Kali & Bristol at Grandma's

Here is some video of Bristol & Kali swimming. As you can see Kali loves the water. She even loves the bath. If you walk by the bathroom, while holding her, she gets all excited but then when you walk away she starts to cry. She thinks anytime you go into the bathroom it is bath time. Now we just got to break her of the habit of trying to suck up the water with her mouth.

Our Trip to Utah

So we headed to Utah on Wednesday this last week and got home on Sunday. Nate's family was having a family reunion in Zion's and so we were fortunate that it was the one weekend this year that Nate had available. The drive out was long. We had to leave at 7:oopm Wednesday night and only made it a little more than half way and had to get a hotel because it was getting too late. We partied hard while we were there and deprived our kids of some sleep and then had the treacherous ride home, which ended up taking us 17 hours instead of 13. Yes about an hour of the time was stopping for dinner, but regardless it took way too long and we didn't get home until 2:30am Monday morning. It was a long drive and our kids were more than ready to get out of the car. Needless to say we have not gone anywhere for these last two days.Grandma and Grandpa J. Nate's grandparents that are 88 and 87 years old. They are great and it was great to see them.

This is Bristol with her cousin Hannah, who is a little less than a year younger than her. However, she is about the same size.

Bristol with her cousin Brenden on the way to Zions National Park for some hiking. Which we barely did any because it took us forever to find parking and then it was like five million degrees outside. We opted to go back to the resort we were staying at and go to the pool.

Kali zonked out while we were having dinner. She had only gotten a few short naps and was way tired. This was worth the documentation because she never falls asleep just anywhere. She has to be in her bed, especially with like 50 plus people around.

The ride home. Bristol got her nap in while we were stuck in traffic because a Semi rolled over off the freeway.
Kali on the other hand did not want to sleep and was so ready to get out of the car. I had to think of everything to entertain her.

Kali's First Swim

So this is Kali's first time swimming in a big swimming pool. It had been super hot and so we went down a few days early to my mom and dad's for Father's Day. Unfortunately the weather cooled down the day we were there to swim, but the girls still had a fun time. Kali loves to swim and likes to try to suck up the water. Oh and the funny thing is the swimming suit the Kali is wearing is the one Bristol wore just last year. Kali is going to catch up to Bristol in no time at the rate she is growing.

We were trying all sorts of things for Bristol so she could swim by herself in the water. She didn't trust any sort of flotation device we got and then out right refused to try anything else on.

What we have been up to lately

I haven't posted in a while, mainly because we have been pretty busy. Here are a few pictures of what we have been up to lately. Nothing real amazing.
This is what Bristol wanted to do when she woke up from her nap one day. It sounded good to me because she is usually so crabby when she first wakes up.

Of course we have had some baths. Bristol loves it when we give her cool hairdos in the tub.
We made some cupcakes for some friends that moved into our neighborhood. Of course Bristol needed to test the batter. I was so busy making dinner and cupcakes at the same time I didn't look at her face until we sat down for dinner and I just started laughing.
Bristol enjoying some freeze dried strawberries that Grandma and Grandpa G brought back from their "cation" as Bristol like to say. Bristol really missed them because they were gone for three weeks to the east coast.They also brought her back some princess undies. We have a chart for Bristol for when she uses the toilet and when she fills it all up she gets to have some princess undies she saw at the store. Well Grandma and Grandpa surprised her with some they found on their vacation. She loves to take them out and look at them and dream of the day she will get to wear them. She is only seven stars away! We are almost there.

The beach yet again

So these are pictures from our second trip to the beach in May. The weather was a lot warmer this day.

Bristol loved the sand. It is crazy because a year ago this time she hated the sand and wouldn't even put her foot in it. Now she just likes to roll in it.

It is kind of hard to see but Nate made her a mermaid tail.

This was Bristol's new favorite thing to do. Go out in the middle of the sand and lay face down. There were a lot of people at the beach this day so I was a little worried that someone would step on her.

I love the pool!

Hot Weather

So it is hard to believe that just a little over a week ago we were dying from the heat and now we are hoping it will be in the 70's. So with out air conditioning and the temperature reaching 100' we opted for setting up our inflatable pool in the backyard and inviting our playgroup over for some fun.So Kali is our little tan baby. Her hands are so tan and her face keeps getting darker and darker. It is hard to tell in this picture but she can get pretty brown.

The water was a little cold at first I guess. She warmed up to it really quick though.

The slide was a big hit. They just kept running around and around to slide down. They never stopped until we had to pry them out of the pool for nap time.