Saturday Fun

We had some great weather on Saturday so we went and checked out a local park. It was at a lake but the toys were a little to big and there were no slides. We had lunch, Monte fished for 5 minutes, and the girls threw rocks in the lake. We decided to go to another park. It's got lots of great toys there. After we were done playing we went to Braums for some ice cream. Yum!

Mindy's First Day of School

I've been wanting to post something about Mindy's first day of school. She was excited and scared. She woke up in the middle of the night because she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to stop sucking her thumb at school. She looks so grown up in this picture.

 

We all loaded up in the car to take Mindy to school :) When we got there I took her inside to her class. She gave me a hug and said "Goodbye Mommy, I love you" then turned and walked off to start the day. I didn't want to leave my baby!! I turned and struggled to fight back the tears until I got to the car. I cried all the way home!

Her first day she got off the bus with the biggest grin on her face. Makayla and I made cookies for her and the girls were so happy to see eachother. It was cute to see them give lots of hugs to one another.

 

Makayla had a wonderful day at home. She played so happy with her "mini stuff" ALL DAY. She doesn't miss Mindy--she loves being her own boss!!!

Monte takes Mindy to school every morning and she rides the bus home from school everyday. She is always making new friends and for the most part likes school. She says her favorite thing about school is P.E. and Recess (what kid doesn't say that!!) It has been such a big change in our lives to have Mindy in school.

Boise State vs Michigan State game

So i finally figured out how to blog on Monte's phone. Its kind of hard and it takes me FOREVER to type!! The pictures are out of order too but I have no clue how to fix them. ...so bare with me :)

Monte and I went to the Boise state game in Michigan. We got mindy out of school early on thursday and headed down to oklahoma. My family watched the girls for us for the weekend   

we flew out of okc on Thursday afternoon and arrived in Detroit that evening. The next morning- Monte's birthday - we headed to Lansing. We went to lunch and then hung out at our hotel until dinner time. We of course went to red robin for dinner. Monte wouldn't let me tell them it was his birthday though. After dinner we still had some time to kill so we just started driving towards the stadium. When we got close there were a ton of people walking toward the stadium so we decited to find a parking spot and get over to the game. We got our tickets through stubhub and so we sat in the middle of the Michigan state fans, next to the student section, and up at the top. When we were walking up to find our seats the students were coming in and they were soooo rude! They kept swearing and flipping us off right in our faces. One group of kids surrounded us and were swearing and stuff and one of the kids pushed Monte's shoulder. I was really worried about being in the middle of the Michigan section. The "non-students really were not bad at all though. It was fun to go to the game together but I would rather go in a group. I think It's fun to cheer with a bunch of people. 

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 Saturday we went back to detroit and went to the ford museum  it was huge and pretty neat  i love to go slow and read everything and monte is opposite-browse and be done...so I did some speed reading while trying to keep up with him! On Saturday night we went to dinner with the "Christensen bros" to the Sweetwater Tavern in downtown Detroit. It was so good. This is the plate monte and I shared. Behind me is Bryan. We had a good time with them.

Monte and I hanging out before the game. We hada great time together. It was fun to just hang out and be together with no kids :) 

Monte's New Car

Since we moved in August Monte has not had his own vehicle to drive to work. Most days he drove the van (which was awful for me to not have a car!) if he didn't take the van, he drove the big work truck-but that was really costing us a ton of money for gas. So he finally got a new car last week. Its a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta. Before he had even driven it 100 miles the check engine and other lights were on. He took it to the dealer we bought it from and they said they would pay for half of the repairs. When they plugged it in they found 9 things wrong with it!! Gurrrr..... $280 later it is fixed. Unfortunately, now we are sitting here at the office because the van is getting worked on! It has been shaking really bad on the interstate so we thought it needed an alignment.....nope-it needs the tire rods replaced and 3 new tires......Monte loves it when we hang out in the office (NOT!)

Mia is ONE!

Mia 1 week old

Mia on her 1st Birthday

We went down to my parents house for Mia birthday. We went to Red Robin together to celebrate Mia's birthday. Brookelynn had a formal dance to get ready for so afterwards we went to Aaron and Kim's house and got to see baby Kellen. Later that evening we went back to Granny's house and ate some yummy rainbow cake and opened presents. Mia was so cute eating her cake. Everytime somone would come up to her she would reach out and try to share her cake with them.

