AUGUST

august was such a busy month for us.  we were either gone or we had company.  it was a great month.

this is riggs at our ward party.

this cute boy got baptized! we are so proud of trey and his awesome choice to get baptized.  i was lucky enough to play the piano at his baptism and rhett confirmed him! it was a very special day.  after his baptism we went to the canyon and played in the water with paddle boards and canoes.  the water was warm and the weather was perfect.

 on our way home from the canyon we stopped and maxi's and got some pizza and then ate it on the tramp at my dads house. riggs loves it as much as we do.

my kids with their uncles.

 after our trip i was trying to catch up on housework. i was a bit overwhelmed so i put the girls to work.  i can't believe how well they fold laundry.

 awesome.

 this is a typical summer day if we are home. i love it.

 one of the highlights of our summer was when our good friends came and stayed with us one weekend. they just moved back to idaho from TN and we couldn't be more happy about it!

reeds dairy

rhett somehow broke his tooth off at work but luckily our friend came to the rescue and saved rhett....in our kitchen! it was pretty awesome.

fishing!

 rhett really wanted a picture of riggs holding a fish, which i thought was kind of gross...

 ..and then riggs shoved the whole fish head in his mouth!! i about died.  riggs didn't even blink an eye and rhett had no idea what was going on.

and my girls were obsessed with this snake. seriously? i had no idea they liked snakes. i'm not a fan but i wasn't about to tell them that.

 when we were at the park playing tacey fell in a puddle and was so covered in mud and water.  i couldn't just let her run around naked since there were a ton of people at the park so we got desperate and pulled out one of riggins' spare outfits from the diaper bag. between tacey's outfit, rhett's missing tooth, and well, brylee just looking homely we were the most redneck looking family.  it was hilarious.

 these two are so cute.

some of my cousins were in town for a rodeo so we met them at the fairgrounds.

tacey and i had a quick minute to run and go school shopping when we were visiting my dad.  this was her favorite outfit. can you tell?

 kids rodeo at the cassia fair.  i cannot get my dad to smile for a picture. 

 pretty much my dads whole family came into town. that's probably why fair time is always one of my favorite times of year(:

 we brought cooper back to rigby with us and he stayed for a few days.  i could keep that boy forever. 

 soaking up the last few days of summer.  this was a breakfast picnic.

 my rose bush finally got a few roses!!! it's gorgeous.

 since i have the opposite of a green thumb i was pretty proud that i kept most of the flowers and bushes alive!! makes me so happy.

weeding was my therapy this summer. (we have a LOT of weeds) i'm going to miss that during the winter.  seriously, i am.

 so when we were looking for houses last year rhett and i didn't think it was really that big of deal to buy a house with an unfinished yard.  ummm. it is. it's a really, really big deal.  haha.  at least our front yard has grass. but our backyard is another story.  it is ghetto.  it's all rock and weeds.  we are hoping to get the grass planted this fall so we have a backyard by next summer.  we will see.

anyway, so don't judge our weeds. we're working on it.  just look at my cute kids.

riggs likes to crawl in our shower and play. these pictures just crack me up.

A Little Behind...

Oh my goodness I am a little behind on blogging. We have seriously been so busy in the last couple months. Even though I have had some major cabin fever/winter blues I really can't complain at all cause I seriously have the BEST husband and girls in the world that are constantly keeping me entertained! We have also had tons of visitors stay with us in the last few weeks and it has been soo much fun. Thanks Kayla, Sacia, Jaxyn, and Kiyoshi for staying with us. We LOVE you!

Onto the Pictures!! This is just Tacey bein an adorable goof. Right now she is saying "Mom, this is how I smile with my cheeks!" Haha.

Tacey is also quite the photographer. She took these next two pictures, she also put my camer in black and white mode all by herself. Very Impressive if you ask me.

Tacey kept herself entertained for days with this laundry basket.

Rhett and I finally made it to the temple last month! Wahoo! It felt soo good to go. This is us just getting ready to leave(:

Jaxyn and Kiyoshi came and stayed with us during their spring break. I felt so bad cause it rained and snowed the entire week they were here. Luckily they really didn't seem to mind too much. We had so much fun with them.

Tacey has been a bit of a trouble maker this last month. I swear it's just cause we have been stuck in the house to much cause of the crappy weather. I am almost too embarrassed to even share these pictures and stories with everyone, but they are too good not to document.

So the other morning I am laying in bed and I hear Tacey get up. She does her usual little run to the potty in the morning and I roll over and wait for her to come get me so we can go start breakfast. I must have dozed off again cause the next thing I know I open my eyes to Tacey standing right infront of me with a bandaide and her lip just bleeding like crazy. She hands me the bandaide and says calm as can be "mommy, I'm bleeding." She goes on to tell me that she was trying to shave like daddy but messed up and cut herself. I was in so much shock I didn't get a before picture, but here is the after with a princess bandaide on her lip.

Just a week before the shaving incident Tacey also cut her hair. AHHH! This is one thing that I did not handle very well. We had just gotten done talking about how she wanted to grow her hair out like Repunzal! Seriously Tacey! When Sacia was here we got the haircutting scissors out and left them on the bathroom counter. BIG MISTAKE! She had pigtails in and she chopped the right one completely off AFTER I had put her to bed! Her bangs are seriously cut to the scalp. Luckily, with a little (okay a LOT) of hairspray I have learned how to hide it pretty well. I can almost laugh about it now....ALMOST.

And then there was the flour incident. If you have ever been to our house you know our entire bottom floor is all hardwood, no carpet. Anyways, I went upstairs to put Brylee down for bed and got distracted until I realized it was soo quiet downstairs. I came down to find Tacey "making cookies." We bought flour in bulk and have it in a huge bucket in our pantry. Since she had already made the mess I just let her play for awhile. After Rhett and I cleaned it up we swept up about 2 pounds of flour. It was THE BIGGEST mess I have ever cleaned up. Because of our hardwood floors it easily got dragged right into the living room. It was everywhere! We swept and mopped, swept and mopped, and swept and mopped. I am still finding flour. haha, it was such a mess, but Tacey had a blast!

Springtime here in Rexburg is soo dang windy! So if we can catch a day where it is not snowing, blowing, or raining we are outside playing! I love those days!! I am very nice and patient this winter BUT now I am ready for summer!

This is Brylee folding her arms. She is always ready and willin to pray. So dang cute!

Our girls absolutely LOVE to color. This is what they do seriously all day long.

And now I will end this post with my two little luvbugs cuddling. They are soo sweet. I am the luckiest most blessed mom in the entire world. I am so happy to have these girls, they brighten up my life, messes and all!

I also have lots of cute projects I want to post and of course Easter. So hopefully I get to that before the week ends. Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!