LA County Fair

We got a special treat this year when we got to go to the LA County Fair for free!  Our new neighbor (and good friend!) is the Fire Marshall for the LA County Fair and so he drove us literally right up to the fair where we got out of our car and onto the fairgrounds.  We felt so cool!  The girls absolutely loved it but I am pretty sure their favorite part was meeting the "real mermaid".  They were in such awe it was hilarious! 

Makenna's First Haircut

Makenna finally needed to have her first official haircut.  We were privileged to have our good friend Courtney (and new licensed cosmetologist!) be the one to do it.  Makenna was surprisingly good sitting there.  Pretty much the face that you see in these pictures was the same one you saw the entire time.  :)  But isn't she adorable??

Maddie's First Day of Preschool

Maddie's turn!  Maddie has finally started preschool!  It is funny how much your other children want to go to school when you already have one going.  Maddie was so excited to finally be going to her own school.  She goes three days a week from 11:15-2:15 and she loves it so far.  She likes to play in the sandbox (I'm not loving that) and she is making new friends.  We are excited to see what she will be learning! (What a little poser!)

Kenna turns 2!

Our sweet, spunky little Makenna has turned 2!  We had a birthday party at our new house and we loved having everyone here.  Here are 10 things about our Kenna!

1. She is talking so much better now that she can hear!  She is starting to say some words.
2. She loves to put things inside of containers and will spend a long time switching them back and forth.
3. She wants to do anything her big sisters are doing and loves to be around them.
4. She loves to eat gogurts, fruit roll ups, pizza, milk, nutrigrain bars, strawberries and chocolate moon pies.
5. She likes to clean up and sings the "Clean Up" song every time.  (Or as she says it, cean up! cean up!)
6. She is taking after her sister and loves anything Ariel and loves to sing Ariel's song.
7. She is the best baby and toddler I have had and will entertain herself for hours when her sisters are not around.
8. She definitely is pretty feisty and doesn't back down to her sisters.  We are teaching her to try and use her words instead of screaming at them.
9. She is so cute that she has all of the neighbors smitten.  They even buy treats to keep at their house for her.
10. She doesn't like people staring at her and gives this "face" every time - as evident in the picture with the cupcake.

Emma's First Day of First Grade!

Emma had her first day of First grade at a brand new school.  Her teacher is Mrs. Berton and she already loves it!  We know that she is going to be great and accomplish many things this year!

4th of July

This year we had our 4th of July celebration at MB and Nathan's house.  It was so much fun swimming ALL DAY in their brand new pool.  My girls had fun playing with some new friends and we were able to watch the fireworks from their backyard.  By the time we got home, it was 10:00 pm and my girls were pooped!!  I was trying to get Maddie to go to the bathroom while I put Makenna in bed and this is how I found her.  I can't help but post this so I can have it in my book to use as blackmail when she starts dating!!  Too hilarious!

Emma learns to ride a bike!

Emma hit a milestone this week and learned to ride her bike without training wheels.  Thanks to Uncle Keith and his brilliant techniques!  We kept raising her training wheels until they were pretty much off the ground and then it was super easy when we took them off.  She jumped on and took right off without any problems!  We are really proud of her! (We had to throw a picture of Maddie in there, too!)