Fall Leaves at Sundance

 Back in September, we took a trip with my Mom up to Sundance to see the fall leaves...we were a bit too early for all the colors but we did get to see a few.  Regardless, we had a nice walk and it was a gorgeous day to be outside!

We also got some fun pics of the girls...

 Kiera did not want to hold still for one picture...she was having too much fun dancing in the leaves!

or down the sidewalk...

  

or eating leaves!

Two pretty (sneaky) girls!

 Jade has become my little poser.  I love taking picture of her at this age.

Fun with Daddy by the totem pole.  This picture was taken just after Kiera was bitten by some tiny ants.  We did not see them crawling on her but she had some nice red welts on her neck!  Poor girl!

I put myself away...

Could not resist this one...I had asked Jade to put away all of her toys that she had out in the backyard while I went inside to help Kiera with something.  It had been quite awhile and I thought she should have been done, so I went back outside to find this!

She told me she had "put herself away!"

We sure love this silly, yet logical little girl!

Pigtales!

Kiera's hair is finally long enough to put pigtales in...so we had a pigtale party!  

 

 This girl was so excited...she kept looking in the mirror, saying "pretty, pretty!"

Making Donuts

Jade loves donuts so we decided one day to make our own donut holes with my new cake pop maker.  It was super easy and they were yummy! And one 3-year-old could not have been happier!

Sister Pics & Jade's 3 year Pics

I braved it with both girls on my own and headed up to Cedar Hills to take some sister pictures as well as Jade's 3 year old pics.  Jade was a great poser and kept telling me she was "cop-er-ating" (guess you can tell what I was saying alot!) Kiera did well when she wanted to smile, but mostly just had fun running around and throwing rocks.  I did get a few good ones though...

This pic is so true to life...they do love each other fiercely, but sometimes just a bit to fierce!!

This is my favorite smile from Jade...such a sweetie!

Jadee with her 2 best friends!

Princess!

I finally let them loose to play on the playground after our photo shoot--they could not be happier!

Canning...

I had the best helpers canning with me this year--my Mom and Jadee lady!  Jade really enjoyed squishing tomatoes into the jars.  She was being too gentle at first but we told her to "squish their guts out" and she really took it to heart. She did a great job and would always say she was making tomato juice!

Grandma was hot so she put her hair up with the only thing she had...guess what Jade did!  Yep, she ran right to the bathroom, grabbed her little brush and stuck it in her hair because she was "hot!"

Squishing Tomatoes

Snow Cones with Friends!

Earlier this month, we got together with my good friend Jenni who has lived so far away from us until now!  We are so excited that she now lives so close so we can play with her (and Mommy can have some time to talk to another adult)!!

Jade chose blue bubblegum...

Bella got blue too!

Jen and her one of her cute twinners...

 the other twin was enjoying some snow cone from the stroller!

Her hands, lips, teeth and many other things were stained blue for a few days!

Love Kiera's face after taking a bit of snow cone...

These two get along well and had a lot of fun together. Good thing--their Mama's have been friends for about 18 years!

Show us your blue!