Funny Story from Dad

OK, so really funny thing happened today. Gracie had just got out of the shower and was enjoying walking around the bathroom in the nude. this is nothing new as it is a regular occurrence for her to enjoy being in the buff after a shower. I was brushing my teeth and Gracie came over to see what I was doing. She sat down on the ground, and then I crouched down and helped her to her feet. As I helped her stand, I heard a little grunt, which I thought was just from the effort of standing up. Gracie moved closer to me as I was still crouched, and I heard her grunt again. And then again. Emali heard the third grunt and looked down as a look of horror crossed her face. I knew it then too, without even having to look at the danger zone. Everything seemed to go in slow motion as Emali yelled "POOP!" and bent over to grab the closest thing (a diaper) to catch the brown-green goop that was dropping toward the floor. Gracie just smiled. Needless to say, we had a little mess to clean up and Gracie got to go back into the bathtub. FUN!

WE LOVE MEXICO!

How to get home from Mexico:

(it's a long story so you might want to skip ahead to see the pics of our journey)

Lance and I love road trips and vacation time. We have travel to Mexico at least twice a year and LOVE IT! There are lots of reasons that this has become our favorites vacation spot: La Princesa, the taco shop downtown that doesn't have a name, Lucas (chicken), the mango man, the warm water, shopping on the beach, shopping at the dirt mall, fireworks show (thanks Brian and Celynda for showing us most of these). Although this trip was very relaxing, it stunk coming home. We got stuck at the border for over FOUR HOURS! Gracie was having a hard time in the car and so I decided if we were going to have to sit and wait that I would rather walk around (but we had no idea how long it would take). I packed her in the stroller took a water bottle for me and a sippie for her and walked for 30-40 minutes, in the 120 degree weather, in between cars, trekking up and down hills, through sand, couldn't find shade, past the wild dogs, and finally right before the border ran into Lance's parents. I was very lucky to find them. They supplied me with another cold water bottle but then had to quickly leave to cross the border. I was stuck sitting in the heat with Gracie, little water, tired, no diapers, no food, and no idea how long it would take Lance to catch up with me. Halfway through my walk I thought I was stupid and wanted to turn around but was afraid that if I did that Gracie would get full sun exposure and burn quickly. Thank goodness that Celynda and her mom had the same idea I did and about after 2 hours of waiting they showed up. We let the kids play together and tried to stay in the shade. We were all so excited to see Lance finally approach the border. Our usual less than 4 hour drive turned into a 8 hour and 45 minute adventure. Not to mention I got so dehydrated that I got sick as soon as we got home! All in all, it was a fun get-a-way, but we will think twice about trying to cross the border on a Sunday afternoon!

Gracie is having fun on the beach. Check out her two front teeth!
Gracie is not having fun on the beach. She decided she hates water and sand unless it's in her warm bathtub. She finally did give in on the last day and started to enjoy the sand.

Bella and Grumpa take good care of Gracie. She loved napping on Bella's lap on the beach.

Ok, so we love having Eric back from his mission and now the Mollenhauer sibilings are back in full swing!

Gracie loves her Grumpa!

Dirty Skirts-UPDATED

Go Dirty Skirts! (Yes, that is our team name.) Mom's softball team plays a double-header every Tuesday. I hope we win some more games! I made Grace try on our new team shirts, Lance and I thought it was funny.

Dirty Update:

We won one and lost one! We lost the second game in the last inning by one run! But we had a great time!

Gracie and Lukas passing time at the ball park.

Gracie giving Mommy some good luck before she gets up to bat.

I think Gracie is still recovering from Mexico...she loves snuggling with A.V. (Aunt Vicki).

the simple life

Don't you remember when a box (or a bowl) kept you entertained for hours? I love my life!I also love the sad face! It cracks me up.

Swimming at Bella's

I love the summer...I can't even tell you the last time I actually styled my hair or wore real shoes. I am basking in the lovely Arizona heat and am enjoying all the time we have left in Arizona.

Don't you love baby swimsuits...I wish I still looked that cute wearing next to nothing! ;)

Summer Fun

These are some fun pictures of Gracie getting ready to swim. She was scared of the water at first, but slowly gets accustomed to it and has fun in the water, splashing Dad and playing with a ball. We love swimming and, of course, it is fun to look cute too!

Independent Gracie

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Forgive me for my amature film making. This was my First endeavor into directing/editing/producing. I know that it is a little raw, but this incident was too funny not to record.

Congrats to the Grad!

We are so proud of Lance! Only another 4 years to go...

Gracie and I snuck down and sat with the graduates...it was lots more fun playing with Dad!

Kiley, Lucas, Jaxon, and Gracie playing at the grad party (Thanks to Macey for the photo).

A REAL STINKER

Yesterday was a pretty funny day. I was trying to get a little work done on the summer voice program I am starting soon and Grace did NOT want to play by herself. Among other funny things she sneaks up behind me, at the computer, and I finally turn around to play with her and she's tring to hand me her DIRTY diaper! I don't know how she got it off... Then, not 10 minutes later I turn around and she is pulling all of the wipes out of it's container--and was trying to eat them! We have a pile of at least 30 wipes, thanks Gracie for stocking up your diaper bag. WE LOVE YOU!

WE HAVE A WALKER

Oh my! Yesterday was Gracie's 9 mo. birthday and she has successfully learned to walk (at least now we have proof)! We knew it was coming...she's walked TONS of times when no one is looking and when we notice she sits/falls and laughs. I think it helped having her cousin Tyrus in town last week. She was watching very carefully as he was cruising past her. We are proud!