tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7953100301026181382024-03-13T00:36:01.368-06:00The Bevans FamilyMike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-2347019194962822312016-07-29T15:09:00.001-06:002016-07-29T15:09:21.329-06:00July: This is the Place<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In July was the Bevans' family reunion. While we didn't go to the main reunion, we still got to spend time with everyone before and after they went to Southern Utah. The weekend before, of which I have no pictures, almost all the adults went to the temple together, and got to do a special sealing ceremony. After that, eeeeveryone went to Temple Square to take family pictures, it was a lot of fun, but it was a VERY late night for the girls (and me). The next day we also had a big dinner at Kari and Jeremy's house, which was a lot of fun, and another really late night. The next few days were a little painful for me, home with the girls. It took them DAYS to catch up on their sleep! By the time people were back, we were ready for more! We spent almost all day the next Saturday at the This is the Place monument with some of the family. </div>
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The girls had fun learning how they used to do laundry.</div>
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They LOVED having Grandma and Grandpa around. These girls live for attention, and so were soaking it up!<br />
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They had a lot to do there. Mike and I had originally been thinking it would only be a couple of hours, and we had plans in the afternoon, but we just ended up pushing the plans back later and later, and ended up spending 6 hours at the village! And, honestly, we could have stayed for longer!<br />
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They had a splash pad, games, crafts, trains, pony rides, little shows, food, pretty much anything you can think of!<br />
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I love how intense KK looks here!<br />
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So proud!<br />
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KK and Alexa pretty much hovered around the grandparents all day.<br />
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And of course, panning for gold. I think we were here for about an hour. They found lots of little gold pieces, and then got to go into a gem pit and search for gems. <br />
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This may have been Kaelyn's favorite part, though. There was a Native American village, and they had a dance show where they explained a bit about their culture and the meanings of their dances. At the end of the show, they taught a dance, and Kaelyn was so excited to do it! This is so impressive to me, that she just got up there, by herself, and held hands with strangers, to do it! And did a good job, at that!!<br />
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The pony rides may have been tied with the dancing, for Kaelyn's favorite, and was certainly up there for Alexa. They do love their pony rides!<br />
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It was great to see everyone again, especially since we probably won't be travelling for quite awhile!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-60482874421965494312016-07-29T14:26:00.000-06:002016-07-29T14:26:10.056-06:00June<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Lots of otter pops... (always outside, of course!)<br />
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More otter pops, and splash pad time...<br />
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Hair experimentation.... (pretty much happens at least 3x per week for about an hour each time)<br />
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And, of course, our exciting announcement!<br />
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We're having a hard time with names this go around, but are very excited! Mike likes saying that he is the guy in Last Man Standing, which we think is hilarious. At least he kind of knows what to expect in the teenage years!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-42265761756266182122016-07-29T13:47:00.000-06:002016-07-29T13:47:50.762-06:00MaySo, I have all of 2 videos of April. Apparently it was a boring month, so it's getting skipped, and we'll go straight to May!<br />
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May was pretty exciting, we had Mike's birthday celebrations, the end of kindergarten and soccer for Alexa (and me), as well as the start of t-ball for both Alexa and Mike. Plus, normal activities like walks, playgrounds, and museums.<br />
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For Mike's birthday we did a Nerf war at the church. We bought guns, extra ammo, and safety glasses for all of us, then set up barriers, divided into teams, then went at it. We had a few different versions of the game, but mostly it was kill everyone. <br />
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I don't remember why we were in Provo, but pretty much anytime we go there we stop at the Creamery. The girls love it!<br />
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They are also big fans of the museums around here. There are a lot of hands on exhibits, which is great.<br />
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The end of soccer. It was a pretty good season, but I think we were both ready for it to end. My morning sickness was not fun to coach with, and I think Alexa just finds the seasons a little too long.<br />
