I have a 1 year old!

November is a busy month for us. It's Steve's birthday (he's getting soo old:), our anniversary (4 years, I can't believe it) and then it's Makenna's birthday. While the first two things are fun and exciting nothing was as much fun as Makenna's birthday. It has gone so fast... well most days:) Here are some things that I'm just loving about Makenna right now:
- She is the biggest tease. When she is going to go do something that she knows she's not supposed to she giggles and gets that look in her eye.
- She is such a good eater. She loves cheese, yogurt, crackers, bread and has discovered the joy of pumpkin pie
- Every time the neighbors dog is barking she barks along with it
- She has 3 teeth and thinks it's pretty cool to brush her teeth too- really just to chew on her toothbrush while I do her hair
- When she's in the mood she gives such big slobbery kisses!

These pictures are from her birthday. We gave her a walker that she thinks is great. She didn't really get into her cake like I was hoping for but it made cleanup easy

Last night we put up the Christmas tree and I thought this was so cute! She's such a good helper.

We love you Makenna!

Where has October Gone?!

I can't believe the month is almost over! Not that we've done anything too exciting it just seems their hasn't been enough time in the day to even check emails but this is some of the events that have taken place this month:

• I got my wisdom teeth out, we all had a cold and Makenna got an infection- what fun!
• All Makenna wants to do is walk around all day and go up and down the stairs. My back is killing me and my heart rate has been a little higher lately
  

• Makenna has also found her nose holes and likes to stick her finger up her nose just to make sure they aren't going away
• Last night was the ward Halloween carnival- Makenna was the cutest pumpkin. She doesn't hold still for pictures so I feel pretty lucky about the next picture. We had lots of fun walking around saying hi to everyone, doing the cake walk, and walking around some more!
  

Football girl?

Steve took Makenna to the football game on Saturday. He's hoping to train her to love the game and is sure that her first word will be football or some other related term. From the looks of it I think I'm still safe in that she thought the game was pretty boring but that everything else was much more exciting!

Peaches and the Fire Department

Last weekend Chris and I canned peaches! This year was so much better than last. The peaches were cheaper, we had less mess, we got more quarts and they just look so much better. We were very proud. However, this lovely canning event has a story to go with it. It was about 11 at night, we just put the last batch of peaches in the canner and were cleaning up when my carbon monoxide detector goes off! I didn't know what to do, it's never gone off before so after a couple of minutes discussing with Steve about what we should do ( the detector says to call 911 but we still had to discuss what to do) I call 911. We're told to go outside and wait for the fire department. So I wake up my babe and we wait. Sure enough their was CO throughout the whole house. The fire department was here for about 1/2 hour until the levels went back down. They think it was because we had all 4 burners on the gas stove going for 5 hours on high with no windows open because I had the AC on which help to circulate the CO throughout the house. I finally got Makenna back to sleep around 1 but didn't really sleep that well because I was still worried and we had to have all the windows open so it was noisy. Anyways the moral of this story is 1- Make sure you have carbon monoxide detectors and 2- Keep the windows open while canning!

The Little Rascal

A couple of weekends ago we decided to head to the lake before summer was over. Our main intention was to just get lunch and then we'd touch the water but not spend much time in the water due to Makenna throwing fits every time this summer when it came to water. Well the little rascal loved the water this time! We spent three hours playing, I couldn't believe it. Hopefully she'll remember she had fun when we go again next summer.

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Makenna has also sported this new look to everyone...

I know I'm crazy but does she have to give me the look now?

North Dakota

Last week we were in North Dakota for a family reunion. We were literally in the middle of nowhere! We stayed in this little town that is a huge tourist trap. They have gift shops and candy stores up and down its one street. We were able to stay just outside of the town at a ranch which wasn't as bad as I was expecting. So we did some shopping and as you can see cousin Debbie is enjoying feeding Makenna some choclolate- she really liked it.

It was also my birthday! Thanks for the birthday wishes. On my birthday we went to this musical they put on and in the beginning they were announcing the performers and recognizing special groups that were their and they announced my name! I didn't think it was me at first because who really gets recognized at performances? I guess my face was classic because Steve's aunt was wishing she had brought the camera. It was a lot of fun. The Peeking Acrobats from China also performed and they were amazing- sorry I forgot my camera but if you ever get a chance to see them go because it was amazing!

See, we really are in the middle of nowhere

We also went horse back riding in Theodore Roosevelt Nat'l Park because that's what you do in North Dakota.

It was a short but good trip especially because we could spend it with our family from Minnesota!

Meet Harvey

We went to the Weber County Fair a couple of weeks ago and they had one of the world's largest pigs there. His name is Harvey and he weighs 1,275 lbs! Now the dietitian in me is wondering when Harvey will die of a heart attack.

We walked around looking at all of the animals and Makenna loved it! I decided this probably is the best time to take her to things because she doesn't want to touch the animals and she's not asking me to ride the rides and buy her candy- it's great! We had such a fun time.

Mark and Steffani's Wedding

It was my little bro's wedding yesterday! It was so much fun, I just can't believe my brother is married! All my siblings are still the age of 10 in my mind. We're so happy to have Steffani in our family- she is a perfect fit. It was wonderful to be with family and enjoy this day with Mark and Steff. Here are some pictures of the day.




Makenna is finally warming up to Grandpa


The three best looking men of the day.





The reception was at a park up the canyon- it was beautiful!

Mark and Steff with my grandparents

The Past few Weeks

Here's a recap of what's been going on the past few weeks.

We had a family reunion with my family. It was so much fun seeing cousins, aunts, and uncles along with everyone's new additions- it had been a long time and our family sure has grown!

We also had the ward pool party. We were excited to take Makenna because she loves the bath tub however she did not love the pool! She wouldn't even get one toe in the water without her screaming and holding on for dear life. At least the food was good.

My good friend Nikki and her boys also came up for a visit. Thanks for coming Nikki!

I love this picture:) The boys were really into getting their pictures taken

Families are Forever

This weekend we were able to go to the Bountiful temple and see our friends be sealed to their new little boy. It was so fun to spend it with Steve and Marly and their family and be in the temple. I'm so grateful for the sealing power and that families can be together forever- I sure love my family. Thanks Steve and Marly for inviting us!

Me with Tori and Julia- Julia was getting so tired of pictures and not wanting to smile any more but then when she was getting pictures with me she had the biggest grin:)

Not the best picture but they have the cutest family.

While we we're outside taking pictures we saw my aunt and uncle! It was such an odd coincidence since we all were just visiting that we had to take a picture.

4th of July!

We had such a good 4th of July- it's one of my favorite holidays. We went to the Lewiston breakfast and parade with Steve's family and hung out most of the day. Somehow we ended up with 5 boxes of sparklers this year so Steve and I lit them that night after Makenna was in bed instead of going and watching the fireworks- a sleeping baby was much more enjoyable than trying to keep her up and happy, my how our priorities have changed! The sparklers were fun but 5 boxes was a little much. I think for the 24 we decided we'd go buy some more exciting fireworks.

Being so patient in line for breakfast but...

She just couldn't wait any longer for that pancake!

What a good day:)

Random Pictures

I've been in a blogging slump- not much excitment has been going on around here which is OK but sometimes I feel like my life is a little like the movie Groundhog's Day. I was getting tired of seeing my boring post of a month ago while I read all of your exciting blogs so I thought I'd post a few pictures of the princess here at home. July is looking a little more eventful so hopefully they'll be more posts to come!

Yea for Father's Day!

Thank goodness for food:)