No front teeth!

Monte pulled Mindy's tooth out this morning so now she doesn't have her two front teeth. She said its hard to talk :) I think she looks adorable!

Sunday Walk

I love going on walks on Sunday. Mia said "a walk" right after we started going and would not stay in her stroller. Our little Sunday walked turned into a long Sunday walk because we had to walk Mia's pace...very slow! It was fun though. The girls picked some sunflowers and we went to our usual walking spot: the train. The girls love to clim around on the train and find all sorts of metal treasures. Monte put Mia on his shoulders for a couple of minutes and when he put her down she cried and cried because her legs fell asleep. I am so grateful for our little girl family.

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!