Holy Guacamole!

She has been loving guacamole lately. She loves to dip the chip and eat it. In fact, she's loving dipping anything into guacamole, ketchup, soup...whatever! Anyway, I swear I stepped away for just a second to change a load of laundry and Elsie got a little crazy!

Memorial Day Weekend

This is just a note to myself to link this to Angie's blog.

Hammer Time!

Aaron and I were putting together a set of shelves for my mom and Elsie wanted to help so badly. I found this little plastic hammer and she was pounding away. Then she saw Aaron using a screwdriver and tried to take over his job. She was getting so frustrated that she couldn't get the tool into the screw to turn it. Too cute!

Park Time!

Elsie and I went to the park with our friends Camery and Natalie. It was nice to get out of the house and hang out with another Mommy/Daughter combo. More than anything, Elsie loved the swing. We'll have to do it again now that things have settled down.

Aaron's Birthday

Our friends Pete and Courtney planned a surprise birthday party for Aaron while we were in UT. We all got together up in Midway at his sister's home. We tricked Aaron into thinking nobody was available to get together and just the four of us were going to go to dinner in Midway. He was really confused as to why no one was around to hang out and didn't really want to go up to Midway just to eat. We pulled it off so well, though. The only problem came right when we got to the house and Boogie was out walking around. Aaron looked over and said, "Is that Boogie?" (He still claims he didn't have it figured out...he was just really confused as to why Boogie happened to be in Midway.) Anyway, we had a great time visiting with friends and eating good food. It was so fun!

Trip to UT

A walk up Provo Canyon with Grandma and Grandpa. Elsie kept her hands up in the air for the longest time...don't know why?!

Elsie's new walk. I think this might be a step in the right direction. Hopefully she'll be walking by her 18 month mark.

Elsie was loving it when I would flutter/vibrate (I'm not even sure how to describe it) in her mouth. She kept opening her mouth wanting me to do it over and over again. Always up for a game of croquet!
It took a couple of days, but she finally warmed up to Jeff. She seems to have stranger issues with males more than females. Well, except my brother Jared. What does that mean?

a very bad dream

I'm still here! I'm the slacker that still hasn't written a post because, frankly, I haven't wanted to. (Maybe blogging just isn't for me?!) I still feel like I'm having a bad dream and can't wake up! It's not like I'm in a deep depression or anything, I just don't feel happy. I'm sure it will get better.

I know most everyone that reads my blog also reads Angie's and Lindsay's. If you haven't read theirs recently, they both wrote really wonderful posts about my mom. Here's the link to Angie's and Lindsay's blogs.

I am so grateful for all the love and support I've received from family and friends. It's amazing how many people there are that care about me. I appreciate everyone that was able to come to the funeral. It was nice to be able to share that with everyone.

I have a lot of things to blog about (and a lot of past blogging to catch up on), so check back later this week. I'll be here with a smiling face!! Not that anyone can see it...but I promise!