Sad to leave

Well we've had a wonderful time here in St. George, but our week is up. Sigh. Mommy was able to get some good video of me cheering that she can't wait to download, but in the mean time here are some picture highlights that Grandpa's nice camera captured!
Aunt Angie has a gift for doing hair.

I had some strange regression regarding my love of the pool but I quickly got over it once my Daddy could come out and play with me!

Cara went to the lake for the first time. Mommy also wakeboarded for the first time in at least a year...we have proof on our camera!

Aunt Becca was on Homecoming Royalty! Isn't she so pretty?

Also this week Aunt Angie and Uncle Christian closed on their house! They're grown ups with a mortgage.

We had so much fun with everyone. We watched a lot of sports, went peepee and poopoo on the potty, spit up on Grandpa, laid out by the pool, and hung out with everybody. IT WAS GREAT. Can't wait until we can do it again!

Soccer and Football Mania

One of the best parts of being at Grandma's house during the fall season is all the STUFF that goes on. I barely have time for naps and decent bed times. Aunt Becca had a soccer game on Tuesday and another one tonight. (Mommy is going to film me cheering because it's priceless!) Uncle Eric had a football game last night and then we'll go to Desert Hills High School's (Aunt Becca's school) Homecoming football game on Friday night. Uncle Marty was part of the first graduating class last year so he'll be one of the few real alumni at the game and then Aunt Becca is also on the Homecoming Royalty and is in the running for Homecoming Queen which they will announce at half time! Fingers crossed!

And of course pictures of us enjoying the fun:
The best part of stadium play: PIZZA

Uncle Eric is #54 (you can only see the 5 as he is running the ball-he's a running back and a defensive linebacker!)

Aunt Becca is #3. She's a team captain and plays defender (AND ROCKS AT IT!)

St. George and Sky Diving

Yeah! We're in St. George! It's 90 degrees and still hot summer weather. Plenty of pool and lake fun. Well there will be. We've been swimming, but not to the lake yet. Cara hung out pool side for her first time while I splashed around and had a lot of fun. But the big news is that on Monday I went with Cara, Mommy, and Grandma to watch Uncle Marty and Grandpa go sky diving. We did a LOT of standing around waiting to see the airplane which is only big enough for two people in the back so they had to jump on separate flights. Mommy could see the moment that each of them left the plane and watch them free fall and then I could see them when the big parachute would unfold. Mommy was jealous. Each time she watched the awesome video of Uncle Marty's experience from the helmet camera it made her want to go more and more! Maybe for her 30th birthday. (This gives her five years to actually get up the guts.)

Run, Daddy, Run!

So as most of you know, our Daddy has taken up running. He finds that he is more inclined to exercise if he has a race to train for. Well today he raced in the Layton Classic 10k. (The shwag from this event was pretty awesome including a long sleeve running shirt made out of bamboo!) YEAH DADDY! He beat his last time by at least 2 minutes if not 3. (His last 10k we never got an official time and for this one the results haven't been posted yet, but according to his gun time we're looking at almost 3 minutes better.) We all went and cheered Daddy on. The Finish line was at this great little park and they were having a little fair so we had plenty to do.





We did confirm that Siena is not a morning person...this was after we got back!

The Spoofer

Great Grandpa Quaife calls binkis "spoofers" because us babies think we're going to get milk, but in fact we don't. Kind of cruel, eh? Well I don't want anything to do with these "spoofers". In fact, I have actually made myself gag so hard I puked all over Mommy when she tried to give me one of those...things. In truth, I have sucked on one probably 5 times and for no more than 5 minutes. Mommy caught me on camera. Amazing since it is so rare. I have to be mostly asleep and sometimes I can be tricked.

And of course Mommy just had to throw in a picture of Siena's hair. Mommy once said out loud that she was glad she had girls because she wouldn't have to deal with cutting their hair when they were small. Later she realized the foolishness of this statement. At most, baby boys need their hair cut once a month...little girls need their hair DONE EVERY DAY! Mommy loves Siena's hair though. Here is a picture of a braid Mommy managed to get into Siena's hair. She did it once before and it gets very loose and messy throughout the day, but for one brief moment...it's beautiful!

End of Summer

Or so they say. Mommy doesn't like to think about Labor Day ushering in the fall season. Her favorite time of year went by too quickly! She wished it away because she wanted Cara to be born! And now the nights are getting a little bit longer and cooler. The days don't get quite as hot. Sigh.

However, we had a very nice Labor Day. We went over to Oma and Apa's new digs. You see, our Oma and Apa get to stay! They had to come home from Europe early and they've decided to stay in Salt Lake. Well see that presents a difficulty in that, we're living in their house. And we're using all the rooms. They're letting us stay a little bit longer and so they're staying in a friend's family home that is currently empty and waiting to be sold. This home is awesome. It's a big house on a huge property. The house itself is straight out of the 1950s. Every inch is carpeted and in seven different colors. There's even a room with red felt walls. It's a billiard room. And it has a huge yard that we ran around in. Ooh and there's a pool, but it's empty. But it is nice and big and deep. Anyway, we all sat out on blankets out on the lawn and ate tomato sandwiches and chips and fruit and corn on the cob. Then Apa told us a few stories from when he was young. Good stuff. Or as I say, "Mmmm. It's good."



I also can't help but throw in this picture of Daddy and his girls. We have the best Daddy in the whole WORLD.

Down Time

Well not much to report. Us girls are just running Mommy ragged. At least I'm letting Mommy get some sleep at night. Not the whole night, but large parts of it. Really it's Siena that's running Mommy ragged. See Mommy got this brilliant idea that now that it has been a whole month since I arrived, Siena really should get potty trained. So Sister has been diaper free all week (except for naps and night time.) She has peed in the potty maybe 5 times (and on the carpet, in the car, Aunt Margaret's floor probably 20 times) and pooed in the potty exactly zero times. Yeah, it's going great. I sit and listen to Mommy say the phrase "You need to pee in the potty" or a variation on that probably 30 times a day. Good luck to you Mommy.

We have been enjoying time with Oma and Apa though! Now that they're back we see them just about everyday. Yeah!