September 30, 2011

Charlie's twin brother Chris and his family came from Utah to visit and arrived today.  We headed to the pool for the afternoon and the kids had a great time dumping buckets of water on each other and chasing each other around the kiddie pool.  I loved watching Isaac play and interact with his cousins.  

Chris & Ginny took turns jumping off the high dive.  Nice form Chris!

September 29, 2011

Tummy time for little Lukester.  And tummy time is always more fun with a few toys to look at.  

September 28, 2011

Tonight I convinced Charlie to go to dinner at Souplantation.  I love to eat a good salad, so this place is great because I can load up my plate with all kinds of yummy salad stuff.  The only problem is that it is always SO busy - you have to wait for a table, and then it is really noisy and chaotic while you are eating.  But I did enjoy my salad!  

September 27, 2011

After my last haircut I decided that I was never going back to the girl who was doing my hair.  A) I just don't really like her that much as a person - like it was annoying to have to sit and talk/listen to her while she did my hair and B) she kept cutting my hair crooked!  But that left me without a stylist and my hair was starting to get really annoying.  A friend in my ward has a sister that comes to visit every couple of months and does hair for several women in the ward, so I decided to give her a try.  

September 26, 2011

We went to a friend's birthday party at the bike park today.  After it was over Isaac and Hudson played out in front for awhile.  I think they were hunting for snails or something.  Isaac had kind of a rough time at the party.  He does not do well with big groups of kids and usually ends up off doing his own thing.  Today he had a total meltdown and I was feeling kind of discouraged that he was not interacting well with the other kids.  It brought me a little bit of peace to see him play so well with Hudson afterwards.  

Tonight during dinner Luke was getting kind of fussy in his bouncy seat, so I brought him up to the table in the bumbo.  He was grinning ear to ear and so happy to be sitting up with us.

September 25, 2011

Tonight we met up with some friends at Newport Beach for a bonfire.  The weather was perfect and it was not very crowded.  We had a fun & relaxing evening chatting by the fire, eating dinner, and making s'mores.  You can see Isaac in the background - he is playing football with some really nice older kids at a neighboring fire pit.  Luke fell asleep after awhile and slept in my arms for about two hours.  He never naps that long unless he is being held.  We had such a great time that we set a date to do it again next month.  

September 24, 2011

Here's Luke enjoying some Saturday morning tummy time.  I love that he is so interested in his toys now.  It's fun to watch him try and grab at things.  In this photo he is looking at himself in a little turtle mirror.  I love this blanket that he is laying on too.  Janelle made it for Isaac, but now Luke is using it.  The fabric is a "Dick & Jane" print and really nostalgic and cute.  

September 23, 2011

Today was Isaac's last day of school before a three week break.  We met up with some of our school friends at a park later in the afternoon.  I heard Isaac say "look mom, I'm upside down!"  and turned around to see this.  I was kind of impressed that he was strong enough and coordinated enough to get his feet up on the bar all by himself.  He looks like a long string bean though, and he is!  

September 22, 2011

When Luke was born, Karl & Janelle sent me a hydrangea in the hospital.  We planted it in the backyard while Janelle was here helping with the boys, and she was telling me how her mother (Charlie's grandmother) always named her plants.  So we named the hydrangea Luke.  Then when the construction workers came to do our fence they destroyed most of our plants - including Luke's hydrangea.  I was kind of devastated.  But today when I was out in the yard I discovered that it is growing back and I am so happy!  

September 21, 2011

We went to Sandy's house this afternoon and since Charlie is out of town, we stayed for dinner.  After dinner the kids started chasing each other in circles around the kitchen/living room.  It was all fun and games until Ryan crashed into a coffee table.  

This was Luke's reaction to all of the chaos: