Twin Lakes in the Fall

This summer things were so crazy that we only made it to the cabin once but because Marcus decided not to play football we went up a couple of times in the fall and it was AWESOME!

 The cabin is always more fun when Aunt Rachee goes.

 Yes, she is blowing bubbles in the snow.

When we got to the cabin their was snow on the deck but it didn't last and the next day the weather was beautiful.

 Maleen couldn't wait to get outside for a walk or in her case a run.

Look at those pigtails fly.

 What a view!

 I swear they are the most adorable kids in the world!!!

 I'm one luck mom.

 Maleen was dying to test the temperature of the water.

Her assessment, "freezing"

 Love her.

She is very curious.

We had such a great time.

Cinderella Party

 What princess doesn't need a sweet ride!

 Look at all those makers to go with Maleen's new easel.

She loves to color.  

Thank goodness for washable markers and crayons

because she doesn't always color on paper!!!

 This sparkly hat box was filled with Disney Princess figurines.

 What a sweet little princess

These four little girls  have so much fun together.

Malee is lucky to have such great cousins.

Aren't they adorable!!!

Maleen has a deep love for Cinderella.

When I asked her what kind of party she wanted she said, "A Cinderella Party."

So, a Cinderella party she had.

Brown Eyed Girl

I love this little girl!

Boating

At the end of summer my dad bought a boat.

And we took total advantage until it got to COLD to go.

As you can see the kids love it.

By the end of summer Maleen had tried out the knee board (with me behind her)

and Marcus was a pro knee boarding all by himself.

We can't wait until next summer!

Tiny Dancer...Almost

This fall I signed Maleen up for ballet and tumbling.

She looked absolutely adorable on her first day.

Unfortunately she tried it a couple of times and has refused to go back ever since.

Oh well we will try again when she gets a little older.

Baby Almah

In August my younger sister, Jenny, had a baby girl!!!

Maleen is fascinated by her.

Tahoe

Lake Tahoe is one of our favorite places.

This year we got to go with our Cousins from Utah.

We had so much fun playing, swimming & relaxing that my Mom only took on picture of me.

Stadium of Fire

 When you are in a college football stadium in 100 degree weather you NEED a snow cone!

 Maleen fell in LOVE with this "fireworks shirt".

She asks to wear it daily!!!

 Maleen's favorite part of Stadium of fire were the sky divers at the very beginning!

 There were 4 of them and I have to say it was pretty awesome!

 Just hanging out enjoying the show.

The final act of the nigh was Brad Paisley.

He put o a great show!

This year we went into Utah for their annual Stadium of Fire event!

When you are there you feel so patriotic.

It is a huge event with about 60,000 people.

There are sky divers, an air force jet flyover, about a 200 dances preforming throughout the night on the football field, David Archuleta (from American Idol) preformed, a choir preformed the Gettysburg Address, Braid Paisley did a concert, plus tons of other smaller performers and patriotic moments, and the night ends with the biggest fireworks display on the west coast!

It is AMAZING!

Family Reunion

 We had a family reunion this summer.

Maleen's Great Uncle brought this chair fun chair.

 Maleen took an instant liking to her Great Aunt Annette.

Which says a lot about her because Maleen is usually NOT outgoing towards strangers.

Aunt Annette kept Maleen and Hazel entertained in the sandbox while...

 The rest of use did this challenge course.

Good job Marcus you are almost to the top.

Now you just have to cross the suspension bridge and ride the zip line down.

Swimming Lessons

 Maleen had the BEST swimming teacher this summer.

Her name was Natasha.

At first Maleen wasn't so sure about swimming lessons...

Now she pretends to be Natasha.

 Maleen really wanted to go down the BIG slide.

So Natasha took her.

 She turned off the water and basically crawled down it.

 Was it fun?

 YES it was.

ready, set, jump!

Maleen loves to swim.