Festivals, Fairies, and Fairs, Oh My!

The past week has been a busy one, so there's lots to catch up on. We welcomed the cooler weather with lots of fun! First off, Peach Days up in Brigham City on Saturday. We got caught in a rainstorm at the end, but managed to pack in a good time first.

 Carousels and giant slides. Reagan's favorites! Chiara and Asher were big fans too.

 And a new experience for Reagan- going on a ride all by herself! She started off strong...

 ...but slowly lost some steam...

 ...and spent the majority of the ride like this:

 She still had a good time, and it was pretty funny to watch as she leaned over further and further.

 Daryn was actually awake for once, and very happy until she started getting rained on while she was trying to eat. That did not go over well.

Reagan made a new friend on the dragon ride, and even let her drive.

 Sunday I woke up with a raging cold (perhaps related to getting soaked in the rain the day before?) and had to skip church, but Lance was sweet enough to make me homemade chicken noodle soup when he got home :).

 Despite being sick, we powered on through with our plans for the week. Next: the Fairy Festival on Monday! It's a beautiful fundraiser put on by one of Lance's partners- the "Jones" in Brunson, Chandler and Jones. All the girls dress up like fairies and the boys like pirates and there's games and prizes and treats and shopping. The girls all had a blast!

 Even Daryn joined in!

 Reagan was on a total sugar high by the end of the night.

So beautiful and magical!

 

Love having a newborn buddy to hang out with. Great timing Stuart and Gen!

After that night, we had a couple days to recover before

the Utah Sate Fair! This has always been a favorite of Lance and I's, mostly because of the food. (Hello, roasted turkey legs.)

 Reagan was thrilled to see what I think was her first real live rainbow as we were parking.

 And just as thrilled to see her first real live owl!

 Daryn was not so excited.

 We went on more rides.

Reagan wasn't a bit scared to be up high on the Ferris wheel. That girl is fearless! Thankfully, Lance was able to keep her from jumping out. After a long night of fun, we were all tucked out and ready to head home, since Lance and I both had to be up very early the next day. We both had to be in Salt Lake by 8 am- he for a CLE and I for Daryn's doctors appointment at Primary Children's. More on that coming...

Labor Day Lovin'

We had a wonderful Labor Day weekend with lots of family time. Saturday morning we went swimming one last time. So nice to soak up a little more sun before the cooler weather hits. Then that afternoon, Daryn showed her Cougar pride as we cheered on BYU in their season opener. Too bad we lost...

 Sunday we all got dolled up for church, but this little one outshone everyone. Then it was up to Park City for Meagan's birthday.

 On Monday we decided to go fishing- something we had been wanting to do for awhile. Reagan brought along her pole and tried and tried unsuccessfully to catch a fish with it. However, I am happy to report that we all caught fish! Including Reagan, who sat on my lap and reeled one it. We caught lots and lots of little catfish, but unfortunately none worth keeping.

 Still a good time for all.

 After fishing we decided to treat Reagan to her very first real ice cream cone all for her. It was a big hit, but she couldn't finish it, so Lance helped out.

 Monday evening we had a delicious bbq with Genevieve and the kids. I made a fruit pizza and it was sooo good, I forgot to get a picture until we had eaten half. But I'm pretty proud of it- look how pretty it was! And so yummy- Lance and I ate the rest that evening...and I don't even regret it. Love 3 day weekends! It was a great kick-off to what promises to be a very fun month.

Silly Girls

Some pictures from the last couple weeks:

 I'm convinced she will be a mechanic when she grows up. She loves her tools and gets them and "works" on her bike all the time. I'm not even sure where she got that from. Whatever makes her happy...

 Last weekend Reagan's gymnastics had an end-of-summer party at a trampoline park. Reagan had a blast- even though she was a bit small.

 I have no idea who those girls are.

 And she got her face painted for the first time! She sat so still the entire time. I couldn't believe it! She talked about her pink butterfly all day and was so sad when it washed away swimming that afternoon. Speaking of which, I can't believe we went swimming with Stuart and Genevieve and the kids the past 3 weekends and I didn't get even one picture. You'll just have to use your imagination. Anyway, last weekend weekend when we were swimming, it started to get a little stormy, so we left. By the time we got home, it was this:

 A huge hailstorm!

 The next day I had to survey all the damage done to our garden. The tomatoes and peppers definitely got hit the worst- I had to pick all these ones that had holes punches in them.

 

 A friend brought us over some balloons decorated as ice cream cones leftover from a part. Reagan decided the cone part from one was a "Christmas hat" for Daryn.

 Daryn doesn't suck her thumb, she sucks her middle fingers. She does this all the time. It's so cute!!

 We've been spending lots of time with the cousins. The kids loved Stuart's new truck!

Oh yeah, and Daryn can grab things now :). It's fun to see her hit new milestones.