Hansel and Gretel

While we were eating dinner the other night we turned to look at Eliza and saw the creation she had made. We're not sure if she was wanting to save her bread for later or not, but she made a mohawk type trail of bread crumbs on the top of her head. I'm trying to think if we read Hansel and Gretel recently...

Garden...check!

On our list of many things to do has been finish our garden. Well, we finally did. Our makeshift path is done and plants are planted. We planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, onions, and a watermelon. The watermelon is our experiment so hopefully it grows!

This is our iris plant that some how seems to be flourishing in our Seattle like weather. With the amount of rain, clouds, and wind we've received lately it's a wonder any of our plants are growing!

Happy Mother's Day!

I had a very nice Mother's Day...and the best part was that Darran didn't have his early morning meetings so I had him home with me on a Sunday morning! (He made really yummy crepes for us too!) We went to my parents ward to hear Dallin speak and enjoyed the rest of the day visiting with family. Darran and Eliza gave me beautiful flowers and some exercising equipment. But the most wonderful thing about Mother's Day was that I'm a bonafied mother...finally!

Welcome Home Dallin!

Dallin returned from his mission in Brazil yesterday! We were so excited to see him and are so proud of his hard work!

Eliza got to meet her Uncle Dallin for the first time!

How Dallin stayed awake after traveling so long we don't know! When he got home he had been traveling almost 24 hours! He arrived at 1:30, was released as a full time missionary at 3:00, and then reported to the High Council at 8:20 that night! A long day...but aren't missionaries used to that?!

Eliza took a liking to him right away! Of course, when you have shiny things on your jacket you are an instant shoo in! Welcome home Dallin! We love you!

Softball season has begun!

Darran had his first softball game of the season yesterday. Eliza seemed pretty excited to watch him and didn't even mind the ever present blustery wind of the Tri-Cities.

Go Daddy!

Groundbreaking...

IWI broke ground on the lot next door to the office. So Daddy helped Eliza shovel up some dirt to help with the process. Looks like she's going to enjoy getting down and dirty!

Bad hair day!

Eliza had some crazy hair on Sunday after waking up from a nap. I had to post the picture above because she's making the cheesiest face. But the picture below shows a little better how wild and crazy the hairdo was!