Sisters Eating Toast

Who knew it could be so much fun?

Zora and Mommy's Day Out

Zora and I spent the day together, just the two of us, on Thursday. We went to the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum where we played a lot of pretend games (grocery shopping, driving a truck, flying a helicopter), splashed in the water table, and climbed on everything. We had a quick lunch at Einstein's Bagels, then home for a nap. Unfortunately, Zora had a hard time falling asleep without her sister. But we still had energy to go to a playground for more climbing and slides before Noemi got home from school. It was a wonderful day!

Again, I'm experimenting with Google+ Stories so click here for a visual narrative of the day:

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Noemi and Mommy's Day Out

Now that it's summer and I'm not teaching, I'm trying to get more one-on-one time with the girls. Yesterday was Noey's day and we went to the zoo. We would have done more, but she took an extra long nap without her sister there to wake her up after an hour!

Not to discount how hard parents of singletons work, but I do have to say it was pretty nice having only one kid for a change: I could step out of my role as referee and just hang out with my daughter. And the girls were actually very sweet to one another when Zora came home from daycare, saying they missed each other and not pushing each other off high stools (win-win!).

Here are a few pics from our day, but you may be able to see them in a snazzier "story" format on Google Plus by clicking this link: https://plus.google.com/110114880180563231688/stories/614ada1f-51d2-3f61-b99c-532bf9ff509d147197e2611/1?authkey=CN_JxpDZrLjv8AE
(I don't know if you need a Google+ account to view it or not - it's an experiment!)

Playing with the crustacean exhibit

Polar bear swimming

More interested in her hand than the grizzly bear

We went out to lunch and did some coloring

Fourth (and Fifth and Sixth) of July

What a fun long weekend we had.  Parade (sort of), BBQ, World Cup (GOOOOOOOOOL!), Burmese festival, the Aviary, and undies!

On the back path trying to get to our friends - the Rifkins - at the Park City 4th of July Parade.  We reached them and two minutes later the parade ended.  Cest la vie!

Hanging at Curtis and Kristjane's for an evening BBQ - stayed up late (for us)!

Watching the World Cup  - Argentina-Belgium - (and coloring).  We had the Westminster dining hall to ourselves.

Halftime was also really fun!  At the fountain at Westminster

Then some hug time with the large stuffed penguin at the library.

At the Burmese New Year Festival.  The girls' first rock concert!

At the Aviary

A sister smooch through the bird photo op wall.

Gram & Aba's Early Summer Visit

Gram and Aba Evans spent the past week in town and boy did we have fun!
(You may notice Dad's evolving nickname.  The girls christened him Aba during their last visit and it has stuck!)
The week started off unseasonably cold and rainy but warmed back up to the 80s by the time they left.
We spent a lot of time in the park, picking cherries, and reading.

Taking a break from cherry picking in Payson to climb a fence and check out the cows and horses in the adjacent fields

Hiking in Emigration Canyon

Fun times for all in the park

We set up and tested out our new tent in the backyard

Popping fava beans

Happy Father's Day!

Just in time for Father's Day Noemi has entered a big Daddy phase. Both of the girls love reading books, wrestling, and working in the yard with Daddy, although there's so much more that Mike does to keep us all happy. Thank you for being such a warm, sweet, and funny dad. We love you!

Family Visits

Back at the end of April, we were lucky enough to get visits from both Oma/Meg and Auntie Chris in back-to-back weeks.  We did lots of fun stuff.  Endless easter egg hunts, chalk drawing, peeling hard boiled eggs, cuddling and more.  And we spent a lot of time talking about the baby in Aunt Chris' belly!