Summer/ 4th of July

4Th of July at the Greens 2011

On the 4th of July we planted new flowers in the corner of our yard with the help of Nicks Mom

Just a random but funny picture. I had moved her littler chair to clean it and she decides to sit up to the coffee table with her tiny little stool

Where else would we go over the Holiday but one of our favorites the Zoo.

I love how she is trying on Nicks work shoes in her Sunday dress with her shoes already on

In the back yard watching the fireworks. It was late and way past bed time

-like I said, it was late and way past bed time, also very loud. Still Nick is adorable in this picture. Zoey wanted to go to bed so bad and we wanted her to see the fireworks. She fell asleep while we were out there.

Watching the fireworks together

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Summer days

Here are some pictures of of our day to day schedule. We are very, very busy and have so much to do, we just had to share it with you.

We water the yard

We play dress up and run around

We create priceless works of art

One of our favorite daily tasks, mopping the hardwood floors and carpet with Moms swiffer

We like to ride around the house as fast as we can

We make cookies for Daddy

We make master pieces in the kitchen

We climb on many things outside and inside to see what is possibly on top?

We mow the lawn with our pink lawn mower

I love being a stay at home Mom where I can be with my daughter, teach, care for and play wit her her. This is the best job I have have ever had. I have never cried so hard, been so stressed I didn't know what to do, been so exhausted I could take a nap any where, felt like my life is the very best and blessed to have every second of it, been as happy as I am with everything that happens in our crazy life's. Being a Mom is a gift from my Father in Heaven. I am so blessed to have have such an angel as my daughter and remind of what is right and wrong and to have such a marvelous husband who is caring and loving and I know I can always count on. My life is rich with blessing all around me and I thank my Heavenly Father every day for blessing me with an eternal family, and for all we have and cherish.

Play-dough

Our beautiful play-dough before it got played with and mixed ( that's what it is there for)

I was trying to show her how to poke it and play with it, she thought it was weird then food. After she tasted our home made non-toxic play dough she didn't want to play with any more

This picture blurred, but you tell she is having a blast

THE STOVE WAS NOT ON DURING THIS PORTION OF THE BAKING- It was just easier to have her next to the flour and spices while I added everything

Zoey and I made home made play-dough.

I have been wanting to do this for a while but just put it off until I came across an awesome recipe. Super easy and most of the ingredients were already in my pantry.

Since Zoey LOVES to help me cook and be with me in the kitchen I thought "why not", we will get very messy and have a great time. Still I have to plan a little for my sanity.

We started in the morning before nap time so I would have plenty of time to clean up the mess before the rest of the day got started. Also I knew Zoey enjoyed helping but I also wasn't sure how much she could o. But I have just head this fantastic story about how you should always make time to let kids help in the kitchen and let them get messy (hence the Why not thought) and how important it is to start very early. So with that in mind I gave her a spoon and went from there. She helped stir...it was messy (so very messy) but Zoey had a blast, flour was every where! I had to even had extra flour because she had stirred so much out of the bowl. Eventually I gave her a small plastic mixing bowl with flour and a spoon and let her have at it! As you can see in the pictures it was a huge success, we will be making play-dough again soon I am sure.

Daddy Daughter

Best Buds

We planted several fruit trees in our back yard in the spring- this is our pear tree

Showing off part of our veggie garden when it first started

Watching a movie together

This is my favorite! Doesn't this just melt your heart! Just happen to catch that on camera as they were sitting watching t.v./movie together.

Nick and Zoey have this wonderful connection with one another. When Nick is playing a video game she will crawl under his arms, sit in his lap and try to grab the controller and play with him. It is the funniest thing to watch. She can say Daddy so much better than she can say Mommy, and give Daddy these big hugs and kisses each night before bed time.

Since Zoey and I are home all day with each other we have our way special connection of laughing, peek-a-boo, hide and go seek, painting toe nails, picking out clothes and the occasional "Mommy said No tantrums". But when Nick is home it is so fun for me to see what a cute Dad he is to her and how much fun the two of them have together.

Zoo Trips

Zoey Touching the Dino's teeth, she wasn't crazy about it.

Looking at all the fun animals (specifically the Monkeys)

Posing with this our new friendly Dino friend:)

We have been taking Zoey to the Utah Hogle Zoo since she was 5 weeks old and we continue to go with her now. We pack a lunch and make a day of it, to see the animals and being able to do something different than our daily routine.