My girls love to dance and sing. Denali often dances in a circle and sings her own tune. We have a pink bunny that my mom gave us for Easter several years ago and it sings "Jesus Loves Me." Denali carries it around and sings along and I think it is too cute.



Denali has had an interest lately of sitting on the potty. She doesn't really understand what she is supposed to do when she gets on there, but it is fun and we are encouraging it. Greg went to see what the girls were up to the other day and found Denali sitting on the potty and Alexis reading to her. How sweet is that!?!



Well Greg has been extra busy with the students back to school. He is advising the SnowDrift (student newspaper) and teaches a class with it. He is really excited about it and I am sure the students will benefit from his teaching, but he really didn’t need something else to add to his job description. He keeps telling me that he will travel less often, but he already has two recruiting trips that he will be attending.

I have been dealing with the side effects of pregnancy. I have good days and bad days and try my best to do an activity with the girls and get a little housework done each day. I absolutely loved watching the Olympics and watched as much as I possibly could. I am glad that I decided to not take classes this fall and am really excited, because we are going to Alaska to visit my family for Christmas. My family doesn’t think I should visit in the middle of winter, but I am just excited to spend the holiday with them.

Alexis decided she wanted to take tumbling class instead of dance this year. She enjoyed watching the gymnastics with me and said, “When I grow up, I want to do that.” She was excited when I told her she doesn’t have to wait and can take classes now. She is such a social butterfly and I think it will be good for her. She also had her first soccer practice. With preschool starting next week, she will be a busy little bee and keeping up with her schedule will get us all out of the house. We are hoping to take her to Lagoon in a few weeks. I haven’t been to Lagoon in like 10 years or more. So Greg was telling her that we might go to Lagoon and she said, “You’re the Goon!” I thought that was pretty clever for a 4 year old.

Denali is saying new words every day. She is so much like Alexis was at her age. Denali does have a spit fire personality at times. She is my tom-boy that loves to get dirty, climb everything and destroy things or take them apart. So she definitely keeps me going. We went to the Sanpete County Fair this weekend. She thought a ride on the carousel and watching the parade was the best ever. Alexis got two rides and Denali got one. We bought lunch and a bag of cotton candy and it cost us like $34. When our family gets bigger, we might not be able to afford to go to the fair! But it was a lot of fun. Alexis also did the mud scramble. They have a big mud pit and have a mud volleyball tournament. After the tournament, they throw balloons in the pit and the kids run into the mud to find a balloon. Then they pop the balloon and get a number. The number goes to a prize which they get to take home. Alexis won a whole box of otter pops and couldn’t believe that she won 100 popsicles. Denali wasn’t old enough to participate, but she enjoyed playing in the dirt. The mud scramble is totally free too.

Well hopefully it isn’t another month until I post again. We’ll see.

Busy, Busy

Sort of funny story with this picture. We still had stuff in storage at Nuttall Hall and finally went to get it. We loaded up the van and Denali was playing in the front. We shut the back door and Denali pushed the auto lock button with the keys inside. She didn't even know that she was locked inside. We were knocking on the windows trying to get her to push the unlock button and she would smile and push the lock button again. Greg caught a ride back to our house to get my keys, luckily we didn't lock our house. But while he was gone, Denali tripped and hit her face on the dashboard. She was crying and putting her arms out to me and saying, "uppy!" I almost started crying telling her that I couldn't get her uppy until she opened the door for me. It was a funny, frustrating and sad moment.

We still are having a fun and busy summer. My childhood friend, Jill, came to Utah for a visit and we were able to visit with her and her two kids. It was really fun. And Lexi talked me into getting a puppy that only lasted two days. Having a puppy feels like bringing home a newborn baby, except they don't sleep as much. Greg had told me not to do it and next time I will definitely listen to him. Lexi has been enjoying playing with our neighbors and I have just been trying to keep my yard alive and Denali happy. We had a yard sale and made a little money, mostly we just got rid of some clutter which feels nice. I can't believe it is August. The leadership students come back next week and Greg will be even busier at work than he already is. I have decided not to take classes this fall, because we are expecting another baby in March (which was another reason I decided I wasn't ready for a puppy). I am like 7 weeks and haven't been to the first doctor appointment. But sickness has already set in. Ugh.

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