Merry Christmas cont.

Here are the Photos to go with the last post:
This is my bragging rights of a wall... I painted this in high school and I was going to show Julie and then I forgot... so I thought this would sufice for now.

This is our last family picture before we start sending people off on missions... Good luck Jaron!

Eliza wasn't too fond of Santa (this was Ben's work party)

But she did enjoy the Christmas tree!!

This was Santa at the ward party and it was a little better than the work party...

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas every one!!!

I hope that everyone's Christmas was as wonderful as ours has been! Ben worked Monday and Tuesday but he had the rest of the week off. We have had tons and tons of fun hanging out with family all week. Hailey, Brian, Jackson, and Grant all got into town last week and Eliza has loved following the boys around and doing everything she can with them. Eliza is just in love with those boys and she's going to really miss them when they go home. It's been adorable to watch Grant let her follow him around and help her play with things.

Christmas day was fantastic! We started out at our own house where we got to open some fun new thing! I got a new coat (it's fantastic!) and Ben got new bindings for his snowboard and a remote control helecopter. That is just to name a few gifts I really can't list them all it's too much stuff! After our house we went to the Merritt house for breakfast and christmas morning which was great! Eliza got some awesome toys from Everyone! Ben and I got a Wii from his parents (THANK YOU!!!) which we've already spent waaaaaaay to many hours playing... so it's mostly me who has a problem with how much I play... After the Merritt house we went and had dinner at the Waite household and exchanged gifts there which resulted in us being spoiled rotten with a new printer for me to print my scrapbook pages!! and rummikub to play together and a shop vac for Ben. Eliza got too many toys to list but she's successfully rotated through them all in her play. She didn't get much sleep with all the excitement of the day so she passed out pretty much as soon as we strapped her in her car seat to go home. But over all it was a fantastic day!

Today we went to Loveland to listen to Jaron speak before he leaves on his mission. Lucky for us my aunt and uncle (John and Julie) and two of their boy's (Skyler [12] and Cliff, with his wife Emily and their two kids) all happened to be around and they came to listen to his talk and have dinner with us. It was a lot of fun and I think Jaron appriciated the support and the time to talk to Cliff who served his mission in the same place! it was a blast getting to see everyone and meet the ones we haven't met before. Jaron's talk was wonderful I just want to know where my shy little brother went and who took over his body! We took our final family picture before Jaron leaves on his mission and spent the day socializing and letting the kids play. Good food and good company is always a good combination!

We are looking forward to our next adventures in the comming week! and we wish all those who are headed home in the next few days a safe and uneventful travel! I'll post some pictures tomorrow for your viewing pleasure!

This is a late update but still the same...

Eliza is just great she's enjoying being a newly one yr old. She has been tons of fun to watch recently as she is trying to talk so much more and she just loves stories and toys. She's not really walking but the video is her doing it her own way. She just cracks everyone up when she'll walk across the room like that!

Last week was mellow. I watched Jane and Macie one day which was fun and uneventful (thankfully). Ben worked and spent lots of time in the truck for work... too bad for him. The weekend was nice and busy, Eric had his eagle project and we had the ward Christmas party. Grandpa Merritt sang in it and Ben participated in a funny chime song. (there is video of that and sorry for the poor picture quality.)

so this week was good as well busy with Christmas activities for enrichment, Ben was a food pep guy for that and so Eliza got her first ever Nursery experience and she seemed to really enjoy it. at least until she got tired and saw daddy then she cried but it was almost 2 hrs past her normal bedtime so I'll cut her some slack. Wednesday night I had the activity with the youngwomen and we worked on some bracelets that are for personal progress stuff and they're beautiful! Today Ben went up to Eldora to get a run on his snowboard before our new years trip. So other than that we're all happy and content!

Happy Birthday Eliza!!

I'm only going to hit the highlights of the week here:

Monday - Wednesday... lets just say they were busy and I'm REALLY glad that they're over!

