Summer Pictures

Here are some pictures from this summer that I never had a chance to post!


Fourth of July- Gabrie and Ben

Gabrie and Livvy



Evan, Gabrie and Sydney watching smoke bombs.

Aunt Laurie and Livvy

Sparklers

Mommy and the girls

Kiley, Parker and Gabrie. Parker kept asking "is hot?"

Gabrie was a little scared of the fireworks and spent most of the time under a blanket by Ashlyn and Uncle Corbin.

Livvy liked them!


Having a break from the helmet, she got one hour each day!


We went swimming with Parker (and Dianne)on his birthday.

Denver

The Big Sister Band

Featuring Gabrie on drums

Izzy on the tambourine

And Special Guest drummer Max!

The original members, costumes provided by Grandma Yaya(:

We went on a last minute vacation a couple of weeks ago to Denver! Grandpa and Yaya were going to visit Justus and Kyrsten, so we tagged along. It was quick but lots of fun!

Dance Class

In July we decided to enroll Gabrie in a week long dance class. Each day they did a different kind of dance- ballet, jazz, creative, tumbling and tap. She loved it and it was really fun to watch.





Riding her bike with the neighbor kids and all of her swim gear!

My girls

The latest news in our house is Gabrie's bed and Livvy's helmet.


This past weekend we got a twin size bed for Gabrie, which she loves. I like it too, it is actually really comfortable.


Over the last week or two I have tried to put a bow in Livvy's hair everyday since I won't be able to for awhile ):


Livvy got her helmet yesterday. She looks so cute and has handled it pretty well for the first day.

Here is what we have been up to lately...

Miriam and Mamie came to visit and we did some fun things like go to the zoo!

Gabrie and Miriam on the "caroself", what Gabrie calls the carousel.

So cute!


Livvy tried cereal for the first time and second and did not like it! So we took a break the past couple weeks.

Now she likes it a little better.

In the tub

On another note she also has started physical therapy for torticollis, her head tilts to the left and will be getting a helmet(: in the next couple weeks because the right side of her head is flat from always turning and laying that way! Wish us luck!
*Note to all you mothers- when you think something is not right with your child and the doctors all say it is fine and you know it is not, be persistent! I have had several doctors say her head was fine but it turns out to be pushing the right side of her face forward. Mom's always know best regarding their kids!

We just got back from a fun vacation with Luke's side of the family. It seems to be a tradition that when we do a family vacation it is unseasonably cold! So here is Luke and Justus in their matching Lagoon shirts that they had to buy because it was so cold when we were there!

Gabrie, Ashlyn, and Izzy had a lot of fun playing together!

I love the sombrero!


Some other fun highlights from our vacation were:
-Seeing a fox and a deer in the backyard of the huge house we were staying in
-Watching the Lagoon worker stop and pick Gabrie's scab off her nose while she waited to ride Bulgy the Whale, and then leave her bleeding! Later she told me, "Next time that guy picks my nose I will tell him NO!"
-Shoving cake in Dianne's face (: (pictures still to come) and playing pranks!
-Eating lots of good food
-Playing lots of fun games
-Spending lots of time with family
We missed all the family that wasn't there):

Little Livvy

I wanted to do a quick update on Livvy now that she is 3 and a half months old! She is getting so big and so fun. She smiles all the time and is starting to talk (babble) a lot too! She loves to be held especially by her Mommy. She thinks Gabrie is funny and usually like to play her. When Daddy comes home she will follow him with eyes where ever he goes and always loves to sing and dance with him to loud music (When Gabrie was little she liked it too). She is a great sleeper (knock on wood). She grabs anything that comes in contact with her hand, like Mommy's hair (: She will take a pacifier but not usually for long and will not take it if it wasn't her idea! When she sneezes she does it at least 4 or 5 times. She loves to have things close to or in her face when she sleeps, she will plant her face right in my arm. She is such a sweetheart. I love to snuggle her and she has the most kissable cheek!

Happy Birthday Gabriella!

Gabriella turned 3 years old!
She had a really fun birthday. We went to the Mayan to see the divers for dinner the night before, then we went to Jumpin Jacks with Luke's side of the family and had cake and ice cream at Grandma Yaya's. Gabrie had so much fun and was actually a really good girl all day!
Here she is with her new scooter and helmet and the movie "Princess and the Frog"

Such focus!She picked out a princess cake even though she keep changing her mind (:

Opening presents with her crown of course!

Gabriella is such a fun and loving girl and we are so glad she is in our family! She loves her sister Olivia so much, she always wants to hug and kiss her and will sing to her when she is sad (the "Don't Cry Song" it goes "Don't Cry, don't cry, It will be fine, don't cry...") She thinks everyone wants to be her friend and will tell them all "Hey it's me, Gabrie!" Everyone is her "people" but she especially loves all her cousins. She loves "frincesses" and most days insists on wearing a "frinderlla dress." She talks a lot about "esterday" and "tomorrow after naps." She adds an "s" to words like think (stink), thought (stought),and thumb (stumb).She has a great memory and talks about when Daddy took her to the temple (temple square) and she was afraid of Jesus (the Christus) and the time she went swimming with her cousins. She reverses words like "store-pet" and "shop-pets" (Littlest Pet Shop). Some other funny things she says are "unrella" (umbrella), oh yeah-huh,She has such a strong spirit and a smart mind. She is very creative and loves playing with play dough and painting. She also loves hide and seek (even though she hides in the same place and tells you where she is), playing at the park and anything active. She is quite a handful at times but she is our little handful and we wouldn't have it any other way! We love you Gabbers!