A moment to remember

November 17th, 2005 was a day to remember!! It was the day that Jake and I were married...... that means four years ago Jake and I said I "I do" and we still haven't killed each other!! I consider that a day worth remembering!!! It was a perfect fall crisp day and I had the worst strep throat, but it went so smooth and although we have had bumps in the road since that day, I have never forgotten how in love I was.. and still am with my adorable husband. Love you Jake!!

My family

His family

Happy Anniversary Jake!

Halloween At Its Finest...

Every Halloween it is tradition to dress up and since I was little Halloween has always been a Holiday we that we go all out for! This year it was a little harder to get dressed up because I had Ella tugging at my leg but I am supposed to be a " Who" from "whoville." Thanks to the cup on my head and the apron I borrowed from my aunt, I wouldn't say it was too bad!

When I say that it is tradition to dress up... I even meant the dogs. Yes max was a jailbird, Hanna a princess and Izzy a devil. Max and Izzy are Hanna's puppies but now they are twice the size of her!!

I think Hanna let her pride go when she joined this family. We love you Hanna!!

Real Game

We finally made it to the last Real Game of the season..... we have intended on going all season long but have failed miserably to support the Real soccer team this year. Finally on the last home game we went and had a blast. Ella loved all the lights and those plastic things you beat together to make noise during the games. We froze but had a lot of fun, next year we will try to be better fans!

Ella was glued to the game.....

Daddy and Ella

Growing up way too fast!!!

Ella thoroughly enjoys being mobile.... she is constantly on the move and showing her independence already! She isn't walking yet but trying so hard to keep up with everyone by tearing it up on the floor! Go baby go....

Ella loves hanging out with her buddies and she wanted so much to be up on the chairs where they were at.... Thanks Jackson and Tyler for letting Ella play with you!!

Such a big girl!!

Ella loves her friends and she is such a social baby... definitely related to Jake and I.

A Halloween Tradition

Pumpkin carving has always been a MUST around Halloween and we wanted to keep the tradition alive by having some of the family come over. We love having company and now we have the room to do it!

Ella even got down in the nitty gritty when she began playing with the pumpkin guts!

The end results (mine is the one on the far right..... masterpiece complete!

Yellowstone in the fall...

Yellowstone in the fall is a beautiful place and there is always fewer people... but more bear! Totally forgot it is the time when they are storing up on their food supply for the winter!!! Bring it on....

Jake has never been to Yellowstone before so we had to make the trip, even if it was in the 20's at night...burrrrr

Old Faithful was faithful but not too much of a show... it's tiny!

It was Ella's first time camping and she did pretty good minus the freezing weather at night. We even hiked around Jenny's Lake and Ella did great! Grandma was loving being with the grandbaby!

The Tetons are so amazing and it was a great trip, we never even saw a bear. That didn't stop me from bringing a 22 shot gun and bear spray.... I LOVE THE OUTDOORS!

Our Baby Girl

Ella is now 10 MONTHS NEW!! I can't believe my baby is almost ONE! She went from rolling to crawling to standing up all in 6 weeks and we have had to baby proof the house. Let the fun begin

Ella charms us everyday with her happy personality and she is now 16 pounds and ALMOST 28 inches, sorry Ella you will never be tall.

Snoozing after a big day of crawling around...

Ella loves to pull herself up to the banister and strut her stuff... this is where she practices!