We have been having a blast this summer. I feel like we are always on the go or doing something. The girls are so patient with me but they are also having a lot of fun. With it being so hot we have been doing a lot of swimming. Grandma Miles bought us a swimming pool and it has been really nice to have a little swim in our yard.

We have also gone to Blackfoot to Jensens Grove once to swim with the cousins. I was so surprised Addison loved playing on the beach and after I had a ski Addi got in the deep water with me a couple times. She was really nervous but she did it so it made me excited for her.

Macy also played (or sat by) Cohen.

We also went to Bear Lake for a couple of days. Addi did really good in the water and loved playing ring a round the rosies and motor boat with whatever cousin she could convince to play with her. Macy played in the sand a little bit but we had a blast.

We also went to the Minatonka caves, I didn't take pictures, but I am sure glad we went. I was a little nervous with the steep climbs and the slippery uneven stairs and every time I got really nervous Macy could tell and would start balling. We made it though and I really did enjoy seeing it.

We also had a blast for the fourth of July. We went to the ward breakfast in the morning. Then my Grandma Miles had a party. She had a huge blow up water slide (again I didn't get any pictures, Doug and I were too busy going down ourselves). The kids had a lot of fun, Addi was not a fan, we kept making her go down with us but every time she would whine when we asked if she wanted to go, when we started climbing, when we go to the top and when we got to the bottom, But Doug and I had fun. Then we came back to Burley and watched the fireworks on the golf course. I really enjoyed the show. We were close enough that you could feel them go off and they burst right over your head, Addison loved it and she loved playing on the golf course while we waited for it to get dark.

My girls are growing so fast. Macy is rolling all over the place and I have discovered that she can sit up really well when there are toys in front of her. Addison loves playing with Macy and is starting to say sissy. She is always in her face and can really get her laughing. They are so cute together.

And yes they are not twins but I love when they dress like twinners, even when they are not always willing to cooperate for twinner pictures.

Addison loves her stuffed animals. She lines them up to watch tv with her and the other night while I was making dinner she got them all up to the table to eat.

I love watching my girls play together and learn to love each other. I am so grateful for their patience with me and the love they show for me. I am so grateful for my family  and the time we get to spend together. We are so blessed.

Looking at the pictures I am loading for this blog makes me really excited to write it. We have had so much fun these last few months.We have gone to see Grandma Hurst and got some good pictures with her. We sure enjoy getting to spend some time with her.

Valentines was a lot of fun we made sugar cookies and frosted them for each other.

Addi just liked the frosting.

The girls are growing up so fast and Addison is such a character. She talks on her "cell phone" all day long whether it's a remote or her hand she will talk and laugh all day but once you give her the real thing with someone on the other line you can't get her to say a word. She does wave and give kisses through the speaker though. She thinks its so much fun that she helps Macy do it too.

Oh boy does Addi love food. I feel like even after I have fed her a whole meal I can get her down from the table and she will start begging me for more food. If she can reach the food she will just help herself which has been a lot lately. Any way she can get it though she will take it.

Addison and Macy have basically died and gone to heaven with this beautiful weather. We go outside at least once a day and play with bubbles or chalk, or ride our bikes or play with whatever odds and ends Addi can find.

We blessed Macy about a month ago now. It was such a fun day to get the girls all dressed up and then have lunch with our family afterwards. Before everyone came I would have said it was going to be a failure of a day because nothing was going right but everything turned out really nice but even if it hadn't it would have been a great day just because we got to spend time with family and bless our baby girl.

We have been so blessed with these two beautiful girls and they make me the happiest mommy in the world. I love my little family so much.

Again it has been a long time since I have blogged. My excuse? I was busy... okay it is a terrible excuse but we will pretend like it is a good one. We had some wonderful holidays but Christmas was just so fun this year. I started listening to Christmas music early and making gifts and our stockings kept me very busy in December. I don't think Addison got what all was going on Christmas day but she enjoyed the new toys.

 The box was also just as fun.

 

I was worried we were not going to have a white Christmas but Christmas eve it turned into a storm and we got snow. The wind blew it into huge drifts so we thought it would be fun to go play in the snow and show Addison what it is all about.

to be honest I don't think she was that impressed. She was also not a huge fan of the cat.

Christmas was great but I am pretty sure the best thing that happened since the last blog was, the  baby came!!!! and its a GIRL!!! Macy Utahna Hurst was born January 30, 2015 and if you remember from the last blog that was way past my due date, I wasn't very happy with her for a while there but I forgot all about it when she decided to come. She weighed 10 pounds 6 oz. which makes her the heavy weight champion on both sides of the family. Addison loves her most of the time, we had to teach her how to show affection the first day though, she kept hitting her and tried to rock her but not so gently. She has become much better and showing her love though.

They are such cute sisters and I am so grateful for my little family. They sure know how to wear me out but they are worth every minute.