Fall 2011

four wheeling in the backyard

September 11th memorial

canyon drive to look at the leaves ending with a walk around Silver Lake

Corn bellies

Julia's First Haircut

The mullet had to be stopped so Julia got her first little haircut on November 19th.  It is much harder than it looks to cut a straight line, after her hair dried I was trying to even it out for days.  I don't think I will doing very many more haircuts.

I love her little face!

Happy Halloween

Double First Day

On September 7th, Macy had her long-awaited first day of preschool and dance class.


She has been so excited for school this year and was counting down the days until she could see Miss Debbie (or, as Macy pronounces it, "Stebbie") again.

She was also excited for ballet class, though she did inform me that she already knows how to dance. She insisted that the pose below is what ballerinas do. So, she may be able to learn a few things after all.

Summer 2011- Part 2

we went to the reservoir 2 or 3 times with cousins 

We visited IKEA, the aquarium, the zoo and the park all more than once

Despite Macy's cast and then Julia's bandages we had a great summer!

Julia's Accident

Julia burned her little hands on the oven door.  It was heartbreaking.  She cried for about an hour and was a total trooper after that.  We had to go up to the University of Utah burn unit to have them looked at.  We had to apply ointment, keep them bandaged, and stretch her wrists and hands for two or three weeks.  We were so blessed that she healed very quickly and fully.

Leaving the doctor's office the day it happened.  Look at those sad eyes.

It happened the night before Macy got her cast off. The nurse bandaging her happened to pick matching bandages.
So they were twins for  the night.  I was afraid instacare would call child services.

She adapted to the bandages quickly and didn't let them slow her down much.

Macy's Summer Accident

On our first big outing onto the parkway with Macy's new bike, she took a healthy tumble. And broke her arm. She had buckle fractures in both forearm bones. She wore a splint and sling for a week and a half and then a neon-green cast for four weeks. She was very brave and never complained about the cast. The scrape near her eyebrow made us very glad that she was wearing a helmet and it wasn't worse. And we are all happy the cast is now off and she is asking to ride her bike again.