Penelope's Play House

Fun. Fun. Fun.

We built this play house from the left over supplies from the shed project. Penelope loves it.

The bay windows cost $30.00 for the Plexiglas and the roof we added another $60.00 for the flashing extras. Some friends in the branch donated the back window and a friend from Aaron's work donated the front door and the 2X6 skids. Gwen painted the outside and Aaron added a toy chest in the bay window.

The trim is in the process of being painted but Aaron wanted to show his coworkers and couldn't wait.

Glacier

Morgan and his wife, Katie, came to visit us last weekend. They were only here for a few days, but we had a great time. We finally made it over to Glacier National Park. Janet and John and their three boys came with us. Our first stop was St. Mary's Lake for a picnic. It was beautiful. I couldn't believe how clear and cold the water was. When we first got there it was raining, but it turned out to be a beautiful day.

Penelope had such a great time throwing rocks in the water like the boys. I had so much fun playing with Katie's new camera. Newlyweds are so cute.

Eleanor wanted to get in the water too. :)

I love this picture of my family. Too bad I'm in it. I was not thinking about taking pictures that day. I was thinking hiking; I don't need to do my hair. It also doesn't help that I have Morgan's monstrous fleece on either. Oh well. . . everyone else is adorable.

Eleanor just makes me smile.

We went on a couple of small hikes while we were there. Morgan got to carry Penelope for me because of Aaron's knee, and I carried Eleanor. I could hardly see over Eleanor's head. It was a little strange to hike without being able to see your feet. Next time I will definitely need the backpack for her. (I wasn't planning on packing Penelope around but she wasn't feeling well, so we carried her too.)The whole crew.I had to put this picture in because Penelope squealed like the little girl that she is when the water sprayed on her and Janet just laughed and laughed at that. Janet has 3 boys. And lastly, here is a gorgeous picture of wild goose island. We would be more than happy to visit Glacier again with any of you who decide to come visit. :) Thanks Morgan and Katie for a great time.

Motorcycle

I think I should have had Aaron sign a contract when he first purchased his motorcycle. . . I, Aaron Heaton, will be extra super-duper careful whenever I decide to ride the death machine and if I ever get hurt I will immediately put said death machine up for sale and will never ask for one again. . .

Aaron tore his ACL, medial meniscus and has a small impaction fracture of his left knee. Surgery # 4, here we come. What joy is mine.

Our Trip to Wyoming

The girls and I went on a little vacation last week to Wyoming to see my family. Aaron had to work, so I had to go the 10 hours in the car alone. I was a little nervous about this, but the girls were angels both ways.

We went to Bear Lake with most of the family on Friday and we had such a great time. Penelope loved being out in the water with all of the cousins and Eleanor spent most of the day on my lap, in the shade. The water was really quite cool when we first got there, so Eleanor and I waited a bit to get in. When I did get her in the water, she just crawled through the water like crazy, trying to get back to the beach and the yummy sand.

Penelope's lips were blue all day and she was constantly shivering, but she wouldn't stop playing.

On Friday night, Angela and Mike blessed their baby, Cade. After the blessing we had dessert and the kids ran around outside. Penelope loved Maliyah and they played together really well.

All of the family stayed the night at grandma's that night. We were only missing Aaron, Matt and his family, Stephanie (who had to work) and my Dad (who was busy playing in Alaska). Eva and Nathan even came with Josh and Noah who was only 3 weeks old and sooo tiny. Penelope got to hold Noah and she was so soft with him. I don't have a picture of her holding Noah, but we did get one of her holding Cade. Penelope loves babies.

Most of the time was spent playing with the dress-ups that Grandma, Angela and Penny provided. Eleanor even got to try one on. :)On Saturday morning there was a parade. Can you imagine the squeal of delight that goes with this picture?Penelope with cousins Isabelle (left) and Adrianne (right). Penelope followed these two girls everywhere. On Saturday night we did sparklers in the yard and then went over to the elementary school for the big fireworks.

Fair Time

This week was the fair in Shelby. I think the best part may have been walking in to the fair grounds. Penelope saw the buildings, the colorful flags and everything and started jumping up and down and squealing and yelling "look, flags." She was so excited and we hadn't even done anything yet. We decided it was a good time to introduce rides to Penelope and she had a great time. She loved the kid rides and she even held her arms ups when we went on the roller coaster and kept saying "wooooo." We only lasted about 2 hours at the fair because it was hot and both girls got tired rather quickly, but we had a great time.
We also got to go to the parade and I so wish I had had the camera with me to get a video of Penelope. She was jumping up and down, laughing hysterically and yelling "here they come" as she saw the different floats and cars coming down the road. It was so funny. I am so sad that I don't have a video of it.

Penelope won this little unicorn on a "fishing" game.

Eleanor was so patient and enjoyed watching everything.