November

Our neighbor, Jen, watched the girls one night so Jeremy and I could go on a date! It was so fun to be out with my best friend and husband! Jen took this cute picture of the girls.

Zoe loves swinging! She smiles and laughs everytime she swings! Its the cutest thing!

For Thanksgiving, we went to Michigan and Illinois to visit family. We visited with Uncle Edward and Aunt Evelyn in Chicago. We stayed with Dan and his beautiful family for most of the week in Michigan. We had so much fun playing with them, we didn't want to leave! One highlight from the week was our trip to Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.

Clara & Zoe looked so silly all bundled up to play outside in the cold!

Clara is a big helper. She helped me rake leaves for our neighbors. She loved being a part of making someone happy! :)

October

Sorry, you are not gonna find any Halloween pictures on my October post. On Halloween, we were driving back home from Utah with Grandma and Grandpa Lifferth. We left for Utah on October 19th and returned home on October 31st. While we were there, we celebrated David & Ryan Gage's birthdays, went to Daren & Katie Lifferth's wedding reception, went to David & Mary's Halloween Party, visited with Grandma Wanda Lifferth the day before she passed away, surprised Melody Zurawski with a fun visit, attended Andrew's Priesthood Ordination, attended Wanda's viewing/funeral in Utah, funeral & burial in Montana and we visited with a lot of friends and family! (I'm sure I'm leaving something out....) We had an action packed trip!

Zoe & Clara did great on the road trip!! We were in the car for almost 90 hours and there were only a few difficult moments. I am sure the girls did so well because Grandma & Grandpa Lifferth were there to help me. They made the trip easy and fun! I hope we will always remember the wonderful memories we made on this awesome trip to Utah & Montana.

Clara was so excited when we stopped in Denver to visit with Aunt Sandy. She lives right across the street from the temple so we walked over for a quick visit. Clara loves to see the temple!

After we made it to Utah, it took a few days before I could get either one of the girls back into their carseats. I don't blame them! We spent a lot of time playing outside since the weather was so nice. One day, we walked to the park with the Gage's and had so much fun playing! David, Jordan, Ryan and Mikaela are so wonderful with children!

This is Clara in front of Grandpa Henry & Grandma Wanda Lifferth's old home in Montana. While we were up in Montana for Grandma Wanda's funeral, we were able to visit some family history sites. Being at these sites brought back some wonderful memories of when I was little and we would go to Montana for Lifferth Family Reunions.

While in Montana, we crossed the border to Canada to take some pictures. We had a small run in with the border patrol, but, luckily, we all made it out alive.

Montana is goregous!! It was really cold & Clara got sick while we were in Montana, so we couldn't do as much outdoors, but we saw some really beautiful scenry.

Zoe is growing

This video is from a few months ago. Zoe has been jabbering for a while now. She started saying Dadadada and she still says that a lot. She loves her Daddy!

Zoe has been rolling since she was 4 months old. It used to be her main form of transportation. Now she is almost 8 months old and is on the move! She is crawling and enjoying being able to get around on her own. Its so fun to watch her determination and strength when she is going for something she wants.

Catching up....

I have a few pictures from the past few months that I want to post. Hopefully, I will get caught up and get back into my regular blogging schedule. Enjoy!

Jeremy is really good at playing with the girls on Saturday and Sunday mornings so I can sleep in a little. He's a wonderful dad and husband! We are the luckiest girls in the world to have him!

We were so surprised one Monday morning when Elder Gage and his companion showed up at our front door!! We love Elder Gage and pray for him every day. It's been so nice being able to be so close to him during his mission. He is a great missionary, cousin, nephew and example for so many!

This is what Clara wanted to do on her birthday. We went to the park and Clara played for as long as she wanted. She has no fears when it comes to climbing, playing, swinging and exploring. This is the biggest slide in the park and it was the first place she ran to when we arrived.

This is Zoe hanging out while we ate at IKEA in Atlanta!

Zoe loves reading and being read to. She especially loves laying in bed with Clara while we read bedtime stories.

This week we went to the park with Clara's friends Sam and Sadie. Clara played and had so much fun being outside in the beautiful weather!

Clara and Zoe love each other so much! They have been sleeping in the same room since Zoe was about 4 months old. They fall asleep laughing and talking to each other. Zoe laughs at almost anything Clara does. They are learning to share and play together. I love my girls and it makes me so happy to see them enjoying being sisters!

Clara's 2nd Birthday Party!

Clara had such a fun 2nd Birthday Party at Jon and Lauralynn's house! We went swimming, ate yummy food and cake! Clara was so excited to have a Dora cake! She received so many wonderful birthday presents. Thanks to Nellene, Brian, Sam, Sydney, Jeremy, Sadie, Jon, Lauralynn, Ethan, Ellie, Carson, Grandma Lifferth, Grandpa Lifferth, Grandma Zurawski, Grandpa Zurawski, Chris, Julie, Landon, Parker, Alli, Heather, Ben and Zoe!

Thanks Jon & Lauralynn for letting us have Clara's birthday party at your house!! We love ya'll!!

More Birthday Pictures

Here are the pictures from my birthday dinner at Mom & Dad's house. Mom cooked her delicious broccoli casserole & meatloaf. So yummy!

I had a wonderful 28th birthday!

Anniversary Adventure in Atlanta

My wonderful husband surprised us with a family trip to celebrate our 4-year anniversary. We left early Friday morning and came back Sunday just in time for church. We went to Zoo Atlanta, Georgia Aquarium, Stone Mountain, IKEA, stayed at a fun hotel, went swimming and had so much fun being together as a family! Here's some pictures from our wonderful Anniversary Adventure in Atlanta.








This is us on top of Stone Mountain. It was a gorgeous view. We got up there right at sunset and enjoyed this amazing place.

We rode the Sky Lift up to the top of the mountain and back down just in time to find our seats in the grass to watch the Laser Spectacular. What a wonderful day!

Even Zoe had fun riding in the stroller . She was a great trooper to hang out while we ran around everywhere!

Clara loves animals so she was in heaven. She was so close to so many animals and was even able to touch some of them. :)

I wish we could just take road trips everyday and spend every second together as a family. Unfortunately, someone has to work to pay for all of our fun adventures. Thank you Jeremy for being such a wonderful husband and father. You provide for our needs, wants and so much more!! Your girls love you!!