Thursday was Thanksgiving! and it was fantastic! Ben smoked the turkey (starting at 5am) and it was fantastic! there were a total of 29 people at thanksgiving dinner and everyone thought the turkey was great! The 29 people consisted of the following families: The Waite's, Lane's, Lundmark's, Egan's, and of course us! We had dinner at the church and everyone loved just sitting and chatting! Eliza really enjoyd the food and all the action despite the lack of a nap!

Friday I got up and inteded to go shopping a little on my own and ended up going to Ft. Collins and shopping with my family all morning while Ben stayed home with Eliza (they were both glad they didn't come) after shopping with my family until 1:00ish I came home and showered before going out again with Ben to do a little shopping. And thanks to our little shopping trip we have almost finnished our Christmas shopping (at least for each other that is).

TODAY: It's not really Eliza's birthday until tomorrow but it worked better for everyone to celebrate today instead! I would claim that we didn't do anything big but that would be a lie because just having family here is big! So Eliza made out like a bandit with all of her grandparents around here! these are the pictures of the stuff:

Cake written on by Ben:

Eliza's First Purse: made by aunt Hailey! THANK YOU!!!!
See all my pretty Bow's! and She got some silverwear that she can actually use because it's not as heavy as her arm!!! THaNkS Grandma & Grandpa Waite
Bean bag chair from Grandma & Grandpa Merritt! (she's still a little scared of it, but I give it 24 hrs before she's totally in love!)

Tutu skirt was one of many cloths idems she got from both Grandma's! (I'm so lucky that she has shuch great grandparents who get her such cute cloths!)

Her favorite gift from Mommy and Daddy was the Jungle playset that makes all kinds of noises! and lights up and it's just awesome! (so maybe mommy was just as excited as she was but it's still cool!)

Happy Birthday!!! She didn't blow out the candle herself and wasn't even interested until someone told her to touch the candle so she tried and Daddy blew it out before she could get burned!
Ok... I think she might try it now... she spent a good amount of time just looking at the cake instead of eating it

How Exactly dose she get her foot up like that!? and how'd she get frosting on her toes!?

"All done with my cake mommy lets go take a bath!"

So other than the gifts there was an incredible meal! Ben smoked a brisquet for everyone and it was incredible! Then he made homemade ice cream with liquid nitrogen which was a hit! and the highlight of the evening for everyone was the helium tank and balloons that Ben let the kids suck and record themselves sounding funny. Thank you again for the gifts from everyone! Oh, a special thanks for the unpictured gift of a baby gate to wrap around my Christmas tree! My sanity truly thank you!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

For Lindsay: this is Eliza's "Loot"

For Everyone Else: These are all discovery toys that I got a FANTASTIC deal on for Eliza to have a wonderful Birthday and Christmas!

Eliza's first steps (mind you she wont do it anymore) she thinks it's too much fun to just fall into mommy's arms... "catch me Daddy!"

OK so I missed last week and I'm sorry. And I'd tell you that I was going to make up for it this week but that would be a lie. SO.... The most important thing from last week are as follows...

Eliza is growing like a weed! She's doing the clasic Waite growth pattern (round before long) and therefore her pants are fitting (at least for the next few weeks). She is officially 100% stair safe. I learned that one aginst my will by being in the shower and forgetting to block the stairs and when I got out she was just gone... I of course found her downstairs in the kitchen looking for food and playing in the cupbords. Ben worked on Saturday morning and Heather and Heidi stayed the night so that Ben and I could go to see The Producers at the Boulder dinner theater. The play was fantastic the appartment building accross the street burned down while we were watching the play so it smelled like smoke the whole time but it was still good! The twins went to church with us on Sunday and that is the week in a nut shell!

So this week:

Monday was easy going and nice. I had a presidency meeting and that went well. Other than that Eliza and I worked on different little projects around the house all day.

Tuesday was a totally different story I woke up a little bit late, Eliza had dinner from the night before in her hair and needed a bath. AND I had Jane and Macie coming over to play all day (They are the girls I'm going to be watching once a week while their mommy works as a nurse). So when they showed up Eliza was in still in the tub ... not the ideal way to start your morning. Not to mention the dishes that were over flowing from the sink and the living room that looked like a tornado and just been through. So when my mom walked in my door at 8:00am it freaked me out but I was really very relieved to have an extra set of hands to help get something productive done! Plus it kept me from killing the girls in the first few hours together. So a HUGE thanks to my mommy for showing up when I needed her so much!

