Twins

We are grateful for the Peterson's trusting us with their Cole Man while they were away. We had such a good time with him. He and Sage are good friends. Of course he missed his mommy and daddy, but as you can see from the pictures Sage (and us of course) gave him lots of love! We were a family of four for three days and two nights. Saturday our good friends the Averyts came over and spent the day with us four. It was our last hurrah before they leave for the summer. We barbecued, went to City Creek, relaxed and watched a movie and picked up dinner. It was such a fun day. Monday I braved it out by myself since Taylor had work and the kids made it so easy. I even took the both of them to Target and put them in the double shopping cart. Everyone asked if they were twins. We got a little taste of what twins would be like; so much fun, but of course double the work. We love Cole Man and are grateful Sage has a good little friend. 

Best buddies

We have had Sage's little buddy Cole staying with us for a few days while his parents are on a cruise. We're having lots of fun. Lots more pictures to come once our new computer arrives. For now this is all!

Busy

<p>We are busy playing. Our computer finally died so I'm writing this from my phone which is not the easiest. I try really hard not to be on the computer while Sage is awake but a broken computer guarantees no computer time and a lot more playing time and a lot more time organizing. It has been a good thing.&nbsp; </p>

A nice weekend

No pictures of the weekend, but wanted to at least write something. Friday night we ordered pizza. A free pizza at that. Dominos gave away a certain amount of artisan pizzas this past week and we were lucky enough to get one. Taylor picked it up on his way home from work. The weather was nice so we ate it outside on our balcony. We are starting to look for homes again. I found one that I fell in love with in American Fork. I called the realtor to find out how long it has been on the market and he said maybe a half hour. We are hoping to see it this week and get everything in order and hoping nobody else puts an offer in the mean time. I am kind of obsessing over it. We spent the rest of the evening watching Biggest Looser. We love that show. We watch on Netflix. We started several months ago with season 1 and are now on season 6. It is so inspiring. Saturday we cleaned up around the house. I am grateful for a husband who helps so much. I feel like the word helps isn't correct because he does just as much as I do, even though he would disagree. Taylor had taken a survey online for his health insurance and they sent him a $150 gift card. We went to Park City to the outlets and I got a few things. I really wanted to go to Children's Place and to Carters for Sage and also wanted Taylor to look for some things too, but he sure is stubborn; he insisted I spent the money on myself. The weather was lousy. We came home and put Sage down for a nap and I went to the gym. Taylor and Sage were going to meet me there at the rec center, but it was pouring and we decided we didn't want to take Sage out. We made a yummy picante chicken rice bake, watched an episode of BL and the movie Skulls. Today (Sunday) we spent the morning at church. The Sunday School lesson was on the life of Jesus Christ and in another meeting we talked about the immortality of the soul. I have several friends looking for a church to raise their families in and as I walked the hall during part of a meeting with a baby that needed a nap and wanted to scream and wave to everyone and anyone who would look, I thought about how grateful I am to belong to our church and know that it's teachings are true. After church Sage went down for an overdue nap and Taylor and I ate a yummy crockpot Italian Chicken we had waiting us when we got home. Taylor is napping now and my girl is waking up. I love Sundays. I love the weekends that we get to spend time together as a family.

Our Big Girl

Sage is getting to be such a big girl. Several people have commented on how he has lost her baby look and that she is looking like a little girl. I know I am biased but I think he is pretty cute with her hair up in a pony tail. Thankfully she is napping right now. Yesterday she was up at 6:30 in the morning and did not nap all day. She has such personality. She is walking more and more every day. She took several steps right before her first birthday, but has refused to walk ever since. She would bend her knees and throw her head back if we tried to get her to, but this past week she has done it on her own. It's all on her own time and her own timing is perfect. She loves necklaces and is really good at putting them on herself. She also still love her baby dolls. We recently adopted two new baby dolls into our home because she took one from her Grandma and Grandpa's house in Paradise and also took one from her cousins. 

This is where I found Sage . She usually is hanging all over me as I try and get ready, but not this morning... I really was looking all over for her and calling her name. Her little giggle gave her away.  She was under the table with her baby. 

4 moms, 4 strollers and 9 kids

Yesterday we all met up at the Hogle Zoo. It was crowded and warm, but nice to get together.

Melted Knife

Taylor insisted I blog this. I guess he thinks it is important family history. It's the every day things that make our history, right?  So here it is... I dropped a knife in the oven when I was checking the chicken. I didn't want to take everything out and thought I'd get it out after. You can see what happened. I obviously wasn't thinking straight... I was trying to get Sage to bed and get the veggies cooking and just wanted the chicken to cook faster... Lesson learned.