Family Home Evening...

We held FHE last night- we are trying to make this a regular occurrence as we have not been great at doing it thus far. So, here goes the first week- I taught the lesson on "Being Kind". Teaching two and three year olds can be intense for a parent who's trying to get a lesson across- Taylor lasted about one minute (this picture was obviously taken within that time span) and Kate is our star student- always aiming to please and very attentive- so sweet. I taught them what "kind" meant, then read Luke 6:13, and finally we sang "Kindness Begins with Me" from the Primary Songbook. I actually drew pictures to help them remember the words- but I'll spare you those-they were pretty bad (I am NOT an artist).

I don't know why Kate has this scared look on her face-maybe I was being a little too intense! :)

Six Flags

K- so Six Flags is fun, but its so much more fun when its totally free! Intuit paid for all of their employees to go to the park this past weekend with their families. Parking, tickets, lunch, and extra spending money were all included. We had a great time with the kids and the thick humidity! It was pretty hot and very sticky- but isn't that what theme parks (in Texas) are all about? Hope these pictures give you a taste of what we did.



Mommy and Kate rode the parachutes- this one was our favorite.

Can you say intense?

Bebense, Bebense!



This is us- at our first family football game and it happens to be a BYU one! We made the drive up to Tulsa to see BYU get beat...no worries, we still had tons of fun watching the girls take in their first tailgate party and all of the screaming fans. I don't think they really understood the concept of all the screaming going on, but eventually they started chiming in- Taylor first with Bebense, Bebense (Defense, Defense!) followed by Kate with B-Y-U, B-Y-U! It was really cute. Here are some pics of our late, late night...enjoy!

Kate showing her "Cougar Pride" with some friends at our tailgate

Taylor- tailgatin' it up!

Like Daddy, like daughter


Summer Fun


We've Moved! We made the "big move"! We are absolutely loving our new home, neighborhood, and ward here. The girls love their new house and their self-proclaimed "Princess Beds"- they even get an entire room to themselves upstairs to play with their toys, although they still prefer to follow mommy around all day long...

Here's Kate at our new house. She's our little "princess" lately- and our little swimmer. She learned to swim this summer and wakes up in the morning with going to the pool as her #1 priority. I'm sure glad she's old enough to reason with!

Taylor is entering the Terrible Two's, but since she's so great at giving hugs and kisses whenever you ask, we'll take the inevitable tantrums every once in a while- Parenting is all about gives and takes. :) She's talking up a storm lately, repeating everything she hears- nothing like 2 and 3 year olds to keep parents on their A-game.