Soccer

We'll be starting this weekend, Ash is so excited!

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Stylin'

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Aaron has a blog documenting all that he is doing to restore our little shasta...you can check it out here
http://happytrailscampers.blogspot.com/

Minnesota

Reagan and I flew out to see Anna and the kids while Kreg was away on a retreat this week. We had a really good time doing lots of fun things together.  I'm so glad I have a supportive husband and mom who made it possible for us to go.  Thank you and thank you Anna for hosting us!

We went to the Mall of America first thing.  I had planned on getting RJ a new mini doll from the American Girl store (we're collecting them), I just had no idea how excited she would get! I first took her around to all the historical dolls to see if she would give any reaction to them, so we could decide which one to buy. She was cute saying "oh" to them. Until we got to Felicity, she got so excited and started jabbering and pointing and shaking her hands.  It was sooo cute, needless to say that's the mini doll we bought.  After, we went over to the bitty baby section.  These are the pics above.  She gave the same reaction to these little baby dolls.  She carried them all over, tried to feed them and kept talking to them.  I guess I didn't realize that at even this young age she was ready for girl toys.  She LOVED playing with Cecily all week.  She played with her pots and pans as well as her dolls and is mimicking her mannerisms.  I guess I need to go find her some girl toys to play with!

While we were in MN the humidity and weather was so hot - so the day we went to the chain of lakes to walk and swim we had to give up and go home.  We were bummed, but there was no way the little ones could be out in that - so we went shopping instead!

One of the things Anna loves about MN is the shopping.  Target has their headquarters there and so there is a particular Salvation Army that gets some of the corporate samples and extra inventory...which means brand new clothes for really cheap!  Only three of these items pictured above were previously owned - and they don't look like they've been worn once!  One item is from Janie and Jack, a $60 sweater dress that I got for $5!

Anna (with the help of mom) surprised me with Wicked tickets for my birthday.  It was awesome!  We had such a good time, and the performance was really fun.  Thanks again guys, I love things like this!

Cecily's birthday party

 

While in MN Anna and I put together a ballerina birthday party for Cecily.  It was so girly I loved it!  Reagan just watched all the little girls in awe.

 

We made the ballerina shoe cookies out of nutter butters!

 

We found a nice guy at home depot to help us cut the pvc for the bar and backdrop.  The girls had fun dancing - it breaks down smaller too so Cecily can keep it in her room.  I loved her hair, Anna can do such cute things.

Pioneer Trek

Aaron was asked to go on the pioneer trek because of his paramedic skills. He had a good time - although everyone keeps calling him the nazi? During the hoe-down a lightening storm came up and so he told all the kids what to do from the mic, he started off with "This is not a drill," I guess my ward members don't know Aaron's sense of humor!

A little time with Dad