Wednesday, October 6, 2010

First pet

In January, Nick brought home our very first pet... FISH!  The girls each got one.  Sydney named hers Bella, and Zoe named hers Snow White (I think... it was so long ago :) They were so excited when Nick walked through the door...


Waiting patiently with their friend Ezra, for Dad to get it all put together.

I'm really glad I started this post back in January, because there is no way I would have remembered Sydney saying this...

Sydney:  Mom.  Bella doesn't know where we are.
Me: You should tell her where we are.
Sydney: Okay... Bella,  Daddy brought you home to us. (said in the most tender, caring way)

Sadly, a couple weeks later Snow White died on Zoe's birthday.  Zoe handled this very well, but what a bummer!  Bella was getting too big to try and fit another fish into our small tank.  So we decided to wait for Bella to get bigger, and then we would set her "free" in my parent's pond.  That day came on Memorial Day 2010.  Sydney was very excited to release Bella.



That night we picked up two more fish, so that Zoe had another chance of having one.  Again, their names were Bella and Snow White.  Well, few days later Zoe's fish died!  About a month later we finally got around to getting yet another fish for Zoe.  This one died the day after we bought it. Bad luck, I guess.  They both agreed to sharing Bella #2, because Mom is done buying fish.  Bella #2 is holding on strong, despite the few and far between feedings.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Moab

In May, my brother Eric and his family invited us and my sister Michelle to go camping in Moab with them.  This was our first time camping in a tent as a family.  The girls were VERY excited.  I was worried they wouldn't go to sleep at a reasonable hour, and would keep the other campers near us awake.  But they did great!

Our campsite at the Moab KOA
Girls waiting patiently for their cousins to be awake.

While we were there...

...we went for a bike ride to a really fun music park
The kids loved this, but I'm pretty sure Nick loved it even more. :)

Zoe and Michelle


... we went to the car show and enjoyed a yummy turkey leg :)



This was really funny.  All the kids flocked to Michelle to help her eat her turkey leg.
... we visited Arches National Park


 
Loving the feeling of the soft sand on their feet :)
 
Zoe made it to the top!
 


... lots of lizard chasing!

 
 


... and had tons of fun at our campsite

 
Thank you Eric and Brittany,
for inviting us to Moab!
We had a blast!