July

The 4th of July started with the traditional Buhler family party at Steve’s house.

The kids dug in the sand for money:

 

They also took a swing at a pinata, played games and had a blast with their cousins and extended cousins:

We ended the month with a trip to Canada. On the way, we drove through Glacier National Park. We stopped to take a boat ride at St. Mary Lake. It was amazing!

 

 

 

 

My sister lives in Canada, so we all descended on her for a family reunion of sorts. There were lots of people, including my parents and my brother with his family.

We had a great time! The girls loved getting to know their cousins. We got to see lots of fun things in Canada.

This was at Frank’s Slide:

This was at a waterfall in Waterton Park:

  We also stopped to look at the Prince of Wales hotel in Waterton Park:

The hotel staff were all dressed in traditional Scottish clothing:

Here we are pulling out of Canada. It was sad to say good-bye, what an amazing trip!

Happy Birthday, Sandy!

We celebrated Sandy’s 5th birthday with our traditional birthday pancakes:

 

Grandma & Grandpa Buhler joined us for birthday cupcakes another night:

 

Sandy has been begging for an umbrella. In fact, she bought one with her birthday money last year. We bought it on Amazon but it wasn’t well made at all. So, what she wanted to do with her birthday money this year was buy an umbrella. And I was very reluctant…until I thought of going to DI.

Both of the girls got an umbrella for $2 each. They were thrilled. I was thrilled that even if they break it was only $2 wasted. These umbrellas look well made, though, I think they’ll last.

The Princess Festival

Today we went to the Princess Festival at Thanksgiving Point.

 

The girls had a blast meeting the princesses:

 

When we checked in, each girl got a special princess story book that had autograph pages in the back for them to collect princess signatures:

 

Since we went in lieu of a birthday party for Sandy, we brought along a couple of her friends:

 

 

We watched a couple of shows and went on some quests with the princesses.

   

We took a carriage ride:

 

 

 

Update

I’m finally getting around to cleaning the pictures off the camera and my phone so I can update this blog. Here’s a few pictures from earlier in June:

 

We went to a summer kickoff party at the library. Some police officers were there letting the kids climb on their motorcycles:

 

 

Our Stake had a Family Fun Day. The girls got their faces painted like kitties:

 

 

The girls are taking a dance class. The dance class was Abby’s motivation to become potty trained.

 

We got the Pass of all Passes this year and have had a blast trying out different things. We went to Planet Play the other day, though, and Abby got clocked in the head with a miniature golf club:

 

Apparently the mess phase still isn’t over at our house:

Abby got into the vaseline, when I found her she said, “Sorry I made a mess, mommy.” As I tried to talk to her about being a big girl now and not making any more messes, she said, “Okay, mommy. When I’m 4, I won’t make any more messes.”

May Recap

I made a cheesecake and  fruit plate for the YM/YW fundraiser:

   

 

Abby turned 3!

 

We got a fish tank:

 

The girls have been begging for a pet. I finally agreed we could go get a container and they could keep a snail:

 

I had something like this in mind, but I made the mistake of bringing Bill with us and we came home with a fish tank – complete with heater, bubbler, and castle:

 

The girls had a lemonade stand:

 

And now I understand why my mom always said no when we asked to sell lemonade. (you can see our new van behind them)

 

Found out we are having a baby boy!!

 

Abby wrapped herself in saran wrap. (I was making 3 dozen candy leis for Sandy’s preschool graduation).

 

 

Sandy graduated from preschool:

 

And a random picture of Abby with her favorite pink, sparkly shoes:

Sandy’s Preschool Graduation

 

 

The kids did a little program to show us things they’ve learned this year. This was their song about firemen:

 

 

They came up one at a time to get their diplomas:

 

As each kid walked up to get their diploma, they introduced them and shared some things about them. This was what they said about Sandy:

 

“Next we will meet Sandra Buhler. Sandy likes to plant flowers at home. She says her favorite activity at preschool is coloring pictures of trees. Sandra is hoping to be a cowgirl when she grows up. She likes to come to preschool with her shoes on the wrong feet. Sandy loves to surprise Miss Celeste with beautiful homemade gifts that she and her mother make.”

 

Here’s a picture of Sandy with her teacher, Miss Celeste.

 

Sandy’s holding the photo album her teacher made. She made one for each of the kids with pictures from the school year: