My little princess~

Ella's photography skills

I was mowing the lawn so Ella got out her folding chair, listened to music, and watched the show! If she has music she is happy!

The girls are having a make-believe campfire!  They are roasting their marshmallows.

And Eva shoved it ALL in her mouth.

I went for a run and Evan put them to bed. Success!

My Eva Diva! On the way to the Wag Fest, a festival of dogs. (aka...Ella's heaven) :o)

Daddy brought the girls to a hot air balloon festival, I went to drink wine, eat chocolate, and watch a movie with some girlfriends. Everyone was happy. :o)

Big sister is helping her or telling her what to do. :o)

They look so beautiful...unfortunately they couldn't get them off because the wind was too high. But they experienced the big fire and small baskets that goes with them. They were looking forward to taking a ride. :o( Maybe next year.

Evan shared some starbursts and minutes later the girls were still relaxing with their puppies and chewing their treats.

daddy built a fire pit. We love it and can't wait for it to cool off so we can enjoy it.

Goodnight world!

We had a wonderful week of trying to catch up on some sleep from the long weekend at Auntie and Uncles. The girls take a long time to recoop. We had a playdate with some friends, baked some banana bread and cookies, went to the park a couple times, hit the pet store- as always our weekly trip. We went to the library but no story time until after labor day so just got some new books. We enjoyed our last week without school, we are all excited and anxious for it to start though and thats this Thursday. This weekend was busy, I worked on Friday overnight and we got ready right away to go to Wag Fest, a festival of dogs for Ella and then went to Sammy's birthday party. We didn't get home until around 4 but I jumped right into bed. Eva and I slept for a couple hours and then I went out with some friends and the girls and daddy went to the balloon festival. We all had a busy and tiring day! Sunday we went to church and we all enjoyed that, it was an outside service where the pastor blessed the pets so there were puppies everywhere, a lot to be thankful for! I also accepted a position as part of our new childrens ministry team, unsure of my duties but since my children are now old enough to be included in it I am for it. :o) Hope everyone is enjoying the first part of school and the last days of summer.

Introducing!

Brody Jack Lindahl entered the world 8-20-12 at 5pm. He weighed 6lbs 13oz. and was 21 1/2 in. long. Healthy baby boy! Congrats Alana and Jon!
We can't wait to meet him.

Ella and auntie watching tv.

Ella was always sitting right next to Uncle or Auntie.

Or they both were!

Uncle and Auntie took them on a hike early one morning. I was sleeping :o) They all had a great time. If you look real close, Ella's puppy is in her hiking bag. too cute!

Stopped for a bite to eat!

They learned a little also!

And were being goofy! They do that often now.

Can't forget the best part, they ran into some dogs. "The white one was really nice but the darker brown one was scared," says Ella.

Uncle David built some birdhouses and together Ella and him created masterpieces. :o) They did a wonderful job!

More hiking! They girls walked the entire time in the morning and on this hike which was 1 mile long. So proud of them, not too mention they asked each of us to carry them a handful of times. :o)

The girls loved their attic..too bad part of it didn't have a floor. A little dangerous so they didn't get up there to much.

Being silly!

We all went to the pool and most of the time Eva and Uncle chilled by the food.

Ella swimming all by herself....what a big girl!

Eva finally warmed up to the idea of swimming and swam with auntie.

She's trying to dunk me, she did not succeed!

Uncle and Auntie dropped me off to shop while the girls rode rides.

Ella waving at them.

Uncle David was thrilled to have a passenger although not sure how much this passenger liked the ride. She said it was very bumpy, thats it!

Picnic in the park!

Having dinner and as you can tell were being goofy again.

My favorite picture!

Well I had a real vacation this last weekend, one where I come home more rested. The girls and I went to Aunt Becky and Uncle Davids in Tennessee while Evan went to Vegas for a bachelors party. The girls and I left Thursday after dropping Evan off and came home to pick him up from the airport at 6pm tonight (Monday). So we were able to spend 3 whole days there! They are so wonderful to us we all had so much fun. The girls got to spend lots of quality time with them while I slept in, 1 day I slept until 10:15, I can't even remember when the last time I did that. We also drove to Pigeon Forge which is a touristy place about an hour way so I could shop at the outlet malls and the girls could play and ride some rides. We had a picnic in the mountains on the way back. It was a relaxing trip although the girls are extremely tired. They were too excited to sleep and got up early and went to bed later. Oh well we all had a great time and now have plenty of time to rest up at home before school starts next Thursday. Evan also had a good time, althought 3 days in Vegas was way too long he said. Oh well, I guess he missed us! Well no news from the job interview, hoping no news is good news, will keep you all posted. Hope everyone is ready for fall! :o) There's only 11/2 week of August left.

Happy 5th Anniversary

Eva loving up to baby Drew

Ella feeding baby Drew! Both girls were very helpful.

The girls with Sammy and Drew!

The girls with some more boy friends, Aiden and Eli!

The girls being silly!

Pretty sure Ella took this picture of Eva! Extremely close but clear!

Happy 5th Anniversary to us! And yes I am eating cake but its Carrot cake with raisins..so nutritious! :o)

Ella taking pics of her puppies, she thought I needed to be in one.

Eva said she wasn't tired but I found her relaxing under her covers in her bed.

Eva decided to move her potty right beside Ella's so they could read together.

Well we haven't done too much lately, hence the reason there has been less posts. And we both have smart phones now which we use as our camera and upload them directly to facebook or just store them in our phones. Last week all we had pictures of was me from our Anniversary date and those were just to boring to post. :o) Our life has consisted of play dates and frequent trips to the pet stores. Ella goes "mom ya know if we just got a puppy we wouldn't have to go to the pet store all the time." What a smart little girl, it might be inevitable;  a puppy might have to join our family this Christmas. At least we will know what kind of dog we want by holding all of them in the pet store. Ella wants a Chihuahua, but pretty sure thats not gonna happen the poor thing would be shoved in a purse or stepped on by Eva and/or all of us.
 Ella is getting excited to start school, her first day is Aug. 30th. Eva is a little sad she will not being going but happy to have mommy all to herself. Eva and I will keep busy and I will again get some free time while Eva is napping. Yay me!
 Eva is turning into a copy cat sister and a little girl you can't stay mad at. She makes the cutest expressions and your now mad face is bursting into laughter.
 Evan continues to apply for jobs and I as well. I just recently got a job interview at Children's on the genenic, renal, rheumatology floor. It's not my top pick but I guess I gotta do what I gotta do to get me where I want. Of course, I have to be offered it first so am waiting to hear, should be next week sometime.
 This weekend we are off to more traveling. Evan is going to Vegas for a Bachelor party and me and the girls will be headed to Tennessee to spend the long weekend (Thurs.-Mon) with Auntie Becky and Uncle David.) We are all excited to excape reality for awhile, and the girls are bursting with joy to spend time with their auntie and uncle.
 I hope everyone enjoys the last little bit of summer..I know fall is calling my name. It's my favorite!