First lost tooth

One morning about a month ago, Mindy told said "Mom, I have a loose tooth!" I find myself saying "You're too little to _____" so often! Mindy is growing like a weed and I just can't stop it. I just cannot believe how fast they grow. This year she will be starting school too.
On February 1st I asked Mindy if her tooth was getting any looser and she opened her mouth and her tooth was completely flat on her gums. When I told her we needed to get a string and pull that tooth out she balled!! I myself was such a chicken when it can to pulling teeth so I had some sympathy there! We tried a few times with a string and it just kept sliding off. So, I grabbed it with a dry wash rag and it came right out without her even knowing! She was so proud and SOOOO excited to put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy! Sure enough the tooth fairy came (and Mindy said she had a dream that night that her tooth fairy was pink with purple wings) and she left her a dollar! She is one lucky girl!

Valentines Day 2012

The girls got a package from Granny on the 8th. It had a Pinkalicious Valentines Day book, candy, and some winter hats and gloves for each of the girls! They loved it all! Then on the 10th we got a special package from Aunt Judy---Strawberries!!! They were so big and yummy! Such a fun and delicious treat!

On Valentines Day we had a tea party with red juice, scones, and sugar cookies. Its always fun to dress up and party together! Later we had a yummy dinner then played toy story Yahtzee. When the girls went to bed we laughed and stayed up late playing Settlers of Catan with Judson.

Mia is going to be 1 on Saturday and I cannot believe it!

Some pictures

I had a minute to update the blog at the office today so I thought I would post a couple of pictures. The laptop is fixed and I have finally downloaded some pictures!!

This pic is from October-I love it! After scriptures and prayer Monte always gets to be a horse :)

Here is Mia on Dec 1st all bundled up and ready to go outside!

The girls in their christmas jammies from our friend Dana

Makayla loves to help me in the kitchen. She is helping me make homemade noodles. Such a good and happy helper!

Little Miss Mia with her one top tooth! So happy and ADOREABLE!

The girls playing with their present from Uncle Alex and Aunt Stephenie. Its a play do ice cream maker -- and it sure makes a mess!! The girls love it!

The Luckiest Girl Ever

Santa left a note for Mindy on Christmas morning that told her she had been a very good girl this year and that he had a present for her that couldn't fit down the chimney so she needed to go outside to see what it was....Mindy has said many times:

"I'm the luckiest girl ever" and "my pony is so stinkin cute"


She was SOOO excited to get outside and use her new halter and lead rope from Granny so she could "train" and ride her horse. She kept asking Granny, "but how did you know to get me a pink halter and lead rope?!"

She has told everyone about her new pony from Santa. When she walked outside and pet her new horse she said "I am going to name her Lightening". She later told us that she named her Lightening because she knew that she would be really fast just like lightening. She just can't stop talking about her pony!

I think this picture pretty much says it all!

Since we have been home Mindy has gotten up every morning and just cannot wait to get outside and be with her new friend! Today was sunny and in the fifties so we headed outside. Lightening wouldn't let me catch her so Mindy did it all by herself. She brushed her, led her around, "trained" her to get into the horse trailer about 3 times, and rode her while I led her around. She is so happy! This is the gift that keeps on giving :)

Some pictures from Monte's iphone

As you already know....We don't have the Internet at our house..... Unfortunately, the laptop where ALL my pictures are stored is broken and getting fixed (for over a month now)....AND I lost my camera for 3 weeks!! I'm so glad I found my camera, but I don't have the laptop to download any pictures to....So, as a result, here are some random snap shots from Monte's phone (sorry, they are out of order too!)

Mindy after church on November 11th

Makayla wearing Mia's beanie and being silly during dinner- December 2nd

Trying to take a picture of the girls together in their jammies.....does anyone else have this problem? :) Nov 13th

Poor Mia was in this stinkin stroller many many times while we were building our fence. She was usually very good just watching us. We finally finished our fence just in time to bring them home after Thanksgiving. I love looking our the window and seeing the horses. We have missed them the last 2 years. Mindy has been begging to ride Roper. I keep telling her we will have to wait for a warm Saturday :) (maybe in a couple of months???)

November 6th-The girls outside just before going on our Sunday walk. Unfortunately it was our last one until Spring :(

I did their hair in braids and sponge rollers for church. It brought back lots of memories for me!

December 3rd- All ready for the Boise State game!