September 2013

On September 1st my little guy turned the big 7! He chose an Ironman theme and decided to pick out a cake from the store this year. He was sure spoiled!

On the 2nd, we met a Yorkie stud named Little Ricky. He became skittles boyfriend, but unfortunately there were no puppies this time :(

That afternoon we ate at Chick-fil-A. 

 Here's a picture of one of our tadpoles from the 4th. They are getting bigger, but no legs yet.

Later that day I was taking pictures and got this cute one for a screensaver on my phone.

Christian insisted I also take one with myself in it,

and extras of him!

On September 7th, we went to Sam's Club after the soccer games for a free lunch of samples.

 

The next day, we visited the grandparents after church. (Note that Faith stole my super high-heeled wedge shoes and was wearing them!)

 

My handsome boy is showing off a temporary tattoo here on the 10th.

September 14th we went to get peaches from Brigham city before it was too late in the season. Because we heard it was super rainy in Kaysville we decided to slough Christian soccer game and go to Logan instead. Here we are going into the cheese factory.

Since we were that far, we made the further track to the Pepperidge Farm factory.

And the kids would not let us head home without stopping by Smith and Edwards for a ton of candy, their favorite being these sets of dummies shaped like other foods.

Here is some artwork that I was clearing off our display wall. Faith made this early in the summer when she was getting excited for our Park city excursion.

Christian colored this picture of himself blowing lots of bubblegum bubbles.

We were expecting our Chinese teacher visitor at the end of August, but she hasn't come yet. We read decorated Christian's room to be her bedroom,

and the kids even picked out a new shower curtain with Chinese lettering for the bathroom, which we gave a fresh coat of paint.

A short while before, we had gotten this new furniture piece to go behind our couch.

 On the 19th I felt our tadpoles had grown big enough that they needed a different home. I added the rock so that when they got their legs they could climb out of the water.

On the 24th, we harvested the last of the goodies out of our garden. His chin even found some worm and slug friends.

September 27th was the Heritage Hike--the schools sole fundraiser, where they just ask for sponsoring donations and have the kids run around the track for 45 minutes. I volunteered to help and stood at a station where we have the kids stop and do push-ups if they wanted, just to keep it interesting.

  On the 28th my mom and dad came to the kids' soccer games.

My dad got some pictures with his camera.

that afternoon we went to lagoon for some Frightmares!

On September 29th, Evelyn was blessed. What a beautiful little girl :)

August 2013

On August 1st, my luck with getting my hair colored at the DATC finally ran out :( I went back on the 2nd to get the crazy big patches of white blonde, too dark roots, and orangy intersection fixed by another student who had the reputation for being amazing with color.

It ended up very cute!

August 5th I wa working all day (like 10 hours), so my kids went with my parents for their stake Lagoon day. Lots of cousins were there, and Tony even met up with them after work.

 

We went to the farmers' market on the 8th.

 

  The next day, the kids set up Faith's trundle bed for Christian to sleep in while our Chinese college student (who will be interning in Buddy's class) is living with us for three months. They went all out, as usual!

That afternoon the kids had one of their famous lemonade/popcorn/snow cone stands.

August 13th my mom held a special tea party to show us some family history photos and heirlooms, and tell us about our grandparents and great-grandparents. We got to wear some fab hats! 

Christian even got to stick around (he was actually sad that he wasn't originally invited) instead of going to McDonalds with grandpa and some cousins  because Noah didn't come and Brandt was very late due to Joy's car battery needing a jump.

Even Skittles dressed up for the event.

 

  This was Grandma Quinn's doll from when she was little. She played with it for many years and the china head, arms and feet were never damaged.

  When I moved to my own room downstairs when I was twelve, Sarah had this doll on a shelf above her bed as a decoration. Not for long, though, because Sarah was sure that it would sometimes move or make noises!

Mom put out a beautiful spread: chicken salad croissants, fruit, deviled eggs, cupcakes, and chocolate dipped strawberries on grandma's china dishes.

Some of grandma's thimble collection was set out as decoration and the kids got to pick several as a favor.

Here are just a few of the pictures.

Grandma & Grandpa Quinn

Leah (Grandpa Quinn's mother)

What a special event!

 

On the 14th I took a few hours off work and I took the kids to the Davis County Fair. They got free stenciled tattoos.

We loved the petting zoo, as always.

We think this is the camel we petted as a tiny baby two years ago!

We also loved the prize winning rabbits and chickens.

We ate snow cones while watching dogs compete at the long jump by diving into a swimming pool.

Christian, after being reminded by me of his regret last year after wimping out, and after being goaded by the young man behind the table, finally held both a scorpion and a Madagascar hissing cockroach!

The kids both won prizes at this table after successfully leveling the scale with three pieces of candy. Only one of the six kids preceding them could do it!

 

On August 15th we went back up to the condo. It was Tony & my 21st anniversary, but Ton had to work the next day, so he stayed home with Skittles. I called him that evening and he was having a candlelight anniversary dinner of Mo' Bettah Steaks, BY HIMSELF! Heehee :)

Of course there was excessive swimming,

shopping, a big dinner at Ruby Tuesdays,

and more swimming. The girls worked on their diving, and Christian worked on his cannonball.

Grandpa got to snuggle baby Evie.

  Tony came up Friday night and got to do some shopping at the outlet with me. We even got some delicious relishes from Harry & Davids.

At home with our Skittle-poo and Dusty on the 18th, Faith had some crazy hair going on!

We celebrated Tammy's birthday with her. I thought it was funny how the cake looks positively ablaze in this picture! I gave her the gift of addiction to Downton Abbey :)

 

August 21st found us at R.C. Willey's to get a new twin mattress. We figured we needed a nicer one for the Chinese college intern who is supposed to be coming to live with us for three months. The kids preferred this expensive adjustable bed and enjoyed using the remote control to fold it up like a taco.

 

On the 22nd, we found that our teeny-tiny tadpoles (which I had ordered off eBay) had been delivered and were sitting out on our porch all day. Updates to come!

 

We finished setting up Buddy's room as the guest room on the 24th.

 

August 26th was the first day of school! Sixth grade for Faith,

and first grade for Christian.

Faith even did fancy notebook-inspired nail decor.

 

The kids started the new soccer season on the 31st.

That afternoon we did some shopping at Farmington Station Park and Faith found these groovy glasses at the candy store.

I was going through some school work from last year and found this cute picture by Buddy.