Thursday, September 29, 2011

Hooray for Grandparents!

I'm a couple weeks overdue in posting this, but I am still proud of myself for doing it! :) We were lucky enough to have Grandma and Grandpa Orr come visit for a few days at the end of September and it was SO FUN! We loved having them here and wish we lived closer. We got to go to Kirtland, which was of course fabulous. Daddio spent most of his time fixing our bathroom floor, changing all our outlets from two-prong to three-prong (so helpful!), making doors for our attic (awesome), and putting in a new shower head...and buying us an AWESOME new tv...and the list goes on. We feel too grateful to adequately say thanks for all their love and service! Mom even mowed our lawn and of course loved and loved and loved our sweet kiddos! It has surprised me as a mom how much I LOVE having our parents spend time with and play with our kids. I want them to be around and make memories and build those relationships with grandparents. Every time they are laughing and reading and talking...I just...love it.
Here are some pictures:

Pepper loved reading with "Gampa Uhhrr" A couple of days after they left, I was hammering a nail into the wall in our room. Her room is next to ours and I had just put her down for a nap. I heard her say from the other room in a very excited voice, "Gampa Uhhrr?!" Obviously she associates hammering with Grandpa.

Wow, SUCH a good stacker, Pepper. Good job! And, let's just note how she insists on wearing at least one (or four) necklaces EVERY day.

Swinging in the back yard with Grandma! I love this picture and just wish she would have actually looked at me!

Grandma with the girlies! Those mums Mom bought us in the background have all bloomed now and they are SO pretty!

Cheese!

I love this girl.

At the Indians game! It was a really exciting game and we actually won! Pepper got a little scared when the fireworks started at the end of the game, but warmed up to them by the end. Story just slept through all of it.

Story sucking her thumb! The little rascal. She also pulls her ear out while sucking with her other hand and, if you haven't noticed already, that ear already sticks out a bit. I think she'll be mad at herself later. But, meanwhile, she sure is cute. She actually sucks her thumb much less these days...you know, now that I am feeding her enough! Sad story for those who are interested.

She is such a happy girl! Always smiling, we love it!


Hanging out with Grandpa!

3 comments:

Mindi@MyLove2Create said...

Wow Kath! You are blogging again! Yippee! I think I might get a few posts in every now and then too! You are kicking trash compared to me! You go girl! It was fun to see a bit of your home in the back ground behind those adorable little girls!

Ashley and Broc Jenkins said...

oh my. look how Story Ann HAS GROWN! I miss those cute babies! Soon you will miss my cute baby!haha I love when you blog...so we can be better friend! :)

Shelise said...

I want to hear the story about Story and not getting fed enough... or whatever it is. Cute girls. Its hard for me to believe that the last time I saw you (which doesn't really seem that long ago, even though it actually was) you were still pregnant and now you have a full-fledged baby. lol. So fun. So, did you guys buy a house?