4th of July

We had such a fun time for the 4th of July, I thought I would post it. I know this makes 2 posts within a week, so if you know me, and only check once a month... because that is all I post... please see below for their 9 month post :) We had the whole family at the cabin. I didn't get any pictures, but Jen and my mom did, so I will get some from them, or maybe Jen will post some later.

Family at the cabin
Jared, Jen, Matt, Zach, and Aiden
Dana, Kimo, Ty, Kade, Jay, and the lone niece Tobi
Erica, Heber, Kale and Toby
Cassie, David, Connor and Skyler
Kristy and Mom

We started off with breakfast at the park where we got to see a lot of distant relatives and old friends. Then we made our way to the parade where Skyler fell asleep. The Hatch town parade consists of a fire truck, a couple of souped up cars, a tractor and about 15 kids riding bikes pulling tin cans behind them. The ALL throw candy, and my family made out like bandits. Then we went to the carnival (by now both kids were asleep) where they had foot races for all ages, Kade and Kale competing in the picture above. When the boys finally woke up we took them to the swings and put them both in the same swing at the same time. They had such a ball I had to take pictures. We ended the day with a beautiful firework display worthy of a Las Vegas debut. We all kinda sat around in the backs of cars until it started. This was WAY past our kids bedtime. In the car we have David with Connor, Cassie with Skyler, and in the middle are Kade and Matt. The boys really liked the fireworks too.

Fun little story: Right before we got up to the cabin I called my brother to see what was going on, or if we needed to bring anything. Well he told me he was on his way to the Panguitch hospital because he was in a motorcycle accident. I asked what happened and he said he was hit by an antelope. I totally did not believe him (with good reason my mom said), and then I felt totally bad when I found out it was true. Needless to say he was pretty banged up with 3 broken ribs, and like 4 separated ones and plenty of bruises and road rashes. He was pretty cool about it, and we all thought it was funny.

On Saturday I went for a run with Kristy and we did well, and had fun. After I was holding one of the boys and bent down to pick something up, and in the process I totally messed up my back. I couldn't even pick up the kids the rest of the day. Today I feel better, but I think I am going to take a break from running for a few days.

Also, a couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to meet up with David's brother, Randy's family. We had a lot of fun with them and went to the new pool. It was fun to see them growing up (they live in Wisconsin, so we don't get to see them very often). David and Randy hit golf balls in a driving contest, off the back yard and into the ravine or mountain behind our house. In the picture are Elizabeth, Rebekah, Alan, Joshua, Skyler, Connor and Joshua.

9 MONTHS OLD

The boys are now 9 months old and virtually UNSTOPPABLE!!! I always thought that children were supposed to develop, advance and learn at the same rate, and it took my TWINS to totally prove me wrong. You would think that if ANY two kids should develop the same, it would be twins, right..... WRONG!!!! Our boys are so totally different, it isn't even funny... well actually it is.

First lets start with the similarities: They are both crawling, or scooting, both like hand clappers as their toy of choice. They both talk a lot, both like the water, love to smile and laugh, steal each other toys, and other baby's toys. Oh.... side bar... I have learned that twins are really good about getting their toys taken away, they don't care if I do, dad does it, brother, or anybody. But the problem is, they have no sense of territory, so they will just go and take somebody else's toy. I think I might have two kleptos on my hands! They also are both interested in their surroundings. Both Connor and Skyler are now reaching for us to pick them up, which is kinda cool. Oh, and they both are starting on the separation anxiety stuff, along with jealousy over my attention, and it is driving me BONKERS!

Now for Skyler... Skyler is still just the happiest little boy, He got his 2 bottom teeth this month. He learned how get into the sitting position by himself. He loves books, he always goes for books on the ground, and loves to be read to and flipping the pages. He is kind of starting to give me hugs. Skyler learned how to clap last month, and this month he learned how to do it on demand, we either say, "clap, clap, clap" or "Yeah" very enthusiastically and he will clap. He interacts with me a little more than Connor, who is always on the go. Skyler is starting to learn how to pick up finger food and put it in his mouth.

