My final days at the hospital have come to pass. I am officially Lincoln and Sequoia's Mommy all the time. It's already been one crazy week! Monday was errand day so I could dedicate the rest of the week to potty training in the kitchen. Tuesday morning was great! They at least peed in the potty more than in their pants. That was a plus. But the afternoon, not fun. I would be cleaning up one kid while the other would stomp in the pee on the floor. So fun. I attempted Wed morning, but no. Over it. We will try again next month. I can only have one child at a time in the house when we attempt.

Anyways! Fun week:) And we've only been able to see Mikey like 5 hrs this week. Blah blah blah... But some good news! This past Sunday the stake had an impromptu meeting and they have changed the boundaries of our stake. We now have a part of 4th ward added to ours and we now meet in a different building (super weird) and at 9am. Yeah! No more 1pm for anyone! I am so so happy to have 9am back!

We (the kids and I) went to Utah this past weekend and got to meet cute little cousin Tragon, and bummer I totally forgot to get a picture of him! We'll just have to go see him again:) Then we went to Grandma Phister's for a family reunion on Saturday with the fam on my Grandpa Phister's side. It was fun to hang out with everyone and see people I hadn't in a long time.

It was super fun to hang out with my fam and for the kids to get to play with them:)

Quoi had fun with Kiki

Cory, Anna and Quoia

What a darling little face:)

Linc is always asking, "Where's a TyTy?"

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Me and Kim

The cute twinners

Crazy boy, as always!

Koban

They had so much fun playing in the tube. Sequoia played in it for about an hour and loving it.

They were so sweet to share her binky

Some of the cousins:)

More cousins:)

Dad and some aunties

Crazy Uncle Danny, Grandpa's "twin" (And the one who taught Linc to throw rocks at people! I am so grateful for that.)

Mom and me

Yet more cousins, there were about 40 plus people at the house. Mom figured later that night that I have 91 first cousins. Crazy!

Silly Sissies:)

It was GREAT! Kimi took Linc with her to Toads for part of the reunion. He had so much fun and Mommy was so happy to have him go play. Kim said he would run away and explore but always find his way back. Thanks Kim! He loved it, I loved it, it was great!

We ate at Costa Vida with the girls and Koban. It was fun and Quoia and Koban had a blast!

Mommy and Crazy Boy

These two are the cutest twin cousins ever!

What a pretty long haired boy; his hair is longer than Quoia's

Always sharing

And then some more stinkin cute twin cousins!

She was so cute standing over the fan

So lovey and sweet:)

Great little cheeser!

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This girl and her trucks!

He was so cute intently reading Toy Story 2

Its been so fun to have the pool out every once in a while to play in. They can be in there forever! We just bought them a turtle sandbox today and once we get some sand in there it will be so nice to play outside!

That's Daddy's little girl! Jewelry and trucks:)

Heidi's darling girl Lily

The girls hanging out, its so nice to get to together and have all the kids play

The boys coloring

We love these babes!!

The kids just hanging out in the play room

All about us:)

Hi to my Grandmas and Grandpas!
We just wanted to let you know what we like since we don't get to see you often...

I love Toy Story, The Iron Giant, The Little Mermaid, WALLE, Little Einsteins, Baby Einsteins, Dora, Sid the Science Kid, Peter Pan, Jungle Book, Pinnochio, A Bug's Life....EVERYTHING!

"Show" is my favorite word
I like to sit on my potty, esp when Sissy sits by me, but I don't like to go pee or poo poo in it.
Mommy is always telling me to "stop," "no," or "get down." I don't know why, oh well!
When Mommy tells me something I don't want to hear I just "Sshhh!" her and point my finger at her. I don't think she likes it though.
If "Sshhh" doesn't work I just tell her, "NO!"
I like to learn new things and Mom says I can't hold still; I don't really like to; I want to see everything.
I want to watch a "show" all the time. I dream shows... I even say it in my sleep (seriously!)

I finally know who "Mommy" and "Daddy" are! I still get confused sometimes, but they are so happy I know their names:)

I can open the doors and go outside whenever I want!! (until Mommy catches me)

I always say "pweese" and "shank" and "ok" (such a polite boy!)

I love my baby "Koee" (Sequoia) and my best friend "Dora" (Inara)

I can talk!!!

I like to sleep a lot.

I like to throw things away for Mommy and Daddy.

I love going to church so I can go to nursery and play.

I can finally say my own name!

I love you "Papas" and "Grandmas"!!!

Linc ("Yink")

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I can walk all over the place!

I love to climb up on everything I can.

I love stuffed animals and baby dolls, but I esp like cars and trucks.

I like to gel my hair up with my left over food everytime I eat because I'm so cute with it.

I love to pee pee in the potty (over 30 times by now) and I went poo poo on the potty twice. Mom is so happy when I do.

I like it when my Mommy is home all the time to play with me.

I love my big brother!

I like food food food, but not mushy baby food, yucky!

I can say "toe, Mom, Dad, thank you, hi, bye, ball, hello, pop, hat, uh-oh, bink, shoes"

I LOVE to play in the sand and the dirt!!!

I like to play in the backyard and go on walks.

I like to nap and go to bedtime.

I don't really like to watch shows.

I like to play in my toy room.

I like to eat crayons, they're so good.

I can do anything my brother can do!

I love my blankies and my binkies!!

Mom says I'm a beauiful princess...

Quoi Quoi

Grandma Susan and Toy Story 3

So life is good:) Only 2 more weeks until I'm DONE with work! Still mixed emotions, but the closer it gets the more super excited I'm getting! There is so much to do at home I'm sure I wont miss working at all. And with Mike's crazy schedule I think it will be good for the kiddos to have some normalcy. My first week I'm done is the first week of potty training for the both of them! Fun. I'm sure Quoi will get it much faster than Linc, but why not try with him? He is definitely his father's son, on his own time. I love them both!

While I was at girls camp, Grandma Susan came to stay with the little ones. They had a blast with her! Thanks so much for coming to be with them. We hardly see anyone now that we can't ever leave with Mike's job so it was good to have her come up. They played a lot and loved being outside. I'm not much of an "outdoors lover" so the kids loved it with her here.

He loved pushing Quoi's little dolly around the house:)

They are just the best of friends!

Grandma and Linc; they loved the lay under the console table and stare at the fish forever, cute!

And so did cute little girl

Grandma got her a darling pink horse for her birthday

Outside playing with Grandma...

...and having a pizza picnic.

Oh man, this girl loves her dirt! We STILL haven't got the sandbox I was getting for her birthday! Walmart is sold out and I'm so sad! So maybe when we make it to Utah we'll have to get one. Isn't it so fun living out in the middle of nowhere and you can't just get whatever you want???!!

Of course by the time I got home from camp, Mike had just left on a job so I didn't get to see him for a couple more days, bummer! But it was fun to hang out with Susan and the kids and have a good relaxing time:)

Linc and I finally saw Toy Story 3! It was so nice to just be with my little man and have a "date" with him. He was still a bit crazy but as soon as the movie started he was great! He didn't run away from the seat till it was over! I was surprised. I sure love my Lincoln:)

I love this pic, she is darling!

The cute twinner buddies

Decked out in the Toy Stoy attire!

Such a sweet boy:)

Mommy/Linky Date Night

Such a big girl (Its super short!)

She is such a cute walker! She's been walking for a bit but I just haven't gotten a video yet, rude Mommy! Linc had like 10, but she is the 2nd child so thats what they get, right?:)