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I think we had a week break before t-ball started? It was pretty fast. Mike coached this season, and both he and Alexa ended up loving it. We had a really good team, and Mike was really good at actually teaching the kids, instead of letting them do whatever. <br />
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Kaelyn and I missed our daily walks to pick Alexa up from school. We still walked sometimes, but for the most part, I just wasn't feeling well enough to do it. <br />
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The last day of school all the kids put on a dance show for parents and family. It was pretty cute, although, it was pretty long, and got rather hot. This is the kindergarten dance, Alexa was right in front, luckily, so it worked out pretty well. She's in the long sleeved red shirt with the sweatshirt tied around her waist. Poor kid was dying by the end, but it was supposed to be rainy and cooler! The storm ended up blowing in after the show, luckily. <br />
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Alexa's "Darth Vader" mask. We've started watching the original Star Wars movies, and Alexa has loved it. Kaelyn, not so much, she likes the idea of it, but the movies kind of freak her out.</div>
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Mike made my favorite cake again for my birthday this year, and Kaelyn clearly enjoyed the chocolate ganache pooling on the plate!<br />
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Kaelyn, for about a month, started coming in to "cuddle" during the nights. Sometimes she'd come in during the mornings, and so would just take over Daddy's spot, thank goodness, since she sleeps like a starfish!<br />
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And Easter dresses! I'm never sure what I'm going to get when I ask them to stand and smile so I can take pictures of them.<br />
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And, of course, our big announcement for March: we're expecting! Baby #3 coming in November. And we'll find out the gender at the end of June!<br />
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Ariel and Tinkerbell have become quite the cooks lately!</div>
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Tinkerbell is getting pretty talented at stirring and dumping without getting everything everywhere.<br />
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And Ariel has moved on up to using griddles and flipping pancakes!<br />
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Enjoying the fruits of their labor.<br />
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The Super bowl was a big hit this year, and even the girls liked watching it (while they were shoving snacks in their mouths :) )We (Mike) were very happy that the Broncos won.<br />
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The girls had a lot of fun with Valentines Day this year. They got cookies from my parents and lots of candy from various teachers and friends (and parents), our house was covered in hearts and glitter, and they had fun making Valentines for everyone. Of course we had our traditional heart hairstyles:<br />
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And Kaelyn and I got to go do the snack station at Alexa's school Valentines party. We did a make-your-own trail mix with different goodies, and Kaelyn did a great job sitting and eating the entire time! I had been worried that she'd try to follow all the big kids and do all the things they were doing, but put some juice and cupcakes and pretzels in front of her and she'll sit like a little angel!</div>
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Since Alexa's birthday is during Christmas break, this year we decided to wait until school was back in session to do her party, so that more people would be able to come. (We learned our lesson last year!) We still did her presents and cake on her birthday, though. Kaelyn was pretty confused as to why she didn't get to open any of the presents that were by the tree, but it sure did make Alexa feel special!</div>
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Alexa requested a Rosalina, Peach, Zelda cake. At first I was really not sure how I'd pull it off, but then I found these drawings someone had done to make them all Paper Mario style, which made it much easier. Still quite time consuming, but waaaaaay easier than it could have been!<br />
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She loved it!<br />
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Then, the first Saturday after school started back up we did her party. She wanted another Princess Party, like last year, except different. That is exactly how she described what she wanted to me. So, we did the same set up, but with a few different princess and activities to go with them. <br />
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I had to keep the pin the kiss on the frog though, because it was my favorite!<br />
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Princess Kaelyn has gotten in to doing hair. It's cute, albeit a little painful :)<br />
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And Mike's latest hobby is painting game figures. For Christmas he got a board game he had really been wanting, and so now he's painting all the little gray figures so that they're full color.<br />
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So they've had a few painting parties and the girls paint rocks or paper.<br />
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And, lastly, Alexa lost another tooth! This one is top, front and center, and so far the grown up tooth isn't visible, so she's had a hole for awhile! :)<br />
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Our Christmas Eve nativity: Mary struggling to hold baby Jesus, and Joseph. I played all other characters.</div>
