Ariel on Stage

Last night I got to see Ariel on stage. Grandma took us on a girls night out and Aunt Angie and Aunt Becca came and we ate dinner with Grandma Great and it was so much fun.

We went to the Tuachan theater. What makes it so neat was that it was outdoors (which led to Mommy's second ever bee sting...) and they did amazing things with creating a wall of water on stage to make it look like they were swimming under the ocean. They sang and they danced and I sat and watched the whole thing, so did Cara! They tried to stop Grandma when she brought Cara in because she is so small. They didn't believe she was two! (Hey it's July and she will be 2 before August okay...) We had a WONDERFUL time. I think "Under the Sea" was everyone's favorite number because they did part of it under black lights. They also used heelies on all their shoes to make it look like they were swimming. Very clever.

Here we are getting ready for the show to start.








And this is a picture with the cute kid who played Flounder. I'm sorry but Mommy's camera is TERRIBLE at night shots. Just terrible. I don't know why we bothered. I think I'll post it here so Mommy can think about how she might want a different camera next time. :)



And you know what, the show didn't start until 8:45 pm but Cara only slept for 20 minutes in the second half and I didn't get sleepy until they sat me in my car seat. Yeah...we got home at 12:15 am. We also woke up at a normal time today despite Daddy's assurances as Mommy left for work that we could sleep in. That would explain why Mommy is finishing this post at 7:30 pm and I am really asleep in my bed already and so is Cara. Have been since 6:45 pm.

I Did It!

Today I gave my very first scripture in Primary and I ROCKED it. Mommy helped me. I got up and said loud and clear in to the microphone:

"God appeared to Moses in the tabernacle and He spoke to Moses like a friend, face to face. Exodus Chapter 33 verses 7 through 11."

Mommy was so proud of me and was really surprised that I did it because I would get all shy when I practiced at home.

And now for something totally different:

Mommy was browsing through Grandpa's photos yesterday and found all these great pictures from last October that were never posted on the blog. There actually was a great picture of us in our spider costumes...which now that Mommy thinks about it is kind of silly to post it here because it won't actually be in the same blog book. Oh well here they are for posterity purposes anyway. Look at how much hair Cara didn't have and how much we've grown since then!

More 4th of July

So here are pictures of what we did for the rest of the day...actually now that I think about it, Grandma and Grandpa have more on their computer and their actually of Mommy and Daddy doing fun stuff on the boat...we'll have to get those.







And this photo I took all by myself! You can only see a little bit of my finger.


Of course Mommy also wants to post pictures of us doing fireworks. This is Cara stepping on a pop it. We went through probably ten bags of those. We love them.





And this is me watching the fireworks from the back of Mozzy. I preferred the door closed.


This is what would happen if you opened any door on the car while a firework was lit.


Now see video for further proof. It's not my fault the fireworks are LOUD.

Happy Independence Day!

Isn't our country great? Mommy gets all teary eyed when we sing patriotic songs. She enjoyed sacrament meeting yesterday so much because we got to stand up and sing all three verses of the national anthem and then at spin this morning ( which she got to go to WITH Daddy) had several wonderful USA songs to ride to and she just seems so happy.

We've already enjoyed some festivities here in St. George and plan on a fun afternoon. Hope you all have a wonderful day too!

To stay close to on track.....

Mommy is having me do a little "Back Blog" in effort to stay on track. And when I say stay on track, I mean my Mommy has OCD about the blog and is very determined to do 100 posts a year...which is basically twice a week allowing for 4 weeks with just one post. That's kind of why some posts are epic because she doesn't want too many and to divide them up or anything. Anyway, because it's the last day of June she just checked and she's only done 48 posts so far.. so while we won't do two posts today we'll be closer to on track than before. (See I told you...OCD!)

A couple Mondays ago, just after we saw all our family at Double Grandpa's house, we go to play with the cousins again but this time at Veyo Pool. Veyo is where I showed interest for the first time in actually swimming to any degree last year and it proved to help me with my courage again. I saw Mommy's cousin Adalee in the water (she feels more like MY cousin) and I went right to her even though it looked like it was over my head. This is unheard of from me and Mommy was very proud although she claims Adalee could get me to walk across hot coals...I love her. Anyway I also started playing on my own in the water where I could touch and jumping off the side in to the water without anybody to help me. Apparently puzzle pieces have just clicked because I am a swimming maniac now. I go to the gym pool and I love to jump off the side and go in the deep end of the kiddie pool (I can still touch just barely). I'm jumping off Grandma and Grandpa's rock water fall (although that's too deep and I make someone catch me.) I also figured out how the water noodles and little floatie rings work and I love to float and kick kick kick. It's really changed the pool for Mommy and me and I just can't get enough. It's so great.

