September

 One Sunday after church Sophie took her usual 2 hour nap, then after being awake for only 30 minutes she fell asleep again while snuggling me.
It was heavenly!

 The girls showed daddy around the aquarium for his first time and then talked him into 

buying them souvenirs.  

 We love going to the dollar movies!

 In honor of "Labor Day" Jayson and I decided to tackle the project of fixing up our garage. He wanted shelves up, and I wanted paint on the walls before shelving.  He was a good sport and went and bought paint that night.  We spent the next few nights rocking out to music and laughing as we painted our garage.  I actually quite liked doing an evening project like this with him.  It was fun working together.

 I can't believe my baby doll is big enough to go to preschool!!!
She has been so excited and telling everyone she is going to preschool with Miss Mindy after she turns 4. We were so happy to find an amazing preschool in a home super close to us and she gets to go with her bestest cousin. Preschool is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9:15 to 11:45.  I love watching her walk up to preschool and blow a kiss back at us.  She is so grown up, but not ashamed to show her family some love.  

 Daddy has late mornings on Tuesday and Wednesday so he can take Savannah to school, which is extra special. 

 New favorite obsession at our house are the mini princess dolls.  We've started quite the collection.

 I went to UT for a Cline Girls Retreat and I have such great friends in ID to take care of my sweet babies.  Brooke drove me to the airport and we couldn't believe how big baby Parker looks next to Sophie.  They had lots of fun together and didn't miss their momma too much.

 It was so fun to spend time with my sweet sisters, cousins and aunts honoring my grandma.  She is an amazing woman and has taught me so much.  I am so grateful to call her my grandma. 

 My mom had fun trying on Jessica's hair extensions :)

 My grandma has an amazing hat collection and can recall where she got all the hats and for what occasion.  It is always so fun to hear the stories behind all the hats.

 We went to a perfectly girly luncheon at Dear Lizzie's 

 My best cousin friend Jessica.  

 Babies Cruz and Ruby were invited to the party as well.

 I think my grandpa liked having all the girls at his house.  He said more than one time how much he loved having a house full.

 My sweet grandmother Kathleen, my mom Carolyn, my sister Jen and sister in law 

Courtney holding her baby Ruby

 While I was in UT Jayson decided to drive the girls to UT as well so he could go to a football game with his brothers.  Because of this, I decided to cancel my return flight and drive home with my family. Sophie loves Coke!

 We decided it was time for Sophie to be a big girl and give up her binkys.  She traded in her binkys for a new toy at Target.  She only cried for it once and has been fine ever since. 

 Savannah's first "person" drawing.  She said it was for her preschool teacher, Miss Mindy.

 These two girls play together so well! I love seeing what they come up with.  

They love to dress up, especially when its mom's clothes.

 Our dear friends the Dilles moved to Weaser, ID earlier in the summer.  We have missed them and were so happy to be invited to Brooklyn's birthday party so we could go see them.  

 Our high flying cow (aka Savannah).  I was quite impressed with her straight legs and pointed toes.

 High flying Sophie

 The second week in September our favorite kid consignment store puts out their Halloween costumes.

The girls have a great time trying on different costumes and then deciding on their favorite.

This year they decided on a pink and blue princess.  

 The best part of my day is watching the girls greet their daddy when he comes in the door.

They love him so much and are so excited to see him! 

Our friend Reese's ballet princess party

 Poor Soph got really sick to her stomach and wasn't able to keep anything down for a few days.

We spent a lot of time on the couch watching movies.

Jayson also got the stomach bug! I felt so bad for them, but it was so sweet to see them cuddle.

Jayson and I were invited by some friends to a Boise State football game. 

Best part was the donuts!

August

August was a crazy, busy, super fun month! We started out with the annual Clark family reunion in Eden, UT.  The day at Lagoon was especially fun this year with the girls getting a little bigger and braver.  Sophie was best buds with cousin Ray and wanted to ride all the rides with him. 

 Jannie and I had fun riding the kid rides as well :)

 Sorelle and Savannah are best buds!

 The cotton candy was a pretty big hit! As was the rented wagon- the girls much preferred that to our double stroller.

 Sav and Brig

While we were in UT, Jason and Courtney blessed their sweet new baby girl Ruby!

 Poppy always entertains the girls with his ipad during church.

 Jen and her girls drove back to ID with us to visit for a week.  

We love our new suburban and all the room we have for extra visitors!

 We had sooo much fun with the Lundeen girls! We went to McCall for a day and showed them all our favorite places and planned a future Hawks reunion.

 Downtown Boise at the Historical Museum

 Not very easy to get a good group shot :)

 It was so fun to ride in these paddle boats! (except that it was 100 degrees outside!)

Of course Jayson took us all to a movie on Friday night! Love him.

 Mimi and Poppy, Stephen and Cline all drove to Boise to pick up Jen and her girls. We floated the Boise River on Saturday morning.  

 love the swimsuit buns

 Can't believe that these 2 little boys are off to college and missions

 Uncle Jonny requested individual pictures of all the cousins so Cleo can remember them.  I loved that the girls did the same pose without me asking them to.

 With new kitties in tow, we are headed to UT again! This time for Stephen's mission farewell

 Jen's Triathamom! She did so great! I just might have to join her next summer.

 Our afternoon at 7Peaks got rained out pretty quickly, but we had just as much fun at Jen and Kylan's new condo with pizza and good conversation!

 I am so proud of my baby brother for choosing to serve a mission. He is going to Madrid, Spain! We will miss him dearly, but know he is where he should be doing the Lord's work. 

 Twinners!

 Picking corn in Melba!

Savannah decided she liked staying in the cool clean car instead of the sweaty, dirty corn fields. 

 Sophie's boots were too big and cumbersome, so she just walked around in her socks.  She was the opposite of Savannah, getting very dirty while her and Ray played in the corn rows.

 They loved eating the raw corn!

 We went to McCall for Taylor's surprise 40th birthday weekend.

 Taylor and Jayson

 Warming up on the dock

 Our day at the beach was Savannah's actual 4th birthday! She was nice to share it with Taylor.

 We celebrated with a sundae at Ice Cream Ally.

 Savannah requested a pink barbie cake for her birthday this year. 

 I can't believe that this little girl is 4 years old! She has brought such tremendous joy, light, and personality to our family! I am so grateful that I am her mother. She is strong, brave, kind and loving.  

 Her favorite thing is to have her cousins over for her birthday

 Last McCall trip of the summer with Mike and Sicily. Only wished we could have stayed longer...