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Christmas is so much fun when you have kids that are old enough to really enjoy the magic of it all!<br />
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Most of the morning was spent like this- Daddy handing out presents as fast as he can to excited kids!<br />
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Modeling her new Tinkerbell apron. Alexa got Ariel.<br />
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I love Christmas time, there are so many fun things about it, but I really love on the focus of Christ and Christ-like love. It's fun to teach the girls about it, and find fun ways to incorporate it into our traditions. This year we ding dong ditched about half our stairwell, and the girls had a blast. I'm not sure how secretive we were, since there was much giggling, and peeking to see if doors were opened, but boy, did they love it!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-5152165650745798512016-01-05T17:53:00.000-07:002016-01-05T17:53:20.052-07:00Pre-Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Many mornings and afternoons were spent like this, coloring parties next to the tree, watching Christmas movies. I think we watched all the animated ones about 10 times.<br />
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We also got a LOT of snow. I think it snowed for about a week and a half straight. Luckily, it was over Christmas break (and weekends), which meant that a) we had a white Christmas and b) we didn't have to worry about driving to school at all when it was really bad.<br />
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About a week before Christmas we went and saw Santa. They had tables set up next to the line so the kids could write letters to him, and then a few days later, he mailed us a letter back!<br />
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Kaelyn was a little under the weather, so she looks a little drugged in the pictures, but no tears! First time since she was a 4 month old!<br />
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She was NOT into this forced hug, though!<br />
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And what's up with the ever changing Christmas lists? We never had to deal with that before, Alexa always had anywhere between one and, like, the whole Toys R Us catalog on her list, and it stayed constant from November all the way to Christmas. Then this year, it was constant until about, oooh, the week after black Friday. Aka, a week after I had "finished" shopping. Then, it changed pretty much every time we asked. Please tell me that phase ends soon!</div>
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One sure fire way you can tell Kaelyn is under the weather is if she actually naps during nap time. I think we were going to go pick Alexa up from school this day, and I had to wake her up to go. I laid her on the couch and she slept through me getting her boots, coat and hat on her. Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-88293621503674191792015-12-21T10:51:00.000-07:002015-12-21T10:51:17.584-07:00November<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In the beginning of November we went to Disney on Ice, and the girls LOVED it. They wore princess dresses and watched with rapt attention. Kaelyn didn't let us take one good picture of her during the whole thing, I think because she was perturbed that we were disturbing her. We didn't even take pictures during the show though, so who knows?</div>
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This is a clip from our favorite part of the show; Rapunzel and Flynn did aerial ice skating/dancing. I didn't even know that was a thing, but it was pretty awesome!<br />
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The girls just had a blast, and loved seeing all the princesses. Yesterday we went up to Temple Square and drove past the place we saw this at, and as soon as Kaelyn saw the building, she recognized it and started telling us all about the show. I was amazed that she remembered so much, including what building it was in!<br />
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The princesses with their prince after the show. Doesn't Kaelyn's hoop skirt just crack you up?<br />
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Kaelyn has started waking up and coming to "cuddle" with us (me) in bed. Usually this happens in the morning and she just takes daddy's place after he leaves for work, but this night she came in at about one, started out between us, and then was sprawled all over me. She literally had one leg over my stomach, and one arm over my face, just making herself comfortable. Mike and I were cracking up because she just kept shifting more and more on top of me, and somehow the laughing did not wake her up. Eventually I got up to put her back in bed, and as soon as I stood up, she just completely took over my spot. <br />
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Luckily she hasn't been doing that as much, all though we found it pretty funny.<br />
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Before we left for Thanksgiving, we went to the Riverwoods tree lighting and the girls got to meet Elsa. I think that was their favorite part of the whole thing!<br />
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As if the week wasn't filled with enough Halloween activities, we decided to fit even more in on the day itself. In the morning we got the girls all dressed and then went trick or treating at a couple of stores. </div>
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Toys R Us was our first stop, and it was empty. And the girls were scared of Geoffery. If you'll notice in the next 3 pictures, we had him scoot a little closer to them during the picture taking, hoping they wouldn't notice. It worked pretty well.<br />
