The Martin House and Lily Garden

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving (Belated)

I know this is a week or so late, but we had a great Thanksgiving in St. George with my family. We decided to meet half way in between our houses so it wasn't so much driving and it was a blast. There was lots of swimming rain or shine in the warm super heated pool, fun walks, shopping, movie watching, game playing and of course eating! Chad and I even went on a date (it had been a while, we won't say how long) to go see the movie Australia. Chad served his mission there and it was filmed in the NW, he served on the West coast. The movie was WONDERFUL, seriously one of the best movies I've ever seen, go see it, really! After it was over (3 hours long, but so worth it), we wanted to hit up some frozen yogurt but it had closed 15 minutes earlier, so Chad taught me to say some aboriginal expressions and then we just went home but it was still so much fun to just be with each other and have no interruptions from kiddies.

My 16 yr. old brother Jordan showing off the beard he cultivated during his self-proclaimed "No Shave November"

The whole family

Little brother Zack, fun uncle and loves to hold babies and give neck rubs, so my new best friend

Papa and Lils

Ella booked some pool time this trip and really loved this giant bath tub.

Lily pretty much lived in the pool, going in at least twice a day, luckily her Dad is a fish too, so she always had a swimming partner. They even swam in the rain on Thanksgiving.

My Turkey Carvin' honey

Mom making the famous sweet potato casserole

Monday, December 8, 2008

What she's been up to. . .

Being put into the Doll Stroller

Practicing Sitting Up all by Myself

Wrestling with Lily

Being really proud of myself for getting this sitting up thing down! And turning 6 months old, weighing 18.5 lbs., coming down from 95th percentile to 80 for weight and 65 for height.