Bristol 4 months

Bristol four months old! Her first time in the swing! 

She sure was holding on, no laughs and she wasn't quite sure what to think she really didn't like it when dad came over and gave her a big push! Dads! ;)

Cloe and Bristol

I just love all her cute faces!! 

She loves to play with toys!  

Bristol and Paige

Bristol in cloe's hat! 

She is grabbing at everything!  It is so cute when she is standing up on my lap and grabbing both hands out towards me, I nic named her frankin-baby!  She also gives me open mouth kisses on the cheek, she drools a lot and finds her thumb sometimes!  I love her tons!!

Aunt holly's visit

My nephew and he makes the cutest gurgles!

Paige finding fossils, the other two did too but they were too fast for me!

Aunt Holly Visited for a couple days it was so nice to see her!  We went to the dinosaur track site and hung out.  The girls showed her how to find stars in the any hills and she thinks the aliens put them there :)-.  We also had a movie night with Carmel popcorn, yumm!!! Glad she was able to stay for a couple nights!

First day of kinder camp

Oh my goodness paige has been waiting for years for this! She had kinder camp and was so excited she could barely contain it!! She was telling herself "calm down paige calm down" it was super cute!  Look at that smile! Mom is just going to miss that girl!  I'm so proud of her and I can't wait to see all of the wonderful things she gets to do in kindergarten!  

Get it together

Bristol in the shirt that my friend made her!

Bristol and I got some good quality time at home while Cloe, Kota, and Paige spend the week at grandma Casey's and Brent was at a training for Krav Maga in Idaho.  The girls had a blast with grandma, playing with silly string and going to the splash pad and going shopping and going to their cousin autumns.  Brent got a lot of bruises and I got a lot of peace and some decluttering done. I really enjoyed my time with Bristol and I had a dinner out with some friends that was really nice and a friend and I went to red lodge and did some shopping ate fudge and lunch there it was a very nice day!

After we picked up the girls we went to Brent's friends daughter's birthday.  Look at those boys with babies...too cute!

The girls got home and what wonderful helpers they have been cleaning out their rooms and toys and here they are helping me cook dinner and make zucchini cookies! Paige is hiding behind Bristols chair.

Here is one of the items that Paige no longer loved but that she and I wanted to remember the memory.  Paige helped me see the dress and make her face and glue on her hair we had a fun time making this years ago.  Sometimes it is hard to get rid of things but I've been so proud of the girls as they learn to get rid of things.  We asked the question "Do I use it?" "Do I love it?" If not it goes.  We took truck loads of goodies to the thrift store, and our house feels a lot nicer.  But the thing that is most rewarding is that we r doing it in baby steps and making it happen and not stressing about it!  The girls are actually enjoying their rooms and I'm making good routines to help with the house and make me feel better.  Some good things going in here.

Triathlon

Brent's first triathlon started with a swim...

Last man coming out of the water the rescue boat was added relief ;). I'm proud of him!  He was hurting pretty good coming out of the 1/2 mile swim he thought he might not make it he was so light headed.  He got some Gatorade and oils and a rest and some encouragement and then he was off on his bike, 

We cheered him off on his run...

And then he finished they were last but he finished with a big jump! 

Proud family!!!! He got third place in his age group! :) he was in shock!

Free boat rides afterwards and cliff jumping and the girls playing in the water!!  Great day!  Kota had an equally great day at a friends birthday party, they went to Cody and went swimming and went for pizza and arcade games and ice cream!

I really enjoyed the day, having fun with the girls they had smiles ear to ear on those boat rides!  The most rewarding thing about today was supporting Brent being there for him and bonding over the experience.  He may not have been quite ready for the race but it was a wonderful feeling to help him and I'm so proud that he finished even though it was very hard and he wanted to quit or cut it short many times but he didn't.

Summer fun

Bristol and I try a selfie! ;) she is very interested!

Girls have been very creative this summer coming up with fun and creative games. Here is one I thought was super cute of the girls with an umbrella under the sprinkler. Paige and Dakota have made really good friends this summer.

They missed each other a lot when Kota went to grandma Nessi's for a week.  Kota had a blast feeding geese and fish and catching fish and swimming at the pond.  Of course she also got spoiled with lots of shopping and manicure and pedicure and tea parties!

Look at this lovely lady smile!!! Couldn't resist lots of pictures and fun laughing with her!  She is a great baby!

We have also been busy with activities... Cloe did volleyball and basketball camp and summer school, Dakota and paige did swimming lessons and the all did storytime.  We have also been doing school time at the house: Cloe is learning about birds and guitar, Dakota horses and piano, and paige Spanish and English ;).

Wonderful Lunch

We had such a nice visit from Rachel and Jason.  We had lunch and caught up and visited.  It has been such a long time since I've seen her, I hope I get to see her more often!