Elin

Elin has been VERY GRUMPY the last few days. The cause? Teeth. 2 of them you can see down in her gums just waiting to pop through. I got this video on Sunday when she was happy for a few minutes!

Rylee's Swim Meet

The weekend of September 16, Ry had her first meet of the season. The first day was at Washington Rec Center where Ry swam in the 100 Butterfly
100 freestyle
On Saturday she swam at Sand Hollow Aquatic Center where her events were:
200 Freestyle Relay (1st place)
50 Fly
100 Breast
200 Freestyle (2nd Place!)
She did such a good job and we are so proud of her. It is so fun to go and watch her swim!



Holts were able to come Friday night

Grandma Linda getting Elin to smile

Rylee swimming at WCCC

Aunt Sara came down for the weekend

Discipline Backfires!

There is one thing I do not like about being a mom....back talking girls! Rylee seems to have aproblem with this lately, and I just don't know what to do with her. Monday the kids got out early from school for a teacher's meeting, so I thought they would have a good day and good attitudes because they would have lots of time to play. I was wrong. When Ry had a bad attitude, I told her she couldn't play with friends. "I don't care" was her reply. But she did care when 3 friends called to play and one came over! She then went in to bother Pyper since Ry's biggest joy in life is to tease her sisters. Pyper lost it and smacked Rylee hard on her back. So, Pyp's friends got taken away too. Her reply was the same as Rylee's. What to do? They were now home for 3 hours before Dave would be home, and they couldn't go play. I decided to make them suffer by cleaning my baseboards- a job I HATE to do! So, I gave them a bucket of soapy water and put them to work. The plan backfired on me because it wasn't a punishment...they loved it! They had a great time cleaning. We turned on music, and they cleaned for quite a while. They laughed and were just happy as could be. I hope they start getting along better but if not, hey, at least they can do the dirty work for me!

Elin and Dave watching ESPN news!

Pyper and Elin

This is my life. Elin loves to be held. Not just being held, but walking around being held. Sometimes I don't mind it unless I have things to do, and with 4 kids there is always plenty to do!

Elin in the snuggly while I vacuum

Elin is now 3 1/2 months old! She is getting so big. She smiles ALL the time. She gets grumpy at night around 8 and starts eating alot. She has been sleeping through the night for a few weeks now. It is so nice!

I was reading a bedtime story to Laney and she fell asleep during it. Tired little girl!

Aunt Sara was down a couple weeks ago, and Laney loves to lay out by the pool with her. She is all ready with her goggles, Sara's ipod radio, and diving sticks!

Laney's absolute favorite thing in the whole world is bandaids. Here she is asleep with her new book from the book fair, and her BANDAIDS!

Me and Elin (3 months)

Pyper is about the most creative, artsy girl I have ever known. She loves to make things, like this monster out of a box. Of course, Laney had to have one too!

Elin loves to hold on to my hair when I hold her. When I am gone and Elin is upset, Dave gets Pyper to hold her because she can always calm Elin down by letting her grab onto her hair!

Elin at 3 months

First Day of School

Rylee and Pyper started another school year on August 11th. Laney then started preschool after Labor Day. It is so nice to have school
back in!




Laney in the 4yr old Class at preschool

Pyper is in 2nd Grade

Rylee is in 4th Grade

Dave's Birthday

August 28th was Dave's 33rd birthday. He had been out of town that day so we celebrated the night before with some friends at Red Robin. Sat, he had a XC meet, and the team did great. That night Dave's parents came over for dinner and cake and ice cream.
Happy Birthday Dave. We love you!