So here are some photos from our family adventures at Veyo Pool. We got to see Sophie and Savannah and Isaac again with Uncle Nick and Aunt Emily, and Mommy's cousin Sloan and her kiddos Jett, Bodie, and Josie.

The Things I Love

Mommy has mentioned how she has been putting off a blog about how awesome us kiddos are for awhile. She can't believe how much we've grown up. Cara is just a month away from being TWO! However today she has relented and is letting us list what we love about each other right now (and also what Mommy and Daddy love about us.)

Things I love about Cara:
-That girl can talk now...and sometimes it's non stop
-But her voice can still be described as little and perfect for an animated movie or something
-Her screams not so much...guess I don't really love that about her. She always wins because Mommy doesn't want to hear it
-She's still signing and loves Signing Time
-15 minutes in the sun and she's a shade darker
-Very cuddly still and snuggles in to your side
-Wants to wear dresses just like me
-Loves to share her food with the grown up holding her
-Sings abc's and "I am a Child of God" (including part of the second verse) randomly throughout the day
-Started saying prayers recently
-"Spooky Old Tree" is her favorite book right now (and I love it too!)
-Big eater. Loves "Chick Nugs" of course that always makes me look bad because I eat like a bird

-Love the movie How to Train Your Dragon



Things I love about Siena (Cara here):
-Shares her food with me..sometimes even before Mommy asks her too.
-Tells me stories at night before going to bed
-Sings all the words to three verses of "I Am a Child of God"
-Learned how to jump in the big part of Grandma's jacuzzi.
-Started really swimming on her own in water that is just up to her chin-she's actually really good at putting her head under water and holding her breath. She just needs to figure out the mechanics of swimming.
-TALKS ALL THE TIME and about fun pretend things with elaborate stories
-Loves to help Mommy and Daddy in the kitchen even if it's with putting the dishes away
-Right now she's earning money to go see Ariel on stage and she pretty much mentions it 15 times a day (I'm going to see Ariel on stage and she'll sing and she'll have two microphones and she'll sing and ask me to come up on stage and give me the other microphone.)
-She's really started working on dressing her self and going to the potty all by herself
-Loves the movie Despicable Me

-And that girl is all about skirts or dresses...it's a major battle for Mommy to get her in to shorts

Uh..the zoo of course!

Mommy Disclaimer: Sorry. There are a LOT of pictures. I have trouble picking just one or two. And this is my virtual scrapbook so you all kind of have to suffer through my lack of decision making skills. (You'll notice I am now cheating and using mosaics a lot to get away with lots of pics.)

First we need to post some pictures from our freezing cold trip to the zoo over Memorial Day weekend. It's been almost a month...I think it's time.



In that wonderful collage are images of our first bird show of the year, riding the train AND the carousel, and lots of silly fun.

And now on to this week's trip to the zoo. And I'm not kidding either. Mommy and Daddy decided that we should all go up north this weekend while Daddy ran in the Ragnar Relay Series...The Wasatch Back edition. That meant Daddy did lots of running despite being quite sick for the last week and we did lots of playing. Mommy took us to the zoo twice and also took us to the mall where she bought very cute things for us. I think she meant to go there for her...it's easier and more fun to shop for us I guess!

Anyway, this awesome zoo collage has bird show moments (we went twice!) and our pink tongues from cotton candy and the howler monkeys that honestly started howling so loud I ran out of their building and wouldn't go back in the next day.



We of course spent time with Aunt Rachel and Romney and Chase and Emma and Uncle Troy and...oh wait that's it. Here we are in new swimsuits (it was barely warm enough for us to feel like it was summer up there.) We enjoyed playing in their backyard, eating yummy food from the grill and walking to get frozen yogurt which then necessitated a bath for all the giriles. It was a GREAT evening.



One of our favorite parts though was our impromptu visit to Double Grandma and Grandpa's house in Midway. Daddy's race was finishing in Park City so Mommy decided to surprise them and spend the afternoon up there. Well she was the one in for a surprise. Her three uncles were there with their families and they were having a Father's Day barbecue complete with Dutch Oven Potatoes. Plus there were FIFTEEN new puppies. Two momma dogs who had their babies two weeks apart. We loved cuddling them and playing with them. We also loved playing with cousins. I loved seeing Savannah again after going camping with her. And Cara loved playing with Els. Mommy even played in a piano recital put on by Isaac since she was one of the grand kids!