After a long blogging vacation, we are back! This last month has been really busy for us...there is no way to cover every single thing that happened, but I will try to hit the highlights!
First of all, we are once again homeowners! We closed on our house on May 8th, but painted the ENTIRE main floor before moving in. It took us about a week and a half to paint (I could have gotten it done much faster, but even with babysitting help, there is only so much you can do when little kids are around!). We actually been in the house for almost two weeks now. It is like Christmas around here, with Riley and Bailey finding toys that have been in storage for the last year.
Riley had her last day of Kindergarten today. She had a great year, made some good friends, and liked her teacher. Yesterday was her field trip to the zoo. I went up to help supervise, and boy, what a nightmare that was! First of all it wasn't only our school's day for a field trip...there were a MILLION Kindergarteners running around. Secondly, the weather was TERRIBLE! It was POURING most of the time we were there...though there were a few breaks in the downpour so that the kids could actually see some animals. All in all everyone (kinds included) were more than ready to head home when the time came. If I ever get a vote that counts, I say field trips should NOT be a rain or shine event! Ry also had her end of the year program this past week. The kids sang songs, had a fashion show, and showed off some of the stuff they had learned over the course of the year. Ry was in the front row and wasn't shy at all about participating...she has come a long way this year!
Riley and three of her good friends
Singing in the program
Riding the bus...the BEST part of the field trip.
Surviving the rain at the zoo.
Ry's last day of Kindergarten
Our girls have recently discovered Little House on the Prairie. Riley and Bailey (and Cory, too) all like to watch it, and this is what our house looks like almost every night at six o'clock:
Last night Cory and I got to take Riley to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house. After finishing the tour, I asked Riley what she liked best...she said the lights (the light fixtures in the temple) and the cookies. Glad it was the important things that stuck in her mind...(sorry the pictures are kind of dark...)
Finally, Bailey is getting so big! She just turned sixteen months old. She is developing quite the little personality, and is getting quite the temper, too! Just check out the picture of her at Riley's soccer game last week...Cory wouldn't let her get up and run onto the field, and she was NOT happy!
Loving the rocking chair...maybe one of these days the big bruise on her forehead that she has had for nearly a month will go away...
Doesn't she look all grown up?