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Except that you can tell that Alexa totally just realized what happened here.<br />
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The girls thought it was so fun to trick or treat at stores. We went to a grocery store, and there were a lot of kids there doing it as well. We also continued our tradition of pumpkin shaped pizza for dinner, and then went trick or treating. <br />
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Link, Princess Rosalina, and Princess Peach.<br />
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Link and Zelda.<br />
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Oh, and Kaelyn got a shiner during her quiet time by taking a nose dive off her toy box, so Princess Peach had a black eye for the real Trick or Treating. I love this picture, she looks so put out!<br />
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We had a much busier Halloween season than normal; it was a lot of fun, and the kids especially loved it. First, we had a Clue dinner party at Kari's house, and I made this cake to bring. And of course, I have to show it off, because I'm vain like that :) The party was a lot of fun, we all dressed as characters, then essentially played clue with us as the pawns. I was Ms. Peacock, and Mike was Colonel Mustard. </div>
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During the week, the girls and I decided to go check out another pumpkin patch that I had heard about. It was a bit of a drive, but was free and had a lot to do. We really liked it, the only problem was the 5 field trips that were there!<br />
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They had a huuuuge corn pit, and a really good, tall hay maze for the kids.<br />
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They also had a petting zoo (with a kangaroo) a little haunted 'maze', a couple of slides, and a hay ride. The hay ride was the painful part with the field trips, because the kids would all just swarm and ignore all the other people that had been waiting. It was worth the wait, though. The girls had a blast, and it was a nice long ride.<br />
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Then one night we carved/painted our pumpkins.<br />
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Mike loves that he has to clean mine out, too! :)<br />
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The girls loooooove painting their pumpkins. I thought for sure Alexa would want to carve hers this year, but no, she was excited to just paint them again! Less work for us!<br />
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On Friday, Alexa's school had their Halloween parade, which we had to go early for since she's in afternoon Kindergarten. It was pretty cute, and she was the only Rosalina in the whole school. The most popular costumes we saw were Anna and Elsa (of course) and Star Wars and Batman.<br />
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After the parade we ran to IHOP for free pancakes, which the girls loved.<br />
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And then back to school for Alexa, where she had her Halloween party. Kaelyn, miraculously, slept almost the whole time Alexa was at school. It. Was. AWESOME!<br />
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<br />Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-10320728366024091702015-11-10T21:01:00.001-07:002015-11-10T21:01:38.193-07:00The Last Game<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Soccer season ended a few weekends ago, and while it was a lot of fun, it is nice to have weekends back. We've only had a handful of game free Saturdays since March, because there's no break between the seasons. </div>
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We got team pictures done a couple of weeks before the end, and we were only missing 3 kids.</div>
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This is pretty much the only picture from the last game. Coaching meant that Mike was in charge of all the pictures, so we didn't get a lot :)<br />
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This was definitely a new experience, and a bit out of my comfort zone. I think Alexa enjoyed having me as the coach, in fact, she's already asking if I'll do it again next year, but I'm not sure yet. It was a little hard with some of the kids, and there were some things that I wasn't a fan of (like when only 2 other kids showed up to our last practice, or the games when we only had 1 sub) but it was really nice seeing the progress the kids made, and earning a free sport season for Alexa!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-28550987967197318442015-10-17T22:06:00.001-06:002015-10-17T22:06:18.596-06:00Pumpkin Patch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I don't think we've ever gone to a pumpkin patch twice, although a lot of that is just how much we've moved. This was our first Halloween in Utah with kids, so once again it was a new patch. We liked this one, it had pony rides, a tiny corn maze, free food, a country store, and a hay ride (that we skipped because of the line). I think that we might keep looking and try to find a better one next year. </div>
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Kaelyn LOVED the pony ride. It was her first time, and she did great. It was actually Alexa's first pony ride, too, but only because every other time she flipped out as soon as we got her on (or near) the pony. She actually wanted to skip it this time, until she saw how excited Kaelyn was. Nothing like peer pressure, and getting shown up by your little sister, right? She ended up enjoying it too, just not to the extent of Kaelyn.</div>
