Nothing Exciting...

It has been a typical busy week at our house... nothing too exciting, but  here are the highlights.

On Tuesday night I hosted my monthly card making night-it is so much fun.  I spend my work week crunching numbers and  dealing with problem loans so it is really good for me to use the creative side of my brain every once in a while.  It has been so long I have had to shake of the cobwebs so I am  glad for an excuse to be crafty.

Wednesday nights are always crazy for us since Daddy is taking a night class at UVU and Olivia has gymnastics.

Friday night we had some of our neighbors over for dinner and to watch the BYU game.  Thank Heavens the outcome was a much better than last week.

Okay a little excitement... Saturday afternoon Scott and I went and saw Mary Poppins at the Capital in Salt Lake City.  It was so good. I kept thinking how much Liv would have loved the music and the dancing- maybe when she is a little bit older we will have to have a girls night at the theater. 

Since I realized I didn't photographically document any of these events here are some cute pictures of my kiddos.  We took these in August when we had all of the Hillman grand kids together.   These are some of my favorites:

State Fair and Daddy's Birthday

On Friday was Scott's Birthday.  To celebrate we went out for pizza and then came home and had cake and ice cream.  There were lots of candles on that cake... We love you Daddy!

 

On Saturday we met Brittany's family at the Utah State Fair.  I think Olivia had a great time- she got to pet the rabbits, cows, sheep, and pigs.  

Nate was just happy to be there...

Then she got to go on the merry go round with Emma and Daddy. She surprised me and said she wanted to go on the Ferris Wheel with Mommy. I figured we would get to the top and she would be crying to get off, but she loved it.

You can't go to the fair without eating... we ate way to much and then had to grab some cotton candy on the way out....



Its here...

...Football Season. Each year we try to hit an away game for BYU and this year we decided to go to Austin Texas and let the Legacy Club take care of all the details.  As always the trip was fantastic.  We flew out of the Provo airport Thursday morning (my favorite part of the whole trip) and spent the last three days melting and playing in the Texas heat.  We heard we were lucky that it was only 96 degrees as it had been 110 a couple of weeks before.  We left Olivia with Aunt Chelsey and took #2 with us- he was the most popular guy on the trip.  Thursday and Friday we lounged by the pool, did some shopping, found some local eating places (my favorites were Amy's Ice Cream and Thundercloud-a yummy sandwich place).  Saturday morning we  had chalk talk with some of the coaches and then headed to the game that night.  It was a sea of burnt orange, but surprisingly there were about 10,000 Cougar Fans there (out of 100,000).  Despite the noise and the heat little Nate took a nap and was an angel the entire game (and the entire trip for that matter).  Here are some of the highlights from the trip....

Here is Miss Olivia in her new BYU dress striking a pose at the park last week.

And little Nate on the swings... he hasn't decided he likes these yet.   Notice how puffy his hair is in this pictures.... I finally decided he had to get a haircut.  There is an old wife's tale that you are supposed to wait until they are a year old, but decided it couldn't wait another four months.  The poor kid sweats and sweats and I couldn't do anything with it so on Wednesday before we left for Texas he got a haircut.

Before:

After:

What we took off:

Kiddos at 2.5 Years and 7 months

This month Olivia turns 2 and a half- she is growing up way to fast.  Although I am a little sad to see her grow out of her toddler years it is so fun for me to watch her grow and learn.  Here are some things about Olivia right now:

•  She is very smart.  She knows all of her letters by site and what they say.  She also knows all of her shapes, colors, and can count to 30.
• Her favorite movies are Despicable Me and Rio (or and we can't forget Elmo's World).  Last night we made cookies and she told me that she was making cookie robots just like Gru.
• She loves gymnastics.  We took the month of August off from gymnastics and she asks me everyday- "I go to gymnastics?"
• She loves music and loves to sing- current favorites are The Farmer in the Dell, Bingo, Follow the Prophet,  and The Wiseman and the Foolish man.  She is typically the only kid singing in nursery.
• She is having a hard time with nursery.  She was doing pretty well until they split our ward three weeks ago and all of the friends she played with are in the old ward.
• She loves playing outside on the swings and the slides.  She also loves playing at the Splash Park.  Monday morning she woke up  and told me today we go to Rachel's and then we go to the Splash Park- as if she had it all planned out.  So of course we had to go.
• Her favorite friends right now are Hayden, Lalee, Jace, and cousin Emma. 
• She getting to be a picky eater, but loves Mac and cheese, avocados, and steak.
• She acts so grown up sometimes I forget she is only 2 and a half.  There are days however when she reminds me by throwing a full blown tantrum or turns on the tears if she doesn't get her way.  Overall she is a really good kid and we sure love her a lot. 

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Little Nate is now 7 month old and gets cuter every day. Here are some things about Nate at 7 months:

•  He has two teeth on the bottom and the top two should cut through any day.
• He is crawling (everywhere).  He is much more active than Liv ever was when she started crawling. 
• He is pulling himself on chairs, the couch, really anything he can climb.  Not standing yet, but is really close.
• He is sleeping through the night most nights.
• He continues to babble a lot.  The last couple of days I have noticed that he is saying Da Da Da.  
• He is a mama's boy. 
• He is a very happy baby and really laid back but he lets you know when he is hungry, tired, or wants your attention.  
•  Loves solid food.
• Is putting everything into his mouth he can get his hands on.
• Loves his big sister and laughs and laughs when she plays with him.  
• A perfect fit to our little family and we couldn't love him any more. 

Farm Country

Yesterday the kiddos and I met Brittany, Becky, and their kiddos at Thanksgiving Point to take advantage of $2 Tuesday.  We had a great time- the girls got a pony ride, we fed the ducks, took a wagon ride,  milked a cow, and saw lots of horses, chickens, ducks, cows, and pigs followed by ice cream-  What a great way to spend a Tuesday afternoon.

Just Pics

Sealed, Blessed, and the Pioneers

This weekend we were able to take Nathan to the Provo Temple and have him become a part of our Forever Family. For those of you who are not part of the LDS faith- We believe that the family is not only together on this earth, but in the life to come and the temple is the key to this. We were surrounded by friends and family who love us and Nathan and Olivia.  He is such a sweet little spirit that has come into our lives and changed us for the better. 

My mom made Olivia's dress and it was perfect. She has been excited for weeks telling everyone, including complete strangers that she was going to the temple. She got new white shoes, a new white dress, and mommy found her a necklace and a bracelet-she looked just like a princess.

  

 It was a crazy day for me and I didn't get any pictures on my camera. Brittany got a couple of my kiddos and we had some professional ones taken that I should have in a couple of weeks -stay tuned.

After the temple we had Nathan's Blessing (Christening) at our house followed by lunch.  It was a wonderful day  and we are so grateful for everyone who came and shared the special day with us.

Over the 24th (Pioneer Day) weekend we went to Monroe, Utah to spend the day with Scott's family.  Scott's great great grandpa settled in Monroe and the town has a huge 24th of July celebration.  Saturday morning we got to see the parade and then played with cousins all afternoon.  What a fun day!

This is all the Magleby cousins (minus Aria) and I thought this picture was great- not one of them were looking right at the camera.

Nate with his fire truck he got at the parade.

Liv at the parade.

Here are two cute pics of the kiddos from the last two weeks.  Olivia is the craziest sleeper I know.  Here is she is on the couch-yes she slept that way.

Here is little Nate showing off his two bottom teeth- such a cutie.

We got Nate's room done last week before everyone came over.  Here is the the finished product... at least for right now.  It is still a work in process, but I really like how it turned out .