Family Pictures!

We had our family pictures taken the same time we did Lily's one year. I think we have started a tradition of a family BYU picture too! It was so much fun! What a good looking family I have! GO COUGARS!

Lily's ONE year Pictures

We took Lily to have her ONE YEAR pictures done the other day. She is so CUTE! We love her so much! We just wanted to share a few of our favorites.

Fall is in the Air!

I love fall. There are so many aspects of fall that I love...the smell of cinnamon and pumpkin candles, the fresh crisp air, the crunch of leaves under your feet, the warm blankets to warm after playing outside...the list goes on and on. I was so excited to share this love with Lily. The wind had blown all the leaves off the trees and the ground was dry and the weather wasn't freezing. This made for the perfect day to play in the leaves. TJ was also excited to be home early enough to play outside before dark! (Mom was excited too!) Verdict is....Lily LOVES to play in the leaves!



I just love this picture of Lily and Dad coming home from playing a little ball!

The Things We Do!

Lily is so much fun! We enjoy playing hard! Here are a few of the fun things we do....Lily thought it would be fun to play with ribbon. She wanted to wear them like scarves. She kept putting all the different colored ribbon around her neck and head for the door. She knew she looked good and so she was ready to hit the town! The top picture is a little fuzzy, but she would not stand still long enough to take a picture.

"Must get the keyboard. I can almost reach it. Just a little further!" Lily stopped at nothing to get the extra keyboard that was on the floor. She tried to push the dirty clothes out of the way and when that didn't work, she climbed right over. She eventually ended up in that tiny space with the keyboard to play with!
WE LOVE TO LAUGH! I think we do this most of all! This is Lily laughing while rocking in the chair. She loves to rock and laugh! I have such a happy little girl!
This happy smile is due to a very yummy, very big lollipop we got from Hammond's Candy Factory. It went EVERYWHERE! She sure enjoyed eating it and will be able to eat it for a very long time due to its size!

One of Lily's favorite things to do...watch sports with Dad! This is Lily trying to eat her bottle, but too excited to watch the game. She always looks at the screen and gets excited to say ball. She then goes right up in front of the TV and stands there watching for a few minutes. She also loves to sit on Daddy's lap as she watches too! What a special bonding time for Dad and Lil!

Aunt Tiff Came to Visit!

We were very lucky and had a special visitor this past week! We had Tiffany, TJ's sister, come and stay with us! We were so excited for her to come and when she came we had so much fun! The first day she got here we hung out and then went downtown and met TJ for dinner. Then we played games until really late. It was fun to play games each night and stay up late. I have to add that Lily LOVED having Tiff here. She was so cute with her the whole week. We are sad that she had to go:( Here is what we did...
The first full day we had it snowed most of the day. So we packed up and went to the Aquarium. We had a great time. It was Lily's first time and I would say that she liked the fish.

What a huge fish! At least three Lily's!

The sharks are the best part of the Aquarium. In the room that they are in there are a few holes on the floor. Lily was afraid to walk on them or touch the glass when the sharks were close. She did enjoy seeing the huge sharks swim around.
Friday TJ took the day off and we all got to play together! Plus it was a lot nicer weather. Our first stop was the Hammond's Candy Factory. They make all handmade candy. It was incredible to see them go through all the processes. It went pretty quickly too. The candy tastes pretty good too!

This guy is making lollipops. To be a candy maker it takes two years to learn the trade!
Lily thought it was fun to watch. She was wishing she had a sucker in her hand! We haven't given her her lollipop yet because they are huge! She is going to love it!

Brother and Sister enjoying time together! TJ was so excited that Tiff came. He was especially glad he got to take a day off to play with us!
After the candy factory we went to a pumpkin patch in Broomfield. We took Lily to the same one last year when she was only three weeks old. This time she enjoyed her self so much! She was even able to find a pumpkin just her size with the help of her aunt Tiff!




Lily also got to pet a little pony at the petting farm.
When we got home we made Carmel apples because what would a fall day spent at the farm be without Carmel apples to top it off? YUMMY!
These last two pictures is what Lily did the rest of the time we were at home with Tiff. She loved Lily's purse and phone. What a girl! It was fun to watch her partially carry partially drag the purse around the apartment while talking on the phone to 'grandma'!
Then Saturday TJ and Tiff hung out with Lily while I was in charge of Super Saturday for our Ward. When I got done we entertained a few of TJ's cousins that came into town to watch the Broncos play. We had too much food and played games and had a great time. We sure love having a house full of people! We welcome visitors to come and visit us anytime!

Box Fun

Lily is always looking for a good box to climb into. These are a few of my favorite pictures. What a silly little girl!

Birthday Girl's Big Day!

On Lily's actual birthday we had a great time. We started with opening presents before Daddy went to work. Lily really likes opening presents! Then TJ took off early so we could take Lily somewhere special. We took her to Build-a-Bear and she got herself an adorable dog named Oliver. Then it was to the candy store for a special birthday sucker, which she loved! Then we had dinner and cake to end the night. We have such an adorable little girl who is so much fun!