Dutch Oven Dinners & Maddie's First Haircut!

Saturday night my parents invited us to Pine Valley for a dutch oven dinner with their ward. It was a nice time to get away for the heat and have a great dinner. It was Matt's first time ever having any sort of dutch oven meal - He loved it! He's been talking about getting rid of the stove for good and just cooking dutch oven from now on. Ü It was fun to be with the family. Eli and Maddie ran around and played in the water and the dirt. They are starting to be so cute with each other. Our sweet little nephew Eli.

Mommy and Maddie playing in the river.

..Eli and Maddie..

- MADALYNNE'S FIRST HAIRCUT -
This morning we took Maddie to get her first haircut. I was very against this idea only because I'm afraid of her curls going away. However, I knew it needed to be done. She sat like a champ for the first few minutes but then she got bored and started standing up on the chair and trying to grab at things. Yes, I cried. What a baby. We took the video camera and our digital camera to capture the whole ordeal. When Matt went to get the digital camera out he found it with no memory card.. I'd left it in the laptop. Oh well. We got our video and a few pictures on our phones. She looks so big now! She has bangs and she had the back of her hair trimmed. Best of all, her curls are still there! Thank you to Lexie for doing such a great job!!

A picture of the back.

Her new bangs.

15 Months Old.

Our little girl is 15 months already. She's getting so big and doing so many new things. She walks around the house, points at things, throws her hands up and says, "Is it?" You'll answer her and she'll run to something else and do it again. If she's lost something or you ask her where something is she does the same motions with her hands and says, "Where'd it doe?" or "I na know. Is it?" You'll NEVER get this kid to say anything on demand though. She just wants nothing to do with that. Maddie can climb on alot of things and make her way out of straps and harnesses. This has led to her falling face first out of one of the Kohls stroller type shopping carts. Boy did we get some looks that evening. Maddie has an obsession with the camera bag. Here she is fresh out of the tub. She walked around with it like it was a purse for a good 20 minutes.

Early morning tantrum after she broke her bracelet.

The shelves in our living room are one of her new favorite places to climb and hide in.

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Weekend Guests.

Last weekend my cousin Heidi came to St. George with her husband Craig and their daughter Ashlyn. It was nice to have the visitors and we did alot of fun things. We went to lunches and dinners, went shopping, and took the little ones to the splash pad. Friday night we were able to go to Tuachan and see the play Annie while my Mom watched Maddie and Ashlyn. (Thanks, Mom!) Here are a few pictures of the kids at the splash pad. Brendon and Starlee were alot of help with the girls so the parents didn't have to get wet. However, in the end, we all ended up pretty soaked because of the wind. Make note of the dark black clouds.. Don't let them fool you. It was still over 105 degrees while we were there. Lovely St. George.

Starlee and Maddie.

Starlee and Ashlyn.

Maddie and Ashlyn on the swings.

Ashlyn.

Brendon.

Maddie.

Our Little Water Baby.

Sunday afternoon we took Maddie to the splash pad in Bloomington with my Mom, Brendon, Starlee and our cousin Cassie. Maddie loves it there. She chases the kids through the water and then runs to the playground to climb on all the toys. It gets a little nerve racking because she's soaking wet and sliding all over plastic but she always does just fine. She's getting so big now and trying to keep up with the big kids. It's so much fun to watch her. Getting ready to go down the slide.

Playing in the crawl through tube. This was by far her favorite place to be.

Playing with Uncle Brendon on the splash pad.

Here are a few random pictures of Maddie playing in her tutu on Sunday afternoon before we left for the splash pad.

Dancing on the couch.

Riding her horse from Nonni.

So cute!

Camping - Pine Valley, UT.

Saturday we decided that it'd be a fun idea to go camping. Maddie and I gave Matt a tent for Fathers Day and it seemed like a good weekend to try it out. We started packing, made a quick trip to Walmart for essential camping items (i.e. things to make Smores, bug spray and a flashlight) and headed off to Pine Valley. It was such a nice change from St. George. It's green, there is water and it wasn't 115 degrees. Things went pretty well until Maddie decided that she didn't want to go to sleep in the wilderness - she'd just rather scream until 11pm until she tired herself out. Besides that and a little rain, it was a good trip and a nice getaway for the three of us. Matt and Maddie on Sunday morning before we went home.

Our wild child.

Helping Daddy set up his new tent.

A Few New Faces Of Miss Maddie.

Matt and I both agree that our sweet little angel has definitely entered an interesting phase. Terrible Twos 10 months early? Maybe, maybe not. Either way, Maddie has found throwing fits at home to be a new fun thing. She's keeping busy - devouring books (literally-she eats them), pulling cords, figuring out ways to climb onto anything and everything, throwing things and running away. She's still as sweet as ever, she just now has her not so adorable moments. This too shall pass.

Getting ready to go to the splash pad with Mommy, Grandma, Uncle Brendon and Aunt Starlee.

She LOVES to brush her teeth.

We've had alot going on at our house. I felt pretty sick last Thursday and ended up at the Instacare on Friday morning. I left with the diagnosis of SWINE FLU! Who really gets that? I was very upset and couldn't stop crying thinking about the fact that I'd been snuggled up to my little one earlier that morning. Matt took very good care of me all day long. He even brought me home an early anniversary gift. A laptop! I was very excited. Saturday morning I went back with enormous tonsils and tested positive for Strep Throat. Lovely. Matt went Sunday morning and also tested positive for Strep. Needless to say it was a pretty boring 4th of July for the three of us. I think we were in bed and all asleep by 9:30. Maddie has shown no signs of being sick and Matt and I are no longer contagious so I hope that we got passed it without giving anything to her. We're all starting to feel better and we are hoping it stays that way.

Hope you all had a fantastic holiday weekend!

P.S. Eli, we miss you. COME HOME!