Mac N Haley Cloward

I feel horrible about this poor neglected blog. I am so sorry I haven't kept up on here. I have been posting pics to facebook more and more simply because it is faster and easier than trying to upload a bunch here. But I do still enjoy having this blog and I have some time now during the break to catch up.
So we made it through another semester. I am now a junior and I will be on track again for fall and McKay will be off track and will be Mr. Mom once again. We will both be working on campus as well.

This summer so far we have had a lot of adventures. We traveled to Utah several times and we even made the trip to Las Vegas to visit friends and family. The girls were pretty good travelers overall. We also were able to attend the Ogden Temple Open House thanks to Brandon and Marybeth. We went with them and Marybeth's family as well as Dan, Cami, and their son James. We had a great time seeing the beautiful temple and enjoying ice cream afterwards.

We went and spent an afternoon up at warm river with McKay's family at "their cabin." (It's not really theirs but it might as well be. :P) Then this last week we went kayaking up in Ashton at Horseshoe Lake. It was lots of fun. We had a couple run ins with a nasty beetle that scared the jeebers out of me and a little out of McKay but we made it out okay. :P

This summer has been filled with lots of fun memories. Another exciting event was that Brandon and Marybeth moved back to Idaho because Brandon got a new job on campus and they now live just a few minutes from us. It is pretty awesome. We are excited about that.

Andrea and Zoey are now 10 months old and are at least 20 lbs if not more. It has been amazing to see them grow and progress. We love them so much and we love seeing their different personalities come out.
The girls recently found the pots and pan drawer so we will have to keep a close eye on them. They both sit up on their own and Zoey crawls on all fours but Andrea still does the belly scoot. Andrea has recently found her nose and loves to pick it! What 10 month old knows how to pick her nose?! I think daddy must have taught her that one.. :P j/k.
These girls are pretty happy and overall healthy. Brandon and Marybeth recently gave us their old crib so we set it up and now the girls can have their own beds without waking each other up in the mornings or during nap time. We haven't had too many problems, but we have had some so we decided it was time for them to have their own beds.

Well that's probably enough writing. I know y'all mostly want to see pics so I will post some here as well. Enjoy! Thanks for reading.

Me and my Andrea at the Fourth of July parade

grandma and Zoey enjoying the parade

I sure do love these ladies. :) Grandma has Zoey and I have Andrea

Me and Mac waiting for the parade

Andrea and Zoey sure do love bath time. Zoey is on the left here and Andrea on the right

My mom came to visit and brought the girls early birthday gifts so here they are opening them up. Zoey is in the green and Andrea in the white.

so excited to open their presents

They got Violet dogs. They can sing songs and spell their names and lull them to sleep with bedtime songs.

We have had the chance to take the girls to Rexburg Rapids a couple of times this summer and they really enjoyed it. Fun times. Zoey is on the Left and Andrea on the right

We visited Mac's family at Warm River and here is Andrea wearing grandpa's hat.

She's so cute

Now it's Zoey's turn to wear grandpa's hat

Family photo. We forgot jackets for the girls so we had to make do with what we had.

We have visited Dan and Cami a couple of times this summer so we got some pics with James with the girls. Andrea is next to James and Zoey is on the right.

Here is Zoey trying out James' bouncy seat/swing

Andrea tried out this awesome toy.

Here we are in Vegas in my mom's kiddy pool. Here we are with Zoey. Andrea was asleep when we took pics so here we are. Zoey wasn't so sure about this pool but we had fun anyway.

playing on the ground at Grandma Sharla's house.

Zoey got to ride in the cart at Cosco.

Here we are at the Ogden Temple open house. I have Zoey and Mac has Andrea

We forgot the stroller when we went to the store the other day but lucky for us we found this awesome shopping cart.

Here we are at horseshoe lake.

Don't worry we didn't take them out without life jackets.

See? Told you they found the pots and pans. haha

Mckay and I just celebrated our 2nd anniversary and Mckay was sweet enough to make me a card and buy me beautiful flowers.

As we were getting a movie from redbox we saw this pretty rainbow.

Okay, I know it has been awhile since my last post so here you have an update. Andrea and Zoey are now 7 months old getting close to 8 months and they are still happy social babies. They roll around everywhere and get into the strangest spots in our apartment. They especially like to wedge themselves underneath their swings. They are getting really close to crawling as well. Won't be long! They don't have any teeth yet, but those might be coming soon as well. They love to laugh and Andrea sometimes even likes to sing along with people. Grandma Tracie and Grandpa Dean took them to their Aunt's choir concert so Mac and I could go shopping and get some things done and I was told that Andrea was singing along with the choir. Such funny girls. We love them so much.
We have started them on baby food as well and it is going pretty well. Andrea started out being the better eater but lately Zoey has been the better eater. So far they have had peas, squash, and carrots. They just had carrots for the first time yesterday. They are growing and are pretty happy overall. I'll post some pics from Easter and times in between. Hope you enjoy!

Here are our Easter Girls dressed in their tutus. Andrea is on the left and Zoey on the right

We had a hard time keeping them up right on the couch.

see What I mean? haha

Our little Zoey

We were doing all we could to get their attention to try and make them smile.

Oh there's a Zoey smile!

Andrea wanted to suck on her tutu. Silly baby

Hi there girls.

Such smiley babies.

I believe this was the first time we fed them cereal. Andrea's first experience with that.

Happy Matching babies. Thanks to my visiting teacher for the cute matching onesies.

Andrea is on the left again with Zoey on the right.

Our girls are so funny when they fall asleep. Totally out heads drooped over and all. Andrea is on the left again and Zoey on the right.

My parents came for spring break. Lucky for us we had the same week off for spring break! It was so much fun to have them come over. My mom is holding Andrea and My dad is holding Zoey.