VEGAS!

(again, another blog I failed to post because I was waiting for more pictures, but this will have to do... sorry for my delayed blogging yet again...)

Abby & Brenna had a really fun weekend and we wanted to share a little of what they did while they spent the long weekend in Vegas with Daddy, Grandma & Grandpa Carlton, Aunt Ashley & Aunt Katie. I don't have many pictures because I wasn't there the whole time, but I'll post those when I get them. The girls were officially spoiled and loved every minute of it! I was afraid that it was going to be a harsh reality check coming back home and not having so many fun people to play with or fun things to do, but they've done really well. It was such a fun trip and well worth the laundry I'm still trying to do!

Abby's funny comment on the drive down there was "Mom, we must be in Las Vegas because there's palm trees... I just know it!" And then on the way home she said "Well, I guess since there's so more palm trees, we're back in Utah"--- too funny!




For entertainment purposes, I let the girls take pics of themselves in the car

And one of Nenna... they're so original!

Boopas playing with her new laptop from Grandma & Grandpa!

Catching air on a new toy from Aunt Ashley!

Goofing off @ lunch... what else is new?!

Being way silly with our Aunts @ Einstein Bros... yum!

Abby & Brenna with Aunt Katie!

On the dragon roller coaster @ the Mini-Grand Prix!
Brenna wouldn't put her hands up... but she laughed the whole time!

Brenna taking a pic of Abby @ Grandma & Grandpas house.

CHALK RULES!

It's such a nice day so we decided to play with chalk a little bit with mom. It's always fun to do this, then the rain comes and it makes our driveway turn colors! Mom wrote something about us, but all we could read was our names. She said it was nice, so we believe her.

We're SO lucky!

Just in case you didn't know- Abby and Brenna are lucky to have really cool Aunts in their lives. Aunt Sandie let them have a sleep over this summer which they still talk about, and they're SO excited she'll be living with us again for a while! (They'll just have to learn that Sandie needs to be sleeping when she is home during the week especially!)

They also have a nice Aunt Janna who is and has been willing to help watch the girls for me on days that I need to go back to work after they get home from school. And yesterday was one of those days. Abby came home and told me that they ate lunch on the balcony, but I knew that they didn't have patio furniture out there, so I asked her what they sat on and she went into a typical detailed story that only Abby can tell. (Brenna's stories are getting more and more detailed too, and it's always amusing!) Anyway, she told me about how "Janna put a cute little box outside that wasn't too high and then she put a cute cloth thing over it, and then we got to sit on pillows and eat our lunch outside. And Mom, it was SO fun!" So, needless to say- they thought it was pretty cool. Janna took a picture of it and just sent it to me, so here it is.

Thanks Aunt Janna!

I think we'll need to take advantage of eating outside while we still can... because it's getting cold(er)!!!!

First day @ new preschool!

Brenna had her first day of pre-school yesterday and loved it! We're trying out a new place where they have a 5 day a week program (Mom says YEAH!). I thought it would be good since she wants to be just like her big sister, so now at least they are at school the same time and same days... so we'll see how it goes.

Her teachers name is Miss Cindy and so far she says Brenna has been fabulous in class. For those of you that know Brenna know how strong willed she is, so I hope she doesn't try to take charge of the classroom is all!

She kept telling me that I had to take lots of pictures like I did of Abby,

so here she is in very typical Brenna poses!

Then she wanted a silly picture taken.

And I love the expression on her face in this one... she's a silly girl and I love watching

her grow into a little me... I mean, a little girl!

Updating our blog

Wanted to show proof that we do our own blogging.... :-)

Rainbow & Wind!

We were downstairs watching TV when Aunt Sandie told us to come up and see the huge rainbow over the house.

"It was the brightest rainbow I ever saw (Abby)"

We saw it in the backyard..

and over the house...

Then in the front yard.... it was huge!

Then it got a little windy...ya think??

Our afternoon at the Harrison's property

Aunt Ruthann & Uncle Dennis invited us out to their property yesterday... they let us ride their Quads... it was sooooo cool! Check out our pics

We made a new treat... roasted stale marshmellow's.... yummy! We had such a fun day... Thanks for letting us come invade your peace and quiet!