A small update

So Sadly we have not been as good at taking pictures as we wish we were. We forgot to take Thanksgiving pictures, we didn't take Christmas morning pictures and we didn't take New Years Eve pictures. Needless to say, we (I say we so I don't have to take full responsibility) are slackers.
Life never does slow down so I can't use that as an excuse. I just need to slow down and enjoy my girls a little more. They are at such a fun age and I don't want to miss it. Regardless of whether or not I am taking pictures I can still remember the fun we have and how cute, crazy and mischievous they are. 

 This is sometime near Thanksgiving. The girls wanted to make sugar cookies and then wanted to frost them. (Okay really they wanted to make sugar cookies and eat frosting)

 This is it for Christmas morning. We did get video but I have not figured out how to put that on here yet. Yes, Aidie has a huge tub of cottage cheese in front of her. It is her favorite food and would eat it for all three meals, plus snacks, if I let her. Mckinley got a camera for Christmas and was very excited to take a picture of me taking a picture of her. I love the things that excite these two. I love Christmas morning! The girls love to play with things as they are opening them so it takes forever (which I love) to open just a few gifts. They got cute baby buggies with babies in them and just had to take them for a walk around the block, even though it was FREEZING cold outside. Mckinley pretended hers was a jogging stroller, it was awesome. 

Grandma and Grandpa Yates got the girls a box full of dress-ups. They have been the best dancing princesses I have ever seen. They wear dress-ups everyday and are always dancing around and twirling. Aidie has added tap shoes to her outfit, which is so much fun to hear at 8:00 in the morning. We have learned one of few ways to discipline Aidie is to put her tap shoes in time-out. She does not care if she has to go to time-out but hates when the tap shoes do. And no she is not taking tap, Mckinley is.

Wow it has been a Long Time!!

So apparently it has been a while since I have posted anything on here. Life has been CRAZY!! I think life is always crazy but it just keeps speeding up. Where is the time going? Mckinley will be turning 4 in January and it makes me so sad. When did my little baby grow up? Aidie is my little crazy! She is always into something. She is my sneaky little monkey who wants nothing more than to be just like her big sister. It make my heart melt to watch these two play together. They really are best friends.

 Here are a few pictures of my little crazies until I update more (which will be sooner than later).

 

 Yes Aidie is copying Mckinley in every one of these pictures. They totally make me laugh!

Happy Birthday Aidie

 Birthday Breakfast. Aidie wanted hotdogs, so she and Mckinley ate hotdogs. Yes that is a pose Mckinley is pulling.

Aidie opening presents. She and Mckinley had so much fun ripping off the paper. She got a Princess dress-up and wore it all day.

When I was little, my mom would get us gifts of each others birthdays. That way nobody felt left out and everyone got to open a gift. I have continued this with my girls so this is Mckinley posing in her gifts. (Don't worry, the birthday girl always gets more)

Thank you Aunt MaryAnne for helping out with the bike. Aidie loves it!

I cannot believe my baby is 2!!! Such a fun and wonderful 2 years with many more to come. We love you little miss Aidie. Thank you for bringing us so much happiness and joy. I am so grateful Derek and I have been given the opportunity to raise such amazing girls!

Lots going On

We have had quite a bit going on the last month or so. That would be the reason for the lack of updating. We have moved into our new house and I LOVE IT!!! I love the room we now have. We have also been to St. George, out to Vernon and had a little experience with some goats. Hopefully life will be slowing down for a minute, but somehow I don't think so. 

Playing in St. George over Mother's Day weekend. We went hiking in Snow Canyon, played in the park, went swimming and Mckinley went bowling for the very first time. She loved it. Mckinley keeps asking me when we can go bowling again.

Mckinley got a bike when the weather pretended to warm up. We went and picked out a bike helmet at the store.  Aidie does not like to be left out so she also picked out a helmet and has decided it is her "hat". She loves to put it on and wear it so sometimes I have to hide it. If you can see from these pictures Mckinley does have a black eye.

We went out to Vernon for Derek's uncles 90th birthday. We had fun at a picnic with all the extended family. The girls had fun running around.

We went for a drive up the canyon after going to Vernon. The girls loved getting out and playing in the little streams, taking a nap and just playing in the dirt.

Hanging out at the kitchen table. Meal time is always an adventure. I never know who is going to eat or what they will eat.

Derek found a kitchen table on KSL for a really good deal. We decided to re-upholster the chairs since the last owner had cats all over them. The chair on the right is the original material. I really like how the new chairs came out. (the one on the left is the re-upholstered one)

Just a sneek peek on what is going on.

Oh...and the goats:

We owned these sweet little goats for about two weeks. Due to the fact that we had just moved and did not have a fence up yet, we were not able to keep them (Oh and both Derek and I were stressed beyond belief). The girls were so sad to give them away. One of my good friends wanted them meaning that my girls can see them anytime. The little boy (white goat in the top pic scratching his head) and the little girl (brown goat bottom pic) are very sweet. I have to keep telling Mckinley we will get goats again when we have a fence. Who needs a dog when we can have goats.

Finishing Building

 

The finishing process of our exterior. The color was not totally what I expected but the more I look at it the more I like it. I LOVE the rock on the outside. It is my favorite.

The kitchen is surprisingly one of my favorite rooms in the house. I love the island in the kitchen and the granite counter tops.

One Week Later

So these are pictures of our house from last Sunday to today. This is amazing to me. I love watching the process and seeing our house be built. I went over tonight and saw that they dropped off the rock for the front face of our house. Hopefully they will get it up tomorrow. I am so excited!!!

 

This is the exterior of our house. Sunday, April 25, we stopped by after church and saw our house had a roof! Everyday we went back and there was a little more done. Right now it is sitting with the undercoating for the stucco and the rock sitting, waiting to be put on the front.

Framing the interior of our house. I think they did all of this in one day.

Starting the sheetrock. I was amazed at how fast this stuff went up.

The sheetrock is finished!!

As of today this is what it looks like. All the mudding is done and ready for texture.

Awww how cute!!

House Update

So this is mostly an update on our house but also some cute pictures of the girls. I am getting excited about the process of our house. I also get frustrated because there are about 4 houses further than ours. Its not like ours won't be in the same place in about a week but it is exciting to see the progress so I just want ours there too. We really should be in our house in about 4 weeks so I have no reason to be frustrated. It is still fun to see our come along!

The forms on the foundation waiting for it to dry

Right before they poured the diveway and pour the floor of our basement

 Yay  we have a floor and a driveway. (The driveway is kind of hard to see sorry)

 Just some random pictures. The girls love to play in the dirt.

 The process from last week to today. Starting from the upper left hand corner: 

Foundation after dirt is pushed back around

Floor in the basement

Getting ready to frame the basement

Framing the garage and floor joists

We have a front to our house!

Hooray for trusses! We will soon have a roof!

The majority of framing was done today. I am excited to see what they do on Monday.

Now for the girls:

 We got Mckinley a bike and she loves it! Yes she does know that she has to wear her helmet in order to ride it but it works because she loves it. She is a little champ riding this thing. I did get her training wheels and she can even peddle all by herself. The only problem she runs into is steering. Minor detail. Those trees only sneak up every once in a while. 

 Aidie love to pick flowers. By flowers I mean dandelions. I let her pick away. Both she and Mckinley love to pick them. I do find them all over the house though.