Weeds and dirt

We have the most enormous weeds in our yard! We are planning to seed rather than lay sod so that we can save a little money, but the weeding is not fun at all. Of course Lily loved being outside playing with her little shovel and eating dirt! She puts everything in her mouth.

Hey Mom. Take a look at this weed!!!

Lily at the piano,first slide,and first ponytails!

Lily loves to play the piano. I can never get any playing time of my own. Every time I sit down at the piano, she thinks it's an open invitation to come and enlighten me with her brilliant technique!!

We had so much fun with Lily at the park a few weeks ago. I think the weather was in the 50's. I was getting a little chilled, but Lily absolutely did not want to leave. We can't wait for beautiful weather.

Easter Parade

Easter Sunday was a bit cooler up here in the Mountains than I would have liked, but we still had fun for a few minutes outside in our Easter outfits. Lily and Elise had matching dresses and I attempted to make a bow for Lily. After a few practice bows, we ended up with one that looked o.k. I'm definitely not as good at it as my sister-in-law. Practice makes perfect, right? Well we hope everyone had a lovely Easter!

Grandma Betty's visit

Grandma Betty came out for a visit and we had a great time with her. She was here for Joel's b-day, and although both she and Lily were sick they managed to have lots of fun together. The pictures are not what I'd hoped for, but they do the job. We had to have photos of Grandma, Dad, and little Lily.

Christmas Day with Lily

Christmas was lots of fun with Lily this year. Even though she's still too young to understand
she definitely got that there were new toys for her. Lenore and Brandon got us our tree as a Christmas gift this year. It was really nice of them and we loved the tree. They came over for dinner on Christmas eve and we had a lovely evening, although the storm was a bit scary up here.

Lily decided that being an only child (for the moment) was'nt going to ruin her plans of acting out the Nativity. She had a great time portraying little Mary and we had so much fun watching her do it. We'll have to invite some kids to participate next year so that we have the full cast of players.

We hope all of you had a Merry Christmas and that 2008 brings you peace, love, and hope for all things wonderful.

Thanksgiving Point

We had a quiet Thanksgiving this year. Just the three of us at home and we did the whole dinner. Lily was pretty sick so I didn't take any pictures. These photos were taken right before Thanksgiving. We had a little outing to, of all places, Thanksgiving Point and then we went to look at the fishies in the tank at Cabellas. She had a blast and was completely worn out by the end of the night, as you can clearly see by the last shot of that evening. She started feeling better but now she has a bad cold. Poor Lily has been sick with one thing or another now for 3 weeks. Hopefully she's on the mend and has built up some immunities for the long, cold winter.

Happy Halloween!

Elise, the kitty, and Sean, the froggy, came over and went trick-or-treating with Lily, the tiger on Halloween. Lily was a mean tiger but wasn't so crazy about the makeup application. Elise and Sean were a lot more cooperative in the makeup department. We had fun getting Lily all dressed up and she knew we were talking about how cute she looked. She kept posing for us in her costume and it definitely had us laughing. Oh what fun was had by all!

Lily's 1st Birthday !

My little Lily had her 1st birthday (back in August) and we had so much fun at her party. There were lots of friends and lots of cousins to wish her a happy day. She grinned from ear to ear as we sang " Happy Birthday " to her. It was absolutely adorable!