girls day

ya-ya (aka: my mom) came down and took us to the zoo.

the weather was perfect and it was great to get out of the house and be outside for a while.

not to mention the good company.

riding a hippo

up close and personal with the rhino

watching the new baby elephant at hogle zoo

the adorable new baby elephant (yes, eating her mama's crap--right after the mom peed and shat the biggest, most impressive load i've ever seen).

all bundled up enjoying the zoo

(really just dreaming about boobs)

well, hello.

thanks for the new jammies, ya-ya. i love you!

thanks mama.

xoxo

the sunshine through the storm

while on our way to beaver for matt's grandmothers funeral, we had a moment of pure awesomeness. the purest awesomeness ever. so pure, in fact, that we were able to capture it on film:

that's right. with a 'relish me' license plate, the official oscar meyer wiener mobile brought a ray of sunshine to our otherwise somber morning.

then there was the funeral. sad, or course, but with a big splash of humor and fun memories from matt's dad (big daddy mike), who gave the eulogy.

the whole olsen gang.

grandma helen.

a few smiles on the way home.

skylar was an absolute gem the whole day. she hardly squawked at all and slept nearly the entire car ride down and back. we've got ourselves a real travel trooper.

...

dear aunt missy,

i love my skinny giraffe jammies and am happy my mom get them out for me to wear before i outgrow them. sure the snaps bulge open around my fat belly and they're skin tight, but i love them nonetheless. so much so, in fact, that i barfed my dinner up all over them right after my mom took this picture--a true sign of love and appreciated (okay, and bingeing).
love and kisses,

skylar

okay, so, we've got a pretty cute daughter. what can i say?!

smiling for her daddy

family picture

if only my ass was that cute with dimples!!!

what? we're not going to moab?!

catching up on some boob tube.

i love this girl.

Climb to Fight Breast Cancer

Hello everyone! There has been a lot going on the past couple of days. The past few months my (matt's) grandmother has been very ill and recently passed away. She was the most full-of-life person you have ever met, she would not sit still for longer than 15 minutes unless she was cheating at card games. We love you Helen and we know now that you are finally at peace and are able to be with your husband once again, you will be missed.

On a different note, I have a co-worker are REI who has been involved with raising money to fight breast cancer. He is one of the most genuine people that you will ever meet and he is currently just started raising money once again. This year he will be climbing Denali. If you could please visit his website and read his story I would greatly appreciate it, and if you are feeling generous, please donate. Here is the link: http://getinvolved.fhcrc.org/site/TR?px=1028642&fr_id=1130&pg=personal

god bless

first photo shoot

skylar & genet had their first photo shoot today.

not to shabby, if i do say so myself:

becoming uh...merican

we breastfeed (even our dolls)

we smooch

we play with barbies

we're total cheesers

we encourage/force our younger siblings to wear toddler clothes

Fall is here, like it or not!

Not much going on, football season is here! That is about it, here are some pictures of the past week or so, enjoy:

flying baby!

official fourth anniversary photo

sleeping baby, look at those cheeks!