October Fun!

I can't believe that it is the end of October already!! Time continues to fly by like crazy!! I feel like I can't keep up or get ahead with anything! Does it ever slow down??! I keep thinking "ok when I am finished with school life will slow down" but the more I think about it the more I realize that it will just be a different busy..but honestly I love my life and I wouldn't change a thing..well except being finished with school;).. I love learning but it is just SOOOO time consuming... Other than that it is pretty much perfect though!! Anyway enough complaining, here are a few pics of our evening of carving pumpkins and Emma's first time playing in the snow by herself!

These are just a couple of fun pics of Ems. She just found these sunglasses in her toy box and now loves wearing them all around the house!

Her new boots from Nana...they are a little big but she didn't seem to mind! Grandpa D will love them!!

Catch up time!

It has been a while since I posted anything! Not anything majorly exciting has been going on besides being here in Cedar..playing with Ems, going to school ;), and working! Here are some pics, however, of the past month of things we have been doing! For FHE this week we took a drive up Cedar Mountain to see all of the leaves changing and it was sooo BEAUTIFUL! I absolutely LOVE it when the leaves change colors...even though they don't last long on the trees after!

A couple stopped when they saw me taking pics and offered to take a pic of us all!

I have been looking for something to help Ems float in the pool because when we hold her in the pool she just wants to take off! So after searching the Internet I found this! It had over 50 reviews and all of them were excellent ratings so I figured it had to be better than some of the others that said 'makes them fall forward or backward', 'not recommended', etc... As soon as she was put into the water she floated to her back and wasn't so sure of this but by the time we left the pool she was able to keep herself centered by her arms! She seemed to really like it! It is actually for a 30-50 pound kid so its a titch big but it doesn't seem to be a problem!! We can't wait to keep using it!

Splash..splash...splash!!!

One of our days off we headed to St. George. We took Ems to this little area in down town and she had sooo much fun! She is such a little social butterfly..she made fun little friends to play with!

I love this picture because of her face...very determined that the water wasn't going to catch up to her! She is such a climber..she makes me nervous sometimes!!

Pure happiness;)

Emma playing in a puddle in our parking lot! I was taking pics and I realized she was bending over licking the WATER like she does in the tub!! Extremely nasty! I kept having to catch her hand before she would put little rocks or whatever could be found in it in her mouth! I don't know if she is ever going to grow out of this stage of putting everything into her mouth!

Dancing in the puddle!

A friend of mine took these fun Pic of Emma! She took some of her little girl and I loved them so we had a photo shoot with Ems and these are just a FEW of the pics she took! There were SOO many that I LOVE so I just randomly picked some to show! Thanks ANDREA you did such a good job...it was lots of fun!!

Life is going great! I LOVE this Semester of school...so interesting...Ems is sooo much fun and keeps us going and laughing! Andrew finally has a break from school...I am happy for because we get to see him more..but he misses school;)

Fair Time!!

Wayne County Fair time!!! The fair is always a good time to see family and friends from good ol' Wayne! This year we were able to go up on Thursday so we got to enjoy all of the festivities and since Emma is older she was able to join in on all of the fun! Here she is hanging out with her cousins at the Rodeo! They played with her lots and helped entertain her since the rodeo couldn't keep her attention...or mine! It was a pretty lame rodeo in my opinion..but still fun to go!

Lance giving Em's some candy they caught during the parade!

Lex, Emma, and Mitch waiting for the parade to begin..the sun was bright so Ems had her eyes
closed!

Daph and Ty just relaxing!

Look at this HAIR!! It actually was cute before the parade started but with the wind this is how it looked afterwards....Yikes!

Before the Derby we had a bbq with all the fam at Shane and Nycole's house, which was lots of fun! The little girls thought it would be fun to dress Emma up in Haylie's princess attire...they were so excited to have her walk out and show us! Emma wasn't so sure about the wings and crown! But she sure looked cute!

Destiny, Emma, Lexi, and Kierra

The boys enjoyed playing horse shoes...Andrew and Ty were on a team to begin with and lets just say the "City" boys didn't do so well..maybe next time!

Shane has gone to a lot of work in their yard and it looks gorgeous!! He built this patio as you walk out their doors which is all decked out with his sink, grill, fridge, and lounge area! Thanks Shane and Nycole for letting us enjoy your home!!

The derby was lots of fun..loud, stinky, dusty, sunny all enjoyable when you are enjoying cars crash!! Thank you Mom and Dad for watching Ems for us!! Thanks Bill for the bunny ears!!

Two cars pushed into the dirt right by us!! This green car was awesome and won!

See the poop!!! Ty bought some fake poop at the park earlier during the day and would place it on the grass and watch people walk around it, step on it and check their shoes, ect ect....it was sooo funny!! We were laughing tons and tons...can't you just imagine it...fake dog poop! Well Mitch decided to bring his 'poop' to the derby..they would place it right where people had to walk and of course had many laughs watching everyone! Cheap great entertainment..Thanks Ty!!

