Sweet Swingin' Sariah Melin
Summer & Heidi eat some of Grandma's Raspberry ice cream--yum!
A beautiful cloud 
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
The Week in Pictures (finally!)
This photo was taken way back on June 21 after we got home from Missouri. While we were gone, Rich converted our totally enclosed deck (off the dining room) into a playplace with this slide (given to us by the Carter family). So now we have stairs to the back yard AND a fun slide...the girls LOVE it!
Addie waiting for cousins at the zoo.
Grandma greeting TJay, Addie, & Heidi at the zoo entrance.
My niece, Rosalie, waiting patiently in the sun.
Rich & Heidi tell Addie how fun the slide is in the pool at our Billings Hotel.(Uncle Mark & Sariah in the background)
Here we come! Me & my girls on the waterslide...
...weeee!
Pizza & Pool Party at our house on Friday
Davy, Rosalie, Mom, Mark, Sariah, Mike, Jess & Kelli--Danny's by the pool and Heidi, TJay, & ADdie are in the pool.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Reunion Time
What a busy week! It's kickin' my tail! Monday, Rich's brother Mark arrived with his family from New Jersey for a 2-week visit (staying at the in-laws' house). Wednesday the whole family drove to Billings and met up with Rich's other brother, Jess, and his family from Minot, ND (Jess & Mark are both Air Force pilots). We went to Zoo Montana in the heat of a scorching hot day, then had a family dinner buffet at Golden Corral (Grandpa's treat), then swam for hour and hours at our hotel pool, which had a 90ft. waterslide. Believe it or not, my two girls rode the slide about a million times, some of those times ALL BY THEMSELVES! They are fearless little fishies and I was so proud of their gusto!
Sadly, the fun ended there for me, as Heidi was up sick most of the night with a croupy cough and vomiting. Rich got up at 6:30am and went to the temple with his siblings to do family baptisms, and we sisters-in-law were to follow at 9am to do an endowment session with our husbands. By that time, Heidi was feeling better, but I was throwing up, so we skipped that session. We did take our kids up to the temple to touch it an see the pretty fountains and flowers, then had lunch with all their cousins and grandparents at Wendy's (oh, and grandma bought them all toys at Walmart). We drove the two hours back to Livingston in an exhausted stupor. The kids were well and played hard with their cousins, and Rich and I struggled to keep our eyes open til bedtime (actually, Rich went to the rifle range with his brothers from 7-9pm, and I think his eyes were plenty open cuz he scored 16/25).
This morning I had an ultrasound to measure baby's growth. Everything looks good and baby is about a week ahead of dates, but legs were crossed and we couldn't identify the gender AGAIN! This tech said she would expect to see a bulge if it were a boy, even with legs crossed, but she also didn't see the "lines" that indicate a girl. So the mystery continues, although we are hoping our first glimpse of boy parts was for real! I am relieved that baby looks good...my blood pressures have been much lower this week, too, so thank heaven for that.
Today and tomorrow are sort of hang out days; my sister Jill and her kids will arrive late tonight to spend the weekend with us. Saturday is a Scout Pancake breakfast and we plan to swim with the kids, swap clothes, and CHILL! Sunday is church, of course, and the enormous Livingston Roundup Kick off Parade, followed by family dinner and lots of fireworks. Sounds fun to me!
We got some great pictures this week--when I get them downloaded, I will post them. Meanwhile--enjoy your weekend and leave a comment!
Sadly, the fun ended there for me, as Heidi was up sick most of the night with a croupy cough and vomiting. Rich got up at 6:30am and went to the temple with his siblings to do family baptisms, and we sisters-in-law were to follow at 9am to do an endowment session with our husbands. By that time, Heidi was feeling better, but I was throwing up, so we skipped that session. We did take our kids up to the temple to touch it an see the pretty fountains and flowers, then had lunch with all their cousins and grandparents at Wendy's (oh, and grandma bought them all toys at Walmart). We drove the two hours back to Livingston in an exhausted stupor. The kids were well and played hard with their cousins, and Rich and I struggled to keep our eyes open til bedtime (actually, Rich went to the rifle range with his brothers from 7-9pm, and I think his eyes were plenty open cuz he scored 16/25).
This morning I had an ultrasound to measure baby's growth. Everything looks good and baby is about a week ahead of dates, but legs were crossed and we couldn't identify the gender AGAIN! This tech said she would expect to see a bulge if it were a boy, even with legs crossed, but she also didn't see the "lines" that indicate a girl. So the mystery continues, although we are hoping our first glimpse of boy parts was for real! I am relieved that baby looks good...my blood pressures have been much lower this week, too, so thank heaven for that.
