The Month in Review

To my loyal readers (all three of you): My apologies for not posting for a while. Things have been pretty busy around here. And between the 1st trimester fatigue and the 2nd trimester headaches my to-do list just keeps getting longer. But I’m slowly crossing things off of it now. Hooray!! Here’s a quick peek at a few of the things we’ve been up to.

Build-a-Bear

We started working on table manners with the twins a few months ago. As an incentive, we gave them a coin after each meal to put in a piggy bank if they used good manners throughout the entire meal. I told them when the piggy bank was full we would use the money to go do something really fun. It wasn’t quite full, but in July I decided it was time to take them on their reward anyway. So we took the piggy bank to a Coinstar, cashed it in and headed to Build-a-Bear.
Grandma Rhodes even came with us! Everyone had a paws-atively great time!

Camping

We haven’t been brave enough to do any overnight camping trips with the twins yet, but we have gone on a couple of day trips to Southfork and Smith & Moorehouse this summer. They are always super excited to “go, go, goooo!”

Andy with his nephew Dallin and sister, Jill, cooking hot dogs while Jenna watches.

Of course no camping trip would be complete without S’mores. We use Fudge Striped Cookies and roast coconut covered marshmallows to put in between them. All I can say is D-lish!!

I’m pretty good about rationing the amount of sweets the twins eat, but not my own. I ended up eating four S’mores, totaling approximately 900 calories. Yikes! Maybe that’s why my doctor told me that although she wasn’t worried (yet) I had gained a little more weight than she would have liked. In other words, lay off the S’mores! And brownies. And ice cream. . .

BBQ’s

Speaking of all things yummy, we’ve had a few BBQ’s with friends from out of state this summer. It’s always fun to catch up when they come back and get the little rugrats together. Here, Brayden and Makenzie are posing with Sammy T. and Brinlie. They were all born within 2 months of each other.

P.S. Shoes are sooo 5 minutes ago!

Texas

Last week I went to Texas to visit my sis. Despite the wicked heat and humidity, I had a very enjoyable time. She is an amazing person. Ember was doing great while I was down there. If it wasn’t for the bald head, you wouldn’t even know she was sick.

Levi and I hung out in the mornings while Sonya took Ember to the hospital. We had fun doing craft projects and stuff. I even played video games with him once. But oddly enough, after he saw my shoddy performance, he never asked me to play again. What can I say? X-box is far too complicated. I prefer the simplicity of Atari.

Andy Stayed in Utah and played Mr. Mom for a few days. Both sets of grandparents also helped out. Thanks everybody for making my trip possible!

Home Improvement

Our latest project is a bit of redecorating. We are moving our computer room downstairs and turning it into the twins new bedroom. I’ve been having lots of fun shopping for big-kid beds and decorations. We also decided to finish our downstairs bathroom before we start potty training the twins. I’ll post some pics when we get it all finished. Wish us luck!