Treehouse Sleepover

Lily invited Bella for her first sleepover (not at Grandma's) and she was so excited.  We met at the Treehouse Museum so the kids could play a little bit. 

Cowgirl Lily

Two princesses, very excited about being together!

My little pioneer sailing across the ocean.

Her big sister helped a little!

Catching fish in Japan!

June was not happy once she realized she would not be leaving with the other kids, but going home with Mom and Dad.  Bella, on the other hand, was thrilled.  She had a great time and can't stop talking about how much fun she had.  Thanks Lily for letting her come and being such a great cousin!

Grandma's Home

Grandma Chris is home!  The girls were very excited to pick up Grandma from the airport.  We usually only get to drop her off, so it was nice to have girlies so excited and happy instead of crying "Grandma come back!"  We met up with cousins at McDonalds and had fun playing and visiting. 

Garriott Get Together

We met up with part of my family for a night of games.  We started at the bowling alley.  Junie had just woken up from a nap and was the biggest grump ever!

Finally, a little love for Grandma.

Becca's first time bowling, I think she is a natural!  But for some reason, I don't see this girly girl liking the shoes!

Aunt Kristie has good form!

Bella acting like an old pro!

Grandpa Boyd

Grandma Pattie and Junie, who had the high score of everyone with 127.  Nothing like bumpers and a ramp!  After a lot of Dad's mountain dew, she finally was a happy girl.

Afterwards, we headed back to Grandma and Grandpa's for a little Just Dance action. Junie loves this game!

Bella and Grandpa getting their moves on!

No one chicken dances like Aunt Kristie!

Even Bret can get his grove on!

Disco Fever!

Even pregnant Katie can shake it!

After we were worn out, it was time for a little Disney Sing It. Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

Aunt Kristie had the high score, of course.  Next time we are making her play on the hardest level.  Everything was so fun!  We can't wait to get together again!

Big Girl Bed

Even though she has resisted it and been very content to stay in her crib, we decided it was time for Junie to have a big girl bed.  We just took the rail off her crib and added some new bedding.  She was very excited to see it.  She climbed right up to "snuggle in."

The best pert, she figured out how to jump on it!

She is thrilled with being a big girl! Yes, she is in swimming suit in January.  It came earlier this week, she grabbed it out of the box, screamed "I love it!" and has worn it every day since.

I guess she really is turning into a big girl!

Twinkle Toes

These shoes deserve a post of their own.  Bella has already had a pair of Twinkle Toes and wore them almost daily.  They were getting pretty worn out.  Finally, one of them stayed lit up continuously and began to drive me crazy, so I decided it was time for a new pair.  We headed over to Dillards one afternoon to see if we could get another pair.  She found some she liked, but unfortunately, they did not have her size.  We ran down the mall to Journey's and they didn't have them either, back to Dillards and we had them call another store.  Yeah, they had the right size and would hold them.

The next afternoon, we headed out to Dillards. Junie refused to ride in a stroller, but I figured no big deal, just one quick stop, that was a mistake! 

They had the shoes, just like these ones, but all in pink.  We bought them and Bella had to wear them out of the store.  We look around for a few minutes and then head to the car.  we are almost to the parking lot when we notice one of the shoes is not lighting up.  Back we go.  Unfortunately, they did not have another pair in her size and the next size up looked like clown shoes.  She was so disappointed.  Off we head down the mall to see if we can find another pair.  Journey's didn't have the right ones, down to Nordstrom.  They didn't have the right ones either.  All this time I am dragging along June who refused to be carried.  Bella was almost in tears so I told her we would try another mall. Only one other mall in the valley, so off we went.  Junie still refused to get in a stroller, but we tried Macy's, no kids shoe department.  They suggested we try JCPenney's.  I was done at this point, no kids shoes were worth all this trouble, but the look on Bel;la's face made me say, "Okay, last try, then I am ordering them online!"  We headed on and guess what, they had some!  They weren't exactly the same as the originals, but she liked this one better.  Too bad they were more expensive here than at any other place, but worth it to have this all over!

After all this, Junie grabbed a pair of Twinkle Toes of her own and refused to take them off, so guess who got a pair too!

Twins!

Bella loves Alex, her American Girl doll and especially loves to dress like her.  She couldn't wait to get their picture in these matching outfits!

Junie saw what was going on and had to get in on the action with her June doll too!

Bowling

We grabbed the girls for a surprise day out and about.  We told them we would only be doing stuff that started with the letter B.  We had lunch at Bajio and then made Bella try to guess what we would be doing next.  Finally, I wrote it down for her and she sounded it out:

BOWLING!  Bella loves to go bowling, I think the bumpers and the ramp make it perfect!

Notice Bella with her fingers crossed!

A strike! (Or something like that, she doesn't really care, she just gets excited when the pins go down!)

Junie loved pushing the balls around, as Mom kept jumping in worried about smashed fingers! The girls named all the balls after their favorite fairies.

Bret helping Junie bowl with a 13 lb ball.  This sparkly one was Queen Clarion.

Fun early afternoon for us, we had even timed it perfect and the bowling alley to ourselves most of the time.  We'll be back to bowling again soon!

He's Off the Market

My little brother got engaged today!  Yeah!  We are so excited for Matt and Meg!

Fun Times

Bella called me downstairs to see this:

She wanted me to take a picture of she and Junie in their cottage, and put it on a scrapbook page called "Fun Times." 

 They had set up their dolls, pet dogs and a tea party.  They even found a camping lantern to add a little more light!

Definitely, fun times!

Harry Potter

 Bella has a new fascination with Harry Potter.  She loves the fact that she is finally brave enough to watch the first movie.  Her parents have decided for her that she is not brave enough to watch the second one.  

She gave me this Lego set for Christmas, and we spent a fun afternoon watching Harry Potter and putting it together.  I can't wait until she is a little older for more of Harry Potter's world!

Happy New Year!

We started the new year sledding with my family. 

It took a little convincing of Bella and Mom, but she went down the big hill at Flat Iron Park!

Sam was all over the hill, running and flying down on his sled!

Down she goes!

Grandpa Boyd getting in on the action!

Bella tried going down without a sled!

Back to the top again.

All the sledders.

June spent this time back with Aunt Heather, when she brought her over, she refused to even get near her snow pants.  No sledding for June!

Beautiful girl against the beautiful mountains.

After sledding, we headed up to Ogden to visit with Grandpa DeYoung for his birthday.  It was nice to visit with him on a calmer occasion than Christmas Eve. 

Happy New Year!  We hope this is a great year for everyone!