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They both really liked messing around on all the old tractors this place had.<br />
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And they thought the corn maze was pretty cool, but it was pretty sparse, and wasn't really maze-like at all.<br />
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They did really enjoy the slide, although not the hay that got stuck everywhere.<br />
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After all the fun stuff we picked pumpkins. Alexa got a monster- the biggest out of all of ours, and Kaelyn refused to get one big enough to carve, and actually ended up picking a white pumpkin. Guess that will be a good canvas for painting!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-23695812944231551012015-10-17T21:32:00.000-06:002015-10-17T21:32:32.477-06:00Camping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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They were pretty excited to sleep in the tent.<br />
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And there were a couple of tiny little paths through the trees that went up the mountain and had gorgeous views. It was pretty steep, but the girls loved hiking up it!<br />
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They also thought it was pretty cool walking up the road to the big cage full of wood piles, and took their jobs of picking our bundle out very seriously. <br />
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We're looking forward to going again, probably next year, when it gets a bit warmer at nights again!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-73169436631040850952015-10-17T21:21:00.000-06:002015-10-17T21:21:39.262-06:00The Cuddler vs. The Terror<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Or a whole container of baby powder and bottle of shampoo on the floor (it's a couple of inches thick on the floor)....<br />
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And who seduces her older sister to her evil ways, and wastes probably about $25 of spices (there are more piles to the right).<br />
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And those are just the worst messes, but there was one that was another bottle of shampoo, multiple sink floodings, many clogged toilets, and a few others. All within about 3 weeks. It was a weird, and terrible time in the house, with a very strange smelling bathroom, and a very spicy smelling kitchen. Luckily, she seems to be over this phase. Thankfully!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-88114741131000536762015-10-17T21:09:00.001-06:002015-10-17T21:09:50.610-06:00First Day of School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Alexa started Kindergarten this year! She was very excited, and not at all nervous. I think it helped a lot that Preschool last year was at the school, and was at pretty much the same time. </div>
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Kaelyn has been enjoying some time without her big sister around. It might be that Mommy doesn't care if she touches Alexa's toys.... :-)<br />
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Alexa has been loving school, and has made several new friends, as well as becoming closer to a few friends from her class last year. So far it has largely been review, but she is getting much better at her reading, which she is over joyed about. And I'm pretty sure Kaelyn is counting down until she gets to go to preschool next year!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-57899892880637274732015-10-17T21:01:00.000-06:002015-10-17T21:01:05.930-06:00Review: The MartianI was very curious to read <i>The Martain</i> by Andy Weir when I saw previews for the movie, because, let's be honest, books are almost always better than movies made from books. The story is about Mark Watney, who gets left behind on Mars, and keeps a log of his time stuck there. He has no contact with Earth, or with any other people, like his team, and has to use what it left behind from the failed mission to try to survive. He knows another mission is planned to come to a different part of Mars in four years, but know he does not have enough food or water to last that long, or a way to get to where the next mission is planned to land. Luckily, he happens to be a botanist and mechanical engineer, so basically he is the person with the best chance to survive in these circumstances. While the book is largely written in first person point of view, as he is keeping a detailed log of his days and activities, it also switches things up by including the perspective of the people trying to save him, both his team, and NASA and their helpers.<br />
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I really liked this book. Mark's entries were filled with humor, so it wasn't nearly as depressing as you would think a book about a guy stuck in space would be. It also had enough twists and such, that just when you thought you had figured out if he would survive or not, you suddenly weren't sure anymore. My only complaint would be that there was a lot of scientific jargon, which is rather unavoidable when he's explaining how he's trying to make water and such, but still was a little hard to follow, and got boring pretty quick. I am now interested in seeing the movie, to see how it compares! I would recommend this book to anyone interested in science, it has a lot of different types included- nutrition, botany, engineering, chemistry, and more. However, I'm not interested in science, so that's not a requirement. Those who enjoy sarcastic humor would also enjoy this book. <br />
