Lehi Mascot Bowl

At the end of September we went to the mascot bowl. Mascots from all over the nation show up to this. There are mascots from the NFL, NBA, Pro Baseball and local Universities. Our family is very lucky because we have a little "in" with Jazz Bear. Papa Eisenhart is friends with Jazz Bear, so Jazz Bear loves our kids. -Jazz Bear even came to our house and turned the sirens on in his car and brought little basketballs to our kids and game some to our neighbors who came out to see what was going on.- All of the kids were really excited to see all of the mascots. Dean's face is priceless when he see's a mascot for the first time. Elysee was also having a great time. Thurl Bailey kept hanging out with our kids and "Big T" stood right over Ely (from super tiny to super tall)

September 2009

I know it's been a REALLY long time since I have done an update. Since I went back to teaching in August it's been really hectic and I haven't had much time to blog. Here is an update up what's been going on...

This was at Timpanogos High School (where my mother in law teaches). There was a fun fair that we were all able to go to. Ella wanted her hair to be sprayed different colors, so she used some of her tickets to make her hair blue, green, and super sparkly. Ella bought 3 goldfish with some of her other tickets. The next 3 day were rough because each day 1 goldfish died! We had to have a little discussion of what happens when something dies. The first day she was really sad, but the next day (when the 2nd one died) she was ok and said the fish was swimming with Jesus! By the death of the 3rd she didn't think much of it. (We aren't getting any pets anytime soon!)

We went to the Utah State Fair on a perfect day. It was overcast and looked like it was going to rain, but it didn't. It wasn't crowed at all and the temperature was just right! They have a cute area that is completely hands on for kids. They get to see what it would be like to be a farmer, from planting seeds to driving a tractor. At the end we let Ella choose 1 toy. She chose a little umbrella. She loved it so much and kept posing for the camera!

We also love playing at the park! We have a fun bouncer that we take to the park and hook it up to a mini zip line thing. The kids LOVE it. They get laughing so hard every time they get a ride. There are a lot of times that John will take the kids to McDonalds for breakfast then to the park while I'm at work. This was one of the times I was lucky enough to join them.

My babies are 1 !!!

We have had such an amazing past year with Dean and Elysee. I can't believe that my little sweeties are already a year old (August 21). They are almost walking. Ely will take a few steps then sit down. Dean knows he can get somewhere faster if he crawls. Dean has really become quite the dare-devil. He is climbing on EVERYTHING. Ely is a mama's girl and always wants to be held. Dean has his 2 bottom teeth and Ely got her 1st tooth on the bottom - on her birthday! Elysee is in the 10th%tile and Dean is finally on the chart in the 2nd%tile for weight. They are both average in height. They are definitely two separate kids. They really aren't alike in many ways. One of my favorite things that they do is give each other kisses!!! They both love their big sister Ella. They follow her around and try to do what ever she does. We had a fun little Birthday party with our families. My friend Cherise made some amazing Birthday cakes and the twins received some very nice presents. Happy Birthday my sweethearts!!!!!

Fun at our house

I love our new house! We have room to play!!!!! The other day John came home from a bike ride and said he was really hot, he asked Ella if she wanted to run through the sprinklers. It was so cute to see them running in the sprinklers together. We also got a fun bouncy blow up thing. Instead of putting it outside, we put in in the basement and it fits perfectly! The whole family has fun on it. We have to really be careful with Ely and Dean, because they have no fear and like to go down the slide (by themselves)! I just love it here.

Fun at the cabin

My family was going up to our cabin and I wanted to go, but John worked the night before, so he would be asleep during the day. I decided to take on the challenge of all 3 kids by myself. Ella was really excited to go up and see her grandma, grandpa, and cousins. She got all dolled up for the ride up there. When we were little my mom would always do a treasure hunt for us and hide candy all over the place. When we got up there my mom had done the same thing for the kids. It was so cute!!! The kids had a blast. We had a lot of fun until Ella fell off the lower deck onto her face! I was so freaked out because she landed on her face and the rest of her body flipped over while her face stayed in the same place. It looked like she broke her neck! After I stopped shaking I checked her out and made sure she was o.k. Her face got a little banged up, but she is going to have a couple of little scars. She's an accident prone tough little cookie.

I love Lehi

I absolutely love living here in Lehi! There are fun "small town" types of things to do. During the Lehi Round-up week there were activities going on every day. Movies at the ball park, concerts in the park, a children's parade, and a "big" parade. We ended up going to both parades. Ella LOVED it! The Lehi Fire Dept. held their first annual foam day. They sprayed tons of foam/bubbles all over this big field. Then they would run their sirens and that was your warning that they were going to start spraying. Ella was o.k. with getting her feet in it, but she was not o.k. when we got sprayed. I thought it was fun!

Messy . . . Clean

Here are a few random pictures of Ella, Dean and Elysee making a mess, looking messy and trying to get clean

Ella tried to hide (behind her hand) when she knew she'd be in trouble
John fed the kids Oreo cookies for breakfast while I was at work, I'm amazed that he captured the evidence in pictures.

Elysee was in the process of getting clean (bath time is quite the process)

He likes to feed himself and he likes to get it everywhere BUT his mouth

Ella loves to play in this mixure of rice and flour - she plays in it at least once a week, while I'm cooking. It usually takes me a 1/2 hour to clean it all up. But you should see how happy she is when she is making "castles"

Dean and Ely make this mess whenever the kids bathroom door is left open

Ely was an emotional mess. She lost her balance and fell and hit her lip. Her poor little lip was SO swollen!

Ella and I testing out the jets in the master bath

Ely loved her first experience with thin mint girl scout cookies

Dean just wanted more and more girl scout cookies