9.11.11

Yesterday we went to a huge flag display in honor of 9.11. It was so beautiful and there was a perfect breeze. It was interesting teaching our kids about what happened on that day 10 years ago. They're still a little young to really understand the significance of it all. But I know we both know where we were on that day when we found out and we will forever remember.

Dancing Princesses

I saw the girls dancing outside the other day while I was washing dishes. So, like any good mom, I grabbed the camera! (Notice the perfect dip at about :24)

Cabin Service Project

We spent a whole week at the cabin to finish the basement walls and do a few more projects.

Here are the BEFORE and AFTER pics...

Family time at the Cabin

Alturas Chandler Campout 2011

Happy 3rd Birthday to Alice!

Our sweet Alice Love is getting so grown up...she turned 3 on Saturday! All day long she walked around the house singing "Happy Birthday" to herself!

We invited the Comoroskys over for a little birthday party for her, complete with a flower pinata picked out by the birthday girl! Everyone had lots of fun...especially once all the candy had fallen out. They beat the pinata down to cardboard shreds and had a blast doing it! (Of course, the daddies helped too!)

Alice's swing at it...she must have had a bit of built up aggression being the youngest or something

because she really went at it!




Sorry the video is sideways...just tip your head to the left and you'll be fine! :)

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Alice's birthday weekend continued when Grandma and Grandpa Chandler came over on Sunday evening to help us celebrate. The kids had so much fun playing with "Dee-ma" and "Papa," as Alice calls them.

The girls both had fun doing Grandpa's hair...
Alice said his hair was "too skinny" to comb!

A Little of our Summer Fun

I need to play a little catch-up before I get too far behind. So here's just a little of what we've been up to this summer...
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Our big Father's Day Banner for Daddy

Joe had to work on Father's Day so we were able to make this while he was gone and have it all ready when he came home! Each of the kids said little messages that we wrote on the sign. Here are a few of them...

KATE: "I love coloring with Daddy!" "I love when Daddy tickles me!" "I love riding bikes with Daddy!"

SAM: "I love playing Mario with Daddy!" "I love wrestling with Dad!" "I like when Dad gives us cake!"

ALICE: "I like to read with Dada!" "I like to play pirates with Daddy!" "I like when Daddy plays horsey with me!"

Then we attached a bunch of pictures of Joe with the 3 kids.

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Setting up the kids' tent and having a campout in the living room is always a hit.

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The 4th of July

I got the kids all ready in their red, white, and blue and we headed over to Buhl for a parade. It was fun because Joe was working traffic control for the parade and we got to sit right by him and his patrol car/barricade. It was the second best thing to actually watching the parade with him!

"I pledge allegiance..."

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After the 4th, Joe had a few days off so we headed up to the cabin with our friends, the Comoroskys, for some much needed relaxation. So much relaxing, in fact, that this is the only picture I took. I like that Alice has opted out of the pillow pet for a sister pillow instead!