Cute Serena-isms

Serena has done the cutest things lately, it seems like every day she does something new and cute and silly. She is definitely full of personality. Here are just a few cute things she has said/done in the last little while,

1- Whenever we are looking for something she says "hmmm, where is it?"

2- Once we've found it she squeals "there it is!"

3- When we play Hide and Seek she sometimes finds really good places to hide so if we say "where is serena?" she replies "Hmmmm, where is she" and we are able to find her.

4- Everything is a hat... especially food.

5- Today she was trying to get me to eat an apple left over from her breakfast, after multiple times of me telling her I didn't want to she says " It's nummie" and continued to try to force me to eat it.

6- Westin picked her up today and she got a sly, mischievous look in her eye and she said "I gonna eat you"

7- Sometimes when I randomly walk in to the room she squeals with delight and runs up to me and gives me hugs and kisses

8- She loves to show off her toys, especially right after her nap. For example I will go in there to get her and she will show me her puppy and then pretend the puppy licks her face. After which she giggles and giggles and giggles. If she has already thrown all her toys from the bed she will show me her "jammies" (all clothes are jammies to her)

I think I could keep going for pages and pages about how smart and pretty and fun she is but for now that should do. I don't have any super recent pictures that are on my computer so enjoy this one from the zoo a month or two ago.

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My Husband is the Coolest!

So I just have to take a minute to brag about how stinking cool my husband is. Over the summer Westin took 14 credits for school. He now has his Associates Degree (no he is not done with school but it is a great step to have done) Today we were able to see what his final grades were and what not. He recieved 4 A's and 1 B+. AND he raised he GPA from a 2.79 all the way up to a 3.40!!!

I am so proud of him! This has been a big summer as far as school goes and I definitely feel like Heavenly Father is helping us go toward the direction we are aiming for (BYU animation program)!

Also, he is learning to play the Bagpipes! He has a teacher and everything... Yep, eat your heart out girls, I am married to a red headed Bagpiper....

July-Birthday Month!!!!

Well, July has come and gone! It is always such a crazy month for us, with all 3 birthdays being in there and the 4th, and the 24th. It seems like it was one big party after another. I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked but here are some of the Birthday pictures that I did manage to either take, steal from other people who took pictures. (Note, these are NOT in chronological order)

My birthday was great! We just chilled at home and Westin made me and AWESOME balloon bouquet (see the oversized picture below)! The next day we headed down to the Smith's and partied there the whole weekend. It was lovely and a muchly appreciated break.

I don't know what happened but I can NOT get this picture any smaller! I almost didn't add it but I thought that this balloon bouquet was just WAY to cute, it needed to be showcased!

We didn't do much for Westin's birthday. He had school for most of the day but we had cake and ice cream after dinner and Joseanne came over and played with us for a while. The big exciting thing we did for his birthday was actually 2 days after when we went and saw Captain America. I am sure Westin will eventually blog about it, but it was AWESOME. (In my opinion). I did make Westin's birthday cake to look like Captain America's shield. I am in no way a cake decorator and it definitely turned out sub-par, but I still thought it was fun.

Joseanne, Serena and Westin Blowing Out the Candles

Brother Fife, Me, Serena and Westin. Right before digging in to the delicious Birthday cake!

My sad attempt at decorating a birthday cake... It did taste delicious though! And next year I will be that much better at decorating.... right....?

Serena's joint birthday party with her cousin Aiva was definitely the highlight of the month. They are 1 year and 8 days apart in age and they both LOVE Ponyo... You know the kids Japanimation movie. So that is the theme of their party.

Heather (Aiva's mom) made them both these adorable birthday hats.

Westin made this REALLY cool paper Machét Ponyo that we stuck out of their "birthday cake" (it was really a chocolate truffle in a green bucket with blue whip cream on top)... Isn't it sooo cute! I have such a talented husband!

The kids LOVE playing in the pools!

Smith cousin's all in their 4th of July outfits (The Birthday Party was on the 4th)

We did do come cake and ice cream on Serena's real birthday.

Getting excited to blow out her candles!

Well that's all for now! I have another post almost ready about a fun trip we took to the Zoo with the Wallace's, so stay tuned for more! Don't forget! POST A COMMENT!

Short Update

I have a whole slew of pictures to update the blog with, Pictures of my birthday, Serena's birthday, a trip to the zoo with the Leisa and Andrew Wallace family... the list goes on and on... they are downloaded onto my computer and everything. But, for some reason I just can't bring myself to update tonight with a whole big long "catch up" update. So while you can anxiously wait for a big long update in the next few day's here is a couple of super cute pictures of Serena wearing my sun hat. Isn't she the cutest?

Fun in the Sun

We have been having so much fun over in these parts. Westin just finished the first half of summer semester and he is rocking it! I am so proud of my little college boy. Serena and I have been having a blast playing outside and watching "shows" all day. Last weekend Serena had her first official "sleep over" with her aunt Josie. In preparation to go, we bought her new jammies and a back pack just for her sleep over stuff to go in. She was way too cute, and way too grown up walking around with her back pack on, I almost shed a tear or two as she walked away holding Josie's hand saying "bye bye!". I tried to get some pictures of her with her back pack on but just was just too excited to get going!

Serena getting ready to go to Josie's house

Like I said we have been loving playing outside! Here are just a few cute pictures of Serena enjoying the sun.

I feel a little like I am advertising for Roberts with this picture

Serena LOVES taking her "babies" outside with her!

Also, we've had a couple of hats floating around and Serena has been enjoying playing with them.

Sitting on/in a construction hat

Two hats at once (A french beret, and a construction hat)

And just for your enjoyment...

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Much Improved Balloon Apron!

Remember this?

I was so proud of that silly balloon apron, I think I wasted 1/2 yard of fabric and it was all marked up and not very efficient (at least not as much as it should have been).

Well, I made a new one for Westin over the weekend, and I just have to say that I have improved my pattern and technique 10X what it was! What do you think?

(Without any balloon's in it, and it is falling off Westin)

(With balloons)

Now my man is set and ready to make the big bucks! Now we just need more people to hire him for birthday parties, fairs, family reunions.... you know all the fun party things.

Picture Update (post 1 of 2) Zoo

Westin's sister Heather was up from St. George with her family in May and we decided to pack our families up and meet at the Zoo for the day. So, Heather, Danny, Aiva, Kage, Westin, Chelsea, Serena and Jenny (Westin's other sister) all partied at the zoo. It was such a fun day, I just realized I didn't get any pictures of Kage though, sad. But, Little Aiva and Serena were dressed up in matching jumpers and they were SOOO cute! They had so much fun together walking around and playing and looking at all the animals together. I have a super cute video of them laughing at a meerkat, but I can't get it off my camera to show you. So you'll just have to enjoy the cute pictures that I can get off my camera.

Serena was so excited to see Aiva she had to give her hugs.

The two "twinners" both up on their daddy's shoulders.

Looking at the elephants together

They just couldn't get enough of each other. They had to hold hand while we pushed them in their strollers. (you can imagine how that worked out most of the time, definitely easier said than done)

Westin and Serena looking at the Giraffe.

How do you measure up?

Auntie Josie, wasn't able to come and so she was so nice and sent money for the girls to buy a souvenir with. We tried to get a good picture of them with their stuffed animals they got, but failed to get one of all of them looking at the camera at once. Infact I think there is one where nobody is looking at the camera.

Thanks for looking! Don't forget to post a comment, and don't forget to look at my other post!