Monday, October 23, 2017

Guess who!

When the girls were babies they had more than a handful of similarities, in fact when Ellie was a newborn she looked like a clone of Maisie (but with more hair). They might not look exactly alike now, but can you tell they are sisters? You betcha! I was curious on how Evan was going to be affected by the Lloyd/Lee gene pool. Part of me thought he was going to look starkly different than his sisters- I used to imagine blonde hair and green eyes, but I think that was just stemming from my naïveté from all things "boy". It didn't help that his pregnancy was night and day different, so I guess it kind of makes sense why I ignorantly assumed he would look different as well. You would think I would have learned that based on our other two, that the "light-brown hair and true-blue eyes" proves to be an indomitable combo- so it's not a complete shocker that Evan inherited those traits as well. Austin and I have been going though old pictures lately and we were shocked by how much all the kids looked a like at around 3 months of age. Especially Maisie and Evan, my goodness they could be twins. Ellie definitely is in there too, but she has more distinct features unique to her and way more hair haha!

So let's play a game shall we? Can you guess which baby is which? I plugged in a poll under each photo, so go ahead and take a stab at it! The answer is in a link under each poll! Good luck :)

p.s I made all of the photos in black and white to even the playing field- I couldn't have the color pink give anything away right? 

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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
Survey Maker
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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
build quizzes
answer


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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
created here
answer


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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
Made Here
answer

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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
buildquizzes
answer


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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
build quizzes
answer


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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
built here
answer


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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
made here
answer


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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
link
answer

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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
website
answer

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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
made here
answer

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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
website
answer


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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
Survey maker
answer


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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan
link
answer

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Who is this?

Maisie
Ellie
Evan


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Monday, September 11, 2017

Warm Slough

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(Five week old little Evan 😍)

This summer we have spent a lot of time at the river or slough to be more exact. It's a smaller portion of river that feeds into the much bigger Henry's Fork area of the Snake river. It's super kid friendly and the water while chilly, is much warmer than most bodies of water around here. The slough is shallow and the kids are able to freely explore without us having to watch them like a hawk- which is always so relaxing to do haha! The kids favorite part of the slough is finding all of the creatures that live around there- frogs, turtles, minnows and crawdads. They can spend hours searching for and catching them. It reminds me of my childhood a bit, always exploring. 

More pictures of our time spent at the slough:
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Rexburg Rapids

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Rexburg Rapids is a summer must. We usually only do it once or twice a summer just because it's normally crowded and we prefer adventuring and playing in natural bodies of water- streams, rivers, lakes, you get the idea. This year was a little more difficult because with Evan being a newborn that means no water activities for us, but it's still fun to watch the girls brave the slides and float the lazy river. I think Austin appreciate cooling off a bit too, this summer has been SO hot which isn't well suited for end of pregnancy or post-partum hormones, but oh well. 

A party fit for a (three year old) princess

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(Ellie's little princess friends. Hailey was there too, but she darted before the picture was taken haha)

Ellie only had one request for her third birthday; that it be "pink princess" themed. Ellie is so completely different than Maisie in that she likes ALL things stereotypically "girly". If it's pink, purple, sparkles or has a Disney princess on it, Ellie is obsessed. So we thought it would be good fun to throw her a little princess party, so that's exactly what we did. It turned out really cute, the girls ate flower cupcakes, danced to Disney music, kissed a frog prince (a pin the tail on the donkey variation, but with a giant cardboard frog and lipstick for kissing) and played with their tiaras, bracelets and scepters.

Ellie ended up unintentionally falling asleep on the couch before dinner time, so I think its safe to say that she had a great time. :)