life

aren't these the cutest boys you've ever seen?

 michael is super handy

i kind of broke our lawn mower

and michael totally fixed it

he's the best

olive told me to buy a sword (very seriously) if a bad guy tries to break her pillow

this is her very favorite pillow that she sleeps with every night

noah got a little back to school trim

he's so cute!

 this is a picture of our future living room

it is beyond ugly and makes me laugh

don't worry, they're leaving the pool table

and hopefully that bull pen sign ;) 

(it makes me laugh every time i look at it) 

the before and after pictures are going to be amazing!

hazel wanted to rock henry before bed the other night

eleanor loves to pretend to give henry his medicine all day long

luckily he likes his medicine and doesn't mind her doing it

  we went and had lunch with michael the other day

isn't he the cutest?

 then we went to wal-mart and henry sat in the cart for the first time

(we were out and about while our house was being shown to potential renters)

  yesterday i took the kids swimming and eleanor put herself in time out

which is funny because the only other kid who does that is hazel

they are so similar, in a lot of ways

  i might be a bad mom

or maybe utah rubbed off on me

(people are very lax about seat belts)

but i let the kids ride home from the pool un-bucked (it's only a few blocks away)

they LOVE it!

and i like that we get home quickly without any whining

i love their happy faces

normally they sit but this time they stood

little crazies 

  i ran a couple miles on the treadmill yesterday

and then saw that eleanor had colored her entire body with these markers

(and later realized a few walls) 

so i confiscated her markers

and heard henry crying

so i was dripping sweat and took a picture

why not? 

 i let henry suck on a piece of watermelon during dinner last night

he loved it of course :) 

today we went and met the kids' teachers

they both seem nice

then tonight tami and ellie came to stay on their way to washington 

tami and i guessed olive and ellie would be great friends

and they are two peas in a pod

 plus they look like they could be sisters

such cute girls

it was so fun to have them here

thanks for visiting, tami!