Wednesday I had Jane and Macie again so we pretty much just hung out at the house while I did the 6+ loads of laundry that needed doing (shameful when you run completely out of socks and underwear before you do your laundry!)

Eliza playing in some Christmas decorations I bought... "Look mommy I'm pretty!"

Thursday was a relief to have only ONE baby to take care of! I celebrated by getting out of the house and doing a little shopping for some craft supplies.

Friday I spent the day in Loveland with my mom and we did lots of shopping for the big turkey day next week! Eliza took a rediculously short nap so she went to bed at 6:30 that night which was nice for everyone!

Eliza Lounging in her new Favorite chiar, oddly enough she hated this thing when she was actually small enough to be using it!

Saturday Ben has finnally finnished the wonderful masterpiece in the garage... no not a priceless piece of art work... He finnished the tool bench he's been wanting to build! In the process he was in our attic and he found this beautiful end table with a leather inlay that looks great in Eliza's bedroom! (I'll post pictures of those later because Eliza's sleeping and it's cold and dark outside!) We also got a rotisserie for Ben's smoker to cook the Thanksgiving turkey!! Wahoo!

She's such a cheese! But she loves to ride her pony!

Interesting talent...

I wanted to share:

This video is absolutly incredible! I just wanted to share it with everyone!

http://www.youtube.com/v/QZFkZiwMLZ4

Happy walking!

Eliza decided to take her first steps this week! Wahooo!!! I know that everyone keeps telling me I'm going to be sad that she's so much faster once she walks, but I think they're wrong! I'm so excited to watch her grow and move from each stage of life so no matter how challegeing it may become to have a toddler in the house I'm going to find everything I can to love about it too! Her walking is not excellent and she still wont take more than three steps before sitting down or falling down... so technically she's not really walking but she does think it's a great game to "stand up- fall into mommy's arms" over and over and over again. It gets old for mommy but she loves it so much I play anyway!

Eliza is only a matter of weeks from turning one! As I recall a year ago from this time of year I was pretty much hating life, not sleeping, and I had this giantic belly that liked to kick me! Therefore in a few weeks from now I will be celebrating the end of those miserable times... I think I actually slept better with a newborn than I did in that last month of pregnancy.

Ben has been busy with work and working on the house. He got some of our Chirstmas lights hung up (i know we're early but it was great weather this past weekend!). He also did the final tilling of the yard before next sping when we will hopefully have some grass! We had an awesome activity on wednesday with the YW making paper dresses and having a fashion show... it was a blast! I wish I would have had my camera to take pictures.

I have a video of Eliza walking but it is very poor quality so I'll have to try again sometime in better light. Hope everything is well with everyone else!

Tagged!

