The Martin House and Lily Garden

A little bit chilly up in the mountains at Kennecott Mine. Lisa, Summer, I and some other friends took the kiddos up here to check it out and it was really fun. Here the kids pose with a tire from one of the mining trucks, it was huge!

Afterwards we headed to Wendy's and had the restaurant to ourselves, which was good cuz we had a big posse o' kids.

Elle, Lil, and her friend Laura otherwise known as a Fairy, Ariel, and a Princess

Spent the day with my Aunt Diane and Uncle Steve. So much fun, we did lunch at Paradise Bakery, then went to a boutique in Daybreak. Of Course they spoiled my girls with treats, new purses full of goodies and the coolest fairy wings.

Um, they were pretty Happy, can you tell?

Little Notebooks

Little umbrellas, and little animals

One night after a party, I decided to do a little photo shoot with the girls in the backyard. Ella started out with this pink balloon.

Be Free Balloon, Be FREE!

And there it goes

Now for the posing

K I'm done now, HOLD ME!

Lily lasted for about 1 second because there were friends playing outside, can you tell her leg up is the go-to pose these days?

Playing in the Rain

My tulips love the rain too, don't they look lovely? I never actually planted these, I think they blew over from the neighbors yard, but I'll take them.

Same with these little aspens growing, thank goodness for neighbors who are great gardeners.

Funny girls wanted to be bunnies, so tights for the ears will do

This girl LOVES her accessories!

Her Fav. food at this moment: Hot Dogs

She LOVES to hold her mic and sing all around the house, especially high school musical songs or primary songs

A few snapshots of Lily from her Dance recital, she had a butterfly fairy costume and was in Heaven!

Lily and her friend Rachel

My pretty little Fairy

This was one of their hip hop company groups performing at the dress rehearsal, they were AMAZING

Talitha and Lily

Emma, Lil, and Amy (A teen from our ward who Lily idolizes because she is beautiful and an awesome dancer)

Something Lily is obsessed with, is waving goodbye to Chad or I whenever we leave the house. It's such a funny little thing and she is passing on that little trait to Ella too. They wave to Dad EVERYDAY when he goes to school or work.

They love to play footsie with each other too lately

A neighborhood picnic in the front yard

Lily at the Aquarium

Our good friends the Pelissie's came over for dinner one night and the girls had fun looking at books with Ollie, who broke his leg and was in a cast for a while.

Their newest addition Juliet, who Ella refers to as her Best Friend Juliet

Just TOO Cute

At Jordan's high school graduation in Flagstaff, it brought back so many memories and doesn't really seem like it was 9 years ago that I was doing that same thing. Chad kept the girls busy by doing fun doodles.

Lily LOVES doing her letters lately and feels so important practicing things that the older school kids do.

Some funny kids blew up beach balls to toss around, like they always do, and the administrators and teachers eventually confiscated them like they always do, so my girls were some proud recipients of 2 new balls.

He Looks so HAPPY:)

Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes for our Birthday Girl Ella. My mom's idea and they were perfect!

My Mom and Lily worked on the party treats

Had way too much fun blowing and letting the air out of balloons

Homemade pizza, watermelon, and salad

SILLY Faces

Ella mushed hers up a bit and put every candy topping we had on it

Cheers!

Mmmm....we like our cupcakes messy

New sunglasses for our stylin' girl

New flip-flops for the girls to start the Summer off with

A ribbon streamer

Bubbles

All fancy for church

The random collection my girls started while staying at my parents house, consisted of feathers, Fairy Balls (AKA air soft BBs that were everywhere in the backyard, which totally convinced my kids that fairies played games back there all the time), fuzzy pom poms from grandma's craft supplies, and anything else they could find.