Random happenings of the week

The girls got to go with Grandma in her cool car to get their nails done.

Lizzy loves her nails so much she didn't want to get her nails wet in the bathtub for fear it might come right off.

Meliah with her blue nails. She even stopped biting her nails in preparation for this manicure day. There's just something about girls and how they get about makeup and nails at a pretty early age. I was exactly the same way! Loved it and still love it!

I thought I better share something Christian loves a ton too or at least I think he does cuz he's always doing it (my boy just doesn't get super excited about much). Christian loves Legos and can often be found creating new types of airplanes and cars or some random vehicle. He has them all over his room and just doesn't want to ruin any of his creations!

Meliah was able to be in a play last week "The Pied Piper"

She loved it so much! She is such a great little sport about everything

Aaron's 35th Birthday cake (ice cream cake as per his request)

Dinner at Hula's for his birthday dinner! Leftovers were good too.

Happy Happy Birthday Aaron Dear!

35 Years! Man does he ever look great. He is such a great father and husband. We are so grateful for him and the way he was raised, and that he is a part of our lives!

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The kids special days!

This week we decided to have a special day for each of the kids. They were able to choose what they wanted to do that day (within reason, of course). Meliah decided she wanted to go roller skating, Christian wanted to play basketball with his cousins and Lizzy wanted to go swimming!





My friend Becky and I! She got to join us that day. We had an amazingly perfect day. We laughed because we also went to Costco and found a parking place right up front... which just added to perfectness of the day!!

Making salsa! YUM!

We decided to make salsa because we got a bunch of tomatoes from the Hagbergs!

Meliah cutting tomatoes!

Christian cutting up the peppers! Can you see how he is smiling... that's after I asked him to look like he was having fun. I was cutting the onions and he was not liking being in the same room as those onions!

The fresh salsa was delicious!

Hopefully the canned will be just as good!

It was a good experience but a lot of work! Sometimes you wonder if things are easier to do without the kids but I know it will be a day they'll never forget. Lizzy got out the cupcake set (I should of taken a picture of her pretending to cook those imaginary cupcakes).

Time with the other Ellers!

Aaron is the brother of Jared

Jared and Angie

Cousins getting ready to hit a pinata! Christian was so thrilled to be able to finish it off in the end. Taylor answered the question about which commandment was first, so she got to hit the pinata first. I was amazed at how polite they were about picking up the candy!

Bella's head was in the water so much I couldn't get a picture of the 4 of them out of the water.

Christian and Kaytee

Meliah, Toree and Taylor

Before the swim at Grandma and Grandpa Reeves home

Jared and Angie and the girls are finally going to be moving back to the states after being in Korea and Germany for way too long. We were excited to be able to spend some time with them these last couple of days before they get settled in Oregon. The kids all loved being together! Christian loves that Kaytee is into the same things that he is, they really got along great, there may even be some cousin crushes going on there. Lizzy and Bella have always played together so well and having Ashlee, who is a little older, gave them a whole new perceptive on ways to play! It's so amazing how quickly they get re-acquainted and how much love they have for each other.

Camping at home!

On Wednesday night Christian had his friend, Calvin over to spend the night. We didn't want to hear them talking all night, so we decided to let them sleep outside in the backyard in a tent. We made it a really fun camp at home night. Sang a song while we roasted marshmallows and made smores. The kids really enjoyed it and everyone seemed to have a good nights sleep except for dad. Here are a few pictures of our fun evening together.

A week with the girls!

This week has been a little different because it's been pretty much the girls and I all week. Christian has been at Disneyworld with Grandma all week (more to come later about that). It has been a really fun week! The girls have played together so well and are just so cute the way they play. They are pretty creative and so fun to eavesdrop on. Here are some of the highlights of the week!

We had dad for one day which was nice because he could withstand the cold water.

They were trying to damn up the water

Sisters!

Picking Beans at the Hagbergs! What a blast!

You think maybe they want to go camping? They even brought out some graham crackers and marshmallows, they couldn't find any chocolate (you all know where that went!)

The girls playing tea party in the backyard.

Meliah with her cousin Taylor at the park in Y.C. (Sierra was there too but I didn't get her in the picture)

Lizzy with her cousin, Kate.