It's Been a Lovely Fall

Fall Colors up American Fork Canyon, Breathtaking! 

We've been taking advantage of the last bit of warm weather-Ezra is to blame for the mud, he didn't mind hosing them off though.

It's just been so beautiful around here!

Our family friend Bronson let us borrow this beaut for a day--it was hilarious to see all the funny looks we were getting.
Totally want one!

Been trying to spend lots of time outside enjoying the amazing weather before it gets too cold!

Okay-- My girls are totally girly girls--I swear it came programed. Ila LOVES jewelery, here she is at Oma and Opa's good ol jewelery store. She could not get enough. Fae is more of a clothes and shoes girl- if she sees her shoes she insists on having them on her feet--she also loves to pull clothes out of her drawer and bring them to me to put them on her. New favorite phrase: "ooooh, pret-eeee!"

Discipline has officially started- and I totally hate it. I know I need to do it, after all I don't want to end up with TWO screaming, tantrum throwing, bullies. It's a pain, but like my Dad always says "Hard work is easy work done at the wrong time." 

Now is the time! I've got to get this discipline thing down quick or I'm going to be in double the trouble! 

I'm trying to mold my little one year olds into the patient, polite, respectful little angels that I know  might exist.....Ha. It's gonna take a while, a long while. Right now we are working on being "soft." When they hit each other I make them say sorry and give each other hugs. We are also working on not throwing things in church, not playing in the potted plants, not rubbing food in our hair, the list goes on and on. Sometimes I feel like I must have the most active children on the planet. 

I need a nap!----Who's with me?!

P.S. General Conference was A---mazing! I'm already re listening to it all! I feel so blessed to be part of such an wonderful church with such amazing leaders!

Don’t worry we found it

It’s just me, blogging about Walmart once again. Ha. Anyone with kids knows what a process it is just to leave the house. It’s kind of like packing for a long trip, several varieties of snacks, changes of clothes, binki’s and bottles, toys, sanitizing equipment, and of course a first aid kit. Okay, I don’t really have one of those, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea. Right?  That’s just part of the process that must happen before we leave the house. I mean there are still diapers to change, faces to wipe, hair to be combed, and inevitable last minute disaster “look what I found in the garbage can mommy” type stuff.

I personally believe….that every shopping cart in  America should be patterned after Costco’s double kid cart, it’s an inspiration. My girls can keep each other entertained the whole shopping trip. (yes, I know, the whole kissing thing will have to end at some point).

If I’ve got to take the girls with me shopping I usually just wait until I have reinforcements. After all, I never know what those two little furballs are going to have up their sleeves. But today I was working on a project that could not be finished without a trip to Wally-World. When I go to Walmart I have to take my double stroller and there really isn’t much room underneath to store my loot, it can be a pain in the royal highness.

The girls actually ended up being pretty good today, I checked out with out a hiccup and walked to my car feeling rather victorious. I got Ila all strapped in and started putting Fae in the car, that’s when I realized she was missing a shoe. Uuuug. So I put them both back into the stroller and started retracing our steps. I practically had to lie on the floor to see under the shelves. I’m sure people were wondering what the heck I was doing, “That lady’s lost a lot more than her marbles!”

The girls sang happy little songs through the rest of the store, it was almost like they had planned the whole thing. I was about to give up looking when I saw it….. sitting perfectly upright waiting for me, gleaming in the fluoresent light. Hallelujah!

When I finally got out of the store all the high school kids where headed to Walmart for lunch from across the street. A group …… of girls started gathering around the twins ooh-in and aww-in like is natural for girls when they see babies. I finally made my way through the herd, and as I’m walking away I hear this conversation.

“I'm totally gonna have twins”

“yeah, me too,  a boy and a girl”

Man, it really doesn’t seem that long ago and I was one of them, making what I thought would be a perfect plan for my future.

I always seem to forget that I’m living the dream life. ( ; Ha.

p.s. The project I was working on was my newest attempt to get my girls to eat their vegetables, they got sick of sweet pea mac and cheese and lettuce waffles. So I took advantage of their new fascination with drinking through straws and made vegetable- juice with fresh produce from my mother’s garden.

Here’s the recipe: The quantities are up to you

Swiss Chard

Green Pepper

Broccoli

Beets

Pears

and

Pineapple juice

I just pureed it all up, skins and all

I tried some and…….it’s vile----But apparently I made it sweet enough, cuz the girls slurp it right up! 

Craig and Kaisha's Wedding!