Connor is so interested in everything around him. He wants to know how it all works. He is fascinated by handles and such. He wants to know if he pulls on it, what will happen. He is constantly opening drawers and cupboards, draining the tub when he takes a bath, and other stuff. He is also doing very well with finger foods (the little puffs, not quite ready for adult food yet), and getting them to his mouth. He pulls himself up on everything and anything he can, and even tries to climb it if he can. In the last few days he has started to crawl up on his knees. Oh, and he is FINALLY getting hair, not much to brag about though. He still loves his walker, but has started to loose interest in the jumper... for the time being. He is finally sitting up on his own now!

Both of the boys fell asleep in the funniest positions the other day, so I had to share



I also feel the need to gloat that I ran more miles than David in the month of June. I topped off the month with 52.8 miles and David had 48.52. Both of us should be doing better than that, but it is a work in progress. If you would like to ever check out our running progress you can visit Cassie's running blog or David's running blog.

This is for you Londi

My cousin Londi posted a picture from a book of a sea turtle that she thought was pretty cool, and it TOTALLY was. I really like turtles, especially sea turtles. I took this picture when David and I were in Hawaii in October of 2005. I just thought she might like to see this, as well as anybody else, because let's face it.... its a pretty cool picture. Oh and I am sure David would love for me to add that off to the left of the photo was a surfer girl sunbathing. He really wanted a picture of that, but I wouldn't let him :( I really hope to make it back there some day, it was so beautiful, just a different atmosphere all together.

Happy Father's Day

Well, I browsed a couple different people's blogs today now that I have my list on here (yipee, finally, way overdue) Anyway, I noticed a lot of people did stuff for Father's day, so I just thought I would wish my hubby a Happy Father's Day! He loves the kids so much, and he is getting to enjoy them more now that they are a little more interactive.



Connor crawls everywhere, pulls himself up to stand on everything. Falls and bonks his head on the floor, or whatever. He has quite a few marks to prove it! Today he made me laugh SO hard. We bought a little walker for the boys to stand in. I will use it when I am in the kitchen. They haven't been too interested in it the month we have had it, but the last few days Connor has really taken to it. Well, Connor walked over to the trash can and bumped it into the open kitchen. He would back up, and RUN full force into the trash can to make it move 2-3 feet, once his momentum stopped, he would back up and do it again. He did this 4-5 times until the trash can hit Sklyer who was innocently crawling around. It was SO funny.



Skyler finally had a tooth break through today. He is getting really into books. He loves to look and them and to be read to. He also loves the water. When I give the boys a bath, I bathe them together, but if there isn't anybody around to help once they are done, I will just drain the water, get one out and let the other play in the empty tub while I get the other ready for bed. I figure it is about the same as them being in a play pen or something. Anyway, I pulled Connor out first because he was pulling himself up to stand in the tub, and would slip, and slide down the side of the tub, quite entertaining to watch, but I figured without supervision, it probably shouldn't continue. Anyway as I was wrestling with Connor to get him dressed, I could hear Sklyer blowing bubbles in the little bit of water that still remained in the tub. He is so cute!

I realized that I haven't said much about me lately and what I am up to. Well, On Thursdays I play volleyball, and my team just took second in he grass league. Visit my friend, Brittany's Blog, for a picture. I wasn't in it because I got to go see Les Mes at Tuacahn that day with work. David and I also got to go see The Sound of Music. This past week was quite eventful for me, along with seeing Les Mes and Sound of Music, I also got to go up to Girls Camp with my ward (I am still in the Young Womens program, I got released as the Pres, and am now thrilled to be the 2nd counselor) and on Saturday I went for my longest run yet of 6.3 miles. Yeah, it took me like and hour and 20 minutes to do, so not too fast, but I did it. Oh, and I totally BIT it too, on Green Springs Parkway, for those of you not familiar with St. George, it is a pretty busy road in our area. (This is the street for the Washington City freeway exit) This was my first fall running, and I am kinda feeling it today. I have been trying to get back into scrapbooking. I keep busy though, between the twins, work, church stuff, volleyball, etc. I don't have any pictures, sorry, but you probably wouldn't want to see one anyway :)

8 months

The boys are now 8 months old, so here is their update:



Skyler is still just so extremely happy it makes us smile so much. Towards the end of the month he started to clap which was super exciting, and he also started to scoot. So he is catching up with his brother. He is probably around 21-22 pounds, and looks like such a big boy. He is sitting very well on his own, and still likes to talk to himself.







