Vercation

We were supposed to go to the beach in Cali last week.  

But we thought it might be a good idea to penny pinch for grad school.

Sigh.

However, we went to Flaming Gorge with our friends Richard and Amanda and their kiddos for not nearly long enough. We spent a day on the boat, and I came back with a wicked bad sunburn though I relotioned myself at least eight times.  Anyway, so fun and so worth it.

Ammon faced his fear of water and had a great time.

Skipper Morgan

Tubing is waaaaaaaay scarier than waterskiing.
 I screamed the whole time.

Also, I can waterski for 14 seconds.  Go me!

This is my favorite picture of Maya.  She is seething anger through her eyeballs because she is so pissed off that Ammon had her thrown in the 50 degree water. His idea, not mine.  She was mad for hours.

Water babes: India and Kirsten

Playing on a private beach.  Next time I will have to get pictures of the gorgeous scenery. 

 Utah is so pretty!

Maya, not so mad to be in the water now.

Pretty Girls

India wanted rockstar curls today.  That's what we call my three barrel curling iron.  And India is my little rockstar.    She is constantly coming up with fun family "fraditions" (aka traditions).  

Playing with friends is definitely the most important part of her life.  Several times a day she asks me, "So, who is going to play with me now?"  Luckily, we have lots of friends to play with! 

India likes to pretend that her birthmark is shaped like a diamond because she is the diamond princess. 

Today was Maya's first official day in nursery.  And, of course, she loved it!  

Maya's vocabulary grows daily though her favorite words are still "No" and "mine" and "Belle" (family doggie and name of any other doggies or kitties). Hitting and yelling "no" have become a problem, so she sits in timeout ALL THE TIME.  I'm amazed timeout still works.  She folds her arms in the corner for 1 minute.  Sometimes more if we forget.  

 She calls Ammon "da-yee" instead of "dada." And only Ammon can cuddle her to sleep.  Her favorite books are Are You My Mother? and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.  I super love that Maya wakes up, puts all the Barbies in her crib, and plays until someone gets her. She even makes a kissy sound as the Barbies kiss.  

Funny, huh?

Lemonade Rain

Every morning India snuggles in bed with me, so "I" won't have bad dreams.  

After personal prayers, sometimes we talk about what kind of things she can dream about, so she won't be scared.  In the middle of the night, I'm too brain dead to think of anything comforting to say.

This week she decided on her own she would dream about

 lemonade rain.  

Maya Portraits

Finally

I can check professional pictures off my to-do list.