A couple special dates

Awhile back Ryan and I decided that our kids were old enough that we wanted to start taking them on individual dates.

I had free tickets to Cars2, so I decided to start with Eli by taking him on a date to see the movie.

July 7, 2011

I went all out and even bought popcorn and a drink.

After the movie he really wanted to get a pizza from Little Caesers for dinner. He didn’t want to take it home, and it was too cold to eat it outside, so we sat in the parking lot in the back of the truck and ate our pizza.

It was so fun spending that one on one time with him. He can be pretty silly.

Well, the summer got crazy and I never had a chance to take Hallie on her date.

We finally did it this week.

I saw that Build a Bear had a really cute owl that would match her room perfectly, and it was on SALE!

So I asked her if she wanted to go get the Owl for our date. Of course she was super excited. She really didn’t care what animal she got, just as long as she could go to Build a Bear.

We then went to lunch at Hot Dog on a Stick.

She was grinning and jittery that whole date.

I love how excited she gets and all the emotion that she shows when she is having a good time.

I loved having my special dates with each of my kids. It is amazing to me how different they are when they get 100% of my attention.

I just love each of  their very different personalities.

The (sleeping) adventures of Evie

Little Evie has been to many places and parties in her short little life. Unfortunately for her, she has slept through most of them.

Great Grandma and Grandpa Teeples’ 60th Anniversary pool party.

June 4, 2011

Luke and Crew’s Pirate Party

June 5, 2011

Hot dog roast and smore’s with Uncle Brian and Cole

June 10, 2011

Lehi Parade

June 25, 2011

Hallie’s Birthday dinner at Pizza Pie Café

July 11, 2011

Pineview Resevoir

July 18, 2011

Huntsville Park

July 21,2011

Rigby Lake

July 23, 2011

First plane ride

August 5, 2011

Waikiki

August 9, 2011

First trolley ride

August 9, 2011

Snorkeling at Sharks Cove

August 12,2011

Bear Lake (just woke up)

August 18, 2011

Minnetonka Cave

August 17, 2001

Tibblefork with Palfreyman’s

 

September 3, 2011

Her blessing day

September 4, 2011

This sleeping beauty pretty much slept through the first 3 and a half months of her life!

Can’t keep up..

I don’t know if it is having three kids, or summer, or selling our house, or just life, or the combination of all…but I just can’t keep my head above water.

 

I feel like for the last 3 and a half months my house is a mess, my kids are a mess, and I am a mess. I feel like I am constantly busy and moving, but nothing gets done.

I’m starting to feel so overwhelmed. Maybe three kids really does break you.

Every week, I think, if I can just get through this week of craziness, I can settle down and focus on tackling the things I let go that week, and then another crazy weeks presents itself and I just get farther behind. Whether it is sickness, a vacation, trying to get the house ready for show for an unexpected showing, school starting, babysitting, parties, and just life, there is always something.

Not to mention, I am just tired ALL THE TIME! Getting up at 7:00 to get Eli to school is killing me.

I obviously, wouldn’t trade all this craziness (aka, my kids) for anything, but I would love to be able to just feel like I have a handle on things again.

Maybe someday. Maybe someday.

Noteworthy

A few noteworthy things happened in our home the last few days…

Two lost teeth, which equals two dollars for this stud muffin.

We realized again, what wonderful family we have as they supported us in giving a name and a blessing to this little sweetie.

First day of preschool for this little social butterfly. She was on cloud nine ALL day!

We officially listed our house. So a load of stress and lots of decisions for these two crazies!

So if you know of anyone interested in living in a great neighborhood in Lehi, send them our way.

http://lehihomeforsale.ryanteeples.com/

A real Date

I love live music by this guy:

I love my Country:

I love this hot guy:

I love fireworks:

 And I love good babysitters:

So of course I LOVED my date last night at the Stadium of Fire, which combined all of them!!

Thanks, Ry for the date! It was a wonderful surprise!!

Freeze!!

Oh, how I wish I could freeze time!!!

My kids are just the perfect ages, and  I wish I could stop time and just really enjoy it.

Eli is still my little guy. I feel like once he starts 1st grade he will no longer be my little boy. He will be gone all day and I won’t be able to spend as much time with him and have my little helper around. He will probably get a bigger attitude, and bring home more negative behaviors that the world shows him. He will be so big.

So I want to freeze time so school doesn’t start and he can stay my little boy.

 

Hallie will start preschool in the fall. She can hardly wait. She will be gone 3 days a week, two hours a day. I am pretty sure that once she walks in the door to school she will realize how big the social world is. She will never want to come home and be my little girl anymore.

So I want to freeze time, so she won’t realize all the friends she is missing, and I can still be her best friend.

 

Little Evie is growing so fast. Before I know it she will be rolling, crawling, wiggling all over the place and exploring her world.

So I want to freeze time so she will stay my little peanut and snuggle me all day.

Time goes too fast. I wish I could freeze time so that I could enjoy their sweet innocence just a little longer.

I just don’t want my dirty house to stay frozen too.

Evie Tia

Our little Evie is here!!

She was a healthy 7 ponds 11 ounces and 19 inches long!

She is so precious and VERY VERY loved!!!

Especially by her big brother. He cannot get enough of her!

We love having her sweet personality in our home!