Our Summer Catch-Up #1: Utah

We got to go to Utah after school got out! We were so excited to show the little twins off to our family who hadn't seen them when we they were little!



Grandma with the kids at the park

On a walk

Jared also got baptized with his cousin Sam while we were in Utah. It was so great to have all of our family there at his baptism.

 

 

 

 At lunch after the baptism:

 

 

Bree with great grandma and grandpa

 

Caleb had his farewell the day after the baptism. Almost all of our family was there. Caleb's heading off to the Lubbock, Texas Spanish speaking mission!

Caleb and Kylie

 We had so much fun hiking!

 

 

Counting the million pennies grandma kept. I think it came out to $83.43 but I don't know the exact change.

 

 

 Great Grandma and Grandpa porter took us to a donut shop and bought us all a donut. It was really great because there was a lot of room and we were the only people there. There were also games that you could play.

 

Jared and Sam playing checkers.
 

 

Then we went to Harriman Beach.

 

            

 

We also went to Vivian Park and put some pennies on the track for the train to smash them and then we played in the water.

 

 

 

 

The water was SUPER cold!

 

We also celebrated Lea's Birthday but I don't have any pictures at the moment.

 

Livy and Jesse with our twins

 

We had an amazing time in Utah and I wish we got more pictures of us playing with cousins and family! We cant wait to come back again!

By: Kaitlyn

Our Cute Little Girls

 

Ahhhhhh! Time goes by so quickly! Our little girls are FOUR months old already! Here is a cute picture we got of them.

Kylie                                         Aubree

We all LOVE these cuties!! I will post more pictures of them later. Just wanted to tell you how old they're getting! 

  

 

A Few Funny Things

A few funny things:

• Nate after tears ran down his poor dry cheeks.  "My cheeks are spicy!"  I knew exactly what he meant.

• I over heard a little conversation Nathan had with a friend. It went something like this:        Colin(Nathan's friend): I have a baby. It's name is Hallie                                                                     Nate: Well I'm lucky, I have two babies!                                                                                          Colin: Ya, I'm not lucky because I only have one.

• Nate: Mom, I'm STARVING for dying eggs.
• Nate: I am STARVING for a movie.

• Jared: Nate that is for GIRLS!!!(Jared was horrified when he saw Nate in a headband.)

• Nathan: I can say sorry when I do something wrong. He must have internalized his primary lesson.

• Brynn: Wow mom! That house has satellites!(I think she meant solar panels)

A Broken Wrist

As you can see Jared broke his wrist about a week ago when he fell off his scooter.   It turned out that he broke it on his growth plate so he has to wear it for 6 weeks and every 2 weeks he has to go back and get it x-rayed again and get a new cast to make sure it is healing correctly. Even with a cast he doesn't stop riding his bike, standing on his head, and playing football!

An Amazing Baby Shower!

For my baby shower my friends decided to do the theme "The Cat in the Hat". They did a wonderful job and everything looked great! Thank you for all the gifts, we really appreciate it. Our little girls are spoiled!

This cute picture was drawn and painted by my friend Kaye Lynn!

The decorations were AMAZING! I liked the Cat in the Hat saying," You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in."

 Here all of us opening the gifts! My girls loved everything and squealed every time we opened something else!

And then...a big surprise!

The Cat in the Hat visits!

Scott was sick that day but still showed up!

Thank you to all the great people who helped in making this a wonderful baby shower!!!

Funny Quotes

These past few months have been super crazy, but I did manage to catch funny things the kids have said. Enjoy!

Kaitlyn: Nate, go tell the kids we're playing criminal man.(Their way of saying hide-and-go-seek)

Nate: (With a concerned face) I can't, because my buns are stuck in my jammies and cant get out!

Kaitlyn and Brynn had been fighting while we were on the way to church and each blamed each other. I told them they were both at fault because it takes "two to tango." Nathan immediately started cracking up and said:

Guys! Mom said TANGO!! 

Nate and I were at the park and I was rubbing a fuzzy weed on him.

Me: Nate, this is a tickle flower.

Nate: NO, dat's not a tickle flower! Dat's MEAN!

Nate and I talking about potty training.

Me:  So, you don't want poop in your undies.

Nathan:  OH, Heavens to Betsy!!!

Ellie: Oh you're so cute chicken nugget!

(Talking to Kylie) 

(After somebody told us our twins looked like Esplins)

Jared: So Kylie and Bree are really Esplins, not Gareitys!

Kaitlyn: Nate do you you like Dora? 

Nathan: Yes!

Kaitlyn: Do you want to marry her?

Nathan: NO! Cuz I'm a BOY, I'm gonna marry Diego!

Nathan: WHO BROUGHT THIS CUP UPSTAIRS!

Nathan singing "The Wise Man and the Foolish Man"

The rain comes down and the flowers come up

The rain comes down and the flowers come up

etc. 

After Nate's bath  he threw a clean towel into the full bathtub. I got mad at him and told him not to do that. He replied:

But mom, dat's fun

Me: no its not

Nate: YES it is 

Me: no its not

Nate: Yes mom it is!

Since we now have nine people in our family we have to get a new car. I told the kids our new car wouldn't have the same awesome features as the one we have right now. Kaitlyn replied," OH NO, that means we have to actually put a CD in because it wont record them!!!!!

Nate: I have a finger freeze!

Playing "what song is this"

Nate: Angry Birds

(Whenever I Hear the Song of the Bird)

The Twins are Here!!!

Kylie                                                            Aubree 

Kylie and Aubree Esplin (still don't know middle names) were born Friday February 1st, both babies were safe and healthy.

Kylie (Baby A) was born at 1:50 pm and weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz. She was 19 inches long and is so adorable.

Aubree (Baby B) also known as Bree was born at 1:51 pm. She weighted 6 lbs. 2 oz and was also 19 inches. She is also so adorable and the doctor couldn't find anything wrong with her heart!!!! 

We are so happy to have these little cuties in our home and are so glad they are safe and healthy.