Farmer's Market

The Farmer's Market was on my list of HAVE-TO-DO. I LOVED it! Topeka has a great farmers market. We went on Saturday morning. There were fruit and veggie booths galore. Also booths full of crafts, food, and flowers. Our major purchases of the day were big hair bows for Lauryn made by a very talented gal in Topeka. I will post the caute pics of Lauryn with her big bows later. We also purchased some yummy fruits and veggies for the week.


I love zucchini and all we have in Vegas are over-priced pickle sized squash. These puppies were huge and 4 for a $1.00!

We're BAAAACK!

The fam went on a week long hiatus to the great state of Kansas. I have major catch-up to do! We had a busy 9 days... wooo, so after trying to get back to normal this week and getting the girls back on pacific time we are BACK in Vegas baby!

We flew into Wichita, Kansas on Friday, September 4th, then drove to Topeka. The girls were exhausted from the flight. Al and I welcomed the peace and quiet (even though it was too short)

What's up with our 11 month old?

11 MONTHS-yikes!
~still loves to eat! Her favorite foods are watermelon, noodles, and sweets.
~walking everywhere! Lauryn walks now fully instead of crawling. She also tries to climb on everything! She is becoming very stubborn and independent. I have no idea where she gets that from...
~had her first ear infection! She ran a steady fever for a couple days and we took her to the doctor. Now with antibiotics she is back to normal. Hopefully that was her last!
~cuddles every night with a blanket. Lauryn has a little pink blanket with satin trim that she loves. I watched her try to tug it out of her crib one day when she was playing in her room.
~smiles all of the time. You can just look at her and smile and you'll get it right back.
~loves Beyonce's song, All the Single Ladies. Lauryn puts her arms up and starts dancing. It's so cute and I hope to get a video of it to post.
~still has no hair!
~bottom 2 teeth are fully in. The top middle 4 are working their way down. When she smiles all you see are the bottom 2.

Well the stink will be 1 in a few short weeks. It's hard to believe I am planning her first birthday already! I can't believe how fast time flies.

First Day of First Grade and Another Tooth!

Landree's first day of first grade was a success! She was more than ready to start. Last night she told us that she has her own desk. At night a "desk fairy" comes in to see if they have kept their desks clean. If they are clean they get a ticket. The tickets are later used to buy prizes.

Landree lost her 2nd bottom tooth right before school. She was on her way in to get dressed and came running back and said her tooth just fell out. The darn tooth fairy forgot to come last night. (I'm not making Mom of the year this year!) She looks so cute with her teeth gone and she talks with a little lisp.

Landree picked out her outfit from Kohl's. She had her pick of what she wanted to wear.

The 3 monsters. Lauryn is wearing the dress that Landree wore on her first birthday.

Landree's teacher is Mrs. Estrada. She was one of the kindergarten teachers last year so Landree already knows her well. She is very pregnant with her first daughter. Mrs. Estrada is due the end of October and the kids are out the whole month of November. Hopefully she won't have a substitute much.

Landree and her friend Cadyn.

Tea Party

Lily must be talking to a Jonas Brother she has a BIG grin.

Landree was Princess Purple

Lily was Cinderella

A toast to the birthday girl, Aria

Lily was a little stunned by the good tasting tea

All princesses must have their pinky up when drinking tea!

Toof Less

Landree lost her first tooth yesterday. It has been super loose. We also noticed the big tooth coming in behind it. The tooth next to it is also very loose and crooked. The tooth fairy was kind enough to leave her $2.00. She asked me before she went to bed tonight if she pulled her other tooth out how much the tooth fairy will leave her this time. I told her I had no idea maybe $4, Lily said no probably $2 again. Landree said she would like to get $1000. Yeah babe, that would be really nice.

Al's Fishing Weekend

Since this blog is not all about the girls I thought I would add some from Al's weekend. He and a couple friends went to Fish Lake, Utah to fish. I wonder how they came up with the unique name for the lake?


This is small mouth bass that he threw back. Al also caught some huge rainbow trout.

The boat in the picture was Al's dads. We were able to go to Topeka last summer and pick it up.