a week with grandparents!

This week my mom and james came to visit. elle LOVES her nonnie (pronounced naw-nie) and pop!

We went to the Walter Wick exhibit at the BYU Museum of Art. He has done some amazing things!

elle realized that if someone was in the bathroom she could get their attention by shoving her fingers underneath the door.

we went on a hike (walk) to Bridal Veil Falls, the sign said it was still closed until the end of March, but we went ahead and took our chances. there was only one icy patch, but we made it through.

the falls

james, elle and mom

james let elle touch the FREEZING water! and of course she loved it. she needs to touch everything.

we tried to get cute pictures of elle sitting on rocks and tree stumps, but she doesn't exactly like to smile for the camera

case in point.

and this is the sign that said NOT to walk to the falls...

I love this picture from Park City! James is grinning and watching elle, and of course elle is giving a scowl at the camera...completely normal.

trying to get a family picture by the random bear

elle loved watching people ski down, but she really love mathew letting her play with the snow.

Olympic Park

no words can describe this special picture

mom (nonnie) got elle the most adorable little monkey house shoes, since she is our little monkey...they were prefect!

and again...no smile. but look at the PIG TAILS! I know, I know, it is only in the mullet region, but isn't it adorable?

emergency evacuation

Emily Wankier, Haley Pulley, Lacy Anderson, Christie Coombs, Emily
Frekleton and I (with kids in tow)spent the morning at an American Red Cross Evacuation Center after an emergency evacuation at our apartments.

Fresh out of the shower and Elle just down for a nap I got a knock/ bang on the door. The Provo Fire Department was there to let us know we had to "evacuate immediately, there was a natural gas leak". The conversation went something like this:

Fireman: Ma'am, there has been a gas leak and you need to evacuate immediately.
Me: I just put my daughter down for a nap, do I seriously need to leave?
Fireman: Yes.
Me: Do I have time to go downstairs to my car and get my stroller?
Fireman: No, you have enough time to grab a jacket and go.
Me: Okay, let me get my daughter.

Then as he is waiting at my door I popped open my new stroller for the summer which I don't really know how to close yet, grabbed some blankets, diaper bag, Elle's water and our external hard drive...then I ran into Elle's room, picked her up out bed, grabbed George (her monkey) and strapped her into the stroller, then left. We were directed across the street and within 30 minutes the American Red Cross Disaster Relief team was there to let us know a bus was on the way to pick us up and take us to a shelter where we would be warm. We got to the shelter and they had McDonald's for us and we just hung out there for 4 hours while they tried to fix the leak. They were incredibly accommodating for such an inconvenient situation, especially for all of us there with kids!

You can read about it here:

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=5831066

and here:

http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705290409,00.html

We all just got back home and are safe! It has made me really re-evaluate the need of an emergency preparedness plan!

this is all of us on the corner with our kids!

If you only had 1 minute to get out of the house, what would you take?

Do we have the same choreographer?

Elle's First Birthday

I know there aren't going to be a ton of pics right now, but I wanted to throw a few up while I had a free second. Elle had several of her little friends here and we had such a great time!

we got Elle a little stroller for her birthday..she loved it!

some of Elle's cute friends from her party

Elly

Paisley
Hunter

(Paisley and Hunter are brother and sister)

Bryson

Haley (and her sister Kaitlyn was there but I don't have a picture of her that i can find)

also, an extra big thanks to Lacy A. for taking pictures while i was chasing after Elle!