Trip to Moab

Time to play blog catch-up! We spent a weekend in Moab with the Nelsons - everyone except Ira. We rented a condo with three bedrooms which was able to accommodate all nine adults and four kids quite comfortably. Activities included swimming, coloring, games, eating, shopping, and of course hiking! On our first day in Arches we did the Park Avenue hike, which was perfect for the kids. We also saw Balanced Rock and hiked to Sand Dune Arch (another kid favorite) and Broken Arch. Jake and Kennedy (in the backpack) did the Fiery Furnace hike with Beth, Ben, McKenzie and Rainier. I went to town with Brent, Kari, Eliza and Huck to do some shopping and get ice cream. We also did some 4-wheeling back to Gemini Bridges. I was told that these trails were pretty tame, but it was definitely enough of a rush for Macy and me. On the last day, just the four of us hiked to Delicate Arch. People made lots of comments about hiking with two little girls, and most seemed in awe that we would try the hike with them. We kept a good pace, and only one couple passed us - Jake was pretty proud of that. We had perfect weather in Moab, but it rained like crazy on the drive down and back. It was fun to spend the time with everyone.

School's out for summer!

Kennedy had a great year (5 months) at school. We're so happy that she was able to get into such a great class. She had wonderful teachers and made lots of friends. She will miss them all over the summer. There were lots of activities to celebrate - we went to a picnic in the park with the two toddler classes. The kids sang a few songs and were presented with certificates. They were all so cute! We also went to a school wide carnival with a BBQ, giant bounce house/slide, face painting, and balloon animals. Kennedy had tons of energy as usual, and ran off after finishing her dinner. She wanted to go back to the slide, but didn't tell daddy where she was going. She just jumped down from the table and shouted, "I'm done!" I was in the food line and didn't know what was going on. Daddy chased after her with Macy in the stroller, but it was hard pushing it through the crowd. It is a challenge trying to keep up with both of them by yourself. I tried to do it at the picnic because daddy was home sick. We all came home exhausted. 

Toddler Suns and Moons Singing

Kennedy and Max

Doing a job on the last day of school

With Ethan and Greta

Sliding at the carnival

The girls will be splitting their time with pampy and grandma Sue this summer. Kennedy will have lots of fun with them, but I know she will be excited to go back to school in the fall.

Kennedy's First Haircut

Yesterday I told Kennedy that I was going to get my haircut. She said, "I want to get my haircut too!" We made her an appointment at Cookie Cutters and told her that she had to wait until I got back. As soon as I walked in the door after my cut, she came running down the stairs saying, "Now it's my turn! I'm so excited! I'm going to the beauty spa!" (I went to the spa earlier this week so that and Fancy Nancy must have given her that idea.) At the salon she got to go down the slide, choose a car to sit in (the one with the horn that she honked non-stop), a movie to watch (baby einstein) and when she was finished she got a balloon and a sucker! It was a good experience, but we decided not to keep a lock of her hair. Instead we have these great pictures to remember the event. Here are the before and after shots:

Hanging out at home

The first stage of my maternity leave is coming to an end. I go back to work part time tomorrow. All I can say is that I'm very sad about it. It's been wonderful spending this time with Macy. She is an amazing baby! Even though I'll really  miss being at home, I know she will be in good hands with her pampie and grandma Sue. And I will still get to spend plenty of time with both of my girls!  

Ice Cream

It's been feeling like summer! We walked over to Woody's for our first ice cream cone of the season - and Kennedy's first cone ever. She seemed to enjoy it, but even the baby cone was too big for her. She doesn't seem to have her mama's sweet tooth.

Flight of the Conchords

Little late getting this up... Jake and I had another date night! We took the girls to grammie and grampie's house and then went downtown to have dinner at Red Rock and to see Flight of the Conchords in concert. If you don't know these guys, they are New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo a cappella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo and stars of the HBO tv series. Check them out on youtube - Jake's favorite is "business time" and I like "foux da fa fa". The show was very entertaining, but the opening act (Dave from the show) was only so-so. We picked Macy up after it was over and Kennedy had a sleep over. It was a fun night for everyone! 

Happy Birthday Eliza and Mama

Saturday we went to a birthday party for Eliza (and for me too since we share the same birth date). We had a great BBQ lunch and made tie dye tee shirts. What a great way to celebrate.

 

Kennedy got this fancy purse and pair of sunglasses as a party favor. She loves being fancy!

Here are our finished shirts. Thanks Burtons for a great party!