Sisterly Fun

the girls love playing together (most of the time!). here are a few things they did together this week.

addie decided the laundry basket was a good place to play...

ella decided it was a good place for smooching!

the girls made these fall headbands...

and helped make these fall cookies.

this was their reaction to fall cookies after breakfast! ella said, "oh wow!"

like father like daughter

austin and jesse became fast friends about 12 years ago. it's been entertaining to watch these 2 characters over the years but not nearly as entertaining as watching their daughters play together. this week we went to the grove with deidre and madison & it was so cute to see the girls little relationship blossom into a sweet friendship. ella loves "baby" maddie and hasn't stopped talking about her. this morning while talking about her she got her purse and said, "bye" i asked her where she was going and she said, "deidre's". needless to say, she's a big fan, as is adeline who referred to madison as "ella's little friend". we had a great time and i can't wait to see how ella and maddie's friendship grows!

i forgot my camera, thankfully deidre brought hers and took these great pictures of the girls on their fun adventure!

the fountain was one of the highlights of the day, they all three agree that it was pretty captivating.

it was a little bright for the babies to take a photo, but thankfully adeline was ready to pose in her "kunglakek" (sunglasses)

i'm sure deidre and jesse are thrilled that my girls corrupted sweet maddie by introducing her to their love for jewelry. sorry johnsons, enjoy the never ending task of keeping track of tiny bracelets!

and that should bring you up to date!

here are the long awaited updates! enjoy! and i promise to update more often than every 3 months!

an outrageous october

in october we went to albuquerque for the balloon fiesta and also to celebrate our 5th anniversary. we had so much fun with our family & enjoyed such a special time taking the girls to the balloon fiesta for the first time. we went to the balloon glow and the girls loved every minute of it.

the little kids got some bunny ears, the girls loved the ears & baby trey tolerated his and wore it his own way

grandama lorna & addie touching noses like the cute bee balloons

we love the balloon fiesta!

the twins liked the glow too!

we had such fun with the family

one morning we had breakfast with the buffalo

we went to the zoo, rode a train and saw a new born baby elephant

and officially wore the girls out!

to celebrate our anniversary austin arranged for a day full of fun. we went to one of my favorite abluquerque lunch spots, then i had 3 hours to unwind at the spa, followed by a nice afternoon ice tea and chips on the patio overlooking the river and the mountains, then we went to the bed & breakfast where we had our wedding reception and spent the night (i should also mention that when we got to our room i found 3 dozen long stem roses in the most beautiful arrangement i've ever seen, austin is so thoughtful and way over the top!). we took a few pictures in the field where some of our wedding photos were taken. this one's my favorite.

when we got home from albuquerque we went on a family date day and adeline had her first face painting experience, only she opted to have it painted on her arm instead. when we got home she wanted me to take a picture of it to put on facebook and the blog.

the girls have started doing something we refer to as the caterpillar or "capitillar" as the case may be, where ella hangs on to addie for dear life and they march together like a caterpillar. it's so funny, we all laugh every time.

i really don't have anything to say about these 2 photos!

october also marked the beginning of adeline's ballet career, and judging from her first class we thought it may mark the end of it too! thankfully she's doing much better now and looks forward to going all week long.

we took a little family trip to the pumpkin patch again this year. such fun!

these 2 photos were austin's creative photo contribution on the trip. so many crazy teeth!

we had a great time looking at the animals, flowers and pumpkins and taking a tractor ride

we all chose a pumpkin to bring home, here they are!

that afternoon when we got home adeline made a petting zoo of her own during her room play time. i laughed so hard.

one final milestone for the month of october is that ella learned how to feed herself her breakfast yogurt.

the final weekend in october our sweet friends, matt & jenny poladian, watched the girls for the weekend while we had our 180 staff retreat. i didn't get pictures of either event but we had a great time and it was a wonderful way to end a very fun month.

a sweet september indeed

september was a calmer month for us, but full of sweet times as a family and a little extra rest for me and the girls. we spent countless hours in the new playroom, taught ella new words & sang tons of songs.

one thing we added to the playroom was a jewelry wall with easy access to all the necklaces and bracelets...

which has resulted in ella looking like mr. t everyday!

we spent some time with the "kugging" (cousins) and even dressed up to support asher's baseball team, the dirtbags

a lot of playing and snuggling happened with the family, and even some fancy dancing!