Farmington Trail

I make a calendar for my mom (and a copy for me) every year for Mother's Day. It's a bit late this year :) I ran out of pictures of the girls, so we went to take a few more on the bridge on Farmington trail. These are a few outtakes. Kate was losing patience, so I asked her to jump up and down on a hole in the wood. Awesome location though, I loved how the 'good' ones turned out!

 

Kate's Preschool Program

Kate's preschool put on a darling Mother's Day Program. The kids were so excited when the moms showed up, and took us into the preschool and show us our seats at the table they had set with a picture of them, their handprints, and a flower they had grown for each of us.

And one of my favorite parts, a questionnaire about their mothers:

My mother is 3 years old.
My mother's favorite food is hot dogs.
My favorite food that my mommy makes is rice crispies & chicken nuggets.
The thing that makes my mom happiest is to love Kate.
My mother is as pretty as Belle.
When my mom grows up she wants to be a kitty cat (a BIG one!)
My mommy's favorite show is Netflix.
My mommy laughs when I cry.
If my mom has some spare time she likes to work.
My favorite thing to do with my mom is play Legos.
The thing my mom loves to the most is me to make something at preschool.
I love my mom more than to have my Birthday.
My dad likes to call my mom Princess.   
   

Paige 7 1/2 months

Sometimes you just want to eat her up :)

Moab 2012

 

My girls in the Jeep. Paige did much better than expected and they both loved their new carseats. Kate was so excited to go "camping", she kept asking to go back to the trailer and thought we were leaving camping when we went on a trail. She loves playing in and out of the trailer. The weather was perfect, not too hot or cold.

Marshall and Rondi got Jed "SCRAMBLER" stickers for Christmas. Jed put them on just before Moab. They look great.

We did our usual Fins n' Things as a test run for the girls and a bit of Hell's Revenge. We also had to test out the new suspension and lockers. Boy do we love the lockers!

Our first registered trail on Super Saturday was Gold Bar Rim. Fun trail. Lots of little climbs and small challenges, but not so hard or too many that we were waiting around all day for everyone. Best obstacle was "The Wall". I didn't get any pictures of it, but it's pretty much a wall, and you're pretty much vertical.

No body damage this year, although Jed did pull a "Dave". Our radiator started leaking Saturday near the end of the trail. Back at camp he tried some Alumi-Seal but it wouldn't hold. He found a radiator that evening, but it wouldn't fit and all the parts stores were closed for the night. He pulled the radiator and first thing the next morning headed back into town. The parts store had the number of a guy to weld it, and what do you know, the guy answered his phone, met Jed 15 minutes later and fixed the radiator for $25. Lucky us. He still had to put it together, but we still made the 9:00am trail - Strike Ravine (with the help of Marshall of course). We did the trail backwards and with only 12 Jeeps. It was great! A bit bumpy but fun.

That silly bunny even left some real eggs on the trail! Kate was pretty excited to find them.

Overall a pretty good trip, although as usual we missed my dad. I was surprised that it wasn't depressing like I had anticipated. Of course there were some sad moments (watching my mom drive the 6 down to Moab, not having him there when we broke, Kate asking about him), but we still had some fun. Jed and I especially had fun with Kate and Paige, they sure make us laugh, both of them screaming for fun for no apparent reason.

7 Months and 3 3/4 Years

Paige:

Sitting up (still topples sometimes, but then rolls over)

Eating rice puffs

Has a high pitch scream (she learned from Kate)

Loves jumping

Has two bottom teeth

Still a Mamas girl

Still bald (but looks adorable in a sun hat!)

Kate:

Loves preschool (she tells me her teachers are the best)

Feeds Paige rice (and eats them too)

Is a great helper

Loves to wash the car

Loves wearing her jammies

Makes me laugh every day

Asks tough questions

Loves her princess LEGOS

Wants to be a princess when she grows up

A new toy

I got a new toy.....

Can you guess what it is?????

 

Yep, that's right, a new lens for my camera (a Happy Birthday from Jed)! And not just any 'ole lens, a 35mm with a fstop of 1.8. LOVE IT! I love how these pictures have some depth now. I couldn't figure out how all the pros got pictures like that - now I know.
I had some fun playing this afternoon with it. I have it cranked all the way down, and I assume all the professionals out there would say, "uh, duh... you don't leave it on 1.8 all the time" but I'm a newbie, so I'm gonna (at least until I figure it out some more).
But the best part is that I can take pics of the kids in not the brightest light, and while they're moving around (do they ever hold still?), and I can still get a decent shot. These aren't even Photoshopped. Awesome!

Anyway, so as you can tell we have pajama day around here pretty much everyday. Kate actually had preschool this morning and wore non-pajama clothes, came home and changed back into her jammies. Like mother like daughter I guess. Paige is enjoying sitting up for a bit and playing with toys, and Kate had to have a tea party on our new-old table (I just re-finished it). Paige also loves the bouncer, she jumps about a foot in it - crazy girl.

Paige 6 Months

Paige at 6 months

15 lbs 10 oz

Learning to sit

Got her first tooth

 Loves to scream

Loves to jump in the jumper

Adores her sister