While we were at the derby our little climber thought she was big enough to reach in and get a toy from the toy box and in she went...this is her little black eye she got! You can't see it really well it looks darker in person...it didn't slow her down one bit though she still thought she should be able to climb and explore everything...my mom had to follow her all over trying to keep her down!! Thanks MOM!!

While we were in Bicknell I finally got to go out with Andrew and shoot his hand gun. He had taken it out to shoot before when we were there but I hadn't ever shot it so I wanted to go and try, and actually I didn't do too bad!! It was really fun..very loud but fun!!

Thanks babe for taking me!

My 5 year reunion from high school!! Wow how time flies!! We enjoyed getting together with a few of the people I graduated with and catching up to see how everyone was doing! There were only 15 of us there so we missed everyone that didn't come but had fun seeing everyone that was there!! By the way THANKS NICOLE for going to all the work to get everything put together for us..it was lots of fun!!
Trista and Chelsie

Megan and Nicole

Sage, Trinity, and Nolan

Beth, Makell, Hayley, and my Hubby

Spencer

I realized I should have taken more pics when I got home! Here is the whole group that came! It was so fun seeing all of you...thanks for the good time!!

My 1 Year Old Girl!!

It just doesn't seem possible that a year has already gone by and my baby is now 1!!! It has been such an incredible year having Emma in our little family. She has such a fun personality and keeps us going non stop! She brings such an indescribable joy to us! Who knew as adults we would get so excited when she first rolled, smiled, clapped, sat up, crawled, walked, folded her arms, said "da da" and "ma ma" and so many other things! She is such a blessing and we love her so very much and feel honored and humbled to be her parents!

A few tid bits about Emma at 1:

She is starting to walk all over the place;)

Saying "mommy, ma ma, da da, daddy, ba ba, dg (dog), bl (ball)"

She call everything ma ma until I correct her!

She loves to point at everything, and will point at mommy and daddy (only in pictures though..silly girl), at the light, her hair, when you ask where Jesus is she points at the picture of him, and she almost hyperventilates when you ask her where the baby is...this is a picture frame that has some random little girl in it, but Emma LOVES her and loves to hold the picture and look at her 'friend'!

She climbs on the couch, in the window, on the toilet, in baskets..pretty much anywhere her little leg can get high enough!

LOVES to dance...any time she hears music she just can't help but dance;)

She gives the best 'hugs and kisses' especially to daddy...he doesn't even have to ask for kisses she just knows he loves them;)

Her favorite toys are balls...she will play forever chasing them around, anything that makes noise, loves looking at books, and is in heaven playing with all of her new toys from her b-day!

She is the best little eater...loves basically everything..especially her veggies and meat!!!

Crazy ticklish when daddy gets her with his scruff...cutest giggle!

Little social butterfly! She has absolutely no stranger anxiety...she would walk off with anyone and not even wonder where mommy and daddy went!

So HAPPY..I get from people all the time "she is such a happy baby" "does she ever not smile" "look at that smile"...I do have to admit she really is a happy baby even when she doesn't get a nap she takes a lot before she gets grumpy...but it does happen!!!

Absolutely LOVES to wave at everyone!

Loves being outside in the sun, rain, wind, stroller rides, bike rides, basically anything to go out!

Tub time is one of her favorite activities at the end of the day!

Leads the music every Sunday during sacrament;)

Mommy's little helper with cleaning (dumps soap out to have mommy wipe up and clean), cooking ( sits on the counter and makes messes;), and laundry (rides in basket and folds or ;)unfolds clothes)...best helper in the World!!!

Loves to wear necklaces all over the house!

My list could go on and on...but I will stop!!!

Her birthday landed on a Wednesday this year but we wanted to celebrate it in Salt Lake with our families so on her actual b-day Andrew made cupcakes and she got to have three of her very own! Messy messy!

Then on Saturday we celebrated with Andrew's family and my mom and day and daph's family all came! We had it at Andrew's house and enjoyed every minute!! With a yummy food and partying!! Here Emma is watching daddy intently lighting her candles.

When we started singing to her...her eyes lit up and she was all smiles, just watching everyone looking at her and singing...priceless;)

Trying to blow out her candles! I love this picture because you can see Dan, Kaye, and my Mom all doing the 'blowing' sign;)

She sneaked a little cake before we cut it for her;)

Feeding Daddy some cake, and dropping lots on the floor! Sammy (the dog) loved having Emma there for a few days...poor thing she fed him everything she ate...I am surprised he wasn't completely sick!!

Present time! She was spoiled rotten and got many many fun new toys, clothes, and books! She has played with everything and seems to love it all!! She is giving her new dolly named "Emma" a hug before even opening it up completely! Even her new ball got some loves!

Some of the crew at the party!

The middle of everything...soaking up the attention!

The day was great to celebrate our little ones first birthday surrounded by people who love her! Thanks everyone for coming and for all the love you give us and EMMA!! We love you!