When Daddy's Away... The Girls Will Play!

So I'm not going to start off this post by lying!!! I HATE hunting season. I try to pretend like I really enjoy it, but deep down I am only pacifying my husband by acting intrigued by the stories that he tells me. This year Steve had this brilliant idea to enroll in the dedicated hunter program. The way he explained it to me, was that he could hunt deer, with any weapon, during any of the weapon hunting periods... His thinking... If he could not make it out for the Bow hunt, he could just go on the Muzzle Loader hunt... If that one did not work out, heck he could go on the rifle hunt. The only thing that this actually did was PROLONG the hunting season! Instead of hunting two weeks out of the year he ends up hunting 6 weeks!(Because you have to throw in two weeks for the Elk Hunt) I really don't mind Steve going hunting. It's something that he really enjoys and I love for him to get to do stuff that he enjoys. It's just hard over the long weekend, home alone! I found another benefit to having my baby girl. Now I have somebody to actually hang out and play with me. We started the long COLD weekend off with a girls movie night. We popped popcorn and indulged in total chick flicks... (Toy Story 1 & 2, Monsters and Finding Nemo.) We went and spent an hour with Aunt Tas & Emma, went shopping to try and find me a new pair of jeans (we totally failed) and made yummy treats all weekend long! Here's a few pictures we wanted to share with daddy to make him totally jealous of all the fun that we had.

Right after Steve left Sienna decided to dump the ENTIRE box of cheerios all over the floor!!!
Thank heavens for having my new Dyson! It's the best money I have ever spent and has literally saved my marriage. If you don't have one of these babies you NEED to get one!

We played dress up with bowls on our heads!

Ate Brownie batter! (Please don't lecture me on the dangers of un-cooked eggs!!!)

Played with a little styrofoam

Ate Chocolate pudding

This was taken before Steve left... Just had to throw it in because I just love this picture. Sienna LOVES to help daddy take the garbage out and bring it back in. She holds on the entire way out of the driveway. I smile every time I see them coming up the lane.

Drank peaches & Creame... Like a puppy! She practicing for Halloween!

Ate rice crispy treats. Yep, we pretty much ate A LOT of crap!

Played with the bunny Aunt Angie gave her for her birthday.

And finally daddy retunred to a sick baby who was up with a
104 degree fever... Welcome home Daddy!

Thankfully only two more weeks of hunting season!!! If it works out as planned I will have a nice
picture of a HUGE deer to post next week!

Blog Stalking

I LOVE blog-stalking!~

I love finding new people!
I stumbled upon an amazing blog a couple of months
ago and have been stalking it ever since.
This little family has gone through so many trial and heartache
& I swear they are the most loving and forgiving people on this planet!
There has been so much stuff that has gone on over the past few months
in my family and after reading this touching post last night, I literally went
& got my baby girl out of her crib & rocked her for over an hour! Just to
be able to hear her breathe and smell her sweet skin was such a blessing!
Lacey, the blog poster has taught me such an amazing life lesson!

I am going to try and be more like her, more understanding and loving and I am

purging all the negativity out of my life, no matter how hard it is to do!

It's freaking SNOWNG!!!!!!!!!

AND... My furnace is Broke!

Welcome to the ice box!
I'm just sitting on my couch all bundled up wishing
I had a Pellet Stove with some of Grandpa Jack's
Pellets!

My Little Puppy

I attempted to get Sienna's picture taken in her Halloween costume... She did NOT cooperate... Little stinker would not smile!!! We will have to try again next week when she's not feeling so crappy. She had her well baby check on Thursday. She weighed 18 pounds... She's not even on the charts for her weight but she's in the 75% for her height. She's getting so big but had to get 5 shots and was NOT happy. It was so sad seeing her little face getting the shots.

Sienna and her Bampa...

Before it turned off to cold we took Sienna out to the River to play a little... The boys went fishing, the girls went swimming...

The best Grandpa Ever!!!

We started off with clothes but quickly had a naked child on our hands...

We lived in Oregon for 4 LONG years... I am so grateful I made the decision to move closer to home to have my parents be such a big part of my daughters life!!! You can't get this time back, you have to jump at every chance to make them a part of your life... If you don't... Well your just pretty stupid and completely SELFISH!!!

The best part about living next door to my parents....
Going fishin with Bampa
Having dinner every night with them... (We trade off who cooks...)
Riding the 4-Wheeler with Grandpa
Helping Grandpa feed Colie
Having Mee-Mah teach her "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
Seeing my baby girls face light up every single time she see them!!!
The coutless memories we are making
Going to church every week and having Sienna run up while Grandpa is teaching Sunday School playing peek-a-boo with the entire class... (Not a shy one!)

Utah State Fair

I am so mad that Summer is over. I usually LOVE the fall but I just feel like we were totally ripped off this year. I am planning a very tropical vacation for February. I know by then I will be throwing myself against a wall ready to get away... We've been pretty busy the past few weeks which has been a blessing in disguise. I can't tell you how grateful I am to have my baby girl. I'm pretty sure I would be in the Psych ward if I did not have her... Thanks to all the people who brought dinner to us or just stopped to check in... Seriously the McNeil girls are amazing. Wish I had sisters like you!!!

I had these three girls for about 1 hour one day... Can I just say I am SO GLAD I did not have triplets??? I am so just grateful that these little girls have each other... How cool to have cousins the same age???

Little Miss Utah's Own... My favorite part of this picture is the watermelon juice dripping down her chin. Every time we would drive past the trailer while it was parked at my parent's house Sienna would wave while saying "hi Sienna..."

What is it with kid putting things on their heads? I've spent a ton of money on her Halloween costume and all I had to do was put panty hose on her head and she'd be just as cute! What was I thinking???

Since I was a little girl we have always gone to the Utah State Fair... I just love it and it's so much fun now that I have a kid... Sienna was finally big enough to go down the big yellow slide... Her face was priceless, and when she was done she just started clapping and jumping up and down. I was looking at the post from last years State Fair adventure and I can't believe how much Sienna has grown...

Note to self for next year: Do not take your daughter to the fair with White bows on her shoes... They will end up BLACK!!!

Photo Catch Up

First Haircut!!! Yeah, this took place about two month ago! She was so good and sat so well for Mee-Mah!

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Random Cousin Pictures

Blowing out a sparkler

I love the look that Brookie is giving Sienna in this picture...
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MOVING

The day we moved I came out to find the kids raiding the raspberries...

Sienna was such a great helper while moving...

NOT!!!

Everything we would pack, she would then un-pack and bring to us for her to eat!
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DAY OUT WITH THOMAS

We took her to see Thomas in Heber... She LOVED it and now every time we see a train she starts screaming "CHOO CHOO"

Sargent Sandbox

So... Our house may not be un-packed... BUT we have a sandbox!!!

Riding Banjo with Grandpa... She calls it "The Ride"