Utah Trip

We also had a lot of fun in Utah. A lot of playing with cousins and stuff. The girls kept themselves pretty busy! Here are some fun picts. I still have some carnival pictures to post...so I will get that done too.

We played at the park. This is a picture of Elsie showing me where she bumped her head.


The girls with some cousins...
Cassi and Owen with Grandma Na
Elsie with my cute Dad and his signature overalls...
Cassi helping Grandma collect wood for the fire and s'mores.
Ariel...my little sis...and Elsie
Cassi was Grandma's little helper. She helped her plant some tulip bulbs and daffodil bulbs. She had a great time helping.
And I thought this was so cute. These gloves are my Grandma Beardalls gloves. My Grandma passed away last December and I knew she had little hands...but when I saw that Cassi fit into Grandmas old gloves...I miss those sweet hands.
It was a great trip...I still have picts to post of the carnival and the triplet picts...but I will get to those later.

Evanston Trip

We are home now from our trip to visit our families. We had a great time, but like always it is great to get back home!

I am going to have to spread our trip over a couple blogs...cause I took ALOT of pictures...shocked, I know....

This first post is from some of the fun stuff we did while in Evanston, and like always, I have a hard time choosing through the picts, so I just put all the ones I liked! Hope you like them too.

This is Elsie with her Bumpa...it was so cute to see these two. When Grandpa was in the room, Elsie made sure he was looking at her...and if he wasn't she would do anything to get his attention. And then he would look at her and give the biggest smile. They definitely have a sweet Little friendship. Grandpa kept asking if Grandma was jealous of his new girlfriend....so cute!
Girls with their cousins...on Grandpas feed...
More fun with cousins...watching the Pelicans down at the river on Brent's parents property...Pelicans in Wyoming...who'd a thought???
A ride on the mule
One of Grandpas new baby goats...aren't they cute!!!
The girlies with their Grandma Ene...they had so much fun with her...she has a tendency to spoil them!!!
4-wheeling with Grandpa
They think Grandpa is pretty great!
I wanted to post this picture cause the girls think it is so cool that Daddy was 'the little boy who lived down the lane' His parents live at the end of this lane...where I am standing...and the girls love to recite that poem and then say...that's Dad...the little boy who lived down the lane...

Then they got to help Uncle Dave, Aunt Cindy and Andy mow Grandmas lawn...with a riding mower...they thought that was great!

At full speed...(blades off, of course)
Elsie is not so sure...but she trusts Dad anyway. Don't you love that lip???
Looking and me and letting me know that 'it's not so bad!'
Really concentrating now...
Cassi's turn

And then all by herself...don't worry....slowest speed and blades off...
Look at that face!!!
Now Madi by herself...
All the girls after the yard work is all done!
Then it rained...a lot more...and this is Brent holding Elsie out the window and enjoying the rain. She thought it was pretty cool.

Secrets

Well, just so everyone is in on the secret who doesn't know yet...

I am not only getting fat...but it is cause I am preggo. So that is a good excuse to get fat, right? As good as any, at least!

I am about 14 weeks and things are going good so far. The girls are very excited. Brent and I weren't sure if we were going to have another one but after much talk and prayer we felt that if we were to leave Elsie as the baby, we would end up 'babying' her for her whole life. We felt that it would be good for her to have a younger sibling. We can't wait to find out what it is. As Brent said a few weeks ago "You know, I don't really care if it is a boy or girl, just as long as it has a penis!" Anyway, I just thought that was funny. Of course we would like a boy, but we do make some pretty cute girls too...so whatever...but we do know THIS WILL BE THE LAST ONE!!!!

For My Teachers

As a gift to Madi's teachers she wanted to paint them a picture...

For Mrs. Schmidt....she has been such a wonderful teacher to Madi and has been her biggest supporter in her school work. I am very grateful to her for making this year so great for Madi Bell...Madi wanted to paint a rose for her, isn't it beautiful?

Mrs. Cindy is the Teachers helper and she was a wonderful help this year also. Madi has always had such great teachers...I hope she will always connect with your teachers...Madi loves school!!! She wanted to paint a Daisy for Mrs. Cindy. The petals on this one are amazing...she did such a good job!

Swim Time

It wasn't the warmest day...but good enough.

The girls cleaned their room and helped me with laundry...so they earned a day at the pool! It was pretty fun. I was worried that Elsie would be a little nervous about getting in the cold water...but she is a fishy like the other two. Can't wait for summer-time! (and a tan!)

Silly Elsie

Elsie has the perfect hair for jumping on the trampoline! Isn't that just great!!! She kept crawling around, then touching us...or the puppy and thought it was so funny! Silly kid!

She has also made friends with all the little ants who have found shelter in our home! She found one in the corner of the kitchen one day...and she still goes back to it every morning to look for her friend! Silly kid!

IT'S A BOY!!!

We got a little boy for our family today. We caved in a got, not just any puppy, but the most perfect puppy in the world!!!

This little guy is so sweet and mellow. There is no way we couldn't take him home. He is a Miniature Australian Shepherd, so he won't get much bigger than he is now. We are excited to have him in our family...hopefully we aren't too in over our heads. But just look at that face!!!

His name is Tanger. He was named after Brent's childhood dog whom he loved so much. He was also an Australian Shepherd...just not mini. But I am sure this little Tanger is going to be just as loyal!

Elsie absolutely loves him...Cassi mauls him, of course...and he has already chosen Madi as his favorite...(don't tell Cassi) Madi and Cassi were eating and we tried to get Tanger to come out side with us to meet the neighbors. He wouldn't budge until Madi got up...he followed her to the sink to dump her dishes, then followed her outside. What a good dog!

Playing in the Rain

We had one heck of a rain storm role in this afternoon! But it was warm enough that we could still play in it. There were some crazy big rain drops!!! So after helping the neighbors with some yard work, and sending Madi to celebrate a birthday with her friend Keva, we did a little playing. It was a fun time!

I noticed that the last few posts have been about Elsie or Madi, and I thought Cassi should get a turn. Poor girl suffers endlessly from middle child syndrome...everything Madi does is so exciting because she is the first to ever do it...cause she is the oldest, and Elsie is the baby and everything she does is so celebrated, so poor Cassi gets lost in the mix. But this little girl is a definite one of a kind! She has a million dollar smile, and she is so full of energy that Grandma Ene is known to say, while Cassi is around..."'If only we could bottle that energy, we would be rich!!!" It is true. She is always on the go. But she has such a tender little heart. She is the one who would never lie to us, and if she did, we would know right away cause she feels so bad about it. She does tend to get in trouble a lot, but that I think goes along with the middle child thing, and maybe not getting the attention that she needs. But this is the little girl who you can always rely on for a good laugh and a good bear hug (pointy chin and all)! Our family would not be complete without our little crazy Cass!!! Love you Cass!