Baby Adrick

The girls have been surrounded by newborns in the last little while as friends have had babies and Sofia is asking everyday we will get one. Oh honey. We hope it is soon. Betsy's sister, Renee had her first, a boy, and they named him Adrick. An old school Russian name! We were very impressed. The girls had to wait till Renee got home from the hospital to see him, but both were very loving and cute when it was thier turn to hold him. Sofia is a natural and loved every minute of it. Welcome to the world Adrick!

One of these days Ella will learn to look at the camera...")

Sofia's first day of Kindergarten

 She has been waiting to go all Summer and even woke up Artyom this morning at 5AM because she was so excited to start her first day of Kindergarten!! I was just glad she went to his side of the bed! He got her back to sleep and I was told she got a bit teary eyed when she was leaving the house to go to school...sad! But her outfit was cute, her hair was curly (just like she wanted it), backpack was packed, note from Mom and lunch money a top of the the counter. I hope she loves it. Our little one is growing up! I cannot wait to hear how her first day goes...

Here she is, in her classroom all ready to learn! Have a great first day Sofia! We love you!

Planet play

The girls #1 request weekly is to go to Planet Play. A less than impressive "buffet" the arcade games for kids and go-carts make up for the lack of cuisine. We only get to go when there is a daily deal posted and when that happens, I usually buy more than 1...I attribute the habit from growing up Pederson...So when I DO get a deal, and we DO get to go, it is a happy day for not only the girls, but Artyom as well. He spends just as much on the games as the three of us girls combined!
So as an End of the Summer treat (and also since I got a deal) we went to Planet Play on a Thursday night. It was perfect. Not crowded and the girls got thier fill of games to last them, well at least for awhile.

1st attempt of many...

Ella is DEFINITELY the animal lover in our family...Remember the Gorilla post a few days ago? Yeah. Enough said. well she has been asking for a dog for almost as long as she has been able to speak.

We were at a friends house last night for a BBQ for the newly formed Elders Quorum Presidency in our Ward and they had the cutest dog, Harley. They had him out at first and then put his leash on the chicken coop. Well Ella thought Harley needed to roam free and she kept on unleashing him! She LOVED that dog.

They also had chickens which were great fun...until after dessert when Ella's hands were covered in caramel and she got bit! I thought it may have been a bee sting till she told me with tears running down her cheeks, "Mama the bad chicken bit me!" Poor girl.

Here are a few I got of Ella loving Harley. Sorry Ella. No dog yet. Keep trying though. It not only gets me some cute pics of you, but you never know...you may just wear your Mom and Dad down one day...

More of Jessie's wedding/reception

 Jessie ahsd been posting some more pics of her wedding and the wedding reception. The first one is my FAVORITE! So cute of the little cousins in thier matching outfits!

I got an email the other day that looks like this....

 Charity ,

Boom. You're in. You, my friend, are an early adopter. You adopt babies. You adopt stray kittens outside Walmart. You adopt stray babies outside Walmart. And now, you've adopted a tradition that will last longer than fish stick Fridays at your local elementary school.

You are an official runner of The Dirty Dash UTAH FALL.

Oh boy....

And THIS is what I'm geting myself into...

About The Dirty Dash
Have you ever said to yourself, “Marathons are too easy, and Triathlons are for sissies?”
We haven’t either…those races are really hard. Think about it…the first person to run a marathon actually died. HE DIED!...and he probably didn’t even have fun along the way!
Well, welcome to a new kind of race: THE DIRTY DASH. This race that puts all other races to shame. The Dirty Dash is a mud run obstacle course where a military boot camp meets your inner five-year-old’s fantasy and subsequently converts boy to man and then man to swine.
You’ll need endurance to trudge up mountains of sludge, courage to overcome uncompromising obstacles, a complete lack of shame to wallow in pits of mud and a smile to show through at the end!
So let this mud run obstacle course become your new guilty pleasure. Go solo or with some of your dirtiest, filthiest, & uncouth friends. Either way, you’ll be able to look at yourself in the mirror and say, “I am a Dirty Dasher!”… and then proceed to clean yourself off.

Ella's First day of Preschool 2012

She looks pretty excited huh? Thanks to Betsy I actually HAVE a shot on her first day. Artyom dropped her off and he called en route so I could talk to her. She was SO cute on the phone and said she was going to preschool to tell Mrs. Melissa that she knows her letters and numbers. Then she told me she loved me and she would see me tomorrow....Hehe. Cute girl. My cheeks hurt from smiling so much during our conversation.
I was hoping Artyom would get a picture, but he said she literally BOLTED out of the car and ran to the wall to get in line to go into her class. She was SO excited. I hope she got my note I left her this morning telling her to have a good day, that I loved her and how proud I was of her. Ill have to put it in her box so when shes older, she will remember...JUST how much I love that face and what I would'nt do for her.
Go get em' Ella!