Rapunzel, Cousin it, or Wrip Van Winkle...you choose :)

Not quite sure how she sleeps like this...whatever it takes to get that beauty rest!

Great Harvest Bread

 The twins first field trip for Joy School was to the Great Harvest Bread Co. in Layton.  Since Brilynn and Maycie were off track...they got to be a part of the fun!  When they first got there, they had everyone wash thier hands.  Then they gave everyone their own loaf of dough.  They were told to make their favorite thing out of their dough.  Preslee made a snake,

 Brilynn made a spider

 and Maycie and Payge made a nest with eggs in it. 

 Payge waiting to listen to the story, "The Little Red Hen"

 Then they took the kids back to show them how they make the bread. 

 They got to sample, smell, and touch the different ingredients. 

 Aftwards, they went outside to wait for their bread to finish baking. 

 It was an excellent field trip snack. 

Soccer...

This season has been so good for Brilynn.  I think she was at a disadvantage when she first started playing AYSO.  When she was Pre-K we put her in the city soccer.  The city combined the girls and the boys and the girls really didn't have a chance and Brilynn hated it.  So we didn't continue.  3 years later she decided to try it again.  By this time most of the girls had played for 3 years and new a lot more than she did.  This year she has a really good coach.  He has taught her a lot and I have seen a huge improvement.  We love watching her be aggresive and seeing her practice the things she has been taught.  Maycie is still a die hard and claims soccer to be her favorite sport ever.  She LOVES it.  I love watching my girls gain confidence when they do something great on the field. 

Having a twin...wish I had one.

 This picture seriously shows the bond between these 2.  They fell asleep on the way home from Lagoon one night.  When we went to get them out of the back seat, this is what we saw.  Payge had fallen asleep on Preslee's shoulder.  I loved that they were holding hands as well.  I can't imagine having a best buddy by my side for my entire childhood.  Nothing like a built in best friend. 

 Do you think they could look any more different. 

 Love Payge's face in this one. 

 A look that I get quite often when I ask Payge to do something. 

I am so glad I captured this look of Preslee.  Whenever she points to something, she closes one eye and points with the opposite hand.  I love it!!!

Joy School

 I really feel like it was just a few months ago that it was time for Maycie to do Joy School.  It makes me sad to think how fast the last 3 1/2 years have gone by.  Since we don't plan on having any more sweethearts, I think it makes it that much harder for me to watch these 2 grow up.  However, these 2 are hilarious and make us laugh every day.  They couldn't wait for "Doy Scoo"

They were so excited to show me what they had learned at school.  I love to see their excitement and listen to their stories. 

An Unexpected Hair cut

 One afternoon I was busy doing Primary stuff in my room.  The twins were being so good and I was getting a lot done.  While working away, the girls walked into my room.  Before I even looked up, they made a huge announcement..."Mom, we cut our hair."  I remember looking up and the first thing I saw was one of Preslee's pig tails being 90% shorter than it used to be.  My first reaction was "Oh my Goodness girls!!!!!  What are you doing??????? I felt the tears coming to my eyes as I got a closer look at the damage.  Payge's response was "Mommy we just playin"  and Preslee followed up with "We just want to be a lady"  AUGHGHGHGHGHGH.  How could I be so mad and upset when they were so innocent.  I quickly pulled out their pigtails so I could see how much damage had been done.  I am so upset that I didn't take a picture of their pigtails but I wasn't thinking about that at the time.  Payge's hair was actually a perfect layered cut.  I am assuming that Payge's pigtails were thick enough that they couldn't get the scissors to cut through the entire pigtail, unlike Preslee's.  Her hair was so thin that it didn't take much to chop the whole thing off.  I quickly put them in the car and we headed to the salon once we picked up Brilynn and Maycie from school.  They did a pretty good job of fixing the disaster.  We had to cut about 5 inches off of Payge's hair and about 3 inches off Preslee's.  It ended up being a good thing for Preslee because it has helped her hair to thicken up a bit. 

It could have been much worse and I'm thankful that this was the only hair they cut off.  You must admit they were very particular about keeping it nice and neat in the shell.