Medieval Times

Saturday night in California my parents took all of us to Medieval Times. Both of my kids absolutely loved it. They liked watching the knights and Blair liked eating with no silverware. Of course Grandpa bought all the kids a toy and Davis has been using his sword to be a knight every day since. Blair got the sash from our knight that said, "Queen of the Tournament" and she was pretty pleased about that. The only things the kids couldn't figure out was why our knight died when he was fighting but came out at the end alive. We all had a great time.

American Girl Doll Store

The day after Austin's wedding, Blair and I along with my mom, Emily, and Ivory went to the American Girl Doll Store.  We had a great time.  Blair had been looking forward to the trip for months and spending hours looking at the magazines that come in the mail and thinking about what she was going to buy with the money she'd been saving.  When we got there, we bought a new doll with hair, made appointments at the doll salon, and went to lunch at the cafe.  At lunch, they have high chairs for the dolls to sit in and dishes for the dolls too.  Blair was in heaven.  She loved every minute of it.  After lunch, we shopped around for a while and then went to the salon to get the doll's hair done.  Blair also wanted her doll's ears pierced, so we did that too. Blair was so cute while she was shopping because she was seriously debating what the best choices would be.  There are so many fun things at that place, I could have spent a ton more money, but we got lots of fun things, and lots of ideas of what she wants for her birthday and Christmas.  Before we left, we hit the photo studio where the girls got their picture taken and put on a cover of American Girl Magazine.  It's Blair's new treasure.  She wants to keep it on my dresser so it doesn't get ruined, but she looks at it multiple times a day.  We had a blast at the store and will for sure be going again. 

Austin's wedding

Austin and Kerry's wedding day was perfect. The temple was perfect and the party that night was so fun. My kids absolutely loved the whole thing. Davis was thrilled to wear a suit like his dad. He kept checking himself out in the mirror all day long. Both of my kids loved the photo booth and the dresses that went along with it. The candy bar was also top on their list. Blair loved dancing! She couldn't get enough. Spencer was dying for a break any chance he could get, but Blair wouldn't let him sit very long. I bet she danced at least two hours. At one point she said, "This is a really great party mom. I feel very fancy! " Blair also made Spencer keep promising her she could have all of the things she wanted at her wedding. Both kids were so cute and so good all night long but absolutely exhausted when we got back to the hotel around midnight.

Kerry and Austin make the cutest couple and we are so excited for them.

California

Thursday night we went to the mall and hung out while we waited for grandma and grandpa and aunt Sue and Austin to go to dinner.

California

When we got to California for Austin's wedding, the kids wanted to go swimming as soon as possible. They had a blast in the pool even though it was pretty cold and not big at all. I'm glad we let them go when we first got there because the weekend was so busy we didn't have another minute to go again. These kids are fish and they love to swim any chance they have.

Three Months

Brant was three months old on Monday. I can't believe how big he is. He's a lot different than my other two at this age- I can't wait to see his little personality develop more.
The bad news of this week is Brant started waking up in the night after two weeks of sleeping through the night. I've tried to let him work it out on his own and go back to sleep, but he can cry for a LONG time. We've got to work on sleeping when we get back from Austin's wedding in California.