A Pumpkin Juice Party

So, Chad calls Emrie his little Pumpkin Juice...I know, a little wierd sounding, but it fits her now. So, for her party he wanted there to be pumpkins. I had a hard time trying to put pumpkins into a summer birthday, but it worked out just fine.

Invitations:

Cake:

Chad told me how he wanted the cake to look....so that's what we did. Had to get some pumpkins in there.

We LOVE Books!

Can't wait to do pictures in this adorable Tutu!

Balloons always make the party funner!

She didn't eat very much cake or get very dirty. After a few bites she was done, but she loved some ice cream.

It was a fun day. She did get spoiled by Grandparents, aunts and uncles. I can't believe she's one....I have a feeling it's just going to get funner.

Happy Birthday Emrie Jane!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMRIE JANE AND FATHER'S DAY HONEY!

Our sweet little girl is ONE today! It's gone so fast! She is such a joy to us. And Happy Father's Day to my honey! He is an amazing husband and father! I am very very blessed! (She looks like her daddy :D )

(Birthday party pictures soon to come)

Old clothes to good use

So...for my birthday my amazing husband with the help of my mom and in-laws got me a sewing machine! I am so excited! I have been asking for one for a long time and I was extremly suprised. So, a while ago I went through and was going to throw out a bunch of clothes, then I thought "why don't I try and make clothes for Emrie out of my old clothes?" That would give me FREE clothes for her! Being a poor college family. With the help of my mom and Makenna and we made a really cute outfit out of a pair of old pajama pants a while ago, but I decided to try something with my new sewing machine today. So....


Here's the bag of clothes that will hopefully be transformed:


And out of a stretchy black shirt today I made Emrie these little pants that turned out way cuter than I thought they would...they look and feel like little goucho pants.

And they fit her perfectly! I am so excited! It took me quite a bit of seem ripping with all my mistakes but I now have a new pair of pants for Emrie. Can't wait to get on to the next project.

Swimming and Sippy Cup Fun

So, for my birthday we went swimming with Emrie for the first time. Chad'll have to post a video, she loves the water.

Then we had to go dip again this last weekend, just to get out of the house...can you tell she's excited? She is standing up on her own now and takes like 4 steps by herself at a time before she falls...so she's getting pretty good.

The water at our complex isn't heated, so it was kinda cold. We stood her on the first step and she held onto the rail and squatted down so she could play and splash. It was pretty cute. She stayed squatted forever she squealing and splashing her hand in the water.

And...we've introduced the sippy cup...she likes it a lot....though she's still not used to how fast the water comes out. She gulps and then pulls it away and goes....uhhhhh... and trys to catch her breath. She is starting to look like a pretty little girl. Can't believe how fast it goes.

Lake Havasu

So, the girls in the family....minus Kara :( took a child-less short vacation to Lake Havasu overnight...Makenna, Rochelle, Mareike, Lauren and me...the second weekend in April. It was really fun and I think we should do it each year, with Kara next time hopefully.

This is a shot of the London Bridge....I never knew that this is the original London Bridge and the one in London is a replica....The original was bought for 2.5 million and took 3 years and another 4.5 million to transport and rebilled the bridge in Lake Havasu....quite interesting.

Here's Makenna, me, Mareike, and Lauren on the London Bridge one night.

Rochelle and me.....which her hair cut is adorable...and it's making me contemplate a chop...

We rented a khayak the afternoon we got there and took turns on it...it was a lot of fun...and Makenna and I successfully stood and rowed (which I didn't get a picture of sadly :D).

Snap Shots

We went on a walk this morning while daddy was out with the boys shooting at some targets and had to try out the swing. She kept letting out little giggles :D

Emrie and Graham playing...they follow each other all over Grandma's house now and yesterday they were in the other room like this and next time we looked at them they were like this:

Emrie just situated herself right in his lap. It is so funny to watch them.

Just a quick snap before church. Being a mom is so much fun, she's so sweet!

Polynesian Festival

Yesterday morning Makenna called us and said there was a Polynesian Festival going on at Tempe Town Lakes, so we met up with her and Jason and thier boys and mom and dad, who had Elijah and hung out. Here's some of the afternoon: Walking to the Festival. Some of the boats in the Lake.

This was one of the clothing booths signs. It is AWESOME!!! See how the "future neck roller" size has a little dipple in the neck. Funny! At the bottom is says "How do you roll?" ha ha...

They did some hula dancing. They had some older groups and then some little kids come on. This was the last of the performances of the day. We didn't make it for the earlier performances.

Our little sweetheart. You can tell her eyes are a little poofy...She missed her afternoon nap, so needless to say it was a very tiring afternoon for her. But, she was a champ while we were there.

My dad and Chad are getting interested in Ukulele's. They both want one, so they were checking out the selection there, and coveting :D My dad's friend Ed came and visited and played for us and it was actually really cool. He played that "over the rainbow" song that's played with a Ukulele from 50 First Dates, love that song!

And this is how the afternoon ended. They look so sweet and peaceful when they sleep. Love her :D They also had a bunch of food there and some MASSIVE snow cones. I wish I had gotten a picture of inside the snow cone tent...It was a sitting line up of ice shaving machines and people sitting behind them constantly shaving snow cones....brought back memories of summers at the Rupert Fair, although this looked like a snow cone sweat house.