A beautiful 2 dozen arrangement of roses from Rayne.  A note attached saying. . . 

Congratulations on your "first" marathon.  

A darling boquet of my favorite flowers from Taunya.

A fun sign made by my mom and put up by her and my dad late Thusday night wishing me good luck.  It was fun to walk out and see it.  Livy thought it was her birthday.

Part of our loud and faithful cheering squad.

Meg, Jake, and my family

Adding Paul, my mom, and Haley

Olivia's first day of preschool!

Olivia started preschool today at Brighton High school at the Bengal Paw Preschool.

She woke up early and then went back to bed because we were not up yet.  I went in at 7:35 and she leaped out of bed and ran to her clothes we had set out the night before.  She couldn't wait and was upset that Dru went to school first and then had to wait a whole hour until her school started.

Dru was excited for Olivia.  They hugged and giggled all morning long.

Liv said, "Mom, I will tilt my head for you in this one."

This is the corner where we meet Dru's friends.  It is a sad farewell for Liv.

Ryan and the girls

I walk with the girls in running clothes or pjs everyday.  I am sure the morning commuters are quite amused.

Here are Olivia's cute friends who are in our preschool carpool. 

Pheobe, Jared and Kamryn.

School Days

I am trying really hard not to take pictures of the girls everyday they go to school, but I just can't help it.  They are so excited and look pretty darn cute.  Dru loves getting her picture taken as you can see below.

Olivia, on the other hand is different.  She is in the mood or she is definitely not!  Below is an example of NOT!  She may look like she is smiling happily, but rather she is angry at me and is flinging her arms about in disgust.

The crying begins so I put down the camera.

Once we walk Dru to the corner to meet her friends, Olivia is happy once again.  She is NOW in the mood and will pose beautifully for a picture!

the good, the bad & the Ugly

Our poor garden has taken a beating this Summer with the crazy Utah weather and a lack of TLC.  Ryan's peppers have actually done well.  He eats them with breakfast, lunch and dinner.  In the middle is our first and only tomato.   The end is a bizarre deformed pepper.  Even Ryan won't touch that one!

PEEK- A- BOO

They don't come any better than Rylie!  She is growing so fast I am trying not to blink.  Her latest has been playing peek-a-boo.  She doesn't quite get her hands over her eyes, but she gets the main idea.  She is also starting to show signs of walking.  She can stand all by herself for several seconds.  Rylie has been a fun and easy baby.  We all love to love her!!!

PEEK

A

BOO!

Her famous head tilt!

Her even MORE famous. . .fingers in mouth!

Crazy Card Club 

I get together with great ladies from around the valley to exchange homemade cards.  We have a theme and bring 12 of the same, exchange and come home with 12 different cards.  I was the host this month.  I cleaned my home and paid a woman in my ward to make a yummy dessert.  This is where the story gets good!  The day of this party, my secret baker brought this cake over.  My girls were drooling over this dessert.  She set in on my counter with my girls not missing a move.  I walked this dear woman to my door and chatted with her for about 38 seconds.  When I came back upstairs. . . Dru and Olivia had eaten a big hole in the side of the cake. AHHHHH!!!!  Let's just say, words were said and tears flowed!  

BEFORE!

AFTER!

This picture does not do it justice.

To make things even a little more exciting, Dru accidently dropped a HUGE chocolate shake in the middle of the family room floor a couple hours before people were to arrive.  I scrubbed and scrubbed.  It looks pretty good compared to what it used to look like!

With 30 minutes left to go. . .I just laughed and told them to pose for a picture to remember the night.  I love my girls!  

Here is Rylie trying to get in on the action.