Preston's Double

I wanted to post some pictures Preston got while on their trip down to Arizona. Not ones HE took, but..well, you'll see!

So, to answer your question, No. That is not Preston in an old timey picture with another woman. That is Preston's grandfather! A spittin' image! Seriously. I LOVE the second picture of his grandparents. I never met Preston's grandfather who has passed on, and I still have not physically met his grandmother, but aren't they a lovely couple?!

A Tremendous Tuesday

Today started normal. Woke up, went to class, met with a Professor to take a quiz. So forth. Then I decided to wait on campus for a while till the stock room opened up so I could buy some book making supplies. (I am feeling a book making frenzy coming on!)

Then I came home, worked, played with Elliott, had an oh so delicious peach, a cup of tea and then, I had an epiphany! I decided to go on a walk with Elliott. So I got him all suited up. Sweat pants and hoodie, all over top of his jammies (don't judge.) Of course Preston couldn't resist, so it became a family outing! We walked down center street and looked around, went into an antique shop (bought some things), and went to our favorite SUPER cheap and SUPER good sushi place! Then we walked home.

A little while later, Carrie came over and shared all of her excessively good news ;)

Then I was off to DI where I bought some more treasures!

It was a great day. Family, friends, antiques and sushi!

Our Weekend

Friday night we had a family outing where Elliott and I attended our first (and perhaps last) BYU game! As you can see, we had a great time kicking Utah State's trash! Elliott fell asleep during the 3rd quarter, I couldn't believe that any living thing would be able to sleep through that racket! But when he was awake he seemed to really enjoy it.

Saturday consisted of Preston watching Elliott and doing homework all day while I went yard saleing with mom and brooke! I spent $5 and got LOADS of great stuff! Most of them are projects, some for etsy! Can you tell I'm excited?

General Conference was also a large part of our weekend. There were some incredible talks! I think one of my favorites was definitely Elder Holland's talk. Awesome!

This weekend, we also celebrated dad's birthday!!

Isn't that the loveliest rendition of "happy birthday" you've ever heard? It warms my heart!

Listen close to what Hayes says at the very end of the video!

Elliott made this face for the longest time, so I had to get a picture.

Ella and Elliott are becoming great play pals. Elliott just loves watching Hayes and Ella.

Dad got some sweet motorcycle gear to use on his harley.

He loved his new knife he got from Brooke

And he FINALLY got the tea kettle he wanted. Its the same exact one that I have, but a more masculine color. They aren't making this anymore, so it was a bit of a search. But well worth it! I think EVERYONE should have one of these!

Hope your weekend was as wonderful as ours!

San Diego Trip!

Last week we went on a family vacation to San Diego and we LOVED it!

Our first stop was a place that I have ALWAYS wanted to go to...

THE SAN DIEGO ZOO!

Hippos rock.

So this has a funny story...we hopped on the tour bus because the park is just way too big for us to walk it all. As we were getting on, the driver/tour guide singled Hayes in her showing us what macadamia nuts look like in their shell and how hard they are to get out (there was a macadamia nut tree at the stop). She gave Hayes two nut shells, one which was unopened and the other that a squirrel had cracked open and gotten the nut. So, as my mom was taking this picture of Hayes he was holding the to shells in his hands I thought it would be nice to get the shells in the picture too... so I said "Hayes, hold up your nuts. Hold up your nuts Hayes...Hold up your..." half the bus was laughing at me, including my dear husband.

Where most children scream out of fear of these characters trying to hold them and get their picture taken, hayes cut people in line with excitement. Strange little boy.

For some reason, Brooke, my mom, and hayes think that this is what a giraffe looks like.

I think Hayes' cheeks were getting tired of smiling for the camera. What else could we do? He was the only kid that went to the zoo with us! (By the way, that's a koala behind him.)

Hayes, Preston and Elliott all got this shirt. Cool eh?

Preston was such a trooper helping us get to...

THE BEACH!

When I was a freshman at BYU-Idaho, Lisa and two of our roommates took a road trip to the sacramento area. I have this great picture of Lisa wearing some seaweed like a boa. So, in tribute to lisa, I took my turn...hayes loved it.

After the beach we went to a local pizzaria...it was AMAZING! We got one pizza for ALL of us! And we had PLENTY of leftovers! It was 28'! 32 slices of goodness!

And we were so blessed to be able to attend the San Diego temple. It is BEAUTIFUL! I seriously think it is the most beautiful temple I have ever been to. The inside is even more beautiful than the exterior!

We really enjoyed San Diego. We would like to return some day. Definitely worth the 11 hour drive with a baby!

HAPPY 1/2 BIRTHDAY BELLIOTT!

We celebrated Elliott's very 1st 1/2 birthday today! As some of you know, 1/2 birthday's are kind of a big deal for me, so naturally, the 1st 1/2 birthday is a HUGE deal!

Here are a few items he received and a few festivities we had for our little man's big (1/2) day!

Though this is a CREEPY picture, we got one of these mirrors for the car. It's mostly for us, but Elliott loves staring at himself.

This is pretty much for me. There is this person on Etsy who makes these for a MORE than reasonable price, and I HAD to have one to display next to Elliott's picture. I LOVE it!

A monkey teething toy...they had a whale one, and an octopus one, but I got him the monkey one (for Preston)

And...

Please excuse the strange commentary...

Happy 1/2 Birthday Belliott! You rock our WORLD!

Talkin' to Grandma

These pictures were taken during our weekly calling session to the Campbell's back in Florida. Elliott loves when we put the phone to his ear so we thought we would let him practice holding it himself...

UPDATE!

First off, who is this beautiful blonde??

You guessed it! That cutie is my nephew! Hayes!

I put his hair up with my hair tie...don't tell Vernon...

Some for Grandma...

Bottle holding!!....Almost.

A day at the lake...

The 4th of July!

We had to protect Elliott's ears when they shot off the guns in the parade. Poor guy. But the fireworks didn't really bother him...strange, I know.

What Court does best! :)

Ella! Looking cute as always.

Hayes the Ham...kind of like someone else I know...

By the way, that beater behind him was SOLD at an auction...it actually SOLD!

A WICKED old and WICKED cool tractor in the parade (the best part!)

Elliott's taking after his uncle Court.

I just HAD to sneak a picture of the old guys in uniform. They were SO cute!