Random....and Bugged!!!

Okay so this is really random because I am behind on posting pictures of a few family events. And I am also BUGGED because this is the second time I have uploaded all these pics and wrote about each one....because my kitten jumped on the keyboard and erased everything...ughhhh! I know that it is wrong to feel hatred toward a kitten, but oh well..... This is the little kitten I am speaking of. His name is Nemo. We named him this because first of all he is orange and second of all we are always trying to find him..."Finding Nemo". ha ha ha. We actually saved him from being ran over on the side of the road by some farms. He hadn't ate in a long time and his eyes were all infected....poor little guy. So we took him to the vet and now he is doing much better.....other than the torture my two girls are inflicting upon him ;)
Here is Scotland and Preslee playing inside a box. Boxes are just as much fun as the toys that come inside of them. This box is from one of Sweden's birthday presents. We celebrated her birthday at the park with a BBQ. Here are a few more pics of her party.


Here is Sweden opening her presents with a few extra helpers....cute girls.

Despite what this picture looks like, Sweden did like eating her cake. Messy little girl.

Here is one of Sweden's presents. She loves this car, she thinks she is so big!!!

Here is grandma helping the girls play on Sweden's new slide.

Here is Scotland playing with her friend Kennedy. Cute girls!!!

Scotland and London being silly.

Sweden playing kitchen. She is getting to big....so bittersweet.

Scotland and Preslee all dolled up for Preslee's birthday party.

Sweden and daddy. I love this picture. They are seriously clones of each other.

Summer Fun

So far we have had a pretty fun summer. We have spent lots of time at the park with friends swinging and sliding. Scotland has clocked in a ton of miles on her bike and scooter. We have been to Lagoon multiple times, thanks grandma Annette and grandpa Curt, for the season passes. And we have also been to the zoo. Here are some pics of the girls enjoying the sites at the zoo. Here is Scotland chirping and pretending she is a newly hatched duckling. Funny girl!!!!

Every time we would come around to the side of the merry-go-round where daddy was sitting, Scotland would do a new pose...she is such a little HAM!!!!

Sweden loved to look at the animals and was so cute. She was just talking up a storm all day. Maybe the animals could understand her....mommy sure couldn't ;)

Sweden pointing at the animals and talking to them. Cutie Pie!!!

Sweden and Scotland crammed into a single stroller...We bought a double stroller, but sold it for $20 at a yard sale because it sucked the big one. You couldn't steer it or push it at all....should have tried it out first. Now I really want a double jogger. Like I JOG....Ha!!!!

We're Back

Okay so I have been out of the loop for awhile now. I just have not had any time to blog. But now I am off work for the summer...Horray!!! Yesterday I got Scotland and Sweden's pictures taken. They turned out way cute. These are just copied from online, but in real life we did some with the sepia overlay and they turned out really cute. There are some others besides these three, but this is just a sneak peek. I can't beleive how big they are both getting....especially little Swedie. She will be a year old on the 25th. Now if we can just get her walking. But she is doing some really cute things lately. She will point at us when we ask her where mommy and daddy are. She plays patty cake and says a few words like ma ma, da da, and Hi. She waves and gives big bear hugs. Scotland doesn't understand why we think these things are so cool. She just looks at us and says "I can do that too!!!". Well hopefully I can keep up on the blogging thing now.

FINALLY!!!!

Sweden can finally crawl.....it only took her 1o months...ha ha ha. She crawled for the first time on April 21st. Good Job Baby!!!!

Easter Fun!!!!!

We went up to Bear Lake over Easter break....way fun....not so relaxing. Scotland and Sweden both decided it would be fun to whine and cry the whole time. However, there were fun moments where they were adorable. Here is Swedie with her new favorite toy....an empty water bottle...why we buy them expensive toys, who knows??? Notice the bruise on her forehead...she is always way to brave and climbs up on things and then falls. She is a wild one. Here is Scotland at the park in Garden City climbing the rock wall. She almost made it to the top, but decided she would be a baby and cry. Whats new??? Ha Ha Ha


Here is Scotland opening the eggs from our Easter egg hunt at the cabin. We did this one on Saturday and then we had our actual egg hunt Easter morning at home.

Swedie checking out her singing/hopping bunny that she got from the easter bunny...she loved it.

Swedie found an egg up at the cabin. She is so dang cute.

Swedie on the swing...she loves this.

The Easter Bunny made quite an enterance at our house. He left FLOUR footprints all over the kitchen. Scotland loved this.

Scotland finding eggs and candy around the house.

Easter baskets. Scotland got a new ballet outifit, Thumbelina Barbie movie, Singing microphone, and some other princess and bunny stuff. Swedie got treats, a singing bunny, a chick that chirps and a bendy bunny. Not to mention tons and tons of candy. SO FUN!!!!!

Sweden checking out her Easter basket.

Riding in the wagon Sunday night. It was such a nice day that we went to the park and then came home and played in the wagon. Horray for good weather.

Whaaa, next time I'll get a disposable.
- Brandon

ELECTRONICS SUCK!!!!

I have been wanting to post something on my blog for awhile now.....Anything at this point!!!! However, Brandon bought this new GINORMOUS camera...that I can't work. It is a Canon EOS 50D. Yeah, I know, sounds complicated.....it is even more complicated to work. I really wanted a nice camera, but I also wanted to be able to turn it on. I can't even get that far. Not to mention the fact that it weighs about 10,000 pounds. You HAVE TO wear it around your neck or you might drop it....and heaven forbid you drop the mortgage payment of a camera. Needless to say I am somewhat bitter about the purchase and wish that I was more camera savvy. So until I can figure out the dang thing or take a class or have Brandon take pics, I am pretty much not posting pictures of my darling little babes. So for all you out there who are wishing for a really nice camera....just enjoy the one you have....that you can actually find the power button on!!!! Now that I have vented, I am going to try to figure this stupid thing out.

