November 27, 2008

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ...

We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and remembers all that we have to be thankful for!

Riley's New Do

Grandma watch Riley the other day and mentioned she needed to get a haircut. I usually put her hair up in ponytails, so I was very against cutting her hair. However, becasue I put her hair up everyday, she is getting a lot of hair pulled out and broken ... so, mommy decided to try and cut Riley's bangs (by herself ... not a great idea Mom). She ended up with crooked, blunt bangs.

Thank goodness we have Ms. Jackie, one of our dearest friends, who helped Mommy out with her work ... she fixed the cut job Mom did and made Riley look so cute. Now, I can just brush her hair and let it be. Very nice, convienent, and EASY! That is what I need with two girls!

Almost Turkey Time!

To prepare the girls for Thanksgiving, the neighborhood mom's decided to do Turkey rotations (like we did for Halloween). First, the girls came over to my house and we made real cute Turkeys out of their hand prints. They decorated their turkeys with glitter and feathers (way cool for them!). Their other crafts were fun for them too ... Reagan especially enjoyed Ms. Jackie's rotation, chocolate chip cookies & punch before going to the park for play time. According to Reagan, those were the MOST DELICIOUS cookies she has ever tasted! Must have been good.

Here are all the girls ... once again, it isn't hard to pick out Reagan, our little peanut! She is almost a whole head shorter than her friends ... hopefully she will grow soon!

FUMCG Preschool Fall Festival 2008

Last night was Reagan's fall festival, where they get to play fun games and sing songs with all the other preschool classes. They all looked so cute, dressed up as scarecrows. Reagan's class was unfortunately in the back row during the performance, so we could not get a decent video of her singing. There were to some tall 3 year olds in front of her, so we could not see our little peanut! Oh well, she still looked so cute and we got some good still shots of her.

What Silly Girls!

Reagan & Riley have found a new "play place". I foresee a scratched back, head, or stuck kid in the near future!

I also discovered that I could have a helper in the laundry department, just if she could do the laundry in the correct order. Riley is good about putting clothes in the laundry room, but I always find the dirty clothes in the dryer!

Mommy's New Toy!

Saturday was an interesting day for us. We woke up, after very little sleep the night before (thank you Trick-or-Treating). Mommy started her usual cleaning and we hung around until 9:00. Daddy then left to go and get his car serviced at the Acura dealership. Mom continued to clean until Dad called at 10:30 and said they were going to be a couple hours on his car ... lets meet for lunch.

So, the girls got ready, jumped in the car, and picked up Dad for a lunch date. We ate lunch at a very yummy place, The Rock Bottom Brewery. By the time lunch was over, we headed back to the dealership to pick up dad's car, so we thought. Now, it is 1:00pm and Riley has had just about a 20 minute nap all day so far.

For some reason, we decided to weather the heat (yes heat, it was 94 degrees on Nov.1) and look at cars. After looking at a couple different cars, including a Saturn Relay (minivan), a Hummer H2 (way too big), and an Acura MDX (mommy's favorite car), we got to talking to a salesman. The girls had a great time running around the dealership, playing in their kids play area, and eating cookies all afternoon.

4:30pm rolled around and we were signing a contract on a used ("new" for us) Acura MDX.

We traded in our good ole' Hyundai Santa Fe and got Mommy a 2005, pearl white, Acura MDX! Mommy is so excited about her "new" car. Ever since she saw these cars, she has said she wanted one ... now she has one! We got home around 5:30pm, fed the girls a little bit of dinner, and then headed back out to Target.

We did not make it home in time for Riley, poor thing fell asleep and didn't even wake up during her diaper change. We got Riley in bed around 7:30pm and then Reagan was not far behind.

What a busy and very UNEXPECTED day!

Cute & Crazy Hair

Here are some "new" hairdo's for the girls.

Reagan wore her hair curly like this the night of halloween, and she loved it so much, she wants it like this all the time. However, it takes about an hour to do, so it won't be happening as much as she would like.

Rileys hair is so short on the top and front, that this hairdo works great and looks so cute on her. To make it even better, she sat in my lap, still as could be, while I did her hair. She always finishes with an "ahhhh cute"!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from the Posti's

Our pumpkins (L-R ~ Reagan's, Dad's, & Mom's)

Halloween Festival at the neighborhood LDS church,
with our best friends Brielle & Cooper Bower.

"Trunk-or-Treat"

Last night, we had "Trunk or Treat" at the church where Reagan goes to preschool. The girls were so cute, all dressed up in their costumes. Reagan was "Annie" and Riley was Annie's dog "Sandy". The girls had a great time and are looking forward to all the other Halloween activities that are happening this week.

Preschool Pictures

Today we received Reagan's 4 year old, preschool pictures. They turned out so cute. She is loving her preschool and is learning more and more everyday. We are so proud of how much she has grown up and how beautiful she is, both inside & out!

(notice the polka-dot clothes ... a battle I fight almost everyday)

"The Golden State" Vacation

Reagan & Cousin Ashley had fall break from school October 13th-17th. We decided to go to California to visit Great Grandma Maxine and Company!

Our trip began early on Monday morning (early meaning 6:00am). We left at a great time and hit NO traffic in Phoenix. The girls tried to keep themselves entertained with the DVD player. Poor Riley, she just could not figure out the headphones!