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Tooth! Alexa lost her first tooth on August 22, and was super excited to put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy. We cleaned up her room a bit first so that the tooth fairy could safely move around, and put the tooth in a plastic baggie to make sure it didn't get lost while Alexa was sleeping. The tooth fairy was very nice and left 4 quarters in the baggie, taking the tooth with her. </div>
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And now Alexa is eagerly looking forward to having more holes in her mouth!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-53553665994958889552015-08-31T21:53:00.001-06:002015-08-31T21:53:33.930-06:00The Last T-Ball Game<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Alexa finished up T-Ball a couple of weeks ago. She really ended up enjoying it, although I think that it probably hasn't been her favorite sport thus far. There's a bit too much standing around and waiting in line to hit to really entertain a 5 year old, I think. She did improve her skills a lot throughout the season, and by the end of the season, actually knew what was going on the whole time.</div>
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Team pictures, minus a few. This was actually the biggest turn out for pretty much the entire last month. That's the problem with summer sports, I guess!<br />
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We're really proud of her for trying new things and making new friends. She's still pretty shy and hesitant to do new things, so every little bit helps!<br />
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The week after this was the first week of fall soccer- and I'm her coach! Wish me luck!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-23731093877665870692015-08-31T21:46:00.000-06:002015-08-31T21:46:25.730-06:00Kaelyn's Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Kaelyn turned 3 this month! I think she had a pretty good day. It started with a room full of balloons, and a purple doughnut with sprinkles....</div>
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and continued with scooter-ing to the playground...<br />
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then scooter-ing (actually, I ended up carrying her most of the way because she was so tired) home and having popsicles out on the patio...<br />
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followed by nap time. During which, I undertook making her Jessie cake that she had literally been talking about for a month. We made the mistake of mentioning her birthday back in July and asked what kind of cake she wanted- a purple Jessie cake- and then she asked me <i>daily </i>about it. <i>DAILY.</i><br />
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Aaaaand after. Except I had actually cleaned up a bit already.<br />
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In the end, though, it was totally worth it.<br />
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Look at those faces!<br />
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I think she was pleased!<br />
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She was funny opening presents. At this age, Alexa did not want help, she was tearing into the paper like no one's business, but Kaelyn insisted that Daddy help with every single present. I think she really loved, and appreciated, that these things were just for her, and that Alexa had no prior claim to any of it!<br />
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I was really proud of Alexa, too, because she bought Kaelyn presents with her own money for the first time. We had a little money lesson one day during nap time and I explained how much presents would cost (from the dollar store) and then had to talk her down from using all her money at once. I think she'll be glad around Christmas time, though!<br />
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And then they enjoyed her spoils until bedtime!<br />
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Since the face painting had gone over so well the day before, we grabbed some for our own while we grocery shopped, and did it again on the 4th. This time, Alexa wanted it on her face (where it wouldn't rub off so easily) and got both cheeks done.</div>
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She also had very patriotic nails, with matching fireworks on the thumbs.<br />
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Kaelyn got bored half way through, so she had a firework on one side...<br />
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... and most of a flag on the other.<br />
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And she also had patriotic nails.<br />
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We did our normal 4th traditions: the flag cake, the red white and blue drinks, and watching fireworks at night, but this year we added something new- doing our own fireworks! It was Mike's idea, of course, so we got a small box, and then we had a couple of friends over and they brought a huge box. The girls really like the sparklers and the little things that they could throw at the ground.<br />
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They really liked watching the bigger ones, too, although they wanted to help with that as well and were disappointed by Mommy's "NO!" We watched the fireworks on the hill behind our condo and had a view of the whole valley, and it was awesome. Fireworks EVERYWHERE. Seriously, the whole valley looked like they were shooting fireworks off, including the neighborhoods next to and behind us. It didn't matter where we looked, we could see some one's show. And all without the hassle of driving somewhere!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-39485341665966705002015-08-05T21:40:00.002-06:002015-08-05T21:40:22.410-06:00Freedom Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We went to the Provo Freedom Days on the 3rd this year, and had a lot of fun! Mike and I had gone once when we were newly married, and again when Alexa was a baby, but not since. The girls were really excited to go!</div>
