Field Trip

Molly's preschool class went on a field trip today to Wheeler Farm. It was SO windy and SO cold but SO fun!!

Each of the kids got to feed the ducks and everyone went on a tractor ride. We looked at all the animals, played in the treehouse and had lunch! It was so fun to be with Molly and see her with her school friends. I'm glad I got to go! 

Thanks Gram for watching Laney!

Joy School

Molly is doing a Joy School once a week with some cute neighborhood friends. It has been so much fun for her! We had it at our house last week. We learned all about following directions. We read books, sang songs, played games, made cookies, colored, and had lots of fun! These girls are some of Molly's best friends and it's so fun for them to play all together!

Laney, Tandi, Molly, Capri, Lili and Dani

I want to ride a pony!

I think I heard Molly say that about 500 times on our way to Thanksgiving Point last week with my mom and the Morgans! 

Luckily, she did get to ride a pony and she absolutely loved it! 

We also pet some animals, rode the big wagon, fed ducks and had fun playing with the cousins. Molly, Macey and Laney all play so cute and have so much fun together!

It was a fun, almost fall-ish morning down at Thanksgiving Point!

Sleepy

I love watching my babies sleep. Is that weird?! I think it's the sweetest thing. I love getting them out of bed when they're sleeping to snuggle with me. It's one of the best feelings in the world.

(Laney took her nap in a fairy costume today... I don't normally dress her in pink spandex leotards!)

I am a Real Life Soccer Mom

Molly is playing soccer this fall! She - kind of - loves it. I think she really likes the idea of playing. She enjoys practice and loves wearing her uniform (she's slept in it on more than one occasion!)

She's only had one game so far and it definitely wasn't her favorite. She got a little scared when the other team started going after the ball too. She also got nervous when everyone started cheering for her. Hopefully she starts liking the games a little more as the season goes on! 

She sure is a cute little soccer player!

Baby Houston

We got to meet our newest nephew today!

Houston Alan Thatcher.

He came a few weeks early so he's just teeny teeny, but perfect! He weighs about 3.5 pounds and these pictures don't do justice to how tiny he really is! It was so fun to meet him! We are excited for the girls to finally have a Thatcher cousin!

Congrats Dal and Meg! He's darling!

Weekend Project - Backsplash!

We finally tackled our kitchen backsplash this weekend! I've been looking at backsplash for a year and threatening to order tiles for months! We finally decided on white subway tile with grey grout. Simple but classic!

I've been wanting to put a new farmhouse sink in too, but - sadly - I lost that fight. As a consolation prize Trev let us do the more mod straight style for laying the backsplash tiles instead of the traditional brick pattern. I love how it turned out! Such a huge improvement from the ugly grapevine design that was there before!

Trev and his dad put all the tile up last night then we just had to grout it today! Pretty simple - says the girl who was only in charge of cleaning up...!

Cute, right?! 

Just for comparison, here is a picture of our kitchen when we first moved in:

And how it looks now:

Totally different house, huh?!

Preschool

Molly started preschool today! I can't believe she's that old already! She has been looking forward to going for months and it definitely didn't disappoint! 

Poor Laney was so sad when she realized she didn't get to stay at school too. She even got her bag ready and everything. It'll be so fun to have a few hours each week with just her!

Her teacher is Miss Missy and she has a dog named Molly, and my Molly thinks that is so cool! She had a blast on her first day and came home with a new yo-yo. She had to facetime Trev right away to show it to him. 

I asked Molly about her day and part of our conversation went like this:

Me: Molly, did you make a lot of new friends?

Molly: Ya.

Me: Do you know all their names?

Molly: No, but everyone knows my name!

I love my grown up preschooler!!

Labor Day in St. Geezy

We went down to St. George with my family for Labor Day weekend. It was such a fun long weekend. Molly and Macey played so cute together the whole time and told everyone that they are best friends. Laney did her best to keep up with them!

We golfed, swam, crafted, shot guns, relaxed, shopped, etc... We love going to St. George, it's our favorite place!!