All about High School...
1. DID YOU DATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL? Yep I dated a few. Or more than a few… but I didn’t marry any of them so it doesn’t matter J
2. WHAT KIND OF CAR DID YOU DRIVE? “The Beast” (87 dodge ram van), The Jeep (it was Lindsay’s), the White car (Ford Tauras), My car (95 geo prism)
3. DID YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST YOUR FIRST TRY? yep
4. WHERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL? Uh… sure I loved parties
5. WERE YOU CONSIDERED A FLIRT? Absolutely!
6. WERE YOU IN BAND, ORCHESTRA, OR CHOIR? Band
7. WERE YOU A NERD? kinda
8. WERE YOU ON ANY VARSITY TEAMS? Swimming 1 yr
9. DID YOU EVER GET SUSPENDED/EXPELLED? Nope
10. CAN YOU STILL SING THE FIGHT SONG? No, I couldn’t even sing it when I went to the school
11. WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHERS? Mr Lange, Mrs. Linville, Mrs Wagoner… they all tolerated way to much from me
12. WHERE DID YOU SIT FOR LUNCH? In the 800 hall or outside the 800 hall
13. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S FULL NAME? Loveland High school
14. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S MASCOT AND COLORS? Indian, Red and Black
15. DID YOU GO TO HOMECOMING AND WITH WHO? Evan a few times, Other than that I don't remember
16. IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN WOULD YOU? No thanks once was enough for me!
17. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT GRADUATION? That it was really hot, and being sad that it was over
18. WHERE DID YOU GO SENIOR SKIP DAY? don't really remember. I did something with some people but who knows what!
19. WERE YOU IN ANY CLUBS? Drama 2yrs
20. HAVE YOU GAINED SOME WEIGHT SINCE THEN? Yeah, duh! I had a baby it happens.
21. WHO WAS YOUR PROM DATE? 1st-Cody Davis 2nd-Evan Mecham
22. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING TO YOUR 10 YEAR REUNION? I don’t know, if they have one probably yes
23. DID YOU HAVE A JOB IN HIGH SCHOOL? Cold Stone creamery, nanny for a summer, babysitting and other odd jobs

Happy Halloween!

Halloween; the wonderful, candy filled, hyperactive children running from door to door with pillowcases... it's a great holiday when your young... and then you get older and the thought of eating as much candy as these kids get makes you sick to your stomach.
But seeing as how Eliza is still so young we did not actually go trick-or-treating. Instead we stayed home and watched movies, handed out candy and put Eliza to bed on time. It was really very mellow and nice. Next year should be interesting since we'll actually be going out.

Other than Halloween we had a very mellow week. Eliza has FINALLY (and I really mean finally) cut her second top tooth and is now working on two others on top. I wish that the whole teething thing was easier on her! But seeing as how it's not I'll take them as is...at least as long as they actually come in.

Really things are going great and I'm loving every minute of being a mom. I'm continually reminded how lucky I am to have such an easy baby. Eliza is so loving and adorable! She is like a never ending fountain of love and cuteness. I'm really very glad that I've had this oportunity to share this time with her. She is the light of my life and I hope she will always know that.

Trick or Treat!

Time for a new post... a day late but that's ok. The week has been busy but fun. Tuesday I went to Loveland to run some errands and work out the costume situation for the weekend. Wednesday I watched Jane and Macie and had Activity with the Mia Maid class and we had a blast going on a scavenger hunt! They are one energetic group of girls! It was fun but I was pretty tired by the end (I must be getting old!)

Thursday my mom and I finnished costumes and hung out. Then Saturday we had tons of fun! We went to the Niwot trick or treating where we could hang out with Grandma Merritt and see all those cute costumes! Ben was Aladdin, I was Jasmine, and Eliza was the cutest Abo I've ever seen. After spending the morning in Niwot we came home, had a nap and lunch before going to Trunk or treat with the two wards that meet in our building. I've never been to such a busy trunk or treat but it was lots of fun :-)

Corn Maze!

So this week was loads of fun!
On Monday I watched Jane (3) and Macie (11wks) White while their mommy went around to apply for job's (I'm going to be watching the girls one day a week once their mom gets a job) Eliza just Loves little Macie and it's funny to watch Jane be so protective of her. That night we went to Loveland when Ben got off of work and celebrated Heather and Heidi's birthday! We all had lots of fun!

Tuesday was pretty uneventful (thankfully) I had enrichment meeting where we had a service auction. That was TONS of fun and I bought an apron and microwave-potato-cooker-bag thing and a halloween cookie making kit!

Wednesday was insane. Ben had work, I had Eliza and then I had Activity day where I needed to watch the other leader's kids (boy age 2 girl age 7mo) while she taught the girls how to give a massage. Well the activity went great, we had one minor (or major depending on who you talk to) event involving a pair of glasses and a two year old, but that's a story I prefer not to remember so... anywho it was really fun! Then I brought Eliza home to drop her off with Ben only to shove some food into my tummy and go right back to the church for the Youth Activity (broom hockey). There were only a few brooms that surrvived by the end... after the activity the presidency met with the stake YW leaders and we had a great and informative meeting! I got home and crashed!

