Tuesday, May 1, 2012

I'm back!

I have had a few friendly reminders that I have been lagging behind in my blog posts. Well, its not without good reason. In that time I have moved again. From one temporary home to my mom's. We packed up our clothes and some toys and moved houses again. We are continuing our house hunt- praying that something happens soon.

After that we headed out a on a mini-vacation. I got two lovely days in Arizona alone with my husband. It was wonderful. It rained the first morning and I had a little bit of a freak out on the weather but it turned out beautiful and we had a great time. 

I barely used my camera. 

We decided since the weather wasn't great for laying by the pool we would take a hike up Camelback Mountain. Casey's dad said it shouldn't be a problem and that it was a nice hike. We set out at about 11am after a detour (we were talking, I was navigating, and I got distracted, it cost us an extra forty minutes in drive time). With nothing in my stomach, except one cup of coffee, no water bottles, and my bulky camera bag because I was afraid it might start raining on us- we head out on our "hike". 

It was grueling to say the least. It was more of a mountain climb than a hike and about 3/4 of the way to the top I just couldn't do it. Mostly I was afraid of feeling sick for the rest of the day. So we turned back. 

We decided to try again the next day. This time full stomachs, water bottles in hand, no camera, no phones. And we made it...barely. It was hard. Two lizards ran out of some rocks when I put my hand on one to climb up. Nothing grosses me out more than reptiles.
It was an adventure. And fun. And the only pictures I have of the trip....










Sunday, April 15, 2012

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Scavenger Hunt Sunday- first timer

My good friend Miss Holly Boyd has been prodding me every week to Scavenger Hunt.  I will admit I’ve tried. I’ve gotten about two or three of the pictures and then quit. It’s hard for me. It’s hard to find meaning in the words and turn them into a picture with the things around me. But this week I had some sunshine, a very helpful husband, and a fun date to Seattle so I did it! I also missed my usual Ten on Ten photo challenge this month so I thought I’d give this a go. Here it is…

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a simple meal. no substitutions. a very simple menu.

grain
{of sand}

transportation

stitch

bubble(s)

Join the fun.
Click the link below to see other’s interpretations.




Thursday, April 12, 2012

Harper!

Happy Birthday Harper!

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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Easter Sunday

We had a great Easter Sunday today. The sun was shining and we were celebrating the Resurrection of our Savior! I took too many pictures to mention, I have quickly gone through them and these are the highlights of our day…

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3 little Bells before church.

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Heidi & Little Whiskers…she lost him for a bit and it was not good.

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K + E +H = fun

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Our attempt at a good family photo. Ha!

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5 little Bells.

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We ♥ YaYa and her coordinating outfit.

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This pose was Kyla’s idea… “you guys stand over there and be happy….I’ll stand over here and be sad.”

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Silly Girls.

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Practicing walking in her new high tops.

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The most perfect Easter picture of all….I LOVE it.

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None of the babies grooved on the grass.

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Gramma and Papa with their girlies.

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The annual egg toss. The Bell Boy dynasty streak was sadly broken.

A great day!

Friday, April 6, 2012

open swim...


It's Spring Break for Kyla...Heidi's is next week. So that means only two days of non-school for us...yesterday and today. Yesterday was pretty uneventful (besides a nice visit from our friends). We didn't leave the house once. So today we decided to get out. Call me crazy...I probably am but I decide to venture to the public pool for Open Swim by myself with all three girls. Whoa! It actually wasn't bad at all. We were the ONLY people in the shallow end. Lots of elderly people swimming laps in the deep end. Kyla did fine on her own, Heidi wore a life jacket since she was totally on her own and McGee wore her new suit from her birthday and LOVED the entire experience! She hasn't been in a pool since last summer. The showers weren't even bad since we were the only ones in there. It was an accomplishment and made me look forward to this summer...I can do this!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

3 little bunnies

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These girls have been begging to color eggs ever since I bought a little kit at Target the other day. It’s one of our favorite crafty traditions of the Easter season.

I tried to include Molly by giving her a carton of plastic eggs to play with at the table next to the girls…
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It just made her mad.
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She got down and the girls continued their egg dying in peace.
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I love these girlies and their love of crafts.
I am also so thankful for the Easter season.