Every now and again while uploading pictures I find random ones that I know I didn't take or that I wasn't present for. I am glad Andrew knows that I want pictures so he takes it upon himself to do it without my nagging!

This must of been one of those nights I was gone at workout class at church or something. Ella is OBSESSED with bubbles. If she hears the word bath she says bubbles so most days we have bubble baths. She loves to dress Easton and herself in the bubbles. Funny how she went from screaming and hating them to loving them all in a few days!

We had Easton's car seat brought in from the garage the other day to clean it and put it in storage and she thought it was her new toy, granted it was less than a year ago she was still using it! She loved it and got really mad when it disappeared!

6 Year Anniversary!!!

Last Wednesday we celebrated our 6th wedding Anniversary! It was definitely the most uneventful of them all. It is hard to beat trips to Disneyland when you are poor students! That day was Andrew's longest of the week, all special days seem to fall on his clinic days meaning that he has the chance of not getting home until after 7. This day was his second longest day in clinic (the first being my birthday:)). He had two patients at one time at one point in the day it was just a crazy day! Once he got home we were able to go out. We went and tried a Central BBQ. We got some Nachos to start and then shared some ribs and sides. We had never been and it was really good! Oh how we will miss the BBQ here when we leave nothing like it out west! We had fun talking over our kids screaming and the traffic going by. The traffic drowned out the kids so no one could here them! We went home and I had made a cherry cheesecake for Andrew since one of the theme gifts for six years is sugar. It was a great day a little different than what we have done but it was great to share it with our kids!

Jacksonville, Florida

Last week Andrew had a chance to go to a seminar in Jacksonville, Florida. Johnson and Johnson and The Vision Care Institute put it on for all the students when they are 3rd years. They pay for them to fly down there, stay a few nights, and eat really expensive food! Andrew went with most of the LDS guys and some of the girls in their class. I am going to try to remember what he told me about it and maybe have him add some insight later. They flew in Sunday afternoon checked into their hotel and then were given $40 dollars each for dinner, a lot for one person if you ask me! All the guys went to Outback together. They ordered a few appetizers, each of them got a steak, and a dessert and drinks. The next day they had meetings and classes in the morning and then they were able to do a tour of the Johnson and Johnson facility there that makes contact lenses. He didn't get any pictures of it because cameras were not allowed not even on the premise. He thought the tour was actually really cool and that was one thing he was looking forward too! Monday night they were all taken to a really fancy restaurant. They all ordered steak again. Andrew said it was really good! We enjoyed our chick-fil-a here at home :) Tuesday they had more classes and lunch and then flew home that night. Andrew came home with an awesome plaque with his name saying he had completed the seminar! We were excited to see him again!

They bused them everywhere!

I'm assuming this is part of Jacksonville :)
Inside Johnson and Johnson, he actually said he could have gotten in trouble if they knew they took this

That is what a $50 dollar steak looks like. Andrew said this place was super fancy, so fancy that you don't get a preference on how you want it cooked they do it their way! He said it was one of the best steaks he has ever had!

Stuck

Easton just wants to be everywhere! He will go to great lengths to achieve that! He keeps getting himself into strange situations. He is going to be a lot harder to deal with than Ella ever has been!

Here he just really wanted to get to the slide so he could bang stuff on it!

He doesn't quite understand the door on the other side is the way in, not climbing it!

He was determined to get that last cheerio that was left from breakfast that morning. This was when we were trying to skype I heard him whining from the other room and this is what I found!