Thursday, I went to my mom's because she was going to the zoo on Friday which is our normal visit day... We had a very enjoyable day relaxing, watched a movie and worked on our projects!

Friday, I can't really remember... I remember being all worn out from the week... I did go to watch Mom Merritt's shop while she went to the temple. That went well enough... I may have possibly scared some lady off but I sure tried with my limited knowledge to help her but she was tired and grouchy so in the end I just told her I apparently couldn't meet her needs and she should come back tomorrow.

Saturday was a blast! exhausting but fun! My mom, dad, Heather, Heidi, and Jaron all came down to Longmont and we went to a corn maze! The Anderson Farm corn maze. There were tons of cool things to do, Like pumpkin launching and face painting and the maze and animals to see... but we didn't do anything but the maze... Heather and Heidi had a good time running around by themselves and we all eventually met up and did 12/18 posts hidden in the maze. It was fun but Eliza got too tired to keep going and so did the rest of us! I was so exhausted from carrying Eliza that I got home a took a much needed nap! Ben carried her in the backpack for a while but she wont sleep in it. Then Grandpa carried her for a little bit once she was asleep (thankfully)... Here are pictures of all our fun!
We forgot Eliza's hat so we took Heathers and made it work (thanks Heather!)

I thought this sign was too funny to pass up!
Heather and Heidi in Jail. Great birthday gift don't you think?
Here is all of us at the maze! (I'm the one behind the camera)
Eliza and Grandpa Waite! She wasn't thrilled when she woke up and realized it wasn't mommy holding her.

Jaron Got It!!!

Jaron got his mission call!!! We are all so very excited he will be spending the next two years sharing the gospel with the people in South Carolina!! He is going to make a fantastic missionary!

Anywho I promised to post some pictures of Eliza's new dresses I made

This is the Jumper I madeThis is Eliza's new love, the cabinet is her favorite place to play.

And Finally this is her tutu... isn't it adorable!

It's officially Fall... Brrrr!!!

Happy birthday Heather and Heidi!!!! You two are the most amazing girls ever and Ben, Eliza and myself all wish you the happiest 13th birthday ever!

As for our update this week... Ben has spent the week working on inventory at work and is therefore very very busy there. Friday was the majority of the inventory process and he put in a long 12 hr day. He came home totally pooped! but the good news was that he slept well that night!

Wednesday we went with Grandma and Grandpa Merritt to the pumpkin patch here. It was incredible! I have never been to a pumpkin patch with so many activities; from painting and mini-mazes, fair rides, and a shop with tastey fall treats! We didn't get there until about a half hour before it was closed but that meant it wasn't crowded (we were the only people there) and it was very enjoyable! Here are some cute pictures!

I have been bitten by the project bug... the one that makes you crave little projects and neglect the thing that really need doing (like dishes and cleaning and laundry)... So insead of looking for a cure I've given in to the disease for the time being and have enjoyed it! I made Eliza a tutu and a new little jumper dress that is absolutly adorable! I don't have pictures yet but later I'm sure you'll see some. I tried making a headband to match the dress and three tries later I gave up because it was making me angry.

It's official now... I am the Young Woman's secretary now. I was set appart for the calling today and I'm actually really looking forward to this calling. I'm sad to loose the activity day calling because I really liked working with the younger girls and I Loved doing all the little kid crafts! So now I guess I'll just have to wait for Eliza to get big enough to start doing them with her! (If I could get her to stop putting everything in her mouth I would try finger painting but the thought of her putting paint in her mouth grosses me out!)

LDS General Conference Weekend!

First things first, Today is Jaron's Birthday, so Happy Birthday Jaron from All us Merritt's!!

So this week was uneventful! that's a good thing, really! We haven't done much outside the usual.

