Doing some catching up!

About a week and a half ago we returned from a super fun trip to Pennsylvania to visit our Uncle Spencer, Auntie Linda, and cousins Adam, Mark, and Rachel. We made the seven hour trip overnight and we were so grateful we did! We had an awesome time! It was great to have so much noise and action around us...its been pretty quiet around here the last few months. Here are some pics from our trip!

Olive had a great time exploring all their toys! So many new things to play with!

There was lots of goofing around and silliness... Olive couldn't get enough of her cousins!

Adam and Mark wrestling

Her cousins loved trying to get Evie to laugh! Its not very hard... she is such a happy baby!

Rachel dancing!

Just hangin' out.
We went to the Hands On House, a really fun children's museum!


I think the crowd favorite was the miniature grocery store.

There was also a dress up room. Olive was, of course, only interested in the hats.
There was one room that was a little factory where the kids clocked in and worked. There was a QC station, maintenance station, and an assembly line.

There was a farm where you gathered eggs from the chickens, milked a cow, rode in a tractor, and pulled corn straight from the stalks.

There was also a face painting station which the girls loved! Olive had a great time painting her own face.

She made this face every time she painted her nose?!?!

Auntie Linda painted Rachel's face like a cat!
These other little girls had their faces painted like a puppy and Evie thought it was hilarious!

And Olive discovered her love for the Eleph-Fun game where you catch butterflies that come out of the elephants trunk with little nets.

We had such a great time with our family in PA. They were so kind to host us for 9 days and give us a break from the emptiness we often feel at home.

A few days ago, one little white tooth poked through in Evie's mouth!! Then two days later, the second little bottom tooth made an appearance! Its hard to see in the pics but we are so excited they have arrived! I love when babies only have their two bottom teeth.... such cute little grins!

Olive needed me to take a pic of her teeth since I was taking one of Evie's!

Papa visit

Jason came home for a visit this weekend! He arrived late Friday night and left Monday morning. I didn't snap many pics, we just had a quiet weekend together but here are a few! It was wonderful to see his face.... miss him so much already!

first bite!

Evie ate her first bites of rice cereal tonight! She kinda just let it sit in her mouth and then pushed it out with her tongue or it drooled out of her mouth....she wasen't really sure what to think! Olive's first bite of rice cereal was met with eagerly grabbing the spoon and a lot of lip smacking. Evie did grab the spoon but was just a little unsure. She'll warm up with a few more attempts! She sure is a cutie and big Sis Olive loved helping feed sister her first bite of food!

Scioto mile splash park

We went to the Scioto Mile Splash park today with Michelle, Ethan, Lexie! The past two weeks have been very busy... we had family come spend the whole week with us last week and we had a blast- we went swimming, went on a tour of the American whistle factory, and a chocolate factory. I even got to attend the temple and just to have so many people around all week was so wonderful! Jason's bro Spencer and his wife Linda and their kids Adam, Mark, and Rachel were so sweet to come keep us company all last week and we really miss them! We took alot of pics... but not on my camera so I need to get a hold of some! The day after they left, I got a horrible migraine that was not completely gone until Thursday so going to the Scioto mile today was exactly what we needed! Enjoy the pics!