Well, it has been sort of a crazy year, but this summer has turned out to be pretty awesome!
We've spent loads of time at the park, splash pad, and playing around nana's house.
We went to the living planet aquarium and Evelyn got to pet a stingray. She was obsessed with the penguins and was convinced that they were from the Penguins of Madagascar movie. Hilarious. We nearly got stuck on their rope bridge. Apparently I am not very coordinated when I am trying to hustle a toddler and NOT loose my shoe at the same time. Rhett was just super mellow the whole time...per the norm.
We took Evelyn bowling for the first time. She is a HUGE fan. That was 2 months ago and she still talks about it all the time.
Evelyn got to see her first movie in a theater. We saw the minions and it was hilarious. I don't think Kevin and I would have enjoyed it as much if we didn't have her between us laughing hysterically at everything and periodically getting folded up in her seat.
We started house hunting and that afternoon we put an offer in on a beautiful home in Clearfield. We've always moved quickly and this was no exception. We are under contract and hopefully we will close the first week or two of August. It is absolutely perfect for us and is only a couple of miles from Hill AFB so Kevin will have a 5 minute commute. BOYAH! We'd looked at the house online a lot before going to see it and we knew that if it looked anything like the pictures we'd try our best for it. We feel like that is where we need to be (or at least try to be) right now. Our realtor is phenomenal and out lender is super on the ball. So far we have been really lucky. Fingers crossed that everything will keep going as planned.
This summer we got better at holding FHE. Evelyn's favorite was probably our lesson on Noah. We told the story, learned the Noah verse in Follow the Prophet, and then we had Evelyn tell each of us which animal to be and we pretended to be animals until it started 'raining' then we ran and climbed up on the couch...I mean, the ark.
Evelyn started daddy-daughter dates. She LOVES them. Here she was waiting for 'prince charming' as she has dubbed Kevin.
Evelyn turned 3 and we potty trained. I stooped to heavy bribes, but it worked wonders. Princess dresses and accessories will encourage this girl to do anything :) Our favorite activity during potty training was building temples with magna-tiles. These are seriously the best toy ever. I like them just as much as she does.
We went to my brothers new house in Tooele and had a combined birthday party for Evelyn and her cousin. It was great to see everyone together all at once. Evelyn loved the party and seeing her cousins.
Rhett is straight up adorable. He is learning to crawl. 6 months is a little soon for my taste, but he started sitting at 4 and a half months so I should have known this was coming. He just wants to be able to keep up with his sister. He has grown out of all of his 6-9 months clothes and is into 9-12 month everything! Crazy! He is still not the best sleeper, up once or twice a night, but I am not ready to push the nigh-time weaning now that he sleeps well otherwise. It takes a lot of grub to maintain that level of cuteness :)
It is hard to believe how much things have changed in the last 3 months. It is just a testament that God has a plan for each of us. None of us are forgotten, even when we feel like we must be. I am so grateful that God loved us enough to make us wait for the perfect situation.
It is a good day to be grateful!
We've spent loads of time at the park, splash pad, and playing around nana's house.
We went to the living planet aquarium and Evelyn got to pet a stingray. She was obsessed with the penguins and was convinced that they were from the Penguins of Madagascar movie. Hilarious. We nearly got stuck on their rope bridge. Apparently I am not very coordinated when I am trying to hustle a toddler and NOT loose my shoe at the same time. Rhett was just super mellow the whole time...per the norm.
We took Evelyn bowling for the first time. She is a HUGE fan. That was 2 months ago and she still talks about it all the time.
Evelyn got to see her first movie in a theater. We saw the minions and it was hilarious. I don't think Kevin and I would have enjoyed it as much if we didn't have her between us laughing hysterically at everything and periodically getting folded up in her seat.
We started house hunting and that afternoon we put an offer in on a beautiful home in Clearfield. We've always moved quickly and this was no exception. We are under contract and hopefully we will close the first week or two of August. It is absolutely perfect for us and is only a couple of miles from Hill AFB so Kevin will have a 5 minute commute. BOYAH! We'd looked at the house online a lot before going to see it and we knew that if it looked anything like the pictures we'd try our best for it. We feel like that is where we need to be (or at least try to be) right now. Our realtor is phenomenal and out lender is super on the ball. So far we have been really lucky. Fingers crossed that everything will keep going as planned.
This summer we got better at holding FHE. Evelyn's favorite was probably our lesson on Noah. We told the story, learned the Noah verse in Follow the Prophet, and then we had Evelyn tell each of us which animal to be and we pretended to be animals until it started 'raining' then we ran and climbed up on the couch...I mean, the ark.
Evelyn started daddy-daughter dates. She LOVES them. Here she was waiting for 'prince charming' as she has dubbed Kevin.
Evelyn turned 3 and we potty trained. I stooped to heavy bribes, but it worked wonders. Princess dresses and accessories will encourage this girl to do anything :) Our favorite activity during potty training was building temples with magna-tiles. These are seriously the best toy ever. I like them just as much as she does.
We built temples for FHE one night and since then they have become one of Evelyn's favorite pass-times.
Immediately after blowing out candles she started pulling them out and licking them. Silly goose!
Crowns...Rhett loves them as much as she does.
There is an Evelyn under there!
Evelyn LOVES Cindarella so we found her the perfect dress. Not even scratchy.
Now she sings "So This is LOVE" while she dances with her daddy.
It is hard to believe how much things have changed in the last 3 months. It is just a testament that God has a plan for each of us. None of us are forgotten, even when we feel like we must be. I am so grateful that God loved us enough to make us wait for the perfect situation.
It is a good day to be grateful!