10 Months Old

Our little East is ten months old! I can't believe how fast time is going. He is starting to look like a little boy and not a baby anymore, makes me sad! He is always just so happy and mellow. I get a lot of comments on his calm nature. He does have his moments trust me! He is so cuddly and sweet. He is always resting his head on my shoulder. He loves to bounce I decided. Every time I go in to get him out of his crib he is standing up bouncing! I went in the other day to see if he was asleep since he had been in there a long time before he went to sleep and he was sitting up bouncing! He is such a ham! He loves to be anywhere Ella is and wants anything Ella has! She is starting to fight back and tell him "mine." He knows where her room is and practically bounces right out of my arms every morning in excitement waiting for me to open her door so he can see her. He puts everything in his mouth or sucks on everything. I can't sanitize shopping carts and highchairs in restaurants fast enough he finds a place and immediately sucks on it! He loves to eat and thinks anything put in the microwave is for him. He gets upset if it isn't! He figured out how to open our cupboards one day but I think he has forgotten that they are there because he hasn't tried again! We sure love him to pieces! He is sure fun to have around! We have decided that naps at church are a thing of the past as well. It is hard to get him to sleep he has to see everything that is going on and since half our ward tends to be in the hall at the same time it is impossible! 8 more months til nursery, but hey who is counting?

I hate it when good pictures turn out blurry! He loves the car when he actually gets a turn to touch it!

He is starting to climb something Ella really never has done, like climb in the wrong side of the car!


He loves to be on the couch and loves to try and nose dive on the side! I love his expressions in this one it explains his personality right there! He loves to scream too as he is demonstrating!

Oh Ella

We commonly use the phrase "Oh, Ella" a lot around here. She won't ever let Easton just get his picture taken she always tries to be the center of attention. While trying to get some shots of him for his 10 month post she kept prying her way in! Forgive her nap time hair they had both just gotten up!

She loves my shoes. Putting them on, telling me where they are, bringing them to me so we can go, and so on. She is going to be a shoe person I can already tell. Some morning it is the first thing she wants, her shoes so she can put them on while she eats her breakfast! She gets upset rather easy when it comes to taking them off for nap time or bed she just wants them on! Yet she can't seem to keep them on in the car - go figure!

I don't know what it is with this spot in our house but she always sits there and than says cheese!

She is fun to tickle!

Can't believe she will be 2! NEXT month! Crazy!

Eye 5K

A few months ago Andrew and I wrote some goals out for ourselves that we wanted to achieve by the end of the year and some long term goals. One of mine was to run in a 5K. I had talked to a few friends about doing the one that Andrew's school puts on. Well I decided that is what I would do. I started running about a month before, once it was finally cool enough to do so. Last Saturday was finally race day and I was a little nervous at first. I have never done anything like this so it was a whole new experience for me. The race took us through central garden district of midtown Memphis. It was actually a beautiful place to run. We ran through tree lined streets so there was plenty of shade and some very large, old, beautiful homes. It is definitely a place where you forget you are actually in Memphis! I didn't set myself any time limit for the race but I wish I would have so that I could have pushed myself more. I wasn't the last person to finish so I was happy with that! (Like 30 people came in after me!) I ran it in 37:13. There was 108 runners in all! I have decided I think I want to run it again next fall so I can give myself a time limit and so I can improve myself. I actually really enjoyed doing it and it was nice to have something to train for. It was fun to do!

My friend Heather and I before the race

Ashley, Heather, and I right before we started! They did amazingly well!

Getting ready!

I like to think I did it in a little better time since we were the back of the pack to start so by the time I crossed the start line it had been at least 30 seconds!

Andrew drove to a spot along the route with the kids! It was fun to see them all standing there! Ella was clapping and waving and Easton even did a little clapping on his own! It gave me the strength I needed to keep going that last mile! I loved my own personal cheerleaders as well!

Coming in to the finish line!

I was kind of annoyed these two behind me suddenly came out of no where and practically ran into me about 100 feet from the finish line!

I think I look funny when I run!

After we were all finished!

Afterward they had bagels and fruit for us back at the school and they did awards! We were a little disappointed in just getting bagels and fruit since we had heard last year they had pizza, soda, fruit, cookies, and more!

Ella and Garrett had a lot of fun playing together. They are good little buddies. Garrett is the only one Ella will ever willingly go and play with! We had taken them to a store a few days before and they held hands the whole time we were there, it was cute!