July 9-Oct 3

Photo dump blogs are more fun anyway, right?

When all three kids are matching, you have to grab some pictures

Mama says don't eat dirt

Adaline loves to play pretend and is also a great mama in training. I started finding things like this all the time

Dressing up like cows for free food!

Our garden was semi-successful last summer. We got a couple of squash before the aphids took over. It was fun for the kids to help water, harvest, and eat what we grew

Still loving walks in our new neighborhood. Out apartment complex was on the corner of two busy streets and it was loud and anxiety-inducing to walk around. Now, we have sidewalks, quiet, and pretty views.

Packed up to watch daddy play soccer

Playing pretend all over the place

I've been in the RS presidency for the last 2 years, and I get to plan and carry out activities for the sisters. This one was a craft night that was really fun!

First dentist appointment for this cutie. I still remember being impressed by how well behaved he was-and he was only 2!

My kids love to take pictures with my phone. This is what a do for a large portion of the day, so I guess it's nice to have it documented.

Pizza night with friends because all of our husbands were working late

9 month check up for this adorable chunk. Weight: 19.9 lbs (50th percentile) Height: 23.5 " (90th percentile)

I'm sure they had just finished telling me that they weren't tired.

We got to have some friends over and the kids decided to play Candyland...

with princesses.

We also tried out some science experiments and painting with shaving cream/food coloring

Donating blood. I hadn't been able to donate for a while due to all the baby having. #notscared idk what's up with my face

Stake pioneer day picnic!

I love this little mini-me so much. I'm happy to be her twin anytime

Small World Park hosted National Night Out. It was the first time we'd been there, and despite the crowds, we had a great time

Always another house/yard project

SUCH long hair!

So excited for a movie night

More friends over to play, so that his parents could run 10 miles straight up a mountain

oatmeal everywhere...thank goodness it was dry

He learned how to climb onto the fireplace and into this bucket, but not how to get out. So sometimes I just left him there for a while because it was kind of the perfect play pen.

My best napper

Hiking at Briones

The kids call this the Mickey Mouse tree. It's a little disappointing because the closer you get, the less it looks like Mickey Mouse, and the more it just looks like 3 trees.

Stopping for lunch. They are super good hikers for their ages. This hike was about 2.5 miles round trip and they walked the whole way.

Sometimes everyone wants mom. I'm okay with that

Starting another "semester" of co-op preschool.

Legitimately the slowest ice cream eater there ever was

He is SO spoiled. There is absolutely no way I would have shared ice cream with Adaline or Matthew at this age. I just can't say no to those dark brown eyes!

Helping us put together some new shelves

We decided to go to the beach for Labor Day. It was cold, overcast, a little smelly, and very dirty sand. Somehow we managed to have a good time anyway!

Hosting preschool. My favorite part is watching them all play pretend together.

Our first time going to the drive in! We watched Leap! and brought lots of snacks. Since all the kids' car seats are in the middle row, we put the back row down and had plenty of space

There are always huge piles of books next to the kids' beds

This is almost a daily thing-even now

How do you even fall asleep like this?

Matthew LOVES to do puzzles, and he's great at them

This is something I honestly never thought I would see my kids do. And I didn't think I'd get to wind a cassette tape with a pencil in my adult life

Pizza night!

In September, I braved driving solo with all three kids (Michael about a month shy from being 1) from CA to Utah so that we could see my brother when he was released from his mission serving in the Family History Center. The drive went surprisingly well (lots of snacks, well timed/planned out breaks) and we got to have so much fun with my family. At the end of the week, Andrew flew out then we stayed with his brother over the weekend and all drove back together on Monday. I got to see 3 of my old roommates, and one of Andrew's old roommates (who was also my home teacher and friend during the time Andrew and I met and started dating). It was a really fun-slightly stressful-trip, and I'm so glad I got to go!

Nama and Papa spoiled the kids with some new puzzles

He's released! Check out Harris and Adaline-cutest little duo ever.

We played around in the family history center

One day I took the kids to the church history museum

twinners

Once Harris and my family headed out, I took the kids down to Andrew's parents house. We had dinner, got to pick pumpkins from Gram's pumpkin patch, and the kids played some silly trampoline game with grandpa.

Adaline and Andrew's brother played games for close to two hours. I fell asleep, and they had a blast. :D

More puzzles for this guy

Looking for dad at the airport

On our way back from getting Andrew from the airport, our friends Richard and Amy had us over for lunch. It was weird and awesome to see Andrew and Richard holding their babies while hanging out. Thanks for having us!