Canada, eh?

I made Tyler send me pictures from Canada!

The hotel room

Apparently Tim Hortons are everywhere, and these Timbits below are like donut holes.

These (above and below) are from the Edmonton Mall. There was a water park in the mall (which for some reason I didn't get the picture from) and this big pirate ship. Crazy!

Showing some BYU spirit.

We were super excited to see him! Also, we were pretty excited about the treats he brought home for us.

Max liked shaking the box.

Millie kept asking Daddy if he was going to Canada again, and could he bring us more chocolate? It was pretty funny!

We're so glad when Daddy comes home!

While Daddy's away

This week had it all: sick kids, car problems, bad weather, and a traveling husband! Sounds awful, and there were definitely those moments. But there were some good moments too.

I made this pizza on Sunday night and ate it all week. Chock full of olives since I wasn't sharing with my olive-hating husband! 

A Sunday stroll

My late-night buddy. I'm hoping that his cold is what made him such a terrible sleeper this week and that it's not permanent!

Bath time

I was trying to capture the way her hair turns out like Ann of Green Gables towards the end of the day. Lots of volume.

Unwinding with a biiig bowl of ice cream, my to-do list, magazines, and Parenthood. I took this picture and then laughed at how scattered even my leisure time is! I need to calm down.

Lots of rain this week - it's hard to tell in this pic but we were soaked after leaving Target.

She loves Bingo!

Mom came over Wednesday and helped me make a skirt. It was the first time either of us had used an existing item of clothing as a pattern, and it actually turned out well!

Even Millie got to craft with Monka.

The finished product.

My poor sick and somber baby.

Paper is probably his favorite toy right now!

Just after taking this picture Millie said, "This is the best painting in the whole world."

Another of our late-night parties, I let him have at my church bag. He would go to bed at his normal time and then wake up 30 minutes later, ready to play! Pretty frustrating until I just let go of the idea that I needed a break or to do other things. All that other stuff can wait.

I had a little too much fun with the "draw" gadget on Google+ while hanging out with Tyler.

We made it through the week! So happy to have Daddy home today.

"Eat yellow sno"

A new Bahama Bucks location opened up near us! The people who manage it are in our ward. We went to their Grand Opening for FHE on Monday and had fun visiting with lots of people in our ward and having free sno cones. 

Millie was literally jumping up and down and squealing "I want a piiiink one!!" over and over. I just looked at her and thought, "And we're giving her sugar on top of this?"

Little things

Hanging out at the car dealership. This one has a little kids room that was really fun for Millie.

We've been going to story time at the library the last few Tuesdays. The theme last week was lizards, but apparently the snacks that the kids across the table had were far more interesting!

I switched the kids' car seats around. Millie got a new booster and Max got her old seat, since he is way too big for his infant seat. Millie was pretty upset that he was in her seat but has since gotten over it. Now hers is the "big girl booster" and she loves the cup holder. All is well again. This picture cracks me up though - it shows so perfectly how our first few car rides went with this arrangement: Max so happy to be facing forward, Millie in tears.

Long story short: my car battery died at Buccee's and these nice men jumped the car for me. Not my favorite day. Suggestions for minivans are welcome - we're about done pouring money into this car!

They both love playing peek-a-boo!

Making lemonade out of lemons. My car was in the shop all day on Friday so we had Tyler drive us to Monka's house since it's about 5 minutes from his office. We spent the day there and went home with him after work! We had a fun day.

These two had a little father-son outing on Saturday and had fun together! Also, it was the first day of needing (read: not sweating in) long sleeves since... March? Worth documenting.

10 on 10: September 2014

Can I just say that it is really crazy to me that it's already mid-September??? Not sure how we got here. 

He just really loves sitting up, and I just really love watching him.

A bad picture to document a fun lunch celebrating Gigi's birthday! 

Showing off his new tricks for Gigi, Heidi, and Grammy.

Just documenting one of her awesome fits. This one was over fruit snacks. I'm trying to be better at not giving in!

Watching "Parenthood" and finishing the waistband on the skirt I started a while ago. Hand sewing is clearly not my thing.

I think he's working on those top teeth, because he only sleeps in 20-minute chunks unless I'm holding him! Poor guy.

Millie holds out until we are on our way to the grocery store. I love her hand in the bag of fishies. *What is it with me and taking pictures of my kids sleeping??? They're just so sweet when they're unconscious!

I took this to remember a cool experience I had. A few weeks ago we had the missionaries over for dinner and they (of course) challenged us to talk about the Church/Gospel with one of our neighbors. I honestly had forgotten until that day when they texted me and asked if I had talked with this neighbor yet! I didn't want to respond with a no, so I just put off responding and said a prayer. I told Heavenly Father that it'd be really awkward if I just knocked on their door and started preaching and that I needed help making it a natural setting. The kids and I went to get the mail and wouldn't you know it, this neighbor comes out as we were coming back! So we talked for a while. She brought up that her son is in Boy Scouts and it was so easy to bring up the church from there. They're very devout in their own faith and not interested in our church but it was fun to talk with her and offer our (okay, Tyler's) help with scouting stuff. Plus, I got to tell the missionaries that yes, I had done it! So that was neat. Prayers are answered. 

These two are so funny. She kind of tackles him and then he grabs/pinches her and she doesn't like it. But she asks for it! Funny girl.

"Working out" with Daddy.