Shakespeare and the Mountains

Wow, I'm getting behind again.. ok.. lets catch up. So this summer, one of the other fun things we did was stay at his parents cabin and go to a couple plays at the Shakespearean festival. (Gotta love the Bard!)

It was fun to watch the greenshow with Ainsley. She got her little headband and wand below and was running around having fun.
Nora had to have a turn too... she asked for it.. I swear! hehe

But the most fun was had by Ainsley mimicking the dancing girls. I really do swear that I didn't tell her to dance like this, she just started doing it. All I asked her was to do it again. :) I love my girly girl.


For the actual plays the girl spent at the childcare area they have there (super idea Festival!). Ainsley has always had fun there, so I wasn't worried about her. However, it was the first time I'd left Nora for any real space of time, and definitely the first time to someone besides her dad or grandma.. so I was a bit anxious. She did great though. They all loved her and thought she was adorable (of course, hehe).

The first day we were there, we actually saw two plays. The afternoon matinee, then picked her up, ate dinner, and brought her back for the evening performance. When we got home I saw that they'd put another name wristband on her leg. I don't know if the colors mean anything different or the person just wasn't paying attention.. but I thought it looked pretty funny.

The other fun happening that week was Tom and Ainsley fishing. She was so excited to go! I thought once she realized what fishing really was she'd be a little grossed out and concerned for the fish. Boy did she prove me wrong!

She was SO proud of the fish they caught, and when Tom cooked it, she ate it up and asked for more! I don't think Tom could've been more proud of his little girl asking for fish at every meal for the rest of the trip, lol. He frequently went out and caught her some too. Wrapped around her little finger.. :)

The Basement

We just finished our Basement! YAY! We did about half of it ourselves and hired out about half. I'm just so excited it's done. It was finished in the nick of time. We had family stay there the same day the carpet was installed.

The last big thing we did ourselves was paint it. Tom sprayed most of it, but rolled the top of the stairs. Ainsley was thrilled to be able to help. Below are some great pics of messy Tom (crazy boy even paints in flip flops) and Ainsley helping out. :)

One Month and Three Years

My talented sister in law Anna, the photographer, was in Vegas while I was there, so I took advantage of the situation. :) I'm posting some of my favorites, but you can see a bunch more here.

Enjoy the cuteness below!

Eleanor Anna

Ainsley Hazel

the St. George part of the summer

ok, almost a month later.. wow... i'm getting bad.

Let's see.. when I last left you I was in Las Vegas for swim lessons. Then on the 19th of July, (my mom's birthday) my sister had a baby. A little girl named Scarlett. LOVE the name. Dang Sister, giving my mom a grandchild for her birthday.. now all future presents will fail to compare. lol
So, since I was only an hour and a half away, I decided to ditch Vegas early and spend the weekend in St. George with the fam, leaving Tom to work. The weekend quickly became the next week as I was having too much fun to go home. :)

Eleanor and Scarlett, One Month Apart

Grandma Cinda was there to see Scarlett, so we got to see her too. All her granddaughters in one place was more than she could refuse and she extended her trip a couple days, and then so did I.

All the Granddaughters!

pretending they are all sleeping..

well, the older two are pretending anyway

The Mumfords came up for the weekend to meet Scarlett.

Brooklyn and Ainsley made a castle.

Ains and her Great Grandma playing.

I was even lucky enough to be there when my brother
came into town with his cute wife and little boy.
(Candice & Scarlett, Matt&JaNae, Me&Nora)

They have a great water play area in st. george. Gavin, Wes and Ainsley loved it.
I definitely suggest checking it out!
It was a great week, so much fun to see my family and meet my new little niece!

Quick Update

yeah, so.. finding time to blog with two kid is hard, lol. I should be in bed right now, but I'm waiting for some banana bread to cool and both the girls are asleep.. so I'm sneaking over here for a quick sec to post some pics. Hopefully real blog posts will return to my life sometime in the near future, lol.

So, sorry for the haphazard post... but I figured something was better than nothing :)

My Happy Girl

Sleepy Sisters

Chillin' with Pops

Two weeks after the grandma's left us home to fend for ourselves we packed up and left for Las Vegas. Stopping in St. George on the way. We try to stay still.. but we just can't. We're Nomads.

In St. George we got to see my grandparents and my sister and her family.

Great Grandma Gae! I love this lady
(if I'd had my way, her name would've been Eleanor Gae.. but my Grandma refuses to let anyone be named after her... she says her name just doesn't mean the same anymore)

Aunt Candice
(about to have Nora's cousin Scarlett!
They are gonna be best friends, we decided, lol)

Meeting Wes (he's saying 'Baby!')

In Vegas, besides all the Christensen's, we also have the Mumford's! I love going to see them, Lavinia's one of my favorite people ever. :) So I was so excited for them to meet Nora. Hmm, I got a pic of everybody except James and Jacqueline.. I'll have to fix that this weekend.

Lavinia

BrooklynZachary

Kyle

The main reason we came to Las Vegas in the insane heat of July is for Ainsley to take swim lessons with all her Christensen cousins.
They were all taking them from Rosie, who taught Tom and all his siblings to swim.
So that's pretty cool.

Ainsley and Rosie

Swimming Buddy Ella

Nora at Swim Lessons

I've realized I have a lot of pictures of her sleeping.
I decided it's because that's when I have the time and freedom to take pictures, lol..
besides that she looks so cute. :)

While we were in Vegas my friend Ticey came to see us. :)
We were roomies in college and she'd just had her 2nd baby too,
so we were excited to see each others little ones and catch up

Here's Ains with Ticey's oldest Kaeden

And Nora and Kai - Binky Buddies

My Funny Face was happy to see them, lol.

ok,.. be back at a later, unknown date to update again. :)