Today and tomorrow are sort of hang out days; my sister Jill and her kids will arrive late tonight to spend the weekend with us. Saturday is a Scout Pancake breakfast and we plan to swim with the kids, swap clothes, and CHILL! Sunday is church, of course, and the enormous Livingston Roundup Kick off Parade, followed by family dinner and lots of fireworks. Sounds fun to me!
We got some great pictures this week--when I get them downloaded, I will post them. Meanwhile--enjoy your weekend and leave a comment!
Monday, June 26, 2006
Check on my latest post (actual writing, not pictures) at Framanisco.
And let's hear a little HALLELUJAH for my Auntie M, who is home from the hospital recuperating and rehabilitating in the comfort of her own place. We pray the healing goes smoothly and she can be AUNT PARTY again soon (althoughI hear there are some pretty fierce dominoes tourneys goin' on over there)!!!
And let's hear a little HALLELUJAH for my Auntie M, who is home from the hospital recuperating and rehabilitating in the comfort of her own place. We pray the healing goes smoothly and she can be AUNT PARTY again soon (althoughI hear there are some pretty fierce dominoes tourneys goin' on over there)!!!
Sunday, June 25, 2006
RETRO: More Fun 06.07-06.08
Nana's Pool!
At the butterfly house, the butterflies thought Addie's bow was a flower!
This cute grandpa taught us about butterflies--Heidi was enthralled!
Addie, Heidi, Aunt Abby, & Uncle Marshall at the Butterfly House
Nana & the kids: Tyler, Marshall, Heidi, Addie, Abby, & Cody
In the Botanical Gardens: Me, Heidi, Addie, Ty, Marshall, Cody, & Abby (We were watching dragonflies)
Too Much FUN! Heidi crashed in her high chair at dinner time
Too Much FUN! Heidi crashed in her high chair at dinner time RETRO: Building a Bathroom & Swings 06.14
My stepdad Mark framing
My cute mom swinging Heidi
Rich framing
Nana giving Addie an underdogRETRO: Swimming Last Wednesday 06.14
Addie
Rich
Rich throwing Addie
Daddy & Goggled Addie (Heidi in the background)
Abby & Marshall (my youngest siblings)
Heidi & DaddyRETRO: Evening Swim 06.15
Heidi gives Papa Mark a kiss
Heidi very serious about swimmin' (Uncle Marshall in the background)
Mom & Addie swim (Tyler in the background)Saturday, June 24, 2006
It's My Favorite and My Best
Between my early pregnancy sickness and my current prescription for "rest," I have watched lots of kids' TV. And the shows are pretty good, actually. Thankfully, we can tivo all the episodes of the ones we love and not watch the really annoying ones.
Of course the kids have their favorites. Heidi loves Little Einsteins, which can be annoying, but it teaches her so many cool things. My favorite episodes are "Farmer Annie" (because the pigs are so dang cute) and "Whale Tale" (because the music is beautiful). All the art and music are classics--it's like a pre-school humanities class--and I have even learned some stuff I had forgotten from college!
Addie has recently gotten into The Fairly Odd Parents which is a plain ol' silly old school cartoon, as is SpongeBob Squarepants (so, so annoying). But I can still get her to watch good shows she used to LOVE like Stanley (animals) & Charlie & Lola and the very best ever, Sesame Street.
My personal favorite is Charlie & Lola. It just cracks me up, and it's only 15 minutes long. Last summer we tivoed the C&L marathon and had like 15 episodes! I just found out that my favorite episode is a book! I'd love to read it to the girls in my best fake Brit accent (the same accent I use when I read Beatrix Potter and old Winnie the Pooh).
Even if you are not sentenced to 2-3 hours of children's TV each day, I highly recommend watching Charlie & Lola. You can even see some clips on the link above.
PS: Read here about one of the genuises of Kid TV, Josh Selig.
Of course the kids have their favorites. Heidi loves Little Einsteins, which can be annoying, but it teaches her so many cool things. My favorite episodes are "Farmer Annie" (because the pigs are so dang cute) and "Whale Tale" (because the music is beautiful). All the art and music are classics--it's like a pre-school humanities class--and I have even learned some stuff I had forgotten from college!
Addie has recently gotten into The Fairly Odd Parents which is a plain ol' silly old school cartoon, as is SpongeBob Squarepants (so, so annoying). But I can still get her to watch good shows she used to LOVE like Stanley (animals) & Charlie & Lola and the very best ever, Sesame Street.
My personal favorite is Charlie & Lola. It just cracks me up, and it's only 15 minutes long. Last summer we tivoed the C&L marathon and had like 15 episodes! I just found out that my favorite episode is a book! I'd love to read it to the girls in my best fake Brit accent (the same accent I use when I read Beatrix Potter and old Winnie the Pooh).
Even if you are not sentenced to 2-3 hours of children's TV each day, I highly recommend watching Charlie & Lola. You can even see some clips on the link above.
PS: Read here about one of the genuises of Kid TV, Josh Selig.
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