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 :)

Fourth of July Weekend

For the Fourth of July, we first started off by going to the parade in Provo. We really enjoyed the parade and we were in the shade the whole time so it was REALLY good. After the parade, we went to Lehi to have a BBQ with some friends. Then went to the fireworks in Provo at Fox Field. Elly loved hanging out and really enjoyed seeing the fireworks. I think that was the most quiet I had heard her all day :). Here are a few pictures of us hanging out waiting for the fireworks to start.

On Sunday, we got up and got ready to head up on the mountain. We ended up going to Boulder Mountain (which is clear in the heck up there) and we were basically in the middle of nowhere, but we loved it! We had a great time hanging out with family and enjoying a break (I guess you could call it a break with Elly trying to get down and go crazy).

We decided to take the stroller because we knew that we would be doing a lot of fishing and walking to different lakes. We were walking down to the lake but the road was pretty rocky so Alyssa and Kaitlin decided this would be the best way to carry Elly. She like it :) She thought she was the princess (which she is)

Jason getting ready to cast his pole. He is such a goof ball.

Alyssa and Elly hanging out by the side of the lake. Elly just had to sit and stare at Alyssa.

Ok..so this was probably the funniest part of the trip. So Jason and Jenny (they are in the picture) decided they wanted to take someone elses canoe and go out into the middle of the lake and fish. Well, Jason made it in the canoe safely but as Jenny went to get in, she took her leg off of the log and went to put her other leg in the canoe and the canoe started to to move away from the log. She was doing the splits in between the log and the canoe. We laughed so hard! I felt bad but all I could do was laugh. *By the way she did not fall in. Jason helped her*
Elly's first ride on the 4 wheeler. She LOVED it. As soon as she got on, she went right to sleep. It was fun, but very difficult for me to hold on and keep her on at the same time.

Elly with her helmet on.

Jason and Elly eating lunch.

Elly eating a piece of licorice. She kept cramming it down her throat so we had to eventually take it away from her. She was pretty ticked.
Elly trying to take her helmet off.

Jason trying to get his bubble out of the water. He caught a big fish but it broke his line and he lost everything except his bubble. Poor J!

Jason fishing.

Jason still fishing.

Elly hanging out at the lake.

The awesome view of the lake.

Well, we had a great time this past weekend! It's always too bad when is has to end.

The Time is Coming Fast!

So it's official! We are moving to Holladay! I have to say that I am kind of excited to move! I think that I am ready for a new adventure and ready to start brand new (including being home all the time). I am sad to leave Provo because I have made SO many friends through our ward and school. I think it will be exiting (but scary) but I am ready for the challenge. I just can't believe that another chapter in our lives is about to close and another one is about to begin. I have loved having Jason home all the time and Elly and I are really going to have a hard time when he has to start working. That is going to be here before I know it. He starts August 5th and I am afraid he is going to be very busy. I guess I will just have to get over it :) Anyways here are some fun pictures from the last few weeks.

So Jason, Elly, and I were driving back from Salt Lake last week and we got stuck in a horrible rain storm. As we got closer to the point of the mountain, this beautiful rainbow appeared. I have never seen one this bright before! We tried to get a good picture, but this was as good as it got.

In our front room, we have basket that we put all of Elly's toys in. I guess you could say that it is kind of deep. Elly is always bound and determined (surprise surprise) to get the stinkin toys out of the bottom of the basket. She is just a little too short to reach to the bottom. She has fallen in more than once head first (you will see in that in pictures to come). In these two pictures, she fell in head first but managed to turn herself the correct way. I know that I shouldn't laugh, but I really can't help it because it is so FREAKIN funny! She is quite the little girl and I think that I definitely have met my match with her. HELP! :)

Elly in head first :)