Excuse me but can I be you for a while

For lack of anything else exciting to blog- a post that is a hodge podge of random. I guess being the first day of Autumn, a few of the posts are summer related and all of the posts include Mckinley (surprise, surprise). I was looking at the birthday ticker today and it is crazy that my baby is going to be two in a few short weeks. We have a two year old....can it be??

Let's begin with this one...we hit up Park City for Labor Day and this is Mc and Mark on the Alpine slide. She LOVED it! Being half (I say 3/4's) Mark, she was fearless and Mark said she kept saying "gehn gehn" (again again) over and over and wanted to go faster. She loved it!

This is Mc with her cousins Finn and Sophie. They are super close in age (about 2 months apart) and it is fun to see them together. My cousin Ashlee (their mom) and I have always been close and to see our kids together, now that we live in the same state, is awesome. This picture captured them about the only time they sat still, to eat their ice cream @ Grandma Cookie's 71st birthday party.

A few weekends ago, my mother and I hosted a yard sale @ my house. Mark was a trooper and at the end of the day, chilled with Mc and our niece Brynlee. Does Mckinley look like her daddy or what? And for the scrapbook, this is right before Brynlee peed through her diaper onto the couch. Guess she was just really comfortable with Mark.

And lastly, Mckinley right after I tucked her in. She has her "beebies" and nothing makes her more happy than to go to bed. She actually asks for "nigh nigh" when she is ready for bed. What a sweetie. We sure do love her!

A little something from the archives

This is me in all my 2nd grade glory. This weekend, I picked up a box of old school papers from my mom's house and came across a few gems.

Now, keep in mind, 2nd grade for me was one of the best years of school I can remember. My teacher, Mrs. Gadd was amazing. I remember her peach colored turtle neck, brown polyester pants and the nervous "hold my arm under my boob and lift up" twitch that made her ever so charming. I brought her flowers (picked from someone's yard on the way to school), wrote her notes and thought she was amazing. 2nd grade was also where I got my first 15 minutes of fame with the weather man, Lynn Randolph. He used to do "Weather School" and our class got picked to host. I had drawn an amazing picture of a girl outside in a rain coat almost getting struck by lightening. Mrs. Gadd also had us keep a daily journal and this was one of my favorite entries- the theme was "By the time I am twenty years old I hope that...". My spelling was superb (note: 'collage', 'scailorsip' and 'sergen'). I had aspirations of a mission (which was going to be to Russia- I was sure of it) and to become a plastic "sergen". I also find it funny I had the desire to be "popiler"..even at an early age we have our priorities.

As you can see from the picture, we did reports- this was the Zebra report and my Zebra plains (salt dough and rice dyed green). I would like to say this was ALL my idea but my mother was quite the skilled diorama maker. I rocked the sweet side pony, jelly roll bangs and dreams that were far beyond my years. Hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane.

Come on girls! Do you believe in love?

Sorry for the crooked video! Any help in that capacity would be appreciated. Until then, touch your ear to your shoulder. Worth the watch! :)

Happy September! It seems like summer went by way too quickly with not nearly enough trips to the pool or days spent outside. Fall is almost here and I am super excited for the weather, pumpkins on my porch, sweaters and Halloween.

Mckinley is getting too big! It still amazes me that she has been a part of our lives almost two years in October. What a sweet blessing! She is constantly entertaining us with her dancing (as you can see in the video she has a love for Madonna, like her parents. Yes, even Mark!) and now whenever I get the camera out she says "Chhhhheeeeeessssse". We did have a monumental tantrum this week- screaming and yelling "Daddy, hep me" (translation, Help me!!!). I have never had so many people looking at me in TjMaxx like I was kidnapping this poor little girl (mind you, shopping cart full of things for HER!!). She loves Cory (the dog), her stroller, coloring and go gurts. She loves her "shows" which she requests in the morning and before naps. We sure do love her and are so lucky to have such a sweet spirit (minus the aforementioned tantrum) in our home. Here is Mc giving Cory a hug.

Tomorrow for Labor Day we are making a trip to Park City to ride the Alpine Slide and the ziplines before they close them for the season. I have wanted to go all summer so I am pretty excited to rock the zipline.