A day in the life - a few random things

Yesterday the children and I went to Costco to pick up some pictures and enjoy some lunch. While sitting down for a yummy lunch of a pizza and hot dogs two different women came over to talk to us.  Both wanted to comment on how busy I must be, I looked too young to be the mother of three children, and wanted to know if I wanted more children.  One of them actually asked me if I got a lot of comments on how unusual Hadley looks.  I have to laugh at the comments of others.  I did love the comment about how young I looked : )  

So, we headed out to the car after having lunch to a very hot car.  I let the windows down in the back and low and behold the back left window wouldn't go back up.  This leads me to the top 5 reasons we need a new van.

1.  the windows don't work

2.  the door locks don't work - well they work but I have to lock each of the 4 doors seperately.

3.  the entire trunk is taken up by my double stroller, single stroller, and baby carrier.

4.  I really don't have to strap the carseats in the back seat because they are so tight : ) Don't worry I still have them strapped down.

5.  I get excited when the air conditioning works ( thank goodness we don't live in Texas)

This leads me to things that have changed since becoming a mother.

1.  I am really excited about my new nursing bra coming in the mail.  Who gets excited about that...

2.  I am excited about the possibility of getting a van.  I always thought I was one of those people who would never drive one.

3.  When given the opportunity to shop for items for myself or my children I choose the children everytime.

4.  I never thought I would look forward to going to bed early.  I am a night owl.

Just a few random thoughts......

Temple trip

After church today we decided to go to the Washington Temple as a family.  We go together as a couple , but don't take the children very often.  After a quick stop at home to make some sandwiches for lunch we headed out on our adventure.  Hadley was so excited as she saw the temple as we drove around the beltway.  On the grounds they were able to run around and have fun, have a picnic lunch, and go to the visitors center.  We even saw a deer just 15 feet away on the grounds.  Hadley and Cooper now believe Bambi lives at the temple.  This was such a wonderful experience and we plan to do this more often.

This is what Grant did during our trip to the temple

As for me in my house

Yesterday Hadley wanted to put this hoop skirt under her dress.  Well no problem, as for me in my house hoop skirts are appropriate under any dress.  Even by themselves if you want to : )  We tried it all different ways all day long.  This is the hoop skirt that goes under her Cinderella dress ( she wouldn't even put this hoop skirt on when she first wore the Cinderella dress).

Fish Fish and more Fish!!!

We had a delicious meal of rockfish last week.  This was the fish that Kimball, Bryce, and Alan caught over the weekend of the 4th.  It was very yummy.  Cooper ate an entire piece all on his own.  While we were at the grocery Alan noticed that Rockfish was about $16/lb. Wow, no wonder it is so expensive with a 2 fish per person limit.We were eating good that night and we still have enough for another big meal.  Yeah!! We are a family who loves fish....

Is this costume too small????

Just yesterday Hadley wanted to get the costumes out and try all of them out.  She picked out the chicken (that she wore when she was 8 months old) and ran around the house making chicken noises.  I tried to tell her that it would be too small, but she wouldn't change her mind.  I just love the confidence she has : )  Cooper had to get in on the fun as a monkey.  So, for about 30 minutes I had a monkey chasing a chicken around the house.  I know our neighbors below us enjoyed listening in on that one...

Grandma's Candy Shop

Every childs and lets face it adults dream has become reality in Grandma's candy store.  Hadley and Cooper had so much fun this summer collecting trash, laundry, and pine cones to earn pennies for candy.  I love this idea to learn about paying tithing and how to work for what we want.  Hadley usually wanted a candy necklace and blue lollipop.  Cooper isn't seduced by candy like Hadley, but does love a good starburst!  This is a picture of Hadley venturing from normal choice of candy into pixie sticks and other forms of straight sugar.  I am thinking of starting this at home to teach them about work, tithing, saving, etc...  Grandma you are the best!!!!

July 4th Fun

For the fourth we went to a ward pancake breakfast and parade. Hadley, Cooper, and I decorated the wagon, and Uncle Bennett was nice enough to pull it in the parade.  

Just a growin!!!

Here is our little Grant about 2 weeks ago.  I couldn't resist taking a picture of his crying : )

Hot Hot Hot

Very cute pictures of Hadley and Jenna.  We went to Fairview park and it was hot hot hot.  I know we are back to Maryland now, but I just had to post these.  Thanks to Jenna for coming out to the park with us in the blazing Texas heat!