Eliza is getting to be very talkative. She doesn't say very many things but she's pretty much mastered "a dun" (all done) "up!" (usually being screamed from the back of the car) "dada" (daddy) "mum" (mom) "na!!" (if being yelled means no but other wise I have no idea)... so that is the consistancy of her understandable vocabulary but that certainly hasn't stoped her from finding other ways to let you know what she wants! Mobility is becoming easier every day and she cracks me up with her lack of bravery... she is very stable but she will give you jello legs the minute you try to hold her hands and have her stand. She just sits down and crawls over to the couch or wall or bookshelf etc and stands there instead. Hehehe she's her mothers child in that.

We spent some time in the pool this week and I'm remebering how much I miss the regular smell of chlorine, dry skin, and echo of the pool! So I'm looking into buying a punch pass for the pool here to make sure I go more often.

This weekend was the LDS General Conference and Ben, Eliza and I stayed home and really enjoyed the time we had to listen to our dear prophet and other leaders. They are all very wise and spiritually in-tune men. I really liked the talks about gratitude and finding joy in life. It was a really nice reminder for me. I seem to get into ruts where I forget to be truly grateful for the things I have and this helped me step back and see where I can improve. Ben went to the priesthood session on Saturday night with his Dad and said he really enjoyed it. He said he favorite part was the analogy about the Grand Piano and lifting/serving where you stand. Eliza slept and played and her favorite part was having our almost undevided attention for the whole weekend. Oh and she LOVED the childrens choir on Sat. every time they would sing she would stop what she was doing and watch them!

So that's the week... and I'll be saying goodbye for now!

It's not Fall it's Birthday Season

Well... tis the season of birthdays... It all starts with mine (of course) because the world does still revolve around me... right!?...

My birthday was on Tuesday, and it was a fantastic birthday at that! My mom came and picked me up in the morning and we went and picked rasberry's again. This time Eliza had the company of Kara Lundmark so she was much happier about playing on her own rather than needing to be carried. I went to lunch with Ben which was fantastic! Everyone likes a quick fastfood lunch on occasion right? Following which we celebrated my birthday with my family and My present was a Bed!!! My Bed... the one that I've been drooling over for months but haven't been willing to spend the money on! So my parents and hubby spoil me way too much and I love them for it! We came home and Ben put the bed together right away for me and it looks awesome!

Eliza has been as busy as can be! She has mastered going up the stairs and she is getting into every thing she can reach and some things that I didn't know she could reach! '

Liza bug is so funny! she has this adorable Elmo plush doll that Mallory and Evan bought her when she was born but it is still as big as she is; and she's started attacking it for no apparent reason. She'll just get suddenly excited and start giggling and squealing as she crawls/fly's across the room and tackles Elmo. I tried to get a video of it but I'm not sneaky enough with the camera so we'll have to sufice with pictures.

Eliza has also had this HORRIBLE rash eariler this week and I think we've got it figured out as to what is causing the problem! HoRRaY!! But the rash alone wasn't enough to deal with so She cracked a fever of 102 and then the next day it was down to 99 (but that's still pretty hot for a kid who's highest body temp has been 97.9 on a normal day)... so at this point I'm just really glad she's getting to feeling better!

Speaking of being sick Ben's been a little under the weather... nothing serious just not top notch. He also bought himself some new golf clubs! He took them for a spin by hitting a bucket of balls and says that they work great! so that is good!

My mom's birthday was on Friday and she says she had a good day! We had Sunday dinner with my family and Lindsay and Mike came as well which was fun for all.

Woah!

Well what a week it has been. Here is a brief run down of the week for all your enjoyment!

Monday: got up early and went to pick rasberries at the Turner's house (thanks so much!!)... Well you'd think that would be an easy task but when you have the first pick of the season and a 9month old who HATES playpins it makes it a bit more complicated. Eliza spent a good portion of the morning in the baby-backpack grabbing rasberry branches and crying becuase it hurt her hand. But eventually we convinced her to take a bottle in the play pin and this was how we found her:

Tuesday: Nothing exciting happened... really nothing at all...

