A Habit Broken

When Allie was 3 months old I took away her pacifier in hopes that she wouldn't be so dependent on it. Days later she discovered her two middle fingers and has sucked them ever since. That is until about a month ago. Yes, it is true...she no longer sucks her fingers. The trick? Take away her blankie. Once Allie got to be about 18 months old she didn't really suck her fingers unless she was tired, scared or holding her blankie. When she hit about two-years old the only time she sucked her fingers was if she saw or was holding her blankie. It was fascinating to watch her find her blankie and instantly put her fingers in her mouth. We are so glad this habit is gone.

This is a pretty rare picture. I just went through my pictures of Allie trying to find one of her sucking her fingers as a baby. I guess I never wanted to take a picture of that.

Sneak Peek & Summer Fest

So as you can see we did TONS while in Utah. In addition to everything below, we saw Night at the Museum 2 with Papa Steve and also Disney's Up with Rob, Angie & Olivia. We loved both of those movies. Allie and I got to see Sophie & her new little baby brother, Lincoln. We made a trip to Salt Lake to visit Grandma & Grandpa Nelson (Kyle's grandparents) and also to meet up with the Batemans, Tolmans and Faulks. Allie got to go swimming once with Uncle Steve & Aunt Jessi. On our trip we played tons of games, chilled in the backyard, watched movies, ate tons of Otterpops and played Rock Band. Good times. A big thanks to our family for making this such a memorable vacation! Love ya!

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Sneak Peek

Angie (my very talented Sister-in-law) took some pictures of the girls. I'll be getting the other pictures soon.

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Orem's Summerfest

We went to the carnival twice. The girls loved the firetruck. Since their Papa is the fire chief, they think all firetrucks are

'Papa's Firetrucks.'

{Allie, Papa, Olivia & "Papa's Firetruck"}

The second day we went with Papa Steve and Grandma Julie.
{Allie riding the carousel}
{Kyle & I at the parade}
{Kyle, Grandma Julie & Papa Steve watching the parade}

{Papa arranged for the girls to ride the firetruck in the parade. They definitely were the cutest kids in the parade. Thanks Kristy for riding along with them. The girls felt so special...and they should! Most kids don't get to do that. Thanks Papa!}

After the parade Allie went with Papa Steve to play games and look what she won...a goldfish! I asked her what she named him and she said "Fishy Revell." So cute! Tragically the poor fish died the next day.

Rodeo, Bee's Game, Grandma Fay's & Fishing

Rodeo

We went to the Strawberry Day's rodeo twice. Once with my family and the other with Papa Steve.

{Me, Kyle, Kristy, GG, Papa, Rob, Olivia, Papa & Angie}

{GG, Allie, Kristy, Papa & Olivia}

The night we went with Papa Steve we got rained on pretty hard...thank you Papa Steve for being prepared with an umbrella and waterproof jackets.

{Papa Steve, Allie & Me}
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Bee's Game
We went to the Salt Lake Bee's Game with Papa Steve, Grandma Julie, Josh & Emily. This was a great game and we had tons of fun.
Allie has a serious phobia of mascots. Look how tight she is holding on to Kyle. Allie doesn't have time to watch the game because she is constantly keeping and eye on the Bee making sure he doesn't come too close.
{Kyle, Allie & THE BEE}

{Grandma Julie, Allie & Papa Steve}

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Grandma Fay's
We took a trip down to Fillmore to visit my grandma for the afternoon.

Grandma Fay had the cutest little tea party set up for Allie to play with when we got there. This set has everything...candles, napkins, napkin holders, and silverware. Allie was in heaven!
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Fishing
On the way home from Grandma Fay's house we took Allie fishing at Salem Pond. I got 3 hits but was unsuccessful at reeling them in. Unfortunately no one else got a bite. Kyle really wanted to help Allie reel in her first fish...maybe next time :)

One morning Kyle took me to Provo River and taught me how to fly fish. We had a lot of fun even though I didn't catch anything. There is definitely an art to fly fishing and it is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.

In case you are wondering Kyle was able to hit the River a couple of times and he successfully caught 10-15 fish.