Monday, May 16, 2011

Flooding!!!

Last week Memphis had the "Flood of the Century" as all the news reporters called it! It was interesting to see how far the Mississippi River rose. We decided to drive over the bridge into Arkansas to see how much it had swollen. The riverpark where we took my sister a short two weeks before was under water. I could not see the parking lot where we parked!


This was in Arkansas, previously farm land!







Ella enjoyed the ride!

Flowers

We decided to plant some flowers in the front of our house. We first had to move all these annoying white rocks out and weeds! I don't think the owners will really care what we did because we made the front of the house look better. The flower beds are on a slope and the house has no rain gutters so we put the rocks in the back to absorb most of the water but the dirt keeps washing away! I hope they will last!


After we got done planting it started to rain and Andrew sat down so Ella instantly ran to his side!













I got this hanging basket for $5! I just need to get something to hang it on!

Breakfast Time!!!

Last Saturday the 7th Andrew got up with the kids and made us all some breakfast! He had Easton up on the table to watch and snapped these pictures of him!


I love this one!





She started out with some strawberries. She was lining them up and then "counting" them in her own way! She would then knock them down and do it all over again!

He made one of her favorite breakfasts, scrambled eggs and toast with Nutella!



Friday, May 6, 2011

Half Way Done!!!

Andrew finished his last final this morning as a second year! He is now a third year and half way done with school! It feels good to have made it this far! Time has gone by so fast! He even made it home in time to eat breakfast with us! It is weird to think a year from now we will be headed back to Utah for the summer and his first externship! He will start in the clinic in a week and will start seeing patients. He is excited and nervous! I am so proud of him! He has put in a lot of time this week studying but six finals later we finally have him back! I kept telling him it has been a long week and he keeps asking me why I am so stressed about it he is the one taking the tests, I told him I am just nervous for him and that we missed him! We are excited to spend the next week off with him! This is the first break we don't have anywhere to go! We are going to try and find some fun things to do around here and maybe make a day trip somewhere!



Today we spent a majority of the day outside, the weather was a perfect 73*. We have to enjoy the outdoors before the humidity and heat really hit! We washed our cars, started planting some flowers, walked around the block, and Andrew gave Ella her first golf lesson! He found this golf set at Target in the dollar section! She loved it but not as much as she loves putting the balls in the bag and dumping them out and repeating!










We tried to keep busy this week so we didn't miss Andrew too much! Ella has started carrying her doll around like I do Easton. She had it on her hip but I couldn't grab the camera fast enough!








The advantage of being a baby is you always get new clothes. I have tried to stagger Ella's new clothes she has for the summer so that she has a new outfit once a week (wouldn't that be nice!). She is starting to run out she doesn't have near as many clothes as she did the first 12 months! I forgot to take the tag out of this one and noticed when the skirt flipped up and never went back down! She was putting her doll in the bumbo!




I don't know why I always take pictures of her eating. I think I was walking through the kitchen to take the next picture of Easton.



He woke up yesterday about an hour and a half earlier then usual! I was feeding him so cereal and he kept falling asleep mid-bite. I finally gave up trying to get him to stay awake.


He slept a lot yesterday as a result. He loves this duck once again!





This was yesterday as well his first outfit was to hot by midday! He slept with his two fingers holding this ring for a good 20 min!




Hot Dog Roast!!!

Last Saturday my friends Heather and Cara put on their second annual hot dog roast! It was a lot of fun to eat, talk, and hang out! It rained for about 5 min but after it stopped it turned out to be really nice. Last year it was so hot so a little rain was fine! We were going to be close to Lake Arkabutla but they had closed it due to rising water levels on the lake.




We took one picture the whole night and here it is:


I can always count on Heather to take pictures for me so I can steal them! Thanks Heather!




Us and the Weiss Family
Keeping dry from the rain!


Lants, Heiners, and Bullards




Jackmans, Lamberts, and Livingstons





Watts and Fishers
Pierce Family



Sullenger Family - One of our hosts! They are moving soon! I am so sad! I will miss them (not just as my visiting teacher :))






Breanne Butterfield, Chatwins, and Christiansens




Shurtz Family



Winters Family



Lant Family - Our other host and picture taker :)


Thanks again gals it was lots of fun!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

5 Months

Sunday Easton turned 5 months old! He is growing up so fast! We can't get enough of him he melts our hearts everyday! The day Ella turned 5 months old was the day I found out I was pregnant with East. Happy to say I am not pregnant this year! He is such a great baby. He loves to be held all the time which is fine until I need to get something done! He is sleeping almost 12 hrs at night, eating more then Ella ever has, rolls all over the place, loves to sleep on his tummy, loves his fist it is constantly in his mouth, and the last few days has discovered his toes and so he never keeps his socks on!


He is so happy!

We love you East!







Mom it's that crazy red head in my face again!





We told him that Ella sat up at 5 months so the pressure was on, so he is practicing. I think it is going to be a while still!

Classic mauling!


Hey ladies!


Fist in - it is so hard to get a picture sometimes because he always wants his hands in his mouth!