18 month check-up, as healthy as can be!

Alida is measuring in the 97 percentile for height, currently at 34" she is the average height of a 2.5 year old! And a healthy 24.4lbs, in the 51 percentile range for her age.

Here are some pics of our trip to the doctor:

And to celebrate, we had some oreos later that night...

What a mess!

At the park

We can't believe she can do this all on her own!

Corn Maze

We had a blast last night at the Cornbelly's Corn Maze in Lehi! I had an author signing to attend to most of the night, and we regretably forgot to bring our camara.. so we didn't get ANY pictures of Alida having a blast on the hay ride, the trampoline, meeting scary characters, etc, etc... but we still had a fun time, this being the only pic we did get (while the sun was out)... Alida in a pumpkin patch:

And then this picture of Donny Osmond. Yeah, he was totally there.. just right of the tall scary guy in the straw hat.. that's him!

And this is Jamie's little one (Ella), Jamie is my friend from college- can't believe we have kids!

Its been too long!

Its been too long since our last post, I'll try to do better at posting more often. Here are some pictures of our recent happenings. Alida is growing up so fast, in some of these pictures she looks so grown-up, I can't believe it!

This is how wonderful my husband is... thought you should know :)

We've helped Heidi Swinton (Author of the President Thomas S. Monson biography) sign over 1,100 books in the past few weeks.. note, there are ONLY 400 books on this table.

Running around outside, disregard her rediculous outfit- mainly the pants tucked into the socks :)

My new favorite picture:

Eating lunch with dad at the mall:

Last Sunday we were invited to be a part of Josh and Ella's blessing up in Ogden. Here are pictures of that event:

Alida playing the piano at JD & Laura's house:

and playing with cousins at Jason & Crystal's house:

Alida, Rock, and Jake on top

Josh and Ella on bottom:

Here we are at CostCo, if only we could afford a real pony! Just imagine how happy she would be then :)

Grandma sent our little lady some suprises in the mail! Here's Alida with her new toy..

And her new super cute slippers:

And finally, a sneak peak at Alida's Halloween costume!!

This will be the first time in YEARS we'll be able to go trick-or-treating, WOHOO!

This week

This past Wednesday the stake young men and young women, and their families, had the chance to tour the Conference Center in a non-traditional way. We all had the chance to sit in the stand where The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sits (that pipe organ is huge!), here are some pictures of the visit:

And here we are on the roof of the Conference Center-

Saturday was also my first primary activity! We planted tulip bulbs on the grounds of our church.

And here are the treats I made for the activity!

And this is just earlier today, out for a walk..

A fun week overall :)

Nursery, a success

Alida is officially a Nursery kid, she brought home her first coloring sheet yesterday!

Congrats Alida!!

And some pics of our shooting adventure, breaking in the shotgun...