Spoiler: This cute video of Meredith blowing raspberries has a not-so-adorable ending and definitely deserves its own post. Watch at your own risk!
Lots of love,
Midsummer Eves
July 26, 2016 by
The days are hot, the nights are warm and we’ve been staying out way too late having picnics, swimming and running the girls around to get out those last bursts of energy.
Maple and Meredith catch up on an evening picnic playdate.
Nom nom.
Cutie patooties!
Samantha and Amelia sampling the scrumptious Vietnamese food we devoured on a picnic with the Nguyens and Erpeldings. It’s our new favorite take-out!
No need for the adults to watch the kids with Lily in charge. She had them entertained for an hour!
Love this fun crew.
Meredith wanted to impress her friend with her newfound ability to blow raspberries.
Summer concert and snacks with the Erpeldings.
The kids really got their groove on!
Afternoon Target run.
Late afternoon walks to the park to get some energy out have also been on the agenda lately.
Meredith tried out her first baby swing. Not as cool as Grammy’s swing, but exciting nonetheless.
Thrill junkie!
And, of course, we have the usual post-bath shenanigans, compliments of Samantha and Amelia, on the daily.
Lots of love,
Noah’s 2nd Birthday
July 26, 2016 by
We can’t believe Cousin Noah is already two years old! The twins were excited to celebrate at his incredibly cute construction-themed birthday party. Since boy themes are totally out of our area of expertise, we were impressed with all the creative decor!
Smothered with twin kisses.
Loving the decorations and cute boy theme!
Proud construction workers.
Meredith joined in the birthday extravaganza with great enthusiasm.
S and A were impressed with the balloon animal-twisting clown.
Amelia shows off her heart wand.
In between snacking and balloon animals, we took a spin around the splash pad and park.
Game time with the clown.
Meredith was taking notes for her own birthday party, which will be here before we know it.
Such a cutie!
Once the clown disappeared, Elmo made his grand entrance. Much like at the girls’ own 2nd birthday party, they wouldn’t go near Elmo unless I was right there. I personally think clowns are scarier than giant red stuffed animals, but to each their own.
The moment we’ve all been waiting for…
Cute design and delicious.
Definitely high sugar voltage times two!
Family photo with Elmo. I love how much Noah loved Elmo!
Noah’s attitude the whole party was, “Yeah. I’m cool. What else is new?”
BEST DAY EVER.
Cruelly tempting Meredith with a cupcake.
Cute favors.
We had a load of fun! Happy birthday, Noah!
Lots of love,
Random Utah
July 25, 2016 by
In between excursions, most of our time in Utah was spent soaking up the sun in the backyard. I call it “savoring a slow summer.”
The swing and zipline were hours of entertainment.
Amelia looking worried.
Before Jake refashioned the zipline into a real one, he tried using the swing. Most boring zipline ever.
Meredith received no less than 14 hours a day of cuddling.
More cuddles from Grandpa.
Surprised by life!
S and A loved exploring the closets packed with our childhood toys upstairs.
Hanging out in the playroom.
Lots of fun toys for Meredith on her throne.
Eating outside.
More slip n slide and sand pit.
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What a cute spider in her web!
Woo hoo!!
The girls had one last hoorah in the backyard before eating lunch and taking off to go home. We were sad to say goodbye, and were not looking forward to the long trip back.
Meredith, in particular, had PTSD from being in the car twelve hours on the trip out to Utah, and was not happy about being in her car seat again!
We wiled away the time with the road trip scavenger hunt, a movie, singing and about a million two-minute audiobooks (The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Peter Rabbit on audiobook were very well narrated!)
We broke up the trip back by stopping at Jake’s brother’s vacation home in St. George where we played in the club pool and ate dinner.
After wearing them out the pool, the girls donned their pajamas and after an hour or so of protest (“I WANT TO SLEEP IN MY OWN BED PLEASE!!”) all three girls conked out at 8 p.m. for the rest of the five hours home.
When the twins woke up in their own beds the next morning, their first requests were, “Can we go back to Utah again today?”
Lots of love,
