Sam Left, Sadie Right
Samantha Dawn
Sadie Jane
We had a fun 4th! Had a BBQ with friends during the day and then a fun fireworks show that night! We are lucky to live close to a baseball stadium that was doing big fireworks and a concert venue that did a great show also! We were surrounded! The highlight for Sadie was the Cheesy Doritos! And poor Samantha got her first sparkler burn!
On the 3rd we went down to see some fireworks over the Missourri River! This was our attempt at a family photo!I am so glad this video posted, I tried last time and could not get video to post! I just have to say that the girls love to sing and we sing lots of different songs, so around the 4th of July to switch things up because Old McDonald and Twinkle Star we're getting kind of old, I started singing them some patriotic songs. For some crazy reason they both took to God Bless America, and started requesting it 60 times a day! I am sad that Sadie isn't singing a long very well in this video, because she seems to love it a bit more than Sam. In fact, still to this day it is her pck for her bedtime song every night!
The girls got their first purses! We went one night over to an outdoor shopping complex and they went in and picked them out, and then strutted all over the place with them! 
Jake brought us home these flowers, Just Because! 
We took a fun trip down to Crown Center, we went to a Lego display and then outside to run through the fountains!
The girls with their cute friend Britt! Samantha is loving it!!
I guess this wasn't a fun hightlight, Poor Sadie! She got her first set of stitches! It is actually pretty comical now to think back to mine and Jake's reaction! This was our first big injury that we have dealt with as parents, and we were both a bit frantic at first! Sadie had climbed up into her booster seat up against the counter top bar and we are thinking she must have stood up and slipped and fell onto Samantha in her booster seat! All of the sudden she is hysterical and Jake runs over to comfort her, we sit her back in her chair and I look over and their is blood running down her shoulder!! She must have sideswiped the edge of the counter with her earlobe and it kind of severed it! Jake laughs at me for calling it severed, but I don't know how else to describe it! There was a big slit in her ear lobe!! So anyways off to the E.R. because of course it was at 9:00 on a Saturday night! It was kind of brutal having to watch her get the stitches! She was trying so hard to be brave! And it was adorable....Samantha started singing her songs to help her feel better! She ended up with 6 stitches, and I honestly think going to the Doctor to get them taken out was probably more traumatic for her than getting them in!!
Sadie left, Samantha right
Cuties! Sadie left, Sam right
A cheesegurger cook out!
Fun with friends at this cute little farm we have close by!
The girls with their "boyfriend" Caleb!
This was the girl's first parade! These are our cute friends Erika and Alyssa. They are so cute to Sadie and Samantha. And I just have to say in regard to my God Bless America comment earlier that the girls also associate Erika with God Bless America, so that is what they call her! They have just recently shortened it to America.
Samantha
Sadie
A fun trip down to Union Station! They have a big indoor train table!
I just had to post this because if you can tell, the girls are drenched! We have a shopping complex by our house that has these big fountains, and the girls cannot help themselves! They start out just sticking their hands in it and within seconds they are soaked! They LOVE it!!
We were so lucky....Jake flew in and we met up in Vegas for our 4th Wedding Anniversary!
While we were there we went and did the Gondola ride at the Venetian Hotel!
We went to a restaraunt and ordered this Big Kahuna, it was crazy! It had an erupting volcano and everything!!
This is funny....I couldn't stand leaving Utah without going up to Bear Lake. We drove all the way up there and it was cold and windy! Oh well...atleast we attempted!
Fun with Grandpa Spence in the wagon! 
An unforgettable trip to the fountains at the Gateway! Grandma Janet being a good sport and helping the girls be brave and get wet!!
Fun with Cousin Hailey!
I was lucky enough to take a quick girls trip to Santa Barbara! We went out on a whale watching tour! It was awesome!! And really windy!!
We were so happy to get to be there for my nephew Isaac's Walk for Autism! 
Jake and I got the chance to go on a date to the Bountiful Temple! 
Fun with the Cousins!!
Our good friends the Tippett's Wedding! 
Cutie Girls at Temple Square! The flowers were amazing!
I ran a 5K with a couple of my great friends down in Provo!
My awesome cheering squad!
Me and Kristan in action!
A 4 generation picture with my Grandma Chris! It was so good to get to see her!
The M&M Store!
Hoover Dam!
My Birthday Party!
Sam admiring her "mallows"! We had a smore party in my parents backyard!
Sadie and Grandpa Brucie!
