Coming home.

Well friends, we have been gone now for 1 week, and will be heading home to Utah from Oregon tomorrow. It has been a wonderful vacation.....at times, and challenging at times....such is the life of a mother :) I have been taking TONS of pictures and will post the details when we get home. I will fall asleep dreaming of my own bed tonight....and trying not to think about the REALLY long drive home.

Breakfast in the Berry Patch

So, it has officially become my favorite part of summer, fruit season!!

This morning we went out to the garden to pick peas and berries. There is nothing better than garden fresh peas, strawberries and raspberries for breakfast.

Craig and the girls (squinting in the sun) by our newly planted strawberry beds
with raspberry patch behind.

Logan enjoying emptying out the peas in a frantic and frivolous fashion. :)

The kids with our first (of many) batches of peas. Anyone want to help shell them?

Olivia and Logan, picking peas....or playing in the dirt....I'm really not sure.

And last but not least, Ally with MORE baby bunnies. :)
About 2 weeks ago, we had just gotten rid of the last bunny from the first batch,
when mommy bunny- had more babies...the VERY NEXT DAY!!!
That whole multiplying like rabbits thing- well, it's not an exaggeration.

Anyone want a bunny?

Olivia's not so quiet book...

So yesterday in church, they were passing the sacrament, and it was as quiet as I think I have ever heard it in the chapel. Olivia was silently working on the quiet book that I made her for Christmas. (She has spent the last few weeks working on the buttons page without any success.) When out of the quiet, she yells "I DID IT!!!" with pure excitement. I think that everyone in the room turned to look at her, and I was a little concerned, until all of the faces were saying silently, 'how cute'. It was really cute actually, and she was just proud of herself for fastening a button for the first time. It reminded me of a time when Ally was small like that, and the situation was the same. We were sitting in church as they were passing the sacrament, and all was quiet. She had a little toot, and said "excuse me". When no one responded, she said it agian, with still no response, so in frustration, she yells, "I TOOTED!" Everyone started to laugh, even the bishop on the stand was snickering. It was funny to everyone else, but I was mortified. What would life be like without kids to make us laugh.... :)

Logan's First Tooth

Another small milestone to remind us that children grow too quickly, while we aren't even paying attention. Logan got his first tooth today. Where did the last 6 months go? It seems like I was just bringing him home from the hospital. Now he sits, and rolls, and sleeps through the night. He is such a sweet child, we are surely blessed to have him.

20 MINUTES!!!!

So friends, On Saturday morning, I set out for my morning run, thinking that there was no way that I could do what I was supposed to do. Up until this point, the longest that I had run was 8 minutes (without stopping). Well, I was fairly certain that I wouldn't be able to do the 20 minutes that I was supposed to do, but I did!!! Yahoo!!! I ran 1.6 miles in 20 minutes, and I feel pretty good about it. I am half way to my goal of 3.1 miles, with 5 more weeks to go.

Grandma's New Dresses

We spent a great weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Laing's house, and wore our new dresses that Grandma made to church on Sunday. What cute girls in cute dresses. Thank you Grandma Laing, we love you!

How did this happen?

So do you ever see something, and wonder how did that happen, or when did this happen? Like when I was looking at the walls around the table today and wondering how long all the little food-fingerprints had been ALL OVER?

Well, today, I saw somethings funny that would explain a few things I have been wondering about. I was feeding the baby in the chair in his room, and watching Olivia finish her snack at the dining room table. When she was finished, she climbed down from her chair, and I was about to say, "Olivia, you need to wash your hands and your face?" but I thought I would see what she would do. She walked right over to the drawer where we keep the washcloths, pulled it open with very sticky hands- (explanation #1- how do the cupboards get so dirty). She then pulled out a washcloth, wiped her hands, and face, then carefully laid it on the floor, folded it neatly and put it back in the drawer. (explanation #2- how do dirty towels get in the drawer).

At least she is tidy...it was folded very nicely.