Last day of school!

 Eliza's last day of school was June 11th...Kindergarten down...now on to 1st grade!

Happy Birthday!

 Another birthday...another year older.

 We had a yummy summer bbq for my birthday dinner...

 ...and strawberry shortcake since we had LOTS of strawberries!

 And life is always better with my favorite licorice...thanks mom and dad!

 Happy Birthday to mom!

 We had to take a few pictures of the cousins...Owen is 9 days old in this picture.  How has Lydia gotten so big!?  They always seem small till you compare them to someone smaller!

 Sweet babies holding hands!

 And of course the big cousins wanted in on the picture too!

Weekend in Portland...

The first weekend in June we went over to Portland to see Dallin, Cassie, and Kylie, do a little summer shopping, and pick strawberries!  We got there Thursday night and then headed over to the outlet mall on Friday.

 Talia, Eliza, and Kylie in the tree house.

 They love being cousins.

 Talia lending a friendly shopping hand.

 The shopping crew.

 We swam at the hotel.

 The next day we picked strawberries!

I should have taken a picture of our strawberries...23 pounds worth!  Needless to say I made a little bit of jam the next 2 days!  Yummy!!!

New baby nephew!

Welcome Baby Owen!

We have a new nephew!  Andy and Julie welcomed Owen Kevin Hague to the family at 12:13 am on May 30th.  He weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and was 22 inches long.  He's a sweet little boy!

Happy baby!

 This little girl is SMILEY!

 She loves her big sister!

 And she's already ruling the house as the queen!

 Thanks to big sister Talia who dressed her up...crown, cape, and shoes!

School Carnival!

Eliza had her first school carnival on the 30th.  She was soooo excited!  On the way there she was explaining to Talia how everything was going to work.

 Waiting for their turn in a bounce house.

 Hair sprayed and colored...they wanted to see their hair so Daddy took a picture.

 Taking a ride down the bounce house slide!

That night was the beginning of many more school carnivals in our future!

Memorial Weekend!

Memorial Weekend we headed up to Cocolalla to get some work done and have some fun.  We did some Spring cleaning on Friday and then Saturday Darran and I went into Spokane to see Wicked!  The girls stayed at the house to "party" with Grandpa, Grandma, and Brayden.  Before the show we had lunch with everyone...right on the Spokane Falls.

 Wicked!!!  We love this show!  It was our third time!

 We had a fire and roasted marshmallows!

 It was Lydia's first fire!

 Cheesey cousins...they LOVE Cocolalla!

And Krispy Kreme's for breakfast!

All that made for a fun, productive weekend!

Moody girl happenings...

 Nightgown fashion show...

 These girls LOVE to wear nightgowns.  They each got one at Christmas and wear it all the time.  Since it's starting to warm up I figured they might not want to wear fleece pajamas every night.  So we made these...a t-shirt sewn to a pillow case.  The pillow cases belonged to Grandma Bishop and I thought they were the perfect decorative bottom half to their nightgown.

 And they loved them...and wear these every night now!

 Sometimes Lydia can't decide what she wants to suck on...but this was looking too much like Talia (I couldn't resist a picture).

After playing outside the other night I came into the bathroom to find this.

Me: "What are you guys doing?"

Eliza: "Having a spa mom!"

Talia: "Oh, it feels so nice!"

Seriously...who is there mom?  I'm pretty sure I didn't know what a spa was until I was a teenager.  But if I can get away with the spa being the bathroom sink I'll take it...that way it's cheaper!

Happy Mother's Day!

The night before Mother's Day we went over to Nana and Papa's for dinner and to give them their Mother's Day/Father's Day/Brithday gift...and new BBQ!  They were pretty excited!  

Then we left the girls with them for awhile so Darran and I could go to an Elder's Quorum social.  They watched Frozen together and were in Heaven!

 The next morning Darran and the girls made me breakfast.  Eliza and Talia hid a bunch of pictures/presents they made for me around the family room.

 I had to play hot and cold to find them all!

 They gave me a new double jogger stroller so we can get out and enjoy the nice weather!  Darran and Talia stayed home from church cause Talia wasn't feeling well.  We stayed home and took it easy the rest of the day.

 I love these sweet girls...I'm a lucky mom!

Trying out the new stroller!

Somebody please stop time...what's happening to my little girls!?

Happy Mother's Day!