It's beginning

TO LOOK ALOT LIKE CHRISTMAS!

Making snowballs

The snow kept sticking to her boots. She thought it was funny.

"Woah! My paws are getting cold!"

Merry Christmas!

Lizzy and her Advent calendar.

Lizzy with Santa at the mall.

Lizzy with Santa at Walmart.

Lizzy-isms

The other day I let Lizzy stay up a bit longer before her nap than usual. This is what she said,
"Thank you for letting me stay awake." I said, "You're welcome." She said, "I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to me. Thank you."

Lizzy and I were racing thru the mall the other night to see who could get to the doors of Sears first. After we made it to the front of Sears she stopped and said, "My feet hurt. I'm tired." So we stopped for a sec. Then she took off running again and yelled back to me, "I'm gonna beat you to the car!" She totally faked me out!

I told Lizzy she smelled like lotion and she asked, "The ocean?" You could hear the confusion in her voice. It was so cute!

Lizzy already recognizes a good joke opportunity when she sees one. I was in the shower and she snuck in and turned off the light! What a stinker!

Once I put a cup over a gross white cricket (EW! Creepy right? It was WHITE!) in our bathroom in the morning. I didn't tell Lizzy about it. Oops. She went in and picked up the cup and came running out of the bathroom yelling, "There's a spider in the bathroom! There's a spider in the bathroom! *sigh* That scared the crap out of me." She wouldn't use that bathroom for the rest of the day. It was so funny!

Lizzy Quotes

Last night I took Lizzy to Walmart while Flee went to New Moon. I was looking at the thumb drives and I said, "A 8 GB thumbdrive for 20 dollars." Lizzy said, "cool, but we don't need to buy that right now." That is something that Flee would say.

We were driving home from the commisary today and she said, "mama, do you know what my favorite house is? That one, it has 3 bedrooms and 3 bath." She listens to everything that Flee says. She really imitates her. That is a good thing.

Looks like Mama!

Veteran's Day

It's been almost a year.

Veterans Day Parade

We had so much fun at the parade! Lizzy loved it! She really enjoyed the marching bands and the horse riding cavalry at the end. I can't help but get choked up at every parade I go to. I think it's because it tends to bring out so much American pride in people, and I love that.

Snug as a Bug in a Rug

Lizzy got all cozy under our rug today to watch "Planet Earth." She's so funny! There was a blanket on the couch next to her!

AZ desert to Halloween

We drove up to UT last weekend for Dave's drill. It was a very short trip and a fun drive.

Daddy/daughter/momma's finger

Northern AZ desert

The family

Lizzy went to a fun Halloween party!

Miss Tinkerbell

The Race

Nancy and I getting our packets.


Pre-race excitement!

Nancy and Danny pre-race.

Nancy "The Machine"

Me, chuggin' along.

Danny getting ready for his Ice Man competition.

WOO HOO! I did it!

Picture Update

On the drive home from Utah.
The new bridge they are building over the Hoover Dam.

Reading time.

Lizzy gets her own big bed! She loved it!

Us on the coast at sunset.

Lizzy playing in the sand. (she doesn't care for the ocean)

Us on the pier.

Lizzy and daddy on a carousel.

The Nemo ride.

Things are great here in the desert. I'm wishing fall stay as opposed to making an appearance once in a while. I love it when things cool down! Tomorrow we are supposed to have record heat...ick. Plus I am running my first 5k ever in the heat! (It's the Bisbee 1000)

Dave and I just celebrated our 6Th anniversary on October 11Th. We went out for a little family trip. We had loads of fun!

Lizzy gets funnier every day. That girl makes us laugh all the time! She is so excited to go to school, she tells me everyday.

The other day she told Dave, "When I get bigger, I'm going to go to school and it's gonna break your heart."

A Funny exchange between Lizzy and Dave...

Lizzy "Daddy you're stupid." (said with a grin)

Dave: "You don't call me stupid!"

Lizzy: "Only momma can call you stupid?"

Me: "HAAAAAAHAHAAAA HAAHAAAA HAAAAA" (I still can't stop laughing about that one!)

My Job

This has become common. I am so bored.

Another NEW MOON Trailer

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Let's Make Music

Today I was playing my violin and Lizzy came in to listen as she usually does. I turned around after I finished a song and this is what I found.

That's a Lizzy shaped lump right there.

(That's my new bow on my case, I love it!)

She had my fine tuner...

my extra bow and pieces of my shoulder rest.

Whenever that girl is hiding in our bed, we know and she knows, she's up to no good.

Little stinker.

Want A Green Thumb?

Why stop there? Why not have a green hand!

Labor Day Weekend in California

Lizzy visiting with grandpa Glen in their backyard.

Lizzy hanging out at the beach.

Lizzy and grandpa burying Dave.

Catching the wave.

I'm MIA, but that's Dave's bald head.

Waiting for the next "big one."

Digging with grandpa.

Time to go home!
Grandpa, Lizzy and Dave taking a breather on our Sunday afternoon walk.

Lizzy striking a pose.

We went to California last weekend to go and visit Dave's dad and wife. It was so much fun! We got in late Friday night and spent Saturday at Laguna Beach.

The water was AMAZING! I'd guess around 78* and the waves were huge! Lizzy didn't care for the water at all. The waves really scared her. So, she played on the beach in the sand, building castles and digging holes and playing with Grandma Ann.

Dave and I were in the water the whole time. We did some body surfing and wave jumping. There were times that I couldn't quit laughing because it was just so much fun!

After the beach we went out to Chili's for dinner (I recommend getting the white chocolate lava cake. It's so so good!).