Picture Overload :)

So this is mostly for the benefit of all the grandparents who miss the girls (Although, I don't think they have mentioned yet that they miss Mitch and I....should we be offended?). So here are a TON of just random pictures for your enjoyment!

While Daddy was taking a nap!
Mitch tickling Kenzie, trying to get a smile out of her

Emma wanted to try out the shower cap after I was done
Kenzie happy as ever
Emma helping herself!

Emma playing with the happy/sad faces that Heber and Jenni made for her.
Kenzie is reaching and grabbing things now, which is a really fun stage. I was able to get this shot before she put it in her mouth!
And to think Emma used to fit in that!

And my favorite by far! Emma desparately needed a diaper change! We like to call it SDS, which stands for Saggy Diaper Syndrome.

Beautiful Chicago

There are some beautiful sites here! Maybe I think they are so pretty just because I'm used to Utah and how dry everything is there but I am just blown away at the every day things here. This picture is of a little lake and there is a 3-mile running trail that surrounds it. I actually have been running on this trail every morning with some of the other moms from the ward and it is so much fun to be able to run in such an amazing location. This is about 3 miles from our apartment.



Last Saturday I went to downtown Chicago with Nikisha, another mom that is out here for the summer. She has twins that are just a few months older than Emma so it is fun to hang out with her since the kids can play together. This is of us on the train on our way to downtown.

This is right outside the train station. We had our hands full with 4 kids! It was a crazy but fun day!

We got to ride on a water taxi on our way to the Navy Pier. This is a shot from off the front of the boat.

The girls and I on the boat. (Sorry it's a little washed out)
We passed this on the boat ride and I thought it was an interesting concept. I don't know if you can tell but those are cars parked in those little holes, and above the cars there are apartments. Those look like they would be fun to live in! This is just in one of the shopping areas in downtown. This is at the Navy Pier. We are going again sometime and when we do I will get better pictures. At this point in the day the kids were crazy and we were just trying to keep them happy so I wasn't too worried about getting any good pictures! :)

Miss You!

Well, we've been out here for about three weeks now and even though we have made a smooth transition and things are going well, we still miss everyone and hope your summers have been great so far. Mitch is doing great so far with his new job. Our computer was out of commission for the last week and a half so let me catch you up on things here. Last week he was in the top 7 salesmen for the office here in Chicago (there are about 30 people total) and then he got sick and was out for 4 days so he is now back and trying to catch back up to all that he missed out on. Kenzie is almost 5 months old and is sorta getting the hang of sitting up, which is a HUGE milestone that I can't wait for!! She is all smiles and loves being held by anyone, which is nice for me! Depending on the night, she will sleep all through the night, which is also really nice for me! Emma is going to be 21 months at the end of this month and she is getting better with talking. She still likes to use sign language a lot but is starting to say the word while she signs it. She is all over the place and full of energy. I call her my little monkey because it seems like she can climb onto anything! I actually have a picture to illustrate my point, unfortunately. The other day I put her down for her nap (currently she is sleeping on a normal bed because we weren't supplied with a crib) and she had done pretty well with the bed up until this point. I thought she was taking a nap because all was quiet until I thought I heard a little noise so I was curious and poked my head in. Boy was I shocked when I saw this...



I don't know if you can tell but the bottom drawer is open, so what she had done was pull the drawer out, stand in it, open the top drawer, reach her little hand in and found the Desitin! So then it was a joy trying to get the desitin out of her hair as well. Since Desitin is water resistant, washing her hair with just her normal shampoo wasn't doing the trick. It wasn't until my mom told me to try dishwashing soap (which luckily worked) that I was able to get the greasey look out of her hair! But in this picture, before all the Desitin had been washed out, she was laying on the bed and when she sat up her hair was straight up in the air, I thought it was funny so I took a picture! Her hair looked like this for about 3 days so I was way excited when we were able to get the Desitin all out with the dishwashing soap!