Mirror Lake

Mirror Lake and Provo River Falls has been on my Utah bucket list for a long time. I planned a day trip, filled the cooler and finally made it happen. It was such a beautiful drive. We scoped out some future camping spots, saw the falls and walked half way around Mirror lake. We stopped by the outlets in park city on the way back and got Ellie two winter jackets for $45 so it was a successful day!

Lucy's One

 I'm going to say what everyone else says. This year went by so fast! It really did though. I can remember the day Lucy came into this world so vividly. This last year has been a whirl wind and my life seemed to get so busy since Lucy arrived. More laundry, more dishes, more cleaning, more baths, more food....... It was a tiring year but we made it. Now we get to enter into such a fun phase with Lucy, walking and talking.

She is a total ham and already has such an attitude. 

She has 7 teeth with one that has been trying to make it's debut for over a month now.

 She is a decent eater, about what you would expect for a 1 year old

She loves her soft blanket, it's a $5 wal mart blanket that we cut into small pieces. Has to have it for bed time.

She is scared of old people, especially when they wear glasses. It makes our doctor visits really fun ;)

She really wants to climb and I'm trying to strike a balance between letting her explore and increase her capabilities and not letting her die or break a bone. 

She likes to do whatever Ellie is doing and that makes Ellie annoyed. We are trying to figure that out.

She still takes two naps a day.

She loves spending time in the bathroom unrolling the toilet paper and taking things out the the cupboard. 

We are excited to see her grow and learn this next year and to see Lucy and Ellie's relationship grow. 

I didn't plan a birthday party this year. She is just 1 and has no idea whats going on. I bought her a few new toys and she loved the play microphone. I made her a watermelon cake that stuck to the pan but still tasted good. She loved her cake and made a huge mess so I would call it a success. 

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August

August seemed less busy. We spent as much time as possible with the Dunnigans before they headed back to the east coast. 

We hosted a movie night with Toy Story 2 with pop corn and candy for all the cousins. 

Our garden exploded and we has more cherry tomatoes than we knew what to do with. 

We happened upon an air force training exercise while at the park. 

We wrapped up the month of August with Ellie starting preschool at St. James Catholic Church. It is Monday Wednesday Friday from 9:30 to 12:00. Its relatively close to the house and its a small class. Her teacher really prepares them for kindergarten. She has show and tell every Wednesday and I think she has taken a dinosaur every time. We have already ordered books from the book order and she had her picture taken just last week. She seems to be enjoying it, I can tell she is learning a lot. We are both adjusting to having more of a schedule. Some days I really don't feel like packing the kids in the car and driving to school but I know I have to eventually so I better get use to it. Ellie is really tired on days she goes to school. We get home eat lunch and we are pretty lazy the rest of the day. I'm enjoying having a few hours to myself even if I don't always know what to do with myself while she's gone. 

More of July

Oh July, it was a busy month. We ended the month with a visit from Lisa and birthday celebrations for me. Jared took the day off and took me out to lunch, we also went out to dinner which meant that I didn't have to cook all day, a welcomed treat!

We loved having Lisa here visiting. We ate vegetarian all week, hiked, visited the farmers market and got mani pedis. It was perfect!