The Park

Eliza and Liesel love the park. On Monday when Daniel was home, we took the girls to get some pics. It was a little overcast but the girls just loved every minute.


Liesel loves the swings. She probably would be content to swing all day long. I love these pictures of her really just enjoying the experience.



Eliza loves to have a taste of the whole park. She will swing for a while and then head over to the slide and tunnel and then run back. I love this picture of her looking out of a hole in the tunnel. She loves to move the tick-tack-toe pieces but doesn't really know why they are there. It is fun to see her just truly enjoy exploring this new place.

Liesel did discover the slide this visit. I was trying to get a great picture of the two together but alas, photographing two toddlers is impossible. But I did get this great picture of Liesel.

Overall it was a great experience and the girls can't wait to go back again. Hopefully to play rather than for another photo shoot.

Visitors

This Memorial Day Weekend we had some visitors. My friend Britney and her husband Seth came down and it was so good to see them. They spent Saturday with us and we had a great time. Here are some pictures of the fun.

Seth & Brit

Daniel and Eliza walking the streets of old Colorado City during 'Territory Days.'

There was a man playing the banjo and the harmonica down the streets for the event. He was great. Here is Daniel and Eliza enjoying it.

Eliza loved Seth's sunglasses. That was the only way we could get her to eat her lunch.

Liesel didn't need any distractions in order to eat. She was lovin' it!

Here is Dad with the girls at our picnic.

We picnicked at Garden of the Gods and then when exploring. Here is our family in front of Balanced Rock.

Here are the girls!

It was such a great weekend and we were so glad to have the Stokes Family here. Thanks for your friendship and the great memories.

Break Down

This morning Daniel made it about 1/4 of a mile from our house on his way to work and the car died on him. So we took the van over and toed the black hammer home. Daniel was nervous that it was the timing belt which would have made the car useless. But after taking it a part this morning he thinks it is something else. I don' t know what though. To be completely honest, I never knew there were so many different parts to a car. It seems as if every time one of our cars "acts up" I hear about another part. I am so glad I am not a mechanic. Here are a few pics of the mornings quick analysis.

Two Peas in a pod. Daddy's right hand man. Our mechanic.

A cute gift

This is a cute and easy gift I made for one of the ladies I visit teach and one of my Mia maids. I just took a pint size mason jar and covered the outside and the top (over the lid) with patterned paper and filled them with Hersey Kisses. It was a super easy thing and made a really cute gift.

Liesel is Climbing

Liesel is so funny. She has started to pull herself up to a standing position and climb on almost everything. Her favorite thing to climb up on is this table. The chairs are the perfect height to start the assent. It is a little scary that she is climbing because she can't even crawl yet really. She just does the army crawl. So now that she is climbing she has all of us on our toes. Except for Eliza who will take every opportunity she can to push her down. Sign. My hope is that one day they will enjoy playing with each other. Until that day comes we'll continue to have a lot of tears.

Grocery Shopping

This morning I went grocery shopping with the girls. It was going fine until I slipped on an egg and realized that Eliza was cracking the eggs and letting them fall through the cart. Luckily we only lost one egg though. By the time we were done shopping we had opened two cheese sticks (which the girls devoured) the fish crackers, a package of smarties and nearly opened and dumped a yogurt. All of this with a lot of tears, a lost sandal (which thankfully someone found and tracked me down) and a nearly frazzled mom. Now I know why my mom would take us home from the grocery store and say "I am never taking you shopping again." It was quite the intense shopping trip and I only had two kids. I don't think I will go anywhere when I have three.

Scott's Getting Married

Scott is finally getting married! He is 35 and had waited so long to find Mrs. Wright and he finally did. Nicole is currently the Deputy Director of Communication for the Department of Agriculture in Washington D.C. They will be married Sept 28, 2007 in the Logan, UT LDS Temple. Congrats Scott. Married life is bliss!

Bread

My mother taught me how to make bread when I was young and it has been one of my favorite household chores since then. This last week when I made bread I decided I wanted to make a scrapbook page out of the process so I took a bunch of pictures and I thought they turned out fun. So here are the tips I learned from my mom with the pictures.

Always mix the dry ingredients in first. Then add the water.

When you think you are done kneading, always knead five more minutes.


Eliza loves to like the spoon after I am done mixing! Maybe someday she will be our little bread maker.

Make sure the bread is in a warm place to rise.

Bake at 350 for 30 min.

After baking, remove from pans and let cool on a wire rack. Don't forget to grease the tops while they are still warm.


Heather and Jessica--Here is a challenge for you to get your blogs started. Describe one of your favorite "chores" that mom taught you how to do.