little joys

I thought I'd write an update of the girls. They are both growing faster than I want them to and are constantly impressing me with everything they learn & do. I love these girls. I am so thankful for my family. I feel like we were made to be together, exactly the way we are right now. Mama, Dada, Raegan and Jane, just like that. Happy. Content.

Raegan is a burst of personality, humor and love. Seth and I are laughing at her 99% of the time. here are a few things she has said as of late...

~Pretending to work and answer the phone like I do..."Creek Side Apartments"

Rae: Apartments! (pause) Actually yes we do have lolly pops! Oh, your sick? Someone bonked you on the head? That's so sad.

~While putting on her shoes and coat to get ready to leave....

Me: Do you want to go play at Rylees house? Her Aunt will be there to watch you.

Rae: Rylees ant?.....Rylees spider???....

~Eating a snack at the table while conference is on. Elder Holland is giving a talk about being thankful for all the things members do. (ex. the young women leaders who go to girls camp, with no showers or shampoo...etc) Raegan looks up and says..

Rae: HEY that prophet said shampoo!

~Same day, I come down stairs and President Eyring is speaking, Seth says to Raegan...

Seth: Raegan tell mommy who is on the TV?

Rae: (a little unsure) Ummm..... i pod!?!

Raegan is such a joy.

Jane is 8 months. I don't know how this happened because It feels like yesterday she was just born.

Words I think of when I think about Jane....happy, squishy, tender soul, tolerant, soft, perfect.

She just started sitting up a few weeks ago and ever since, the two of them will camp out in the middle of the floor with a huge pile of toys and play together for long, wonderful, self occupied amounts of time (which I love). She Recently started saying mama, dada and nana (mama was officially first:) Still no crawling. Though she did roll over once, but has shown no interest in doing it again.

Seth is doing great in School. His curriculum has shifted to more hands on lab work and actual dentistry, which is really fun for him. He's become a total pro at balancing school, family and church, for which I am soooo grateful. The girls and I always look forward to hearing the lock turn on the front door and seeing daddy there to greet us. He is an incredible father and husband.

I feel blessed and happy. I love my family. So thankful to spend forever together.

She means business

Me: Raegan were are you going in this picture?

Rae: To work.

(of course, how did I not see that?)

Happy Harvest

Thank you! Thank you!

September

California~

Utah~

Cousin Sophie and Rae enjoying their walk together

The Heber Creeper Train

(Highly recommended, So fun with kids)

Cousins Calhoun and Hannah

We missed Ryder! Jared and Jess you guys better come visit soon:(

And a bit of camping in Portland:) Why not?

This was probably the most fun vacation ever. We had such a good time soaking up the sun in Cali, seeing good friends, Road tripping to Utah to spend time with family and enjoying all the down time in between. School started up again for Seth today and although being on break is so nice, there is still something good about getting back in a routine again with every day stuff. Plus the holidays are right around the corner!

so many reasons why

There are so many reasons why I love this video clip.

Actually three to be exact...

1) Jane is laughing the hardest Ive ever heard her laugh.

2) Raegan is the one making her laugh and she really wants Seth to watch.

3) Seth is in the most awkward pose ever, and was stuck like that for quite a while.

The Deep Sea

Seth is on a six week break from school and it's the greatest thing ever. We've been touring our wonderful Portland non stop. This is the greatest place and I kinda don't ever want to leave.

Today we went to the OMSI museum and saw the I Max movie Deep Sea. Raegan has never been to an actual movie before, so I was nervous it would be way too much for her. She loved it. The first few minutes of the movie were fish swimming everywhere, sharks darting all around and jelly fish floating up and down and Rae just kept asking "where are they going?" Later it showed something totally bizarre and I said to Seth "what is that?" and Rae looks at me and says "mom! its an octopus!"

happy day

Today we've been married five years.

Five really really amazing years.

I love you

XO

big girl bed

Little miss Rae has graduated to a big girl bed. She's been so good about staying in bed for naps and bedtime. We've only had to threaten the crib a few times and apparently that did the trick. Our next move is to have Jane in the crib and not the bassinet! All in good time:)

Summer happenings

Go Sethro. You look good in that white coat. yes you do. Our first year of dental school is officially over. Yeah! They kicked off the second year with the white coat ceremony. Now they will be doing more clinical stuff, which is really exciting because it feels like real dentistry, not just book work. Pretty exciting!

Cousin Cal and Raegan playing at fountains out side of the white coat ceremony. About 5min later Cal fell completely in the fountain and then Rae was sad she didnt get to go in too. Aaah kids.

Jane's Blessing day in Utah

She was happy about it.

Our first attempt at camping with the girls...success. Rae went from being creeped out by things like her bare feet on grass, to total mountain women who refuses to wear shoes about 85% of the time. She LOVED it. Jane was a dream as usual. The only challenge was getting ms. Rae to finally go to sleep at the end of the day!