Good intentions

I swear that's all I keep saying to the hubby lately... "well we had good intentions"

Tried to get family pictures done on Monday... and it started raining harder as our time came closer. Of course when we got to our location I made everyone get out and get a few taken. Because we were all dressed, hair done, clothes ironed, etc.... good intentions... Kids kept complaining about getting wet and then the older monsters 1 &2 only cooperated for about 2.5 seconds.

Then of course we had to go out to get dinner... After dinner hubby went to get the van so that we all didn't have to walk back to it in the rain... So I got the girls all packed and ready at the front door and here is daddy... vanless because he didn't have the keys lol... so we all walked in the rain anyways... like I said.... good intentions lol.

Or this morning I was very determined to get to the gym... only to have Hailey have a complete meltdown because she couldn't get buckled... yes this was after I got every dressed and ready and into the van... like I said I'm all full of good intentions... Now shouldn't that count towards my exercise this week lol?!! I wish!

Then I vacuum this morning only to take Hannah out of her high chair after lunch and to watch crumbs and various pieces of lunch fall off of her as she walks... *sigh*.... good intentions.

I've actually been getting a decent amount of cleaning done today, but it doesn't even come close to making a dent into the way I would actually like my house to look *sigh*

And then to top it all off I pull out the duster and Hailey asks me "Mommy what is that?" Yep that just shows you how often I have time to dust...

Canada trip part 2

On our way back from Calgary we all stopped at a town called Vulcan... and on our way home from Canada we stopped to see the giant truck in Sparwood BC. Girls loved it!

Goofy Vulcan sign with all the kiddos 

Girlies in the gigantic wheel! 

Giant truck we finally stopped at

A rare sharing moment 

Proof that Natalie came with us 

Love that sweet lil smile of hers 

Canada trip

We drove up to Canada last weekend to visit Tim's sisters and to go see the Calgary temple open house. Yes it was A LOT of driving. About 7 hours to Lethbridge where Tim's sisters live and then another 3 hours to get to the temple. But it was totally worth it! I've been dying to get to go through an open house for over 5 years now, but there haven't been many temples opening up that are even somewhat close to us. We went through with a bunch of family and it was such a great experience. I sure hope that my kiddos remember this! 

View from the highway... we started to get super excited. 

Beautiful Calgary, AB temple 

Sweet girlies 

All the nieces and nephews that went through 

Hailey turned 4

Hailey's bday was on the 9th so that day I let her pick all of her meals. We celebrated with family the following Monday.

Girls eating her requested birthday breakfast. French toast, peaches, and OJ

Pretty sure Hannah enjoyed it too =)

Wearing her new Stompeez... dang commercials

Just love this pic of Hannah

She was so excited to eat her carrot cake... yes my child requested carrot cake for her bday lol

All about Hailey- not a monster anymore =)

. Hailey is turning into an amazing little girl right in front of our eyes! They grow so fast!

Hailey and I have been working hard together on letters.... and we haven't even gotten to half of these letters yet, but yesterday she wrote her own name for the 1st time. She had Haile and I told her she needed to add the Y and I think she thought I said I so she wrote I, but then wrote the Y when I corrected her. I was so excited that I took a pic and sent it to Tim and my mom because it's actually readable! Yay Hailey!!!

And here's a funny moment for everyone... when you finally let your kids start to pick out their own clothes. She came downstairs this morning in a skirt- that I told her to change- its 60 degrees out- and the button up shirt on upside down =) She absolutely loves picking out her own outfits though and it's pretty hilarious to see what she comes up with. She loves mixing pinks and patterns- if you can't tell by the pic lol. I should take a pic everyday I let her dress herself so everyone can enjoy too.

I'm 7 weeks already!

And I'm super cute!

And I love to smile all the time now!

Cute kids

3 girls?!!! Craziness right?!! Poor Tim doesn't even stand a fighting chance.

I can't believe she's almost 4!!!

If only they could have been looking at me... sigh...

So a few months ago I found matching dresses! And I was determined to at least get 1 pic of them all together wearing them too! I even made them matching hair flowers too =) I know.... silly silly, but we already have so many dresses (seriously it's insane) that I could only justify buying one set of matching right now.

Daddy with all 3 girlies =) I don't think he has any clue what's in store for him hehehe

Fair Fun

This year we did make it to the fair and the girls had lots of fun. I just love seeing the looks on the girls faces. They just love it all!

Tim got picked from the audience. I just love how both girls are standing there watching. All 4 men had to walk around the stage posing like that.

Then they sat in chairs, leaned back, the lady took the chairs away, and then they had to stand up. It was pretty funny and Tim was such a great sport.

This lady was showing her goats at the fair and let the girls feed them crackers and then took one out so they could lead it around.

Such a nice lady! The goat was the one leading Hannah here =)

Right after she got her face painted.

Proof Natalie was here too- she was snug as can be in her front carrier on daddy

Girls together- they both got pretty unicorns

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And of course the fair wouldn't be complete without a few rides. We even got Hannah to go on a few rides this year. She was actually an inch too short to go on any rides, but the carousel (even with an adult), but we just acted like she was tall enough and only one person wouldn't let her get on.

Last year Hailey and I got bracelets because she wanted go on so many rides, but this year we opted for tickets and I'm glad we did. I had no clue, but most rides won't even charge the parent for riding with their kid on the kiddie rides- awesome!

These pictures were too good not to post. Both girls fell asleep  on our way home from the fair and were so tired that Tim had to carry them both into the grandparents house and they stayed asleep like that for about 2 hours! They had so much fun this year!