Wednesday: Eliza and I went to Grandma Merritt's house and Eliza learned how to Make rasberry/huckleberry jam while mommy read her book. I finnished the Twilight series and that is monumental because now I will have to start paying attention to my negleted husband and child (that's probably a good thing, two weeks of mommy in her own world is bad for moral) Then I went to Activity Day's and Eliza stayed home with daddy. I'm so glad that Ben gets off of work early enough to watch her now it's soooo much easier!

Thursday: It's a blurr... really I cleaned some to make up for my lack of cleaning while reading and Eliza tried to catch up on some sleep she's been missing! Durring 'Liza's bath I made a discovery; she has enough hair for this:

Friday: It was a great day! We went to Savers and bought Eliza's costume for halloween and then we went to the COOLEST park ever in Loveland. It's on the old Fairgrounds and it was tons of fun! There's water things and a covered play area and sand and wood chips and a frog slide and it's right on the river where you can walk right down to it! It really is nice! Ben went to Granby to golf with his dad and so I satyed the night in Loveland with my family after Nancy's baby shower.

Saturday: Honestly I think I'd rather forget this day all together. But seeing as how it's so darn funny I'll just have to tell you about it anyway. Mom went to the hospital to test babies in the morning and I watched Kara while she was gone. She's usually home by noonish and so I was going to go home, get a shower and clean cloths when she got home. Well Noon came and went and no mom. But 1:00 rolled around and she was finally done. Only to find out she had a flat tire and so she couldn't come home until she changed it. Well she couldn't find the jack so she called Triple A, who then miscommunicated where she was and sent the help to the wrong place. Then she found the jack and canceled the AAA. Well then they went to fix it and found out that the tires were shot so she had to replace them. So durring this time Eric and Alan were hurrying to leave to get to Best of EFY and Eric smashed into my car therefore completely removing my bumper. But he somehow managed to not break any lights on my car or damage anything on his own. So now I'm really not leaving anytime soon. Then Heather and Heidi needed to be at the EFY thing an hour later than the boys and now we were completly carless. So we called someoen to give them a ride. My dad rode his bike to the auto store and got the parts to fix my car and used his handy-ness to fix it up right. (that bumper isn't going anywhere!). Mom eventaully got home around 5ish (she left at 8am). At 6 I went on a wild goose chase to retrieve the twins and then told my mom I didn't want to be her anymore and she could have her life back I liked mine a WHOLE LOT MORE!!! so really in the end everything worked out really well for them but I think I'll pass the next time that oportunity presents itself.

Ben on the otherhand had a fantastic day! He played two rounds of golf on a couple of the most beautiful courses ever! He played great games and he even beat his dad both times!! (for those of you who don't know Ben's dad is very good at golf!) He really enjoyed the sights and He has an awesome sunburn for proof!

Sunday: finally a day to relax and rest. Goodnight!

Fall is coming!

So lets see here... Fall is officailly coming, Ben has been sick, I have been sick and Eliza has also been sick. So therefore the seasons Must be changing... It has only been the last few days that Eliza has been able to breath through her nose without a full out fountain of snot pouring from her many orafices. As for Ben and myself we've been indulging in drug induced sleep at night for a few nights to try to get better faster. It seems to have worked for Ben but not for myself.

Monday was Labor day and we got to spend some time with Mallory and Evan while they were here. We went wakeboarding (of course) and had a blast! I've recently become much better at the sport and am really enjoying it... too bad it's the end of the season now... sad.

The rest of the week was uneventful until the weekend. Friday night we had Heather and Heidi come spend the night with us (FUN!!! those sisters of mine who missed out...too bad for you!) and then Sat morning we hit the lake with two of the Steed's and us ... it was COLD!!! The water was warm but the wind was Horrible when the boat was going. Heather and Hedi are so tiny they were up and out of the water before we even started (literally) I really wish we would have rememberd the camera but we didn't so I'm sorry for no pictures! Heather did the best of all three of the first timers and stayed up the longest! As for myself I crashed not long into it and it felt like i smashed into a wall of needles because I was so cold! I have some light brusing on my arms from it but it was all good.

Anyway enough about the week... here are some adorable pictures of Eliza in a cute dress Grandma Waite bought for her!