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Kaelyn got her face painted, and I was really impressed with how well she sat still for the Sister missionary that did it. She thought it was pretty awesome.<br />
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Alexa was being a shy bug, but after watching Kaelyn, she decided she'd be ok with it on her hand, and got a firework.<br />
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We stopped and watched some dancers, and Kaelyn danced along almost the whole time, and made me get in on the action part of the time.<br />
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Daddy and Alexa just watched.<br />
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This was the first ride that either of them have been on, except for Ferris Wheels. They both LOVED it, Kaelyn especially. She was so funny to watch, because half the time she had this intense look on her face, hunched over the handle bars like she was really racing.<br />
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We walked a lot, got a couple of hair clips for the girls, a dream catcher for me, and the girls and I experienced our first shaved ice- so good, and much better than a regular snow cone!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-12073049374737312312015-08-05T21:29:00.001-06:002015-08-05T21:29:35.907-06:00Review: The Little Paris Bookshop<div>
<i>The Little Paris Bookshop </i>by Nina George is a different kind of love story. The main character, Jean Perdu, is a middle aged man that owns a bookstore, which also happens to be a barge. The name of his bookstore is <i>Literary Apothecary</i> and has been moored on the Seine for decades. Perdu considers books to be medicine for the soul, and prides himself in being able to read people so well that he can prescribe the exact book that will help heal their soul. The problem is, his own soul is broken. A love affair that happened twenty years prior still haunts him, and he decides to go chase his past hoping for closure. On his way, he picks up stray people, all struggling with their own issues of love. Max, who has never truly known love, Cuneo, whose idealized love had crashed and burned, and Samantha, who was letting her life go by waiting for love to just show up. As they travel together, they all learn a lot about themselves, each other, and love. <br />
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I truly enjoyed the premise of this book. I love the idea that a bookseller can talk to a person a little bit and tell them exactly what book would be perfect for them right then, what can help them heal and grow. I loved the passion that Perdu had for books. I like the characters, and how George really dug deep with all of them. They were definitely all a little quirky, but isn't everyone, in their own ways? I really enjoyed the growth that all the characters went through, and feel that it was realistically done. The book is a bit slow moving, and I did skim through some chapters that just seemed a little unnecessary. There were a couple of passages that were a little on the risque side of things, but it is a book about love and Parisians, so passion is rather expected. Overall, I really liked the book, but I am not sure that I would pick it up to read again. I would recommend it to other lovers of literature, because the idea of a Literary Apothecary would be most understood by them.</div>
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getting BYU ice cream for lunch,<br />
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sharing milkshakes,<br />
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using lots of chalk,<br />
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and splashing on an almost daily basis!<br />
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I think they're having a good summer so far!Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795310030102618138.post-50587987856167617102015-06-15T16:12:00.001-06:002015-06-15T16:12:29.516-06:00The End and the Beginning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Soccer ended last month, much to the girls' disappointment. Alexa had a great time, and Kaelyn actually ended up liking it, too. After the last game, they all got little participation medals, which Alexa thought was so cool.</div>
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Right after soccer ended, T-ball started up. Alexa has had a couple of practices, and one game, and so far seems to really be enjoying it. The first game was really funny, watching the kids try to figure out where to run to, and the massive dog piles as all our out fielders tried to get the ball. After the first inning, the coaches changed their strategy and just had a few kids in the out field at a time and that helped the dog pile issue get resolved.<br />
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Alexa's first home run. She was the first hitter of the team, so she was technically the first home run on the team.<br />
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They switched the order of batting in the next inning, so she was also the last run from the team.<br />
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T-ball at this age is an automatic tie, really, because every kid gets to bat and run the bases each time, but she's really enjoying it, and is learning a lot.Mike and Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09786509470731714402noreply@blogger.com0