Park City with the North's

We got all fancy with the North family and booked a night at the Waldorf Park City & a night in Heber at the Zermat. It was so much fun to just hang out, shop, swim, & have dinner at Ruth's Chris. Marley had SO much fun with Sadie & Kinley!

Kevin kept throwing the girls into the pool & of course they couldn't get enough of it!

Marley wanted to play cards with the adults.

The Zermat was nice, but not as fancy as the Waldorf!

The carousel at the Zermat was probably Marley's favorite attraction!

They also had a fabulous time feeding the miniature goats!

The girls had so much fun playing on the play ground waiting for Justin & Kevin to get done with their round of golf.

Marley, Sadie, & little Kinley!

Fix that Window!

Marley felt that the french door window needed to be "fixed". Her answer: scotch tape! She put two little pieces on the window to fix it...if only things were really that easy!

I'm Trapped! (Again)

Grace is constantly crawling/climbing all over everything, which in turn leads to crawling into spaces she is unable to get out of! Once again, Grace trapped herself, and this time it was under Marley's bed. Like the good mom that I am, I ran & grabbed the camera to get some pictures before I helped her out! She's such a little dervish!

Pulling Herself Up

Over the past few weeks, around 8 months of age, Grace has been pulling herself up to standing from anything she can grab on to & using various objects to aid her in walking around. I cannot believe this little baby is old enough to be doing all these things! It's so bittersweet because I understand she needs to progress & get bigger & am glad that she is able to do that, but at the same time wish so bad that she would just stay little for a bit longer!!

For the Love of Bitty

Marley makes me laugh. She sat in her little rocking chair, wrapped her Bitty Baby up in a blanket, & was trying to rock Bitty to sleep. Marley can be such a little sweetheart at times!!!

Bed Rail Trap

Grace loves climbing around on Marley's bed, but, once again, trapped herself in the safety rail of the bed.

Of course, I had to snap a picture of Grace being stuck in the bed rails & Marley couldn't resist joining in the picture as well.

I'm Trapped!

Lately (as this, and the next few posts will reveal), Grace has been crawling into all sorts of spaces she can't seem to manage to get out of, and underneath the pack-n-play is one of them!


Marley loves to snuggle with Grace, even if Grace isn't always too thrilled about it!

Packing Bitty Baby

Marley loves her bitty baby, which came with a cute little back pack & Marley loves to pack her around.

I want to be a bunny

One day Marley came to me with lipstick all over her face, which for her is not unusual (she loves to play with lipstick). Her reason for putting the lipstick all over her face, however, was. She told me she wanted to dress up like a rabbit & that some how translated into painting one's face with bright pink lipstick. Several days & baths later, the lipstick FINALLY came off!!





RUBBER DUCKIES

Marley has several little ducks that she plays with in the bath tub. One day she had put up all her ducks on the side of the tub & was talking to them & making them dinner. She's got a pretty crazy imagination!

So Not Into Shoes

Warm weather time is Marley's feet favorite time of year. This is a time that they can breathe free & easy from the confines & constraints of shoes. However, this year has kind of skipped over spring & the weather has been all over the map. From luke-warm to snow & freezing temperatures. One day we were going out & it was NOT flip-flop weather, & I asked Marley to put on her shoes. When I came into her room, she was putting her shoes on, but she was crying as she did so because she did NOT want to wear them! Poor kid...I'd love to live in warm weather year around too!!

Diaper Wipe Wallpaper

Marley is very imaginative & can play by herself easily as she loves to pretend! She had taken baby wipes, ripped them into strips, & put them all over the wall as wall paper! Some how she had managed to make them stay stuck on the wall!

Standing Up

Around 8 months old, Grace started pulling herself up onto everything that she can grab on to. She's still so tiny & I think it's so adorable to see her standing up!

NAP TIME

As I've said before, I love my kids sleeping faces. So innocent & sweet!

LAS VEGAS

Toward the end of April, Jerry & Ruth invited us to Las Vegas to see Kevin's sister's son, Ethan, play baseball because they had an extra condo. Ethan is in a VERY competitive baseball league & is a VERY talented pitcher. We had a great time hanging out & getting a chance to take in some little league baseball. Marley loved it because of the pool...but for a couple nights, there was the "ghetto bird" (i.e. the night-time helicopter that spotlights & chases criminals) hovering around our condo & police running by the pool asking the patrons if they'd seen anyone suspicious run by. I guess it makes for an exciting trip! Overall, we had a fabulous time!!

Marley & Grandma Ruth at the top of the Paris hotel's Eiffel Tower.

This is in the shops of the Paris hotel, where Papa Jerry frantically coerced us into a dinner at the hotel's buffet!

PRETTY PRINCESS PARTY

Sadie invited Marley to her fourth birthday party...a princess salon party! The girls had their hair & nails done at a salon in Pleasant Grove.

Marley got a fancy up-do & Sadie got her curly hair straightened out. They all looked so adorable!!!

Marley got little flowers painted on her nails.

All the little girls compared their manicures!

Sadie opened all her presents.

Happy Easter

(It has been a REALLY long time since I've posted anything, so the next 20 or so posts happened several months ago...haha!!)

Having little kids to celebrate holidays makes things much more fun & much more meaningful. It's fun to make little Easter baskets for them, but also helps me realize how grateful I am that the Savior made such a wonderful sacrifice for all of us in order to allow my wonderful husband & beautiful daughters to be together for eternity & that our bond is not over after we pass on to the next life!!


Marley loved her Easter basket but Grace wasn't as thrilled!



Once we put the lambies around Grace, she kind of perked up!



Oh gummy candy...Marley's beloved gummy candy! Just like her dad! Kevin cannot pass up gummy candies!



Marley has been doing her own Easter hunts, LONG before Easter. She often would hide eggs all over the house & go hunt for them. She was pleasantly surprised to find the Easter holiday involves an egg hunt. She had such fun running around the house tracking down all of the Easter eggs!



Sweet little Grace!






We got the cutest little stuffed animals from Pottery Barn & Marley loved hers! Poor kid, she was running & tripped over some one's shoe & smacked her poor little face on the floor, causing that lovely blood blister on the middle of her upper lip!

Later on, Marley got to go on an Easter egg hunt at Grandma Rimi & Grandpa Doug's house. She LOVES going on an egg hunt!!

Puppy Face

I think kids have the sweetest faces when sleeping & Marley is no exception! I think her face is like a little puppy so soft & sweet. It's hard to believe this sleeping face can throw tantrums & sass with the best of them!



More tub pictures. I love that Marley & Grace can take baths together. They entertain each other & have such a good time!