Just settlin in...

I'm sorry I haven't posted for awhile...compared to what's been going on recently in our lives the past month has been very quiet, low key and...nice! We're just getting back into the groove of things in our new house and starting to enjoy some beautiful weather finally.

When we first moved in we had A LOT of cleaning to do. The house wasn't as clean as we were expecting it to be so I did a lot of sanitizing and scrubbing those first few weeks until I felt satisfied living here. The girls liked to help with the cleaning too...

Aivree helping vacuum
Ani vacuuming (they each had to have a turn helping)

Now that the weather has been getting nice I've been able to put the girls in the stroller and go running in the mornings. Last year they weren't too big of fans of this jogging stroller, but they seem to like it a lot more this year and it makes it really nice to take them with me to exercise.

The girls getting ready to go on one of our morning walks. I make sure to have a bag for them with toys and snacks in it so they don't get bored. :)

We are pretty much surrounded by farms where we live now, so it's a really peaceful walk and the girls love to see the animals. Our bishop owns the dairy farm just up the road so I took the girls to see the cows.

You can get really close to them and they just stared at each other.

Ani and Aivree looking at the cows. I love how Ani has her arm around Aivree There's a ditch by the road on some of our walk and the girls like to throw little rocks in the water (as long as they're good for the walk). Aivree's rocks never made it past the stroller, but every time she'd throw one she'd say "wow!"
It also got nice enough that we could get the pool out and enjoy the sun. (You can see how there is nothing but straight farmland behind our house. It makes me feel like we're living out in the country. It's nice, besides the road of course. haha)

The girls loved it in the pool!

Anisten's swimsuit got lost in the move. I have no idea where it is. So we tried on a suit she wore two years ago. Good thing she's tiny so she could still fit in it.

Best friends having fun in the sun

Here are some random pictures that I felt were worth sharing:

Here Aivree encountered some chocolate and got it all over herself again (she always seems to do that with chocolate)! This was on Memorial Day at a BBQ at the Rollins' house.

Yummy!

I just love this picture. We went to Arctic Circle one Saturday when it had rained all day so the girls got to play on the toys. They loved it. :) Can you say big blue eyes?
I just have to say a thing about this girl's curls. My baby girls have the curliest hair! I think Aivree may even have Ani beat

Curly Sue!
Anisten has hit that age where she is beginning to really use her imagination. Here she is with her "friends" reading stories. She has to have Daddy tell a story using her friends before going to bed every night. I walk by her room sometimes and can hear her in there playing with them. So cute.