim in it but in the end that is what happened and they loved it.  Greg called me out with the camera to get some actions shots of the head dunking they were doing.

 At least they are getting over their fears of water on their faces.

 Dad hosing them off cause they were covered with grass and we had let them stand and pee on the lawn through their wet clothes which they thought was the greatest thing ever.