Things

Here are some other random things that happened the last few weeks.

We went to a birthday party for my "twin." I met Joanna two years ago, and we've been best buds ever since. It helps that we were born on the same day, same year. :)

We also went to a WICKED Halloween party! We went as superman and superwoman, and brought these gruesome treats. We didn't take any pictures of their house... because we were totally overwhelmed by how awesome it was. haha! Maybe next year?

Kylie and I joined our friends Meagan, Bennett and Charlotte to go to the Portland Zoo. We had a great time! I didn't take a whole lot of pictures because I was busy chasing Kylie around... but it was really awesome.

This is about when she had had enough of the stroller...

I have had a little bit of free time lately, so I decided to start making Christmas presents. I think Kylie will love this. :)

Twenty Four.

Yup. It happened. I turned another year older.

And what a fun birthday it was!! :)

My wonderful mother came to visit for a few days, and took me shopping, cleaned my bathrooms, did dishes, watched Kylie so Dallin and I could get out on the town, took me to lunch, and let me win when we played games (something Dallin has yet to learn :P). I sure do love her!! Thanks for coming Mom!! Can't wait for you to be back in a few days!! (and this time she's bringing my dad!!)

Here are the pictures from the partyin'...

Kylie was showing off for Grandma... putting banana in her hair.

Not a fan of sourdough, Kylie?

Love me some Panera!!

Scarf anyone?!

Date night at the Portland Temple

SO GOOD!!!

I feel so blessed. :)

Big Girl, Leaves, and slight OCD

With the warm sunny weather, Kylie and I have been spending as much time outside as we can. She loves walking through the leaves, and piling them up on her lap. :)

Kylie has started going down the slide by herself.. even though she can't quite figure out the end of the slide. haha!

She has also started feeding herself. She does pretty well.

And unfortunately I have passed on a little of my OCD to Kylie. She was playing with these thread spools... and setting them on the tv stand with the sticker up, when she noticed that one didn't have a sticker. She decided it couldn't go with the other spools. Oh dear.

Spontaneous Trip to Cannon Beach

Dallin's parents had a conference in Cannon Beach this past weekend.

They stopped at our house to visit and stay the night on Thursday. And when they were getting ready to leave on Friday, they said we could join them for the weekend if we wanted to.

WHY NOT?!

I packed our stuff, got Kylie ready to go, picked up Dallin from work, and we headed to the beach!

 It was INCREDIBLE weather! We were so lucky!

Kylie reading a book, patiently waiting to go to the beach

The view from the hotel room...

We spent as much time on the beach as we could.

Someone's a little excited...

Kylie would stop at every footprint and brush it off, and then start digging. It was pretty hilarious.

 

 

Once Kylie noticed the water there was no stopping her.

We had to warm up in the hotel pool afterwards. :)

 We finished the trip with icecream and chocolate chip cookies before heading home.

Grandpa's the best!

I think we wore her out :)

When we got home, we quickly changed into our church clothes to get ready for a baptism, after the baptism we made an appearance at a friend's birthday party, then we rushed home so I could get Kylie to bed while Dallin went back to the church  to practice for his piano/organ duet the next day...

It was a crazy, hectic weekend. But we wouldn't have it any other way.

Thanks for the wonderful trip Mom and Dad! We loved it!!