Fall Leaves

Last Saturday afternoon we decided to take a drive to see all the pretty fall leaves! We drove to the dam side of Lake Arkabutla and found a place to sit and enjoy the awesome weather! We had some hot cocoa we had brought with us and some fresh popped popcorn! It was so nice and pleasant with no one else around. We just sat and talked and played with Ella! It was so pretty with all the awesome colors of the leaves and the lake!

I love this picture she was so happy! It is easier to see when enlarged!

She loved playing in the leaves!

Her new thing is to point and also she has started this week waving goodbye when someone leaves.

She really is a turkey!!!

So most people know that Ella's nickname has always been turkey! Not sure how it became maybe cause she was born in November! Anyways she lives up to the title very well sometimes! She keeps us laughing and now if we laugh she laughs back so we have to be careful at what we laugh at so that we aren't giving her the ok to do something she shouldn't!

Last Sunday we went to some friends for dinner and while we were getting it together we put her in her chair with some snacks and two minutes later the snacks were gone and she was done! I turned around and she had attempted to get her bib off! Usually she is more successful but not today!

Her new trick when she eats this week is to lick and smack her lips like the food she is eating is the best ever!

She thinks she is so funny. Her new tricks this week include the stairs! She has never even tried to go up she usually just sits at the bottom and yells to Andrew because she knows he is up there but last night I heard a thumping on the stairs and go around the corner and she is four stairs up! She has never shown us that she even understands what to do so I was shocked. She has tried to get her leg up on the couch this week as well to climb up but it will be a while before she does that she is to short! She is growing up to fast!

Pumpkin Carving!!!

Last Friday we had some friends from school Eric and Jenn come down with their two boys to carve pumpkins! We first made homemade pizza and then got on to the carving!

All of us and the finished products!

Andrew's Pumpkin!

All of the pumpkins that were carved!

Boys!

We had a lot of fun and Jenn made some really good cake! It was amazing! We are glad we were finally able to use our pumpkin carving pattern book we have had at least 4 years!

WICKED!!!

Last Thursday I had an awesome opportunity to go to see Wicked up in Memphis! It was amazing! There was so much I don't remember from seeing it two years ago! We had so much fun!

Outside the theater! Elise, Ashley, and me! Such a great Girls Night Out!

The cop outside the theater took our picture for us and didn't think one was enough he wanted to take another! We didn't plan the green and black we just all showed up in it!

The stage! We were dead center!

The best we could do inside getting our own picture! I have to say the best part of it is the lady behind us looking a little mad we are taking her picture! Those ladies were hilarious as well they laughed so loud and hard and every little thing!

Thanks again to Andrew who was so nice and let me buy a ticket to go and for taking such good care of Ella while I was gone especially since he had a test the next morning! He is the best!

Halloween Parties!!!

Last week we had a lot of fun celebrating Halloween! On Friday our Mother's Group had a fun party with a fun craft and some fun games! Ella just wanted to explore the large gym and follow the kids! Her knees were so dirty by the time we left!

Not the best picture but she was all the way across the room!

Attempting to get a picture of the Bees. I was a little late so this is the best I could do!Doing the craft she helped me hold a crayon and color with it!

She wanted to sit by herself on the chair, she also didn't want her hood on!

Saturday Night our ward had a Halloween Dance since we already had our Trunk or Treat earlier in the week! It was a lot of fun even though I sat a majority of the time (dancing is not easy or I am just too sore)! It was fun anyways!

Ella loves to be up on Andrew's shoulders! He might lose his hair faster this way cause she pulls it out!

Right before we took off her costume she was sweating really bad!

Ella and the only girl closest to her age in our ward, Kayleigh! How cute is that cow! Ella just wanted to touch her!

She is happy we took her costume off finally! Easier to move around! Andrew and Ella have the same eyes in this picture they must be related!

It was such a fun weekend full of lots of fun things to do!

Happy Halloween!!!

Ella Our Little Bee!!!

Trunk or Treat

Last night was our wards trunk or treat! Ella went as a Bee! There were lots of Bees this year! Andrew walked her around to a few cars just for fun with her Easter bucket!

They had a trunk decorating contest we had no idea about. The sister missionaries were in charge of picking and they picked our truck! We were excited we won this candle! They took our picture for us and made us hold the candle up. They were funny!

And yes Andrew's eyes are closed but it is the only shot we got oh well! After such a hot day it turned into such a great night! Maybe next year we will dress up!

Enjoying Life

Ella enjoys life! She cracks herself up! She is such a blessing in our lives! She is so fun but she makes me so tired! I love nap time!

I couldn't get a picture without her eyes somewhat closed she loves to see how close she can get to the camera before we pull it away!

Playing on our bed in the morning, she loves our bed and gets really excited when we let her up!

She loves it even better when her dad makes her hair stand up! It helped to see how long it was getting!

She loves to eat, even though she doesn't look like she does! This was today before lunch and the meltdown of the century! She was so happy! She is getting some teeth and when she does she is selective on what she eats and didn't like the choice I made for her vegetable for lunch! I now have carrots in my hair! She finally decided that she would eat her fruit and some cottage cheese (which is her favorite)! She even got a couple goldfish crackers!

We went to find a shirt to go under her Halloween costume the other day and found these Christmas outfits at Children's Place! They have matching boy and girl church clothes! We just might have to wander back this weekend when they go on sale and we can use our coupon! She actually wasn't trying to take the hat off which was amazing!

Pumpkin Patch

Last Saturday after the Vision Walk and a nap for Ella we headed to the pumpkin patch! It was a lot of fun although I would rather pick my pumpkin from the patch not a field where they placed them! We got to ride the hay ride over to the "patch." We also got to do their corn maze and wander around the farm a bit. It will be more fun when Ella can walk and explore it more! We went home with some great pumpkins and a hay bale for our front porch! It was such a great day to get to spend it with Andrew, I helped him to not study the whole day and it was awesome! We ended the night at a local ice cream place and had some yummy ice cream!

The kid friendly corn maze!

On the hay ride!

Vision Walk

Last Saturday was the annual Vision Walk in Memphis. We joined in hoping Andrew will get some extra credit next semester! It was a lot warmer then last years walk we didn't need jackets! The walk was supposed to be 3 miles but someone up front took a wrong turn and it ended up being about 25 min and only about a mile! After we enjoyed hot dogs, chips, Ella got to go down the slide and get her face painted! She actually sat still long enough to get a pumpkin on her face!

Ella survived the walk with animal crackers and she had socks on but pulled them off!

Family Pictures

Last week my friend Savannah did some family pictures for us! She did such an awesome job! We were worried we weren't going to be able to do them this day because it was pouring rain (hasn't rained in months but it decided to this day!) but it stopped and made it perfect for pictures! I can't pick a favorite, this is one of them! Check some more out on her website:

http://savannahwilliamsonphotography.blogspot.com

This one makes me laugh she looks terrified! She is not a fan of being swung yet!