WARNING...RSV Season is still in full swing!!!!

I am pretty sure that the only thing worse than a sick baby, is two sick babies. Both my girls have RSV....so it has been a week from hell. I feel so bad for them. I wish more than anything that I could make them feel better. The doc said that they would be contagious until they stopped coughing, which would be anywhere from 10-14 days. This is a major inconvienence due to the fact that me and Bran both work and take the kids to daycare. Thank goodness we have great family to help us out. We are so lucky that neither of the girls have to be hospitalized. They have a machine that sucks them out and then Sweden had a breathing treatment yesterday....but the doc said that it didn't do anything. So I guess that we wait it out. On the bright side, they are starting to sleep better at night. At first it was horrible, but now they are only waking up a few times a night. So warning to all you mothers out there.....RSV season is not over.

Kids!!!!

It is amazing how kids can be so dang cute one moment and then the next they are making you lose your freaking mind. Scotland has been on a rollercoaster of emotions lately. She has been REALLY whiney and crys about everything. But then she can turn around and say "Do you still love me mommy? Even when I do naughty things?" Then my heart seriously breaks into a million pieces. Just the thought of her thinking that I wouldn't love her....tugs on my heart strings. Because of her emotions lately, every night is pretty much a nightmare at our house.....getting Scotland to go to bed is rediculous. I hate the "mom, I need to go potty. Mom, I need a drink. Mom, my blanket isn't straight. Mom, I am hot. Mom, now I am cold" This whole routine makes me crazy. I am sure that someday I will look back and miss these times, but right now I dread them. Tonight Scotland did the same routine, but when she said her prayers she said the funniest thing. She finished and then she said "Mom, we need to say another prayer." When I asked her why, she said "Because that was the opening prayer, and now we need to say the closing prayer." I just laughed and we proceeded to say the "closing prayer". Sometimes I get so worked up at night with trying to get her to bed.....it is times like this that make me realize how lucky I am to get to put my little princesses to sleep every night. They are so cute. Here a few random pictures.

Scotland riding her bike....very slowly. She is super cautious...which makes me crazy.

Here is Scotland crying after she fell off her bike. She falls because she is going to slow. I try to tell her that If she would go a little faster, she would have more control. But mom doesn't know anything ;)

Giving Scotland a little push.


On Saturday we went to Toad's (the arcade/mini golf place) with our friends Bree and Jay and thier little girls Kennedy and London. Here are some pics from one of those picture booths that we all loved growing up. They were so funny. I love the third one.....too cute!!!

4 YeArS Old......GoiNg On 18!!!!

Scotland just celebrated her 4th birthday party on Saturday. She actually won't be 4 until the 10th, but we had her party early. We rented out Elite Gymnastics. The kids had so much fun. They jumped in the pit, went on the swing and zip line, and jumped on the trampolines. They had a blast. It was such a fun party for that age group. We had about 25 little kids and even though it was pure chaos, it was such a fun way to celebrate.

Here is Scotland Jumping into the foam pit....Sometimes there was seriously like 10 little kids in the pit at once....a little crazy.

Scotland wanted a My Little Pony party.....much to my dismay. I wanted her to have a Barbie or Princess party. There were so many cute cakes.....just not for My Little Pony. I had to go to 4 stores before I could find one that had My Little Pony. And needless to say....it wasn't the cutest cake. But oh well Scotland loved it.
Present opening was probably the funniest part. As you can see the kids were all right on top of Scotland. They all wanted her to open their present. So they were just shoving their presents at her. She would open one and not even get to look at what she got before the next present was in her face. Sometimes the kids would get so excited that they would just open their present for her. She was all done opening about 25 gifts in about 3 minutes.

Here is Sweden playing on the mats at the party. She was in heaven with all those kids there.

Disneyworld....Where Dreams Come True

Sunny....80 degrees. 5-10 minute ride lines. Free flight, hotel, and Disneyworld tickets. Could this get any better. Well actually....Yes!!!! The best part of our vacation was watching Scotland and Sweden have so much fun. Scotland has been to Disneyland twice, but this was her first time at Disneyworld. She had so much fun and was such a good girl. Actually both girls were angels, even on the airplane...I know....Miracle. Here are some cute pics of the girls. Sweden wore her Minnie Mouse hat everyday and Scotland wore her Bell dress and jewelry that we bought the first day there. Seriously I shouldn't have packed any clothes for Scotland....just underwear to wear under her Bell dress. Two cute girls!!!
We had lunch with all the princesses....way fun. By the end of the lunch Sweden was covered in princess kisses. She was loving it. Scotland loved all the hugs and autographs.

2 cutie pies with Bell.....they were obviously looking at the other camera :)

Scotland and her favorite princess

At first Scotland wasn't sure about doing this photo.....she didn't like the idea of being in a shark's mouth. However, after she saw all the other kids, she thought it was pretty funny.

Scotland and her cousin Preslee were watching a movie "slumber party" style. Preslee is only a year and a half....so pretty much, it was just Scotland watching the movie and Preslee playing. Scotland kept tattling on Preslee. She would say "mom, I can't watch my movie because Preslee is too loud and crazy". Too funny!!! Cutest Little MOOOO Cow Ever!!!!

Seriously, have you ever seen a cuter cow??? I saw these pajamas and had to buy them. I can't believe how dang cute Swedie looks.