Just one of those days....

Today was "just one of those days." It wasn't bad, in fact it was a really good day just with lots of twists and turns. We started the day by going to a park in our area that we had never been to. It has this great rocket ship toy. Emily imediately fell in love. It's pretty high, with 4 ladders to climb to get to the top. She was a champ. I couldn't help but feel proud of how brave she is. Sometimes it's a little scary but she is so adventurous. She went up and down those ladders about 5 times. I was thoroughly impressed. So that was a high. While at the park, I went down the slide with her. It was super fast, kindof shocked me and I let out a "holy crap." She didn't seem to noticed then but later in the day she was playing with her Little People and she had them all saying "holy crap, holy crap". I could hardly be mad since it was pretty cute. Eye opener, I really have to watch what I say. Another high was how good my girls played together today. Emily is so good to Lauren. Lauren love the swings at the park and Emily is great to push her. At this point Emily still even likes to share her toys with Lauren. I'm sure there is a time when it will not be so simple so I'm enjoying these moments now. Well, later tonight Emily was playing with her dolls and really wanted to push Lauren in her doll stroller so I obliged. It was super cute to watch. Emily was so proud and Lauren just giggled and giggled until....Lauren fell out onto the kitchen floor, the lowest point of the day. As soon as I picked her up, she had the biggest bump and it was already black and blue. It was a nervewracking couple of hours watching her to make sure she was ok but fortunately she seems to have weathered the storm. What a trooper! At the end of the day, what can I say, it was "just one of those days." (With many more to come, I'm sure.)

The Rocket Ship... with little tiny Emily at the top.
Good times in the swing and the stroller.
Pre-accident...having fun.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

So this post is late and it comes with no pictures. I'm a slacker. We had a great Thanksgiving in San Diego with Deborah's family but unfortunately I reverted to my old habits and didn't take out the camera at all. I am kicking myself now. We had a really fun weekend and even squeezed in a visit to the Wild Animal Park again. Emily loves to ride the bus that takes you out to see the animals. We have spent the last 3 Thanksgivings at Deborah's and love the traditions there. Jason is even considered a regular at the ward Turkey Bowl. Thanks Haynies for a good time.

Girls Week In :)

So we've been slow on our posts, but we have a very good excuse. Last week, the girls and I got to go up to Sacramento to Diana's home. Her husband was out of town so she imported all the girls. My mom and Deborah joined us for a fun week. We enjoyed lots of down time, lots of talking, some shopping, a few lively games of Blokus and of course a Wii bowling tournament (Deborah came out victorious!). I had such a great time. I love my mom and sisters and it was so fun to spend some quality time with them. Thanks Diana for hosting.


Girls Night Out-at Lucille's.

Peanut!

Peanut is Emily's cousin Maddie's guinea pig. Emily was totally obsessed with her on the trip. Peanut is kept out in the garage and Emily was constantly going out there to see her. I feel a little bad for Peanut because I think there might have been a lot of poking going on but fortunately she survived Emily. Maddie was really good to help Emily hold Peanut. Thanks Maddie!

Peanut with Maddie and Emily
Peanut on a skateboard (Maddie's request)

Cousins!

Emily and Lauren had a great week playing with their cousins. It's always fun to have them spend time with family.

Lauren and Charles
Emily and Evan enjoying a friendly game of Blokus.

Mirror, Mirror?

She thinks she's the cutest one of all. And, actually we think she's pretty darn cute too. She loves this little mirror, she can always make herself smile.

It's getting FISHy!

Ok..so about a month ago the Haynie's cousin gave Emily a fish that he had won at a party. Thanks Marshall! So, 1 fish should be simple right? Well, we couldn't just have one fish and we couldn't just have a fish bowl, so Emily and Jason went on a little date and picked out a fish tank and 2 other fish to go with her new fish. Basically it was a pretty expensive free fish Marshall gave us. Well, so that was all well and good until all 3 of the fish died within 2 days. Apparently there was a little disease floating around. So this last weekend, we again visited the pet store and Emily got 2 new fish. She has named them Dad and Mom (she's very creative.) Hopefully, our second go round with fish goes better than the first. Wish us luck!

Emily is making her best fish face.
There they are!

Trick or Treat!

So here's the official Halloween pre-trick or treat pictures. We ended up going with some friends from the ward and the girls had a great time. Not to mention we are now way overstocked on candy. Emily really go the hang of saying "trick or treat", of course, she's no dummy, once someone gave her candy for saying it, she was set to go. We went to a neighborhood where most of the houses are really decked out, some were even a little scary for our little ones. But the scariest thing on the streets had to be the teenagers. Jason and I made a decision that our kids would be done with trick or treat once they were 12. I think it was all the teenage girls costumes that prompted that decision. Let's just say most of them didn't have enough clothes to keep them warm on the cold night. But, all and all it was a very fun night and we will continue to enjoy the stash for some time I'm sure.



Lauren had a little bit of a hard time staying upright.
This was her trying out her wings!