Mya Girl

Isn't she just the cutest!!! Mya is growing up and changing so much lately. She wants to know why things are this way and other things are that way. So MANY questions. The other day I told her that we were going to have some banana splits and she got a puzzled look on her face and said "What is a banana split?" I realized that there a lot of things that she still hasn't experienced yet. I love the questions that she has for me everyday but sometimes come evening I have to send her to daddy to answer some because my mind can that think about "why is Dorothy sad?" or "why is that wicked witch not nice?" for the 1000 time that day. It is so fun to see Mya wanting to learn about everything. Mya is such a happy sweet little girl, she tries very hard to be nice to her brother. Like any 3 year old she has what I call her bi-polar moments, Mya is so happy to see Jesse every morning and greets him with a hug and a kiss but within the next 5 minutes she will not want him with in a 12 foot radius of her. And then she will say "Jesse come in my room and see this surprise" and 2 seconds later "no don't touch that, MOM, I don't want Jesse in my room!"

I have just a couple little Mya stories to tell. The other day we were all outside while Daddy was mowing the lawn. Mya loves to catch moths, she calls them her butterflies. As soon as Daddy was done mowing she ran up to him and said:

"Daddy did you see me holding that butterfly?"

Daddy- "You know Mya, some people would call those moths!"

Mya- With a little half grin and a chuckle "Those are silly people Daddy."

Last Friday Scott had to go back to work after dinner and ended up staying really late to finish a few things up. As we were picking out our books to read before bedtime, I told Mya that because Daddy had to work tonight I needed her to stay in bed while I rocked Jesse to sleep. Mya replied: " That is not nice of Daddy to not take care of us."

Mommy- "But Daddy is taking care of us, he works so we can have money and have food and have this nice house to live in."

Mya- "I am going to work!"

Mommy- "You are going to get a job?"

Mya- "Yep! And I am going to share my money with Daddy."

Mommy- "That is very nice of you."

Mya- "Cause Daddy doesn't have any money!"

Mya is my little builder, she LOVES to build anything. I think her favorite things to build are towers. Mya feels that she must make them as tall as possible, even if brother doesn't get to play with any blocks. We are working on sharing!

Mya is such an athletic girl. She loves to play on her swing set and has learned how to get pretty high on the swing. Mya is also our little monkey. She jumps up onto to these handles and can pull her legs up so she is upside down. Who knows,maybe she will be a gymnast.

Park City

Scott had to travel all week a couple of weeks ago, so the day after he got home we decided to head up to Park City for a little family time. After we parked the car and headed over to Main Street, we noticed that it was shut down for a car show! Scott was so excited, there were vintage and brand new Mustangs everywhere. It was so fun to just walk up and down the street with the kids holding our hands and checking out all the cars. We ate at Main Street Pizza & Noodle, which is one of our favorites! I love to do fun little outings like this with our kids.

Love hanging out with these two little people

I will never pass up a hug from this little man

Pool

A few weeks ago, I took the kids to the Roy Pool with my sister-in-laws and their kids. It was so much fun! I was able to take Mya and Jesse on the big twisty slides and they both loved it. There were 3 moms and 7 kids and we all made it out alive! It was a blast!!

Mya, Jesse and cousin Whitney

Jesse LOVED going on this frog slide. As soon as he would get to the bottom, he would turn right around and head for the stairs again. We had to have a little talk on waiting your turn.

Mya also went on the frog slide a zillion times


Playing in the water

Book time...

I was going to work on a post but my book has just arrived at the front door!!! Mockingjay here I come. Hopefully the kids don't wake up anytime soon.

Summer.....

This summer has gone by way too fast!! We have had so much fun and I haven't had time to blog about any of it. So here is a super long post about our summer.

Of course we spent a lot of time at the park. It gets a bit crazy when both kids take off in different directions but mom is the only one who is worried when that happens.

Cute girl!!

Jesse loves bridges

This is what he did pretty much the whole time

Mya is a climber, she has taught her brother well

Just last year this spinning thing would terrify Mya but now she LOVES it. Makes me dizzy just looking at the picture.

Lots of running through the sprinklers on HOT days

Picnics in the backyard

Our dog, Toby, thought it was too hot and found some shade

Such cute kids!

Hanging out with Toby

Swimming in the backyard

One night we went o Winger's for dinner and I had to snap this adorable picture of Mya and Daddy. It is with my cell phone so not the best but still cute.

Mya is into taking pictures these days and I love this one of Jesse and me.

Mya and Jesse love to watch shows together.

Pool party at Aunt Trisha's house. Trish has a big pool too and for some reason I didn't take one picture of the big kids in that pool. Mya playing with her cousins.

Sawyer

Makena

This is where Jesse played most of the day

And a little time in the pool

Cute girl

Snack break, eating watermelon with mommy

Jesse wearing Mommy's glass, too silly

On July 31st, Scott rode his bike in the Tour de Park City. We made him this sign and just missed him cross the finish line by a few minutes. I feel bad cause this is the only picture I took on his big day.

It is not summer without cherries!! We ate a lot of cherries.

And homemade pizzas.

We have had so much fun and I am so sad that the summer will be over soon!