Pigtails

Lexie's hair is finally long enough to put into pigtails. They are not very big but, it beats having just the one in the middle of her head. She looks so dang cute, I couldn't resist taking a picture.

Progress On Our Backyard

Our new patio!

Our future shed!

We have been working in our back yard all summer and it finally is paying off. Today we layed the cement for our patio and the shed. I am so excited I can hardly stand it. My cousin Jay and my Steve dad came up to help. They did an amazing job. We never could have done this without all the help we had. Thanks to everybody who helped today. When the cement is dry everyone is invited over for a BBQ on the new patio!

Now, we just need to fix our sprinkling system and get our lawn back. I know it looks really bad in the pictures, you should see it in really life! Oh, JD also needs to build the shed so he can park in the garage this winter! I know it doesn't sound hard, but man these things always take longer than expected.

We Teach Them Young

Growing up my mom would give us chores to do around the house. I always thought she was the luckiest person because she had so many kids to clean so she never had to do anything. All moms know this certainly was not the case. None the less that is how I saw it as a little kid. I decided then and there that I could not wait to have kids just so they could clean my house. I am not quiet to the numbers my mom had, but I have started Lexie cleaning already. She dumped her water on the kitchen floor so I made her wipe it up. The only problem with this is, now she thinks it is a game and tries to dump all her drinks on the floor. She will sit and shake her sippy until there is a little drop on the floor, run to get the dish towel and wipe it up. I guess the one good thing is at least she cleans it up!

Snow Cone

Today a little neighbor boy knocks on the door and says "we are selling snow cones for fifty cents, my mom says that's a good price. Will you come by one?" There is no way I could say no. Lexie and I took a walk down the block to buy some. For those of you who don't know Lexie loves ice in any form. We sit on the grass to eat our snow cones. I have probably taken five bites and Lexie is struggling to get any in her mouth because she turns the spoon unside down right before it hits her mouth. She watched me for a minute and then comes over and trades me spoons. She tries mine for a while, realizes it is not much better and trades me back (we traded spoon about three times). She still can't get any in her mouth so she trades me snow cones (maybe thats the problem). She continues to have problems getting as much as she would like in her mouth. She comes over to me and instead of trading spoons she just takes my spoon, sits down and puts it under her leg so I can't see it. She looks at me and laughs as she eats her snow cone. I, then not about to let her get the best of me start drinking my snow cone. NOT a good idea, she tries to do it and yes, it falls all over her. But don't worry that didn't matter to her because now that it was on the ground she just used her hands to finish eating it.

I am just amazed everyday at how much she knows and how much she understands. She has the cutest personality. I just don't think a one year old should be able to tease her mom. We all know that she truely is her fathers daughter.

Memories

Here is a fun little game...Leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time, or a long time, anything you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.On your mark...get set...blog your memories!!

Bear Lake

Lexie and I went to Idaho last week with my mom to help with my cousin Jer's wedding. Poor Lexie has not been home for more than a day for a little over two weeks. She has not had a regular schedule and is really tired of driving.

The wedding was beautiful. Thanks to Autumn for taking all of the kids so we could go to the temple. She had about 15 kids for 3 hrs. She was still alive and smiling when we picked them up which I think is amazing.

After the wedding we headed to Bear Lake for the weekend. My parents, Brandi and Mike's Family, and Brett, Kim, and Payton all came with us. We played on the beach for two days, it was really relaxing. I am really sore from being bounced around on the tube, but mostly from wake boarding. I can feel muscles I didn't even know I had. We took Lexie on the boat and a wave runner, we still don't know if she really liked them because she fell asleep on both. Every night at the lake we were able to watch fireworks on the lake. It was really cool, I have never seen anything like that. I have to say that my favorite part of the weekend was Saturday night when Morris cooked dutch oven and Moe made homemade ice cream. It was the best dinner ever, even right now thinking about it my mouth is watering. Thank you for letting my family stay at the cabin, we had a wonderful time.

Dad and Lexie shading up.

Trying to get all the sand off the girls after the beach,

Kandalyn, Lexie, and Payton