HAPPY HALLOWEEN...A LITTLE LATE

I know that it has been a VERY long time since I have posted. Stella broke our camera in Florida and we finally got a new one. I still haven't loaded the software onto my computer yet. Thankfully, my sister took some pictures of Stella in her cute pirate costume. She got a lot of use out of it during our very busy Halloween week. We had a party at BYU, a piano party, a school party, a preschool party, and a party at the Difrancescos. It was quite the holiday. I have more pictures to post later, but here are some for the grandparents.

Disneyworld

We had such a fun vacation at Disneyworld with my family!! It was very hard to come home. Stella really liked Splash Mountain and seeing all the characters but she was a little freaked out by the dark and noisy rides. Nick's favorite part was our day at the beach. It was really relaxing and the water was so warm!! I especially liked dinner at a Polynesian restaurant called Ohanas. We got to eat all kinds of Hawaiin food and I learned to hula with Kylie and Stella! We also got to take a boat ride around the lake in front of Magic Kingdom and watch the fireworks. That was really cool. It was so fun just to be there. It's such a positive and fun place to be. I want to go back as soon as possible!!!

Redecorating

Every summer, I try to take advantage of my time off and do a few projects in our house. This summer, we redecorated Stella's room and our downstairs bathroom. It's always nice just to make a few changes to give your house a lift. Stella really likes her room, but wishes we had painted it pink.

Stars and Stripes

We had an awesome 4th of July with Nick's family in Boise. We spent a day on the river with some of Nick's friends and went swimming A LOT. (Pretty much what we have done every day this summer :) Nick's parents had a really fun birthday party for Stella complete with giant blow up birthday cake and princess castle. The weekend came to a marvelous close with a trip to my favorite Mexican restaurant, On The Border. The day that we left, we decided to bring our nieces, Morgan and McKenzie home with us for week. We had an equally fun time while they were with us.

Stella's Birthday

I am finally getting around to posting pictures from Stella's birthday party. Thanks to my sister, I finally have some. We had a garden party this year. We invited some of my friends from college and they all brought their kids. As most of you know I get a little theme crazy. I made a "dirt" cake covered with oreos and cookie flowers on top. We also had a fruit bouquet. We decorated flower pots and planted some flowers in them. All of the kids were younger than Stella so it was more of a mom activity but we still had fun. I'm glad to have such a cute 3 year old around with fun friends for an awesome party!!

FAMILY PICTURES

These files are really big so I can only add one picture at a time. We got these pictures taken about a month ago. Our good friends, the Bischoffs did them for us. I am really happy with how they turned out. The picture below is one of my favorites of Stella. There were a lot of other good ones, but I am too lazy to take the time to upload them. Above is one of the family pictures that I liked.

Life At The Zoo

We had an awesome birthday party for Stella that I am planning to post about but I am still waiting to steal pictures from my sister. I also want to post our new family pictures but am having trouble uploading them. Anyway.... more to come.
My cousin, Tara came to visit with her two kids last week. We had such a fun time together!! The first day, we went swimming and the second day we went to the zoo. It was so fun hanging out with the kids. I love how places like the zoo become so much more exciting with kids around. Stella and her cousin Calvin got so excited about all the animals!!! I love Tara so much and I wish that we lived closer. I am so glad they came to visit and I hope they come again soon.