Connor is crawling, or rather, scooting into everything. We can not turn our backs on him for a second. He got his 2 bottom teeth this month, so that was an exciting couple of days. He still has no interest at all in sitting, but why would he want to sit still if he can just crawl everywhere. Connor is also a happy boy weighing in at about 18-19 pounds, he is a lightweight compared to Skyler.





We have taken the boys swimming a couple of times, and they loved it. David was a little upset when I dunked them in the water, but I don't think they minded, though one time Connor came up and had pooped all over, I guess you could say it scared the poop out of him. I did cool to keep them from getting sunburned, but neglected to do the same for myself.






David got them these CUTE Batman PJ's that they just look adorable in, but I lost one of the capes :(

7 1/2 months

SEVEN MONTHS OLD




Skyler loves to sit up and play with toys on his own. He moves around, but usually by rolling over and over. He is a happy boy who loves to smile and giggle.









Connor is learning how to crawl, or rather, scoot. He gets places slithering on his belly. He still loves his jumper.

Notice the cast :)













I couldn't miss out on this priceless photo opp. Connor on the left, Skyler on the right













At the beginning of May Connor somehow hurt his arm, we don't know how, anyway, he had to wear this cute little splint thing for 10 days. We didn't know how it would affect him, but it didn't slow him down and bit, and towards the end, he was using it to his advantage. I hate to say it, but it was actually kinda cute.






Here the boys are a little over 6 months old. Cute kids huh?















The Sky man














The Con man

What is happening with the Fifes!!! Well not really.....

Who is going to get that toy? Looks like Skyler has the upper hand. He is also a few pounds larger. He did have a Big Mac a little earlier. Skyler is now 19.9lbs. Connor is now 17.5lbs.

They are both about 27.5 inches tall. So that is over two feet. Wow I remember how many inches are in a foot.




There are the two boys laying out in the sun in their white trash swimming pool. And they love it because they are only six months.

Connor looks a little bald and Skyler looks like he has a full head of hair. I should of blown this picture up more so you could see more, but oh well. Tough luck!!!! I guess your gonna have to come see them.



What is Connor doing? Is he looking up at the stars? No!! Is He looking up at Kobe? No!! Is he looking at a fly on the ceiling? No!!
We have no idea what he is doing, but he is flexible. He loves contorting his head in different positions.

It is also a pain when we feed him because he loves to mess around with us and contort.




That is Connor sleeping. Is that comfortable? For Connor it is comfortable because he is the man and he can do whatever he wants.

He takes after Grandpa Fife and one of his Uncles which we will leave unnamed. How does he take after them? I don't know you tell me........



Well this is the end of my post because I am tired and my computer is slow. If anyone wants to pitch in $30 a month for higher speed internet that would be great. Donations can be made out to either Cassie or David Fife.

Also, I am looking for a hiking boot that I lost hiking up in the mountains. If anyone has seen it can you please let me know where it may be.

One more thing, I have an overbite that I am working on getting rid of, what is the best way of doing that? I just put it is a vise and start to clamp down on it and I stop when it hurts. I thought of having surgery. Two kids came along so that didn't happen.

Oh yeah I am also running a half-marathon and I have a brother-in-law running it with me. How bad should I beat him? Let me know and I will try to do what you say.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah!!!

And here is Skyler for the ending. He has the cutest smile in the world. He takes after his lovely mother. That is my wife if you don't know that by now. Her name is Cassie. He is adorable and he loves his bumbo seat. And he says hi to all of you and he wishes you all the very best. Goodnight now!!!!!!