summer = happiness

I am so happy it's summer!  The biggest decisions of my day are "Do we go to the beach or the pool?"  and "Do we go before Elle's nap or after?"  We are enjoying the beautiful weather and lack of a schedule. 

Elle is getting so old!  She is almost 15 months and has acquired quite a few new tricks in the past month.  She blows kisses (her first victim was Sister Manning), folds her arms for prayer (she did that one all on her own), walks with her arms stretched out behind her, puts her baby down for a nap, and today she even fed one of her babies a chicken nugget!  She is a total girly girl and always has a purse, a baby and a phone.  She sips tea from her tea cups, and loves to try on shoes.

Bentley and Gaige have been enjoying lots of time with their Super Soakers, playing Uno Attack, Memory, Trouble and Go  Fish. Now that we have grass in our backyard we spend a lot of time playing outside.  And Elle just got a splash table so all three of the kids have been having a blast with that.

Bentley started reading chapter books.  We took a trip to the library and we got some of the Boxcar Children books for me to read to them.  They were one of my favorites as a child.  My second grade teacher used to read them to us and we would fight over who got to massage her feet! 

Gaige is learning to read.  It is helpful to have Bentley around to read to him and help him.  He is so excited to go to Kindergarten next year.

Both of the boys are the best big brothers ever!  They dote on Elle, play with her, take care of her and love to snuggle her.  She likes to hug them and then push them away.

I have a new calling at church.  I am now a Beehive Advisor so I get to do one of my favorite things...teach!  I will still keep posting on my personal progress blog - www.luvaloo.blogspot.com because I will still be doing a ton of personal progress stuff with the girls. 

I was supposed to go to girls camp in Catalina with the girls for two days.  10 minutes before I was supposed to be picked up Elle woke up with croop and couldn't breathe.  I was totally bummed I couldn't go, but relieved because it turned out that I was super sick all day and couldn't get off of the couch with stomach pains, a fever and hot and cold flashes.  Yikes!  So no girls camp for me this year.  Maybe next year!

Happy Summer!
Last day of School...

Summer mornings rock!

Pool Party - Rebel and Bentley (future wedding announcement photo???)

elle on the move.

On Sunday, May 25th Elle decided that she couldn't crawl with a purse so she just had better get up and walk with it at church.  She slings anything that could work as a purse over her arm, including the head bands she rips off of her head.  Scripture cases are just like purses.  She couldn't get her purse on her arm during Sacrament meeting so she threw a huge fit.

When I took Bentley to the doctor a couple of week ago I brought her toy purse with us for her to play with while we were there.  As soon as I pulled her out of her carseat she grabbed her purse out of my hand and put it on her arm. 

She loves waving bye bye like a mad woman. And she gives her daddy kisses when he says "kiss kiss."  She enjoys walking around holding things.  She can crawl backwards down the stairs.  I taught her how to pour imaginary tea into her tea cup and take a drink.  She prefers to drink with a straw.  She loves to carry books around.  She loves the pool and drinking the pool water.  She gives her brothers hugs and then pushes them away.  She points at food when she wants you to give her some, which is always!