Life With My Cute Family

Sometimes I just want to find the BEST pictures and the funnest activities to post on my blog.  But the other day I realized that this is for my posterity to enjoy and so I thought I better just put the real life stuff that happens around our house.  No filters, just us. 

Who knows why this picture was taken.  From the looks of it, someone didn't want to do the dishes and was stalling by playing with the camera.

 McKenna and Alexa decided to do each others hair one day.  Here are their creations.

 I was impressed that McKenna knew how to use a ponytail holder.

 Alexa's attempt.

 After church every Sunday the girls have to wait for me to collect my things and converse with the other ladies in primary.  To pass the time on this day, they grabbed my camera. 

McKenna, always loving the camera.

 The first Spirit week for Alexa at the High School was Monsoon Monday.  So she went prepared for the occasion.  Our favorite was a boy from church who dressed up as Noah.

 One day on of our favorite cousins, Brenden came to visit and stay the night.  We felt very privileged and the girls LOVED having him come swim with them.  Look at those faces!  We just hope he'll come again sometime.

 I gave Maya the chore of cleaning the track on the sliding door one day.  She got so into it and did such a good job I had to document it.

 This one has a little explaining to do:  When my sister, Maren was in high school she could play the piano with her legs behind her head.  Yes, you read that right, behind her head.  She submitted a video of her doing that to the David Letterman Show to be on his Stupid Human Tricks.  They brought her to New York twice in hopes of her being on but she didn't get picked, but heck, she got paid, and a free trip to New York, doesn't get better than that.  Well, we talk about that experience every now and then around our house.  Enough that McKenna felt the need to try it out.  Here's her flexible self putting her leg behind her head.  Now she just has to learn to play the piano.

Here is a desert rat.  Yep, swimming in our pool.  Enjoying it all to himself.  I looked outside one day and saw him swimming around.  He ended up in the trap and I left him there until Tim got home.  I sent him out to get it out.  It happened to still be alive.  Maya and McKenna followed him out to watch him get rid of it.  He got it out of the trap and the little guy started scurrying away in between his legs, he jumped up McKenna started backing up because it scared her and she ended up falling in the pool.  Alexa, Olivia, and I watched from inside and had a good laugh.  My only regret - I didn't get it on tape.  Just glad he's out.

 One day I heard the piano and looked in to see who was playing.  I saw this sweet image.  Maya was giving McKenna a little piano lesson.  What I loved was how kind and teacher like she was talking to McKenna.  They both sat there for the longest time working together.  Warmed my heart.

 This is a common occurrence when the dad's around!

 First time playing hide and go seek in this house.  There are no street lights in Tucson and so it gets nice and dark when you have the lights off.  I put McKenna up here on our "Lovely" fireplace and told her to sit there and be quiet.  I was worried she'd be scared but she sat so still, Alexa never found her.  When we turned the lights on I tried to get her down but she wanted to stay up there the rest of the night.  She thinks it's the best seat in the house.

 McKenna's attempt at being like her teenage sister.  Taking a picture of herself in the bathroom.  I guess she needs some tutoring on how to do it. 

 Alexa - need I say more?

 After Tim built my great shelves in the garage we had some scrap wood. 

Olivia and Maya decided to make this horse with it.  Tim helped them with a few screws but they came up with it all on their own. 

 Shopping at Kohl's.  McKenna LOVED these shoes.  Can you say, "Sassy"?