Playing at the Park and a few other things

Here are some fun pictures of Elly playing at the park. We live really close to Murray Park so it is fun to go and hang out (especially when we need to get out of the house).

She loves the swings and she laughs so hard when she gets really close to me.

She is so focused when she plays. She has such a one track mind.
She was trying to sneak past me, but not such a great idea because of the drop off. She was not happy with me when I made her go the other way.

Still trying to get past me.
She really likes the slide.

Showing me a wood chip.

Elly LOVES books. She will just sit somewhere and flip though her books forever. She can now pick out a dog and she knows exactly what the doggy says.
Always ready to pose for a picture.

Elly playing on this really cool little thing (I have no idea what's it called). I think she was a little scared at first because she would just start spinning as soon as I put her in it. I really liked it...but I am not so sure she did. :)

She was just obsessed with picking up the little wood chips. I even found some in her diaper...that's pretty gross I know, but what do you do?

I think this is her favorite place to sit. She loves to sit in the weirdest places.

She REALLY enjoyed dinner that night (except for the green beans apparently)

So Elly is OBSESSED with this bear. She carries it around everywhere. Jason will always tell her to go and find it and she always gets it. It's so cute and I love this smile. It is so cheesy and her hair is totally out of control.

The fun we have at home!

These are things that Elly has just figured out. She has decided that she likes to try to dress herself, pull EVERYTHING out of the cupboard in the bathroom, and crawl under things to find the smallest things. I just sit and laugh at her, which I might regret later because she thinks everything she does is SO cute. I am screwed! HELP! haha

Elly trying to dress her self. Everything goes on her head (which messes up her hair. We have lots of fights over her hair.)

Being silly.

Elly has figured out there are alot of things hiding under the sink in the bathroom that she likes to play with. She has decided the curling iron is her favorite. This was her crawling out from under the sink.

Her with her prize.

Pulling EVERYTHING our from under her dresser. I guess we won't ever loose anything with Elly around.

I was able to catch her under the sink this time. She is always ready to pose for a picture.

After a long day of playing, a nap is just what she needs. She will be so much happier when she wakes up! Thank goodness for naps!

The last few weeks have been crazy!

Since we moved, I feel like we have been running around with our heads cut off :).

We had to find clothes for Jason to start work with, get clothes for the reception (oh boy let me tell you how bad that sucked), Taylor got married, Jason left for San Jose 3 three days later, I went to Price to hang out, I came back to pick Jason up and then drop him off two days later, and then I went back to Price. When Jason came back, I came home and picked him up and then drove back to Price the next day for Taylor's open house in Price. Now Jason has started with Ernst and Young and I get to STAY HOME!!! I think of the teacher's that I worked with and I all I can think of is poor suckers....just kidding. I have got so much accomplished in the last two days it's amazing! My house is almost to the point to where I think it should be. It's fun. I will probably start to get bored in a couple weeks but I am over it. Well here are some pictures of us at the open house. I could not get Elly to smile with Jason. I don't know what her deal was. :)

My baby is a year old!

I can't believe how fast this year has gone by. We had a baby, (July 10th), I finished my 2nd year of teaching, Jason graduated from BYU and will be starting with Ernst & Young in less than a week, and we have moved to Murray. All I have to say is WOW what a year. It's crazy how quickly life can change. It has been a great but very challenging year. I really got frustrated with having to take Elly all over creation, I had a class from you know where (but I loved them with all my heart), Jason had a freakin butt load of group projects and school assignments (and we thought this was suppose to be the easy year), and this last move just about killed us. I guess they say what is hard only makes you stronger (I know that is not how the saying goes, but oh well you know what I mean).

Well, Elly has definitely changed our lives for the good. I think is is funny how all of a sudden she knows how to squeal when she is mad and jumps up and down in her bed when she is really ticked. It's pretty funny but I can't let her see that I think it is funny! Anyways, here are pictures from her birthday party in Price and Huntington.
*They are not in order because I could not get the stupid thing to work and I started to loose my patient :)*

Family Pictures

Here are our recent family pics. We figured since Elly was turning 1, we needed to get 1 year pictures and family pictures done. If you want really good pictures, this is the best place to go! I love how she took and designed out pictures and she got Elly to smile really well. The link is on our blog under Cheap Shots Photography. She is also very reasonably priced! I highly recommend her! Here are our fun family pics :)