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Emily brought this assignment home from school today. Should I be concerned about what she's learning? :) It made me laugh especially as I tried to help her with it.

In July we were lucky enough to take a trip down to Cali and stay with our friends at the White House. We had a blast and shared a fun-filled relaxing few days with them. We took a little trip to Beverly Hills where we were right at home (ha!ha!) Me on Wilshire Boulevard A sweet Rolls I wouldn't have minded driving home in : ) Aaron and Em on Rodeo drive We even sighted the Governator and I got my best paprazzi shot The four of us (Izzy in the stroller) on Rodeo Drive We caught some rays at Newport Beach While Izzy was lulled to sleep by the ocean waves We even got in a little Rock Band time And Em was able to perfect her guitar skills Thanks to the White family for letting us come hang out with you guys! We love you! P.S. J.D. thanks for keeping track of Izzy's feeding schedule while in Beverly Hills. I could tell you missed Maddie and Adrie and we did too : ) P.S.S. Marky I asked Emily about your toothbrush and she said she used it, but we're still trying to figure ...

Emily has lost 3 teeth to date. Her two bottom and one on the top. I wasn't ready for it to come so soon, so when she told me her teeth were loose I kind of freaked out and asked her what she did to make them loose, then I had to call my Mom and ask when she's supposed to lose her first tooth. I was assured it was probably time, as my teeth came early and were lost early. Emily was so excited to have the tooth fairy come to our house and diligently put her tooth under the pillow. She plagued us with questions about the tooth fairy to which we had fun making up answers too. As I was laying with her that night she asked if she could write the tooth fairy a letter. I told her she probably could and asked her what she would say. She said she'd ask the tooth fairy to come and live at our house. Then with big eyes she said, " . . . and then she could teach me how to fly!" She also wondered aloud what the tooth fairy would leave for her under her pillow. ...

Practice: consists . . . of . . . teasing the boys . . . and tackling and wrestling them to the ground Game Day: She swings She runs High five from Dad Makes it to 3rd And don't forget the slide into home. Boy that was close!

One night when Izzy was a few weeks old, Aaron and I had woken up with her several times through the night and by the wee morning hours we were slipping in and out of consciousness. I had just fed Izzy and handed her off to Aaron to burp her. In my sleep I was listening for the sound of his hand patting her on the back as we lay there. As he slacked off I would prompt him to continue burping her. I don't know how long this pattern went on, but it seemed like a short time before she started crying again to be fed. I asked Aaron to hand her over. He told me he didn't have her. It was then that I spotted her in her cradle and realized that my feeding her had been a dream and he had just been patting his chest in response to my prompts to burp her.

Our anniversary was last weekend so we went on a date while my wonderful mother watched the girls. We took the train down to Salt Lake and ate at P.F. Chang's. Because we had to wait to eat, we missed the train we wanted to get on and had to wait an hour for the next one. We picked the girls up and were driving home when Emily pipes up from the back seat, "So are you going to tell me what took you so long?" We told her about riding the train and the long wait for dinner and she said, " Oh I was thinking you guys got taken to jail or something . . ." Really Em?

We spent Memorial Day weekend at the sand dunes in St. Anthony for about the third year in a row with my family. My whole family was able to go and camp out in my parents motor home and spend our days on the four wheelers out on the sand. My dad found this little three wheeler for Em to ride and it was the perfect size. Her ride was equipped with this flag (it says "DUNE PRINCESS") which you can imagine she was less than thrilled about. Em riding her three-wheeler over a "jump" Aaron had to try it out and make sure it was working properly because we didn't have anyone smaller :) We were going to let Izzy ride with Em on the back of her three-wheeler but we decided she better learn to hold her neck up a little better before she does that :) I think she was pretty content to just take naps in the motorhome, but only because she doesn't know what she's missing out on Em eating remains of my dad's delicious dutch oven cooking Em and I hangin' out...