I had to drop her and run--this was the best we could do-Ha

Such a cute couple!

These two were ripping the table clothes of the tables at the wedding luncheon. Little varmints.

We ate a lot of sugar-- anything to keep the girls happy

Wrestling--they were giggling so much. Such well behaved children. 

 Wha-da ya know, little girls love little girls

We are so happy for you Craig and Kaisha! Congratulations!

Mirror Lake

Headed to the Uinta's for Labor day weekend
It was beautiful!
Mirror Lake certainly lives up to its name
Glad Karlie and Shalie could join us on our little adventure
We even got to see a bald eagle come swooping out of the trees!

5 Years!

This is almost a month late, but I couldn't forget to recognize our 5 year anniversary! Can't believe it! Seems like we've always been together! Love you babe!

Taylor Family Vacation

A couple weeks ago we went on the Taylor Family Summer Vacation. St. George, was hot! But that didn't stop us from mountain biking, hanging out at the pool, seeing the musical Aladin at Tuacahn, and having a ton of fun!

My favorite part of our trip was our Pine Creek Hike--It's been years since I've been and it was awesome! A big thanks to Mom and Kristina who watched the girls so I was able to go!

1st Birthday Party!

She did not want to let go!

We really wanted Fae and Ila's birthday to be fun day for them. So we started the day with our little water slide bounce house, it's made specifically for the little ones and they absolutely loved it!

After lunch we headed to the living planet aquarium, which the girls totally loved (for about 1 hour.) My favorite parts were the mini sea horses, otters, and the penguins.

The girls actually seemed to like their presents--which is new. And of course they loved eating their cup cakes.

Birthday #1 = Success!

Family Pics

Since we were already going through the trouble of getting the girls dolled up for their one year photos I figured we'd take a few family photos as well. Ezra just loves getting his picure taken, infact when I told him of my plans he gave me a big kiss straight on the mouth-----NOT! It was as hard to get him to cooperate as the girls---the fact that we even had one or two half decent photos in the end makes this shoot a success! sigh.

One Year Old! x2

Fae

Ila

Fae

Ila

We told them to give eachother kisses and they actually did it- so funny!

There are two things in life for which you are never fully prepared.....twins. 

Ain't that the truth! Ezra and I survived our first year as parents, all the twin parents we meet seem to say, " it gets easier, I promise" whether that’s really true or not we are looking forward to the future.

I know it sounds cliche, but I can not believe how fast this past year has flown by..okay there were a few parts that seemed to drag on forever like when Ezra was in China, but over all it's been a quick year and I can't believe my little baby girls are a year old!

They are probably a couple of the most well traveled one year olds on the planet!

Here's a quick re cap:

Utah 

Idaho

Wyoming

Seattle

Portland

San Francisco

Mexico

Hong Kong 

Shanghai

Gong Zhou

Nanning

Dahua 

Puckett, Thailand

At a year old they have traveled further than I had traveled in the first 23 years of my life and .......they won't remember one bit of it. Good thing I blog, right?

I remember when they were born, every morning the nurses would wheel them in in their little carts and I’d see my two beautiful little bundles and feel like it was Christmas morning over and over again.

Ila and Fae have turned out to be everything I could have hoped for, I still cant get enough of there adorable little smiles. They have the funniest little personalities. We just love them so much. 

FAVORITE TRICKS

Funny face

Tarzan

Walking

Blow kisses

Peek a boo

Paticake

Fake sneeze

Wave

High five

Wolf noise

Kisses

Shrug shoulders

Clapping

Dancing

Feet Eating

Picking nose

Stealing each others binkis

Making each other laugh

Making each other cry

WORDS

What

Dog

Bear..with sound effects

Wow

Mama

Dada

Grandpa

Ezra-I call for reinforcements a lot, they mimick me

Uh-O

Boo

Thank you

Ow

Oil Goli go

Soft

Bird

Pig

What

Baba

baby

La la laaaa

MY TRICKS

Nursing two babies at the same time

Rocking one baby while feeding the other

Running

Changing a diaper with one hand (the other is used to keep other baby from sticking hands in poop)

Solids at the same time, I feed the second baby what the first baby spits out, don't judge

Holding one baby and picking up the other with one arm. Much harder now that they weigh twenty pounds plus

Finding binki’s

Driving and passing out snacks

Sleeping with babies poking my face

Two babies in and out of the tub

Body Building..JK

Happy Birthday! To the cutest twins in the universe.....well we think so.