Finally!

I'm sorry it's been forever since I posted! I thought I didn't have anything to tell. But I found pictures on my camera. Now I have something to tell. :)
Another 7-8 foot snowman by Joe. When Joe builds a snowman he makes it big. Ellen and the neighbor friend enjoyed being the helpers. I'm not really loving snow this year. Usually I am glad to see the beautiful snow despite all the trouble it causes. This year-not so much. I don't go out in it unless I absolutely have to.

Ellen hasn't really liked the cold and snow as much this year either. She just likes to stay inside all day. Usually I can't ever keep her in. She's been wearing costumes and pajamas and hates it when she has to get dressed. This is her second favorite indoor activity (painting).

This is Ellen trying to be funny like Grandpa Mower by blocking the tv. She blocks just enough of the screen to get a reaction out of us! Too funny!

I just found this picture in iPhoto. OH, i love it! Joe and I love these two people! They spend many hours talking to us on the phone about plenty of things. This is from the Hale Theater when we saw The Scarlet Pimpernel. Good times.

'Tis the season

Here comes all the holiday crafting! I'm so excited! Today was my Stampin' Up! stamp club. This is what we made!

Facebook killed the Blog

Happy Halloween!!..oh wait. That's long gone :) Here Ellen's photos of this year's Halloween. Not so exciting for everyone to see, only the important ones!
There was no way to avoid Ellen dressing up as a princess this year. She had three costume opportunities so we tried to change it up a bit. This first picture is her "fancy face" option. She wanted to get all dressed up like mommy to be a princess. Awwww.... So we put eye shadow, mascara, blush, and lip gloss on her. This second option was "fancy hair". She wanted her hair to look like Belle's. Voila! This is also altered with the addition Ironman piece. That didn't happen until later on Halloween.

Here she is with her dragon. He's her protector!Here she is with the sexy Tony Stark-oh wait, that's Joe! (Lucky me.)
We went out last Monday to enjoy a late afternoon venture to the park. This park has ducks. And they're hungry this time of year. And there are tons of them! Joe and Ellen fed these bold ducks a half loaf of bread. They even got one duck to eat right from their fingers! This is another picture perfect moment with Ellen and her dad...I love it.

I, like many, have recently realized that blogs are better than facebook. Hooray! So I'm gonna try and do better.

I'm blogging again! I can hardly believe that I'm managing to accomplish this! Mostly i just wanted to show of the card I made tonight. I really do love doing this so I'm trying to get back to doing it regularly. It feels really good to be able to create something that is pretty. And I love it when I find blogs of people sharing their creations so I figured I should do it too!

I've also been doing quite a bit of exercising lately. "Training". It's also something I really do enjoy doing and I'm to the point where I fit that in regularly. My latest feat was an attempt a "mini" triathlon by myself. My dad and sister Aimee helped me complete it. Dad helped me with my running and biking, Aimee came biking and then got me to do swimming. It felt good. I did the run outside which I haven't done for a long time. And it was a solid reminder of how much easier it is to run on a treadmill. Dad hooked me up with a bike this weekend and took me for a ride. He even raced me! (I won!) He made me huff and puff, but I had so much fun on the bike! I can't wait to get a little kid's seat so I can take Ellen on rides with me. Thanks for the help Dad and Aim! But now I'm either sick or I totally over exerted myself. Either way I'm out for a couple of days for sure.

New pictures

I had to post these pictures! We were hanging out at Joe's mom's house and it was such a beautiful sky! We had a really good time hanging out there and got some really good pictures!


Ellen got to sit on a horse the Marci is taking care of! Ellen still loves horses more than any other animal!

Here's Marci with her dogs. Marci loves animals and this proves how happy she gets even when her dogs are jumping all over her!


Here is the best picture of all!

Joe started his last year of school! Woohoo! This is Ellen's last year of no school! I've started my year of training for a triathlon! We're still having a good time together! (Mostly!)

Something to Update

Here are some random pictures! The first 3 go together, but the last two are just fun ones I wanted to show.

A couple weekends ago my brother ran a triathlon. It was totally awesome to watch him do that, but also it was totally awesome to be with so much family to support him. We stayed in an awesome condo and had some fun times together. Ellen is not only our daughter, she is loved and loves just about as equally to everyone in my family. This picture is a good example of that.

Here's a big H. He's not that little anymore. This is one of the cutest pics of this boy! He and Ellen share the whole "too much" love situation in this family!
(Check out Joe in the background before you look at the next pic...)

Here's my Joe-taking full advantage of being a spectator of a triathlon! :)
That's a bag of Cookie Crisp cereal!

Golf Cupcakes!
I saw these in a Martha Stewart cupcake book, and since my brother-in-law is totally obsessed with golfing, his wife took advantage of the idea for father's day. They turned out so cute!

We got some family pics with Joe's trombone before he sold it. It was so fun to see Ellen's cheeks puff up! Maybe she'll pick up on an instrument other than the piano some day, but hopefully not the trombone...i don't think it's THAT great! :)

Ellen Quoting Movies

If you want to see Ellen talking and going crazy you need to ask her about Spirited Away or The Castle in the Sky. They are Japanese Anime movies that she loves to wach. She has started to memorize them, below is the proof. The first clip is her quoting while the second clip is the scene she was quoting, enjoy!

P.S. Angie will be having her class for the mini album on June 23 at 6:30 pm. Cost is $10, not $15.