Horses, horses and more horses

Wow I can't believe how fast this summer has flown by. If I would have to pick a common theme for it, I would say it was horses. At least for Izzy. She loves horses. Here are few pictures of her this summer.
This is the horse that Grandma Sylvia gave her at the beginning of the summer. She has named her princess horsey. Princess Horsey has to sleep right next to Izzy's bed so that Izzy can hold on to her as she goes to sleep.

This is so precious. Izzy decided her horse needed a bath. So she is cleaning her with Ean's washcloths. And just today she was her room with a broom to clean the stable. (too bad I didn't get a picture).

On to the outdoor outings. Here she is at Wheeler Farm with grandpa. One of her favorite places to go. She loves to go and see the animals. Of course she always stops by the horse to feed them carrots.

And then to Gardner village to ride the ponies. We don't take her here very often because she could spend hours riding it is like $3.00 for like 5 minutes. Not bad until she insists on riding each of the 5 ponies they have or just "one more time ok guys". It has been fun to see her love for these great animals increase. In fact, she keeps telling dad she needs a horse in her backyard. Luckily for us there are several places close by where we can take her to see them.

Oink! Oink!

For those of you who didn't know Court had the swine flu. It is quite funny actually to see everyone's reaction. He started to come down with what I thought was a cold but it won't go away and then the fever came. So he went to the doctor - he was in and out faster then I have ever seen. He said the doc did the exam and while washing his hands several times informed him it was too far along to do an actual test but that he indeed had the swine flu. And of course to stay home until the symptoms went way. So when he called in work and told them he would be working from home for a couple of days his boss told him to stay home at least a week if not longer. People from all over the company were skping him and asking him about it and if was going to die. Can you believe that? When we called people in the ward to tell them about it and that he won't be at church at first they didn't beleive him then they started to make jokes.

Potty Training

Oh, the joy of potty training. We had started teaching Izzy about the potty before Ean was born. Mainly to get her use to it. We didn't want to make any huge life changes right before. But she was doing really well; that is until we brought home a baby in diapers. So she decided that since the baby was in diapers she would be too. And with all the craziness of having a newborn in the house we didn't focus too much on it. Well, in the last month she has started to show interest. So we started to introduce it to her once again. And then I decided we were done with the introduction and went full force. It took a week of staying home and hangout in big girl panties (which worked out great because it was the same week Court got the swine flu and couldn't go anywhere). But we did it. She is so proud of herself that she wants to show everyone her big girl panties and has to announce when she has just gone the potty. Maybe we made it too much of a big deal but I am proud of my little girl. Now just think of all the $ we are saving on diapers. Hooray!