So much fun

Mollie and I arrived home from Michigan last night and I finally got a chance to post about our trip. It was so good to see Elise, Reagan and Tyler again, but we had such a great time, Carrie is the best hostess and we were spoiled by her and her family. Michigan is beautiful, her home is beautiful, her kids rock and I want to take the rest of my family there someday. Here is a quick run down on our activities.

• Carrie and Seth picked us up from the Airport Friday evening. Mollie did so well on the flight. She was cute and happy most of the time. She even slept for about a half hour, so that was nice. Thank goodness for portable DVD players.

Carrie and I are only 2 years apart, she is the sister just younger than I am

Saturday, Seth had to leave for a week long business trip in Belgium, so after he left, we headed into Brighton for the Harvest Festival.

Mollie had fun feeding the ducks once she got over the fear that they might eat her.

What a beautiful downtown. The kids played at the park, fed the ducks and bought gourds that were later artistically decorated.

These kids had such a great time and they doted on Mollie, we both loved it.
Karyna, Mollie, Tayden, Kaylee, and Tyler

• Sunday we went to church and had the opportunity to meet many of Carrie's friends we have heard so much about. Great people and they were all so welcoming, it was nice. I wish Mollie had cooperated a little more, but she won't even go to Nursery in our own ward, I don't know what else I should have expected.

• Monday was Carrie's Birthday, (she turned 29, wink, wink) so we spent the day together, talking, goofing off, making a birthday cake, seeing the gorgeous lakes and homes, and did more talking. Loved it. After the kids got home from school we headed out to Spicer Orchards for some playing and raspberry picking. It was amazing. My favorite time of year is the fall and this was the epitome of what I love about fall.

It reminded me of living in Massachusetts, and those were fun memories. Mollie had such a good time and she is quite the berry picker, I was impressed.
That night we had cake and ice cream and stayed up until almost 2:00 am doing more talking.

• Tuesday we went back into Brighton to do a little shopping and then headed back out to the airport. I can't believe how fast the trip went, but I am so glad I was able to go spend some time with the Cook family. Thank-you guys for a great time, can't wait to do it again.

Michigan

So I am here in Michigan and can't wait for the next few days. Right now I am pretty tired, the flights went well, Mollie did great, but 5:00 am came way too early. But I had to stay up and watch Survivor and Grey's Anatomy, right? Anyway, I will post more later.

Hair Contest

My sister Rachel is doing a Hair show-and-tell contest and so requested bloggers post pictures of how we do our kids' hair. Today was the primary program in church and Elise wanted something "princess-y" (surprise, surprise) so we went with a Princess Tiara type of hairdo. With Mollie I experimented with the "chain link fence" hair, and I really liked how it turned out. So here you go Rachel, my girls' hairdos.

Not the best picture of Mollie, but it was a minor miracle getting this shot.
(I need colorful hair elastics, the itty bitty ones, does anyone know where to get them?)

Top and back shots of Elise

And the Princess, Nose in the air shot, love this pose.
By the way, the kids did great in the program and it was wonderful, thanks to all the leaders for their hard work. Great Job!!

Lady Bruins Volleyball

I was asked to make these cookies for the Lady Bruins volleyball team, it was so much fun. As I was decorating these, I kept thinking back to my coaching days and I wondered why I never made my players fun cookies like this. I am actually feeling really bad about it, dumb, I know. So, if any of my former Volleyball or Basketball players are reading this, leave me a comment, I will make you cookies and send them to you. Thanks for the years of fun, that was a highlight in the "pre-mom" part of my life. You girls Rocked!!!!

OUCH!!!

This came in the mail today with my name on it. I don't know whether to laugh or cry! I have 5 more years to reach 40, come on people! I seriously looked at this and thought, really, do I belong in this group? YIKES!!

It's a Girl Thing!

This last week, my niece Hailey spent some time here with G & G Morgan while her parents did some ATVing in Moab. This meant girl time with Hailey, Kya, and Mollie. Then on Friday, my niece Kate spent the day with us, so it made it even more fun and Elise was thrilled. Kate and Elise are the same age and with Reagan in school, it was fun to have someone to play with. We had such a good time with all the girls. We made fairy skirts, had tea parties and played a lot. Take a look at these cute girls.

The Divas!!!

Does this picture even need any explanation!

Yesterday, the girls and I had fun playing beauty shop. I have recently found a number of hair blogs, thanks Rachel, and I love looking at all the cute hairstyles for little girls. So yesterday we did the Flower of Braids on Elise and on Mollie we did just a couple of cute pig tails with Jacque's Lil' Critter bows. Anyway, it was fun and I think the girls looked adorable. (Sorry this top picture is so fuzzy, not sure what happened).

This is supposed to be a 5 petal flower.

Yes, she is hiding her face in a Game Boy, I couldn't get her to look up. She is a little stinker, but wow she cracks me up~