August Happenings Part 3

-The best part of this month was having Alex come home to us! He did so well this summer, and we were all ready for him to be home. The night after he got home, the kids begged him to take them each on a ride on his electric long board! They are all in love with that thing. 

-With Alex back I took Laney on a much needed girls day! We went shopping at home goods, ate lunch and then (not planned) got our toes done! She is so cute when we shop. "oh mom that is so cute." or "no, not that. this one!" I LOVE HER! 

-Peter is turning into such a ham. And he has to do whatever the kids do. So now he loves to color with them! 

-Furniture shopping with Laney bug. I've learned over time that I love it, and hate it. A big part of me wants to say "here, take my money and just make it cute, functional, and not trendy!" It's reallyyyyy hard for me. But I'm slowly loving the things we've purchased. 

-One day Laney fell asleep in my bed, and Peter went and laid with her! It was cute. But I quickly got him off...because she's a bear when she is woken! 

-We had a family date (Crew calls it that) one night, and it was so so so fun. We took the kids to Gecko Grill, and bowling! They did so well at both places. It just made me so excited to have them grow up. Doing things with them being older is fun! 

(my phone died after I took that photo of Laney bowling...but I'm glad Alex and I's phones died right when we started bowling. So good to just be all there with them.)

August Happenings Part 2

Ok it looks like I need to split this post up into 3! I take too many photos, and don't blog enough. Something has to change !

-We finally had our Madsen kids over one day and everyone was in Heaven about that little fact. 

-Taking Pete grocery shopping is totally fine as long as he has food to eat. 

-Crew had his first day of school! I snapped some of him and E outside. He still calls her "honey" and "wife!" Can you believe him?! He cracks us up. What's more funny is that Everly has caught on. She reciprocates the love!

-A little Iva in our day to cheer us up! Except she was not having it when Laney wanted to hold her. Ha! 

-Crew was spotlighted at school, and brought his gold trophy. 

-The kids sleep with us every night, and I'm totally over it! 

-Peter insists he sit with the big kids. 

-Visiting the home of Cold Front Cryo! 

-We went to lunch with family earlier one day, and randomly decided to stop in Deseret Book! We saw my grandparents in there. It was so so good to see them and catch up. Peter went right to Grandpa Lamb! 

-I can't possibly write everything else down, but it was full of a lot of friends and family! Birthday parties, time with grandparents and destroying my house:) (Peter)

August Happenings Part 1

So much has happened in August that I need to split up the post into two parts! It's going to be a little scrambled here--but I just need to get this fun month documented! 

-We spent so much time reuniting with friends and cousins that we missed all summer long. Seriously so grateful for the relationships my kids have with everyone! 

-I celebrated my birthday with a few of my friends here! It's turned into a fun little tradition to grab dinner the night of my birthday. Alex has always been out of town, so I'm thankful for these girls who make it fun! 

-Cousin sleepover with Hazel! Those 3 are hilarious, and exhausting all together. The things they would come up with! I wish I had a better memory to record everything. They all have so much energy too, and must insist that they talk all at once :) 

-Peter & Ivy together remind me of Crew & Haze around that age. So much love, and a little bit of fighting to go around :) Love those littles. 

-We had sweet Indy and her mama over for a while, and we were in heaven! The kids loved Indy. It was so fun catching up. I'm sure it will happen more often! 

-Swimming...A LOT. For as much as Alex is gone, I am so darn grateful for that pool. It's the best distraction during the "witching hours." 

-We had a "late night" with my friend Alli and her kids. Laney and Reese love playing! 

-Lora came home from CHINA (!!!) and gave the kids fun little gifts from there. The girls got pink rabbits that they named mimi! I'm still begging Laney to name it Mochi, but she will not budge! Lora got Crew Chinese money, which was a major hit. He tells EVERYONE that it's from China.