Sweet and Sour

This little girl is a girl!  She is delightfully girly.  Loves to have her nails painted and have her outfits and hair admired.  She'll stick out her foot and point to her feet to make sure you notice her shoes...who knew vanity started so young?!?

She loves:

-wrestling with Teagan

-giving kisses and saying hi and bye

-anything with buttons; phones, tablets, remotes.

-saying she's "all done" at dinner and then walking around sitting on each person's lap and sampling their food.  (This seems like a habit that couldn't go wrong).

-being a "corn nugget" which means giving a cheesy smile anytime someone tells her she's cute

-diving over and under and around benches at church

-playing with necklaces

-reorganizing the nails and screws at the house we're building

-following Teagan around and trying to do everything he is doing

-screaming/hitting/yelling no when things aren't going exactly as she imagined

-scaring people by throwing her arms out and saying BOO!

-Bringing toothpaste and a toothbrush to any adult and asking for "more" toothpaste all the time, literally, this probably happens 5-7 times EVERY day.

She is as cute as cute and 18 months old.  Time flies!

State Fair

We went to the East Idaho State Fair to watch Rachel model her dress, she won first place!

We stayed after for a few hours to torture ourselves with the crowds.  Actually it was pretty fun, better then I remember it being.  We let each kid pick a ride, Eloise LOVED the ponies.  She stood and watched other kids ride for a while, then I mentioned riding them and she started hyperventilating because she was so excited.  She giggled and giggled while they walked and screamed and screamed when it was over. Hehe

Teagan ended up getting two rides because someone sold us tickets for cheap.  After analyzing the options he picked helicopters and the giant slide.

We were there for about 2-3 hours and that was just right.  It's good for us to take time off from the house and spend time together as a family.  Now back to the electrical...

First Day of Kindergarten

Teagan was so so excited for his first day of kindergarten!  He was ready to leave the nest and went without a struggle.  

He didn't want me to walk him in:

T: mom I know where to go, you don't need to walk in with me.

M: I know, YOU know where to go, but I need to walk you in so I won't feel so sad and so I can see what it's like.

T: ohhhhhhhhhh, I see.  You can walk me in and watch me play on the toys.

M: thanks

His school and teacher are awesome.  His school was one of the few 5 star schools in the area and he's already learned so much.

They all waved goodbye to the parents as they walked into school. It was adorable, Teagan was so anxious to get into class.  

I think teagan's favorite part of school is riding the bus, followed by TWO recesses, PE, snack (candy) time, and trips to the library.  

I'm so proud of Teagan!  He comes with great stories and he's learning so much.  Love him!

Good bye House

We loved this house so much, it was sad to see it go!  So many fun fun memories there.

My Patriotic Little Boy

Teagan loves this song and has been singing "I'm proud to be an American" ever since we saw Lee Greenwood sing it in person at the firework show.  We've been spending a lot of time in the car and Teagan has been wanting to hear stories from history.  The more he learns about the nasty bad guys, Hitler, King George etc., our soldiers protect us from, and the freedoms we enjoy that others don't get, the louder and prouder he sings.  

We are going to Hawaii next year with Zac's family so I told Teagan about Pearl Harbor and how he'd get to see it.  He was so sad for the soldiers who were killed and is looking forward to visiting Pearl Harbor.  History has an interesting way of teaching compassion, I was amazed at his little heart understanding and feeling for people that he'd never met.  

I've always wanted to teach my kids honesty, faith, love, charity, courage and such, but I'm pretty sure patriotism should be added to the list of virtues too.  In watching Teagan experience being truly patriotic for the first time in his life, I've noticed a big, positive change in him.  I don't quite understand it, but I like it.  

Rock Pickin

We took a Saturday to go up to Teton Valley and get rocks for the outside of our house.  It was really hard work, but I was glad that we could be there as a family.  We went to the creek that Zac used to play in as a little boy and used rocks from there.  I love that we were able to get rocks that he played on as a little boy.

The kids were troopers.  We picnicked in a little groove of trees for lunch and Eloise survived no nap.

I ended up wading for some of the rocks so Teagan came with me, it was so refreshing.   Zac was too busy working himself into a heat stroke to take pictures of us, I can't imagine having to do it without him!

I wouldn't let Eloise near the creek, even though it was really shallow so I filled a bucket of water for her to play in and cool off.  She loved it!

This was just the beginning of our rock picking, we ended up filling the whole trailer.  

Kurt and Shelly came to help, right when we were running out of steam and gave us a second wind.  It is so nice to have so much family close by that can help us!

This is the beautiful view from grandma and grandpa's house, right before a crazy rain storm.  So gorgeous!

We went to the Huntsman Springs annual "Freedom Celebration" that night for the best fireworks I've seen in a long time.  There was a per-fireworks show that was a Beach Boys concert.  I LOVED it so much!

Getting a Strong Foundation

We are all working hard trying to build our house.  The last few weeks we've dug the foundation, gotten walls poured, and we're hoping for the basement and garage floors to get poured tomorrow.  

When my dad lowered the "mini" excavator into the basement with the big one, I about had a heart attack!    It did make smoothing things out 10 times easier.  I'm slowly learning to trust him.  LOL

We (mostly my dad) spent hours working out the plumbing for the basement, but we passed the inspection first try!  I was so excited!  

Lots of late evenings and pretty sunsets at this house.  It's really coming together!