Summer

We have had a really full summer! In June took the girls to Orlando and met my dad and his wife there. We went to the Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, the Kennedy Space Center and coco beach. The girls had such a fun time and it was great to see their excitement when they saw all of the characters. The princesses and the fairies were one of the highlights for them. Hannah got to have a princess make over with her very own fairy godmother in training courtesy of grandpa Bunny (what the girls call my dad). Matt loved the space center and riding the launch simulator, I liked Epcot.

After we got home we went to Idaho to spend some time with Matt's family. We had a family reunion in Huntsville, UT and saw the cabin of one of Matt's relatives that was one of the first settlers in Huntsville. It was really great to see all the family and the girls had a great time playing with their cousins and sleeping in a tent.

We were in Idaho for 3 weeks and are now home trying to settle back into a routine. Hannah starts school on Monday and we are all looking forward to that. For some reasons my pictures wouldn't load but you can see them on our facebook page.

So pretty

Here is a little something I just had to share. This morning as I was putting on my makeup Piper came in the room and got my chap stick out of the drawer. She smeared it all over her lips (and the surrounding area), stood in front of the mirror, and started saying to herself "Pretty, ya sooo pretty." She followed it up with some hair flipping and fluffing. I wish I had gotten this on video, it was so cute! I have one really girlie little one:) She loves makeup, dresses, and primping. On Sundays she doesn't let us take her dress off because she has to stay "so pretty, mom.....so pretty." I think I will have my hands full ten years from now.

Christmas

Okay it has been a month since Christmas, I suppose I should post about it now. We had a great Christmas in our new house (aside from the pink-eye that made the rounds). The girls got a bunch of great stuff from all our family and a few toys from Santa. Matt bought me a new steam mop and I got him a Wii points card and guitar picks (and a book in an effort to get him to read more:) We had our traditional Christmas eve pig-out, we opened our jammies and then got in the car to go look at lights. That was probably the highlight of that night, we drove around looking for lights and singing carols at the top of our lungs. Piper only knows the last word of every phrase so it was "rudolph the red nose reighnDEER, had a very shiny NOSE." It was hillarious! We really missed our family, but it was nice not to have to travel.

New Year's Eve we spent with some friends playing Phase 10 and RockBand. We always have a great time at the Cooley's. Somehow the kids managed to stay up until past midnight. Poor Piper started asking to go home at aroung 10 though.

I guess the last little tidbit that I want to share is Hannah's first haircut. I figured I would do it myself to save money and it looks fine (much to my surprise). She did pretty good. The only sad part is we cut of the curls and they haven't come back yet:( She still has them around the front but the back is just wavy like mine. I am hoping that they come back, someday.