Girls Night!

My friend Cindy had a girls night party at her house and let us all use her nail polish.. because that's what girls do when they have parties.. ;) She even had all the stuff to do gel nails including the crazy tanning oven that you had to put your hand into!!  She also showed us around her house... which was my favorite part because I like snooping through peoples ideas! 

Ruth, Cindy, Katherine and Callie

Me and Callie thought are colors worked well together which resulted in an awkward picture..

My cute toes

Callie's beautiful fingernails

Cindy

Kaylee (i think i spelled it right?)

Ruth

Haha.. we watched the first part of North and South, and when we got done Kaylee noticed that she had popcorn crumbs ALL over her hoodie!!  It explained why the dog wanted to sit next to her the whole time!!

Thanks Cindy for inviting us over!!

More Cabin Fun!!

One of the best parts of having a crazy work schedule is that I can play when everyone else has to work!!  My parents were taking Alana and Ellie to the cabin because Alana had a day off school... and since I wasn't working... I went too!!  I didn't get up to the cabin until about 1am.. and I slept in the same room as Ellie just in case she woke up and was scared... Well she did wake up.. but wasn't scared she was just VERY awake... at 4AM!! (I had no idea that time of the morning even existed!!)  So me and Ellie had about 3 hours of quality playing time together... well mostly she played and I laid in my bed and grunted every few minutes.

 I feel like these pictures require no explanations... this is exactly what she did.. read books, played on the bars in her bed, and then sat their looking for something more fun to play with...

 Later in the day when everyone was up... BOTH Ellie and Alana let me do their hair... (this is BIG! neither of them like to ever do their hair so the fact that they were patient and let me play with their hair is HUGE!!)

 This is also BIG... Ellie NEVER shares her blankets (known as her "pink one" and "green one") with ANYONE or ANYTHING!!  So we were all very shocked to see that she was playing and sharing with the Moose.

 Alana enjoying the nature walk.

 This is how my Dad posed when I said "smile."??

 Mom

 HA!!  So we were trying to get a picture of everyone on the trail... but Alana wandered off and got stuck... literally we couldn't pull her foot out!!

 So dad went over to help her and Ellie insisted on holding on to his leg... it was all very funny to watch!! ...best part was it was not the only time Alana got stuck.. probably happened 4 more times after this, including some falls into the bushes with scrapes up her back!

 Right here was Ellie's favorite part about the cabin... the TOP BUNK!!  She would ask anyone who was listening if they wanted to go play with her on the bed!  So I went to go play with her... and all she wanted to do was tickle my toes!! (it worked for me.. I just had to lay their and laugh!)

 JEEP RIDE!!  Alana loves the jeep and was probably on it 2/3rds of the day... Ellie however was very nervous about going on a Jeep ride.. especially without her carseat.. go figure?  However, once she got in she couldn't stop screaming and laughing!!

 Alana helped my dad unload the trailer... her job was to sit on the big stick and tell him stories.

 On the drive home the sunset was AMAZING!!  So me and Alana stopped in Huntsville to take a picture.

It was a ton of fun to hang out with the nieces, especially because it was up at the cabin!!  I am so lucky to have parents with such an incredible place to stay at!!  

When Grandma's Away...

We Get to PLAY!!

 

So my Mom normally watches all my nieces a couple of days a week.  But the week after conference is my parents fall break, they always go to the cabin for a week.  So guess who got to watch them?? ME!!  We had so much fun!!  I took them to Cherry Hill for the Scary Hill adventure!!  It was so worth it, we had so much fun!!  We got to mini golf, do a maze, rock climb, hampster haven, nerf wars and the batting cages!!  It was the perfect amount of time and they loved it!!

Ellie took the mini golf very seriously!!  She always made sure her ball went in the hole, even if she had to place it a few inches away from the hole to hit it in.

Alana rock climbing!

The awesome maze!

Ellie was pretty jealous that Alana got to do the batting cages and she didn't.

This picture makes me laugh!!  Describes their family perfectly!!

Fall at the Cabin!!



Cabin Oct. 2012

 As Clayton tradition, we always go to the cabin for General Conference!!  One of the BEST traditions if you ask me!!  It is soo relaxing and great to listen to all the great talks AND be in this incredibly serene enviornment!!  To add icing on the top... it is officially AUTUMN!!  My favorite time of year... I don't know anyone who doesn't love fall?  The last couple of weeks I have found myself just giddy and happy all the time... and when I ask myself why?  Because everything is so beautiful... it is hard to stay sad... in fact I can't when the leaves are changing and falling and the sunsets are incredible.. no you have to just be happy and giddy with me because it is fall!!

 

I got a new camera right before we left for our cruise... like 2 days before we left... Anyway, I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!  I hadn't  realized how old my camera was before!  Every picture looks amazing on my new camera because it is so much better.  For example... my old camera didn't have sound... it wasn't broken.. it was just made before digital cameras could do video WITH sound!!  So you can imagine how great my new camera must seem to me!  However it is also an addiction because I have taken thousands of pictures!! (literally!!)  So it is definately going to have to be something I tone down.. because I don't think I can forever store 200 pictures of the same tree!!

Feel free to be jealous of how amazing it was!!

I don't like getting cold.. so I BUNDLED up to go on a jeep ride... and yes I have officially learned how to drive the jeep!!

Joni listening to conference.

Walks in between sessions is a must!! (you pretty much get disowned if you don't come!)

HA!!  This was the only picture I got of Kris and Abby!!

Dad and Amy

Amy and Joni... the perfect sisters, makes me wonder where I fit in? hehe

This is my favorite... Amy always looks perfect in pictures... so it makes me laugh how cute Avery looks while Amy is telling a very elaborate story!!

Beautiful fall leaves!!

 



I love how many different colors are in nature in fall... it is the coolest!!

We had a GREAT time up there!!  I am so glad my parents have a place for us to go to be all together!!