Elsie's new hobbies

We thought we'd start out small, Elsie wasn't sure why we thought it was so much fun to sit in water outside... But by the end she loved it.

"you want me to sit in this bucket of water mom... why?"

"okay this is kind of fun"

"I need more room..."

All toasty warm in the blanket :)



Hiking donut falls. We made a video but I can't get it in the right format to load it on here.

Elsie loves hiking, especially if she can sit back and relax while dad does all the work.

She didn't like this part, mostly cause she was getting sleepy.

Mom's turn: mom was a bit more graceful while hiking...

... So Elsie got to sleep and slept the rest of the way down. Thanks Mi mi and poppy for the awesome backpack (Shawn got it for his birthday last year when Elsie was still "wiggly" and had 4 months before we got to meet her, way to go planning ahead )

4th of July

We are so lucky to live in a country where we have our freedom! It seems that some take advantage of this freedom we all enjoy lets all hope they don't take it away from us!!!


We had a wonderful 4th starting out early with a ward breakfast then haning out with the family. We did lots of walking and i'm so glad Elsie has learned to sit back and enjoy the ride.

The gang heading to sugar house park for some good old fireworks.

Shawn bought Elsie a glowing flower, she loved it. She reached out and grabbed it and as you can see thought it was super yummy!

My red white and blue baby, just chillin. As long as she's got that thumb she's pretty much happy anywhere.

Red white and blue family, yay a fun day at the park! By far one of the BEST 4th of July's i can ever remember. Elsie made it a million times more exciting. We are so lucky to have her to make our happy couple a Happy FAMILY :)