Twiners

I swore I would never match my kids. But then I had another little girl and I've got to tell you, it's actually super fun and cute to have similar outfits some days. Rhaegan enjoys it the most I must say.She gets dressed before we get a chance to dress Marlee for the day. So when Rhaegan sees what Marlee is wearing she immediately goes to her room and changes so she matches Marlee.
I have to say, in my defense I only have three outfits that match each other. Rhaegan will match colors if Marlee ends up wearing something Rhaegan has no true match for.

You have to admit, they are pretty darn cute.

Happy Birthday, Grandma Cupps!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! We wish we could be there to celebrate with you. Know that we are thinking about you and wishing you the best birthday ever.

We love you, Grandma. You're the best!! Have a great day!
Love,
Rhaegan and Marlee

Who Am I?

Here comes SUPER DORA!!! Bart and Crystal got this fun cape on their trip to Mexico and thought Rhaegan would LOVE it. They were right. She thinks Dora is now on the same level as Batman and Superman. When her friends dress up as superheros she puts on this costume and off she soars.
Thanks Bart and Crystal for such a fun gift. It is definitely getting a lot use.

Hangin' Around

These adorable shirts are from North Carolina. When we saw them we thought "how perfect." Rhaegan has always called her grandpas "papa" so we had to get them. I made sure to put a bow in Marlee's hair because the shirts are a little boyish. I rarely get pictures of my girls and me together. This was quick snap shot before we headed outside to play.

My girls are both getting so big. I love watching them discover new things and as you can see Rhaegan has discovered jewelry. She loves to accessorize.

Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Papa!We love you, Papa and we hope that you have a great birthday. We wish we could be there to celebrate with you. We are thinking of you, though.
You mean so much to us. We always have so much fun with you.

Have a great day.

Love,

Rhaegan and Marlee

Ten things I love about...

Rhaegan!

1. She is always willing to help me around the house. Cleaning the toilets is her favorite chore.

2. Whenever she can sense I may be having a bad day she will always say "I love you, Mommy" and give me a big hug. It melts my heart every time.

3. She loves to dress up. Whether it's just wearing a simple bracelet or getting completely decked out from head to toe she will always find a way to make herself feel fancy.

4. She loves her friends. I should actually say she lives for her friends. Of course we have the occasional fights and tantrums, but for the most part she is on cloud nine whenever she's with them.

5. She loves to eat pepperoni straight from the bag, but refuses to eat it on her pizza.

6. She is a natural problem solver. If I can't figure out how I'm going to punish her for something she always has the answer; "Mom, just don't worry about getting me in trouble. It's actually not a good idea."

7. She loves Marlee. There have been times when her love has been confused with violence but she does adore her and is always willing to help me with her.

8. She still loves to read. Buying her a new book is the equivalent to us winning the lottery. She is so excited to sit down and make up her own story for each book.

9. Her prayers make we smile. She loves to say them and never wants our help.

10. She loves to help me cook/bake. I love having the company in the kitchen. We always end up having the best conversations.

I love you, Rhaegan!! You are the best little girl and I love being your mom!

Left Unattended

The conversation went like this:
"Rhaegan, please go listen at Marlee's door to see if she's awake."
"Okay, Mom!"
About 5 minutes later I assume Rhaegan just forgot to come tell me if Marlee was awake or not. Think again, Kendall
Rhaegan thought she was so funny and I have to admit, even though Marlee was not awake when she went in there (Rhaegan told me she called her name to get her eyes to open) it was pretty cute seeing my two little girls together and happy.

A Day with the Princesses

Rhaegan was so excited to see all the princesses once we arrived at Disneyland. It was hard to explain to her that we might not be able to see them all. Fortunately we were able to see all of them except Belle. And she was able to get her picture taken with five of them. As you can see Shae pretty thrilled to be standing next to Jasmine. We wanted a picture of the princesses with both of our girls but they are technically not suppose to hold any children so Shae had no problem holding Marlee for the photo.
Rhaegan with Silvermist (one of the Fairies from Pixie Hollow)

Tinkerbell was a big hit. Rhaegan loves her.

I was hoping that Ariel would be one of the princesses Rhaegan met. She loves reading The Little Mermaid so I figured she would be thrilled to actually meet her. When we first walk in, though, Rhaegan was a little scared (or overwhelmed) but once she saw Marlee get close to Ariel she ran right up to her. Can you tell what's in Rhaegan's hand? That's right, an Ariel Pez dispenser. She really wanted to offer a pez candy to Ariel.

Sleeping Beauty is one of my favorites.

Rhaegan was on cloud nine the rest of the day. Nothing really added up to the 5 minutes of royalty she experienced.

Disneyland

Well...we went on yet another trip this past weekend. July was definitely our month of traveling. We headed down to Disneyland with our friends Bart, Crystal and Marisa. Our Trip began on Thursday evening. We rented and van so that we could all be together for the 9 hour drive (I was just excited to have help with the girls). We stopped in St. George at Bart's brother's house for the night and then continued our trip Friday morning. After several stops we finally arrived at our hotel at around 4 pm. My girls and I had never been to Disneyland and Shae had been once but didn't remember it at all. We were so excited to get to the park. Since we got there in the late afternoon we decided to just go to Downtown Disney . Shae, Bart and Crystal on our walk to the park.
Marlee was super excited (as you can see) for the Peter Pan ride. We waited in line for only 15 minutes. It was a great ride. Rhaegan loved it.

The Castle was a big hit for Rhaegan. She was so excited to be walking through the princesses house. It was really cute. Rhaegan really wanted to ride the Dumbo ride. She wanted the pink elephant but it was taken so she settled on the purple on.

Our walk down Main Street. We saw Goofy, Pluto, and Donald Duck right when we walked into the park. The buildings were so cute. I was extremely impressed with everything there.

More pictures to come....including Rhaegan's pictures with the princesses!