We stopped after five and a half hours for a much needed leg stretch and lunch break. We stopped in a cute little town, Glendora, and got Subway for lunch and found a park to play at. The girls ran around and got out some energy for the remainder of our trip (which was about another hour and a half).

We arrived at Aunt Betty's house, Monday afternoon around 2:00. Within a hour, poor Riley's face started to breakout ... having some sort of reaction to something (we still don't know what the culprit was). We spent the afternoon playing with cousins and running around.

By Tuesday morning, Riley's face got worse. We finally decided to get her some Benedryl, which seemed to help some. Cousin Aiden spent the morning with us, and after all the rest of the cousins got out of school, we went to Chuck E Cheese and the BEACH!

At the beach, they had a zip line with a rope on it. The kids all had such a blast riding the zip line. Reagan held on tight and got pretty comfortable by the second trip ... she was being daring and leaned out of her "death grip".

Ashley had to get in on the action too. They wanted Mommy to do it, but watching five kids under the age of six at the beach was a little much for mommy.

Once Aunt Betty got there, we got to relax a little bit and enjoy the beach. We walked down to the water, got our feet wet, and enjoyed running around the sand.



Riley even got her feet wet a little bit, but did not last long on the beach. Mommy took her back up to the playground and let Ashley, Reagan, & cousin Hannah enjoy the beach without a screaming baby! Riley and cousin Haley Rose swung together and had a blast, while the girls were running around the beach.

Ashley was so great with the girls, she had them digging for sea shells and exploring the entire area.

What a beautiful afternoon at Ventura Beach. We were so happy to be there!

On Wednesday morning, Ashley and Mommy got ready and went to the outlet mall for some shopping. We were actually on a mission to find Reagan some shoes, since on Tuesday, she lost one of her flip flops and was shoeless for the rest of the day. We found her some cheap sandals and had a fun time together. We got home just in time for nap time and the rest of the kids to get home from school. Then it was off to the Pumpkin Patch. All the cousins got a small pumpkin, Thank You Aunt Betty, and had a fun time getting all dirty.

What a cute shot of the girls!

Back at Aunt Betty's house, we played outside with cousins Tyler and Haley Rose. Reagan and Tyler were having a great time trying to do gymnastics. Ashley & Mommy decided to join in and everyone was doing cartwheels and flips in the front yard.

Reagan loves her cousin Ashley and ran up to her to hug her, which caused her to topple over.

Thursday morning, we went to the Santa Barbara Zoo. We had beautiful weather and enjoyed the great little zoo. We got to see some animals that we don't have at the Phoenix Zoo, especially the Gorillas. The zoo was not very crowded, so Riley got to run around without being tied to the stroller ... that made her very happy!

Mommy & her girls, posing in front of the elephants.

We loved watching the Gorillas. There were two Gorillas, and they were up and walking around their cage ... they were really cool.
Three years ago, we came to the Santa Barbara zoo and saw this Giraffe. I told the girls all about him and we were so anxious to see him again. Unfortunately, he passed away this past January, but they had little "remembrance" boards about him all around the giraffe cage.
Friday started at 9:00 am with the drive home. We had a pretty long, rough drive, as Riley decided to stay awake from midnight till 3:30am the night before. She serenaded the entire house with her blood curdling screams, so we were all exhausted for the drive home. We had to make a few more pit stops than the trip out to California, but we were still making good time. We managed to not hit any traffic in the Los Angeles area, but we did hit Phoenix traffic right at 5:00pm. We rolled into the drive way at 5:30, unpacked the car, trashed the house, and went to sleep.

We had a little vacation. Thank You Betty & Sam for the great hospitality. We had a wonderful visit with everyone and you will all be truly missed by my girls.

Arizona State Fair

Last weekend, we had beautiful weather ... high in the upper 70's. No better way to celebrate that beautiful weather than with an outing. We spent the morning at the Arizona State Fair. We had a great time.

Reagan & Daddy playing the water gun game ... Reagan, of course, won!

Reagan & Mommy riding a fast, round & round ride ... Reagan could not stop laughing, and of course, Mommy got motion sick!

Reagan riding her first roller-coaster ... the Crazy Coaster. She had so much fun, she turned right around and rode it again (the second time with Mommy).

Reagan & Daddy on the ferris wheel. Reagan was nervous about it at first, but once she got on it, she loved it. Daddy said she was looking over the sides, straight down, from the top!

Reagan, Riley, & Mommy riding an elephant. Riley loves elephants! We were suprised about how pokey their skin/fun was.

The Posti girls feeding the goats. Riley had no fear about sticking her fingers near the goats mouth ... luckily, she did not get bit.

Let's Go Yotes!

Last night, we went to the opening night of the Phoenix Coyotes NHL season. We had awesome seats and the girls had a great time. We got there a few hours early and enjoyed the cooler weather, just hanging outside the stadium.

Reagan loved the big blow up hockey players ... Riley was terrified of them!

Riley enjoyed watching the water fountain spraying.

Mommy & her girls.

The girls got Yote Tattoos for their faces and thought they were so cool!

Watching the Coyotes warm up ... they really liked going to the glass and being that close.

They were facinated, pressing their faces up against the glass.

This is so much fun!

Let's Go Coyotes!