Thanksgiving in ID

We are up in Idaho celebrating the holidays with Shae's family. We have been having a lot of fun hanging out with Grandma and Papa and some of Rhaegan and Marlee's cousins. Of course our days are filled with hot tubing, jumping on the trampoline, hanging Christmas lights, watching movies and eating delicious food. Rhaegan loves the hot tub and wants to be in it all day. I keep having to tell her her hair will turn green if she stays in too long. She of course freaks out about that possibility.
Marlee and her adorable little cousin, Memsel. They are so cute together.

Rhaegan and Atalya with their matching Tinker Bell pjs.

Happy Thanksgiving!! Hope you all had a wonderful day!

Here's another one..

(I put this picture of Ray on here because I wanted everyone to see how cute and innocent she once was) Rhaegan says a lot of funny things and I try to remember the majority of them, but of course my brain doesn't hold that much information these days. However, this past Tuesday Shae let me in on a little something Rhaegan said while I was at a baby shower and Dad was in charge of "bedtime." Now keep in mind she is a very nice girl but an incredible sponge, remembering pretty much everything I have ever said to her, around her, from a different room. Here's the story:

We read Rhaegan 2 books every night before she goes to sleep. Well, Tuesday night I wasn't home so of course she decides she only want me to read to her. Shae finally (after a lot of fighting) said she could wait up until I got home but she had to stay in her room and not come out.

Rhaegan comes out the first time.

Shae: "Rhaegan, go back to your room."

Rhaegan: "Okay, Dad."

She comes out 5 minutes later.

Shae: "Rhaegan! Please go back to your room or Mommy will not read to you."

Rhaegan: "Fine!"

She comes out one more time.

Shae: "RHAEGAN!! I am going to count to three and if I get to thr....."

Rhaegan: "No, Dad. If I get to three I am going to throw you out that window!"

Ahh...we love you Rhaegan.

Major Splashing

As I've posted before Marlee loves the bath. She sometimes can't control her excitement. Here is a perfect portrayal of that.

Random Shots

My girls keep me extremely busy and I sometimes forget about pictures I have taken. These shots are from the past month. Marlee is growing at an incredible rate. She is crawling now and loves to destroy the DVDs which are always stacked so neatly thanks to Rhaegan. She loves taking a bath (as you will see in one of the photos below). She could actually live in the bath tub if I let her. She is always smiling but still has yet to let out a laugh. We love her and all her little characteristics. Grandma Cupps made the girls these adorable little aprons
Rhaegan is our little "mom." She always wants to help (and by help I mean do it all by herself) me with Marlee, the house work, making dinner. Pretty much anything I do she wants to do also. She loves princesses and everything that may even remotely resemble a princess. She loves "twirly skirts" as she calls them. You pretty much have to be able to see her underwear when she spins around or the skirt isn't twirly enough. She has developed a love for my computer and can navigate around until she finds a Dora game to play. We love her curiosity and zest for life. She makes us smile everyday.

Rhaegan heard me say several weeks ago that it was going to snow. She ran to the closet, pulled out her snowsuit and prepared herself for the storm. When I came back out to the living room this is what I found. She said mom I'm ready to go play in the snow. I said you might be a little cold

Bath time!!!

This is Marlee's famous face. It's almost like she's trying to say, "really, Mom? You think you know me so well."

New Dress

I have the best friends ever. About a month ago I was surprised by Ash and Tiff with this gorgeous (in my opinion) dress. I had seen it at Target about 2 weeks prior and had been talking about it non-stop. I kept telling myself that once our life wasn't so stressful and hectic (money-wise) I would go back and hopefully it would still be there. Then one day while I was hanging out with the girls they surprised me with a little gift bag. I looked at them clearly puzzled by the present. I opened it up and sure enough, there was the dress.

(I know this picture is extremely cheesy)

I tried with all my might to say thank you in a normal voice but of course I was overcome with emotion and broke out into tears. They said they just wanted to let me know how special I was and what I great friend they thought I was. Thank you, ladies for your friendship. I love you both!!!

The "real" doll

When I leave Rhaegan alone with Marlee she apparently begins to mistake her for one of her dolls. At least she was strapped in.Marlee didn't seem to mind. She was smiling the whole time.

Happy Birthday, Opa Cupps!!

Happy Birthday, Opa!!

We love you and hope you have a great day!

Happy Halloween!

We had a lot of fun this Halloween. It was fun figuring out what Rhaegan was going to be (she changed her mind about 100 times). I told her that we weren't going to buy a costume this year so we had to be creative. Luckily her cousins have some pretty fabulous dance outfits and were willing to let Rhaegan borrow one for the night. She was so excited to be a "pretty ballerina." Marlee really had no say in her costume choice. It was on sale (50% off) and it looked warm so I said yep, that's the one. She, however, hated the hat. I can't really blame her. It didn't look that appealing. We went up to Braden and Kimmie's house so we could go trick or treating with their kids. We of course had to have a quick photo shoot before the real fun started.
Marlee as a flower.

Rhaegan as a ballerina

Rhaegan with her two cousins.

They all received a ton of candy Rhaegan really enjoyed spending her Halloween with her cousins. Thanks for the fun time Braden and Kimmie!