Cousin Pictures

It was a lot of fun to see Peter and Isabelle interact during this trip. They are only 8 weeks apart, so it has been interesting to see how they are alike and different. Isabelle is very high energy and Peter is very mischievous, so they make a good team (or bad if you are the one watching them!). Isabelle calls Peter "P." Sometimes she tries to mother him-which he hates. Peter likes to tease her by taking out her hair bow or taking her blankets and running while she screams at him. Most of the time they get along famously and follow each other everywhere.

Isabelle and Peter playing the piano at my parents' house in northern Utah. Interesting duet!

Isabelle mothering Peter and cleaning off his feet after they are done playing with my parents' dog, Sadie.

This picture completely typifies their personalities. Isabelle has a very energetic and intense personality, and Peter has a relaxed and mischievous personality.

Here they are in their royal thrones. They were very good travelers. Both of them logged about 25 hours of car seat time in 8 days with minimal crying!

Idaho

Scott had to go back home to work after St. George, but Peter and I stayed to spend more time with my family. We traveled up to Idaho and visited Yellowstone-my favorite place in the world! This was Peter's first time so be prepared for a plethora of pictures.

We stayed at my Grandparents' cabin just outside of West Yellowstone in Island Park.

My dad, Peter and I roasting hot dogs at the cabin. Peter was terrified of the fire.

My Grandpa and Grandma Farrow enjoying their food.

Little Isabelle the monkey displaying her
bandaged hand with 5 stitches.

The dry grass was being watered and Peter decided he needed to wash his hair in the sprinkler.

This picture and the ones involving water are about the only ones that are not a blur. He ran faster than the camera could.

My mom on double duty feeding both the little monsters-Isabelle and Peter.

Peter playing with the fireplace knobs. The kid cannot leave any button, knob, switch, latch, lever or door alone! He is so good at figuring out the mechanics of these things too.

Another popular attraction was the stairs. We finally had to block them off so we wouldn't have another episode of stitches.
Again, the kidos were very uncooperative during this photo shoot. After our picnic in Yellowstone, the only picture we could get was of their backs.

I love this picture of Peter. We were corralling Peter and Isabelle amongst the trees while we waited for Old Faithful to erupt.

Isabelle and my dad, Peter and I
For once, the kidos were memorized and holding still during the eruption of Old Faithful.

The cousins giving each other a hug. CUTE!

After this short trip of 4 days to Idaho, I have decided that I am glad I do not have twins at this point. Both the kids were great, but they made a very mischievous and rambunctious team.

A Family Tradition

Since we are not going to Utah for Christmas, we decided to fly in for my family's traditional Labor Day trip to St. George. Well, pictures are so much more fun than my boring words, so here they are . . .

Dad, Isabelle, Marissa, Scott, Peter, and Dustin swimming at the condo pool. As you can see, Peter was so grumpy that he would only snuggle with Scott or I the entire time.
On the other hand . . .

. . . his little cousin Isabelle thought she was an Olympic swimmer and tried jumping in the deep end
by herself several times.

Peter hanging out with Great-Grandpa Farrow and
Grandma Stewart at the condo.

My sister Sara and her husband, Dustin, snoozing at the condo.

We enjoyed eating a meal and watching the musical "Aida" at Tuacahn. Tuacahn is an outdoor theater amidst the beautiful red rock of Southern Utah.
Here is Peter and Scott posing for the camera.

Peter and Isabelle
This is the only decent picture we could get of both. Peter was always trying to run away or grab the camera, and Isabelle refused to pay attention by turning her head or giving us glum faces.

Thanks to my parents and grandparents, we had delicious food! Here is Peter enjoying his first corn on the cob. We also had glorious Utah peaches!!! (the peaches were almost my entire reason for coming :)

Sunday afternoon after church we were able to hike around Zion's National Park. I LOVE the beautiful scenery! Here are Scott, me, and Peter (trying to escape) in front of the
Three Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Here I am holding onto Peter while he splashed
around in the Virgin River at Zion's.

My New Favorite Picture

Of course, it is always a picture of Peter. We think he is quite the cutie. Funny story: We went out to eat on Saturday night and while we were walking past all of the shops and restaurants trying the decided where to eat, Peter saw these two fancy dressed ladies standing to greet people at an upscale restaurant. He decided to wave and jabber to them-the little flirt! They waved back and smiled; he was pretty proud of himself. Also, he often waves to cashiers as we leave the check-out stands at stores. Silly little boy!

We haven't been up to much lately. Just doing little projects around the house. Scott has installed new door knobs & locks on the outside doors, and I have been weeding the front flowers beds and grass. Because of the weeding, we have been spending a lot time outdoors (much to Peter's liking). Peter has fallen on the cement so many times that he has scrapes and scabs ALL over. When he falls, he usually whines and then just keeps running-even if it is bleeding. We tried putting a bandage on a really bad scrape, but he threw a fit for 15 minutes until we gave in and took it off.

The only other thing I can think of is that we are headed to Utah this week. Yeah!!! The only thing I am not excited about is keeping Peter entertained for three hours on my lap! On the positive side, at least it is a lot faster than driving.