I have a park in my backyard!

Elise,

You love to play outside. There is a lot to play with. Slides, trucks, sandboxes, etc.

You love to play outside so much that you always cry when mommy tells you it is time to go back in.

DADDY TOOK ME TO THE DINOSAUR MUSUEM!

Elise,

Today mommy had to work and you got to stay home with daddy. He took you to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. Daddy said you were having fun!

Daddy also took you to get a treat and took you to eat lunch at Subway.

Daddy also bought you a stuffed tyrannosaurus from the musuem.

You were spoiled rotten!

WE FOUND SOME DUCKS! May 18, 2008

Elise,

We found a park here in Provo with some ducks. There were some baby ducks and you loved them. You tried to chase them and pet them. You also got to feed them bread. You thought it was great!

Graduation

Elise,

Mommy finally graduated on May 10, 2008 from Idaho State University with a Bachelor of Arts in General Studies!

YEAH!!!!

Class Pictures!

Elise,

You got your class pictures from daycare back today.

This past year you went to ISU's Early Partnership School.

Your teachers were Marie Dye, and Victor Noles.

Melissa Diaz and Kerri were the assistant teachers.

In the picture is

Left to right:

Naomi Blackmore, Teacher: Marie Dye, Rudi, Brayden with his mom, Melissa, Elise (you), and Audrey with her dad.

McKay (another little boy you went to school with) and Victor and Kerri are not pictured here.

Goodbye Idaho, Hello Utah!

So it's official, this Saturday, the 10th, we are moving to Provo, Utah. L.J. has been accepted to BYU for grad school and received a Teaching Assistant Position. He also got a full ride to BYU for 2 years. And he landed a job at the musuem down there as well! We are so proud of him! He also got to quit Walmart. The dream he had long been waiting for. The deli made him a goodbye cake that said, We'll miss you bone hunter. lol. And mommy took her very last final on Monday and graduated! YEAH!!!!!! No more school for me, unless I decide to get a master's sometime. But we will see. I am soooooooooooooooooooooo sad that I have to leave my job that I have right now though. I've been there for 5 and 1/2 years and so have many of the other people that I've worked with. We have become good friends! Oh how I will miss them and all the fun times we've had! But hopefully I will find a job where I will make some new friends!

Elise Has Graduated To a Toddler Bed!

Elise,

You got a new bed today.

At first you were scared of your new bed, but now you love it.

WOW! WHAT A CRAZY COUPLE OF MONTHS

Elise,

It has been busy around our house for the past two months. Daddy got accepted to graduate school at BYU Provo and so we have been busy getting ready to move to Utah. Also, mommy finally graduates this semester with a degree in General Studies. YEAH! And Daddy is off to a geology field camp this next week.

The weather has been getting warmer now and so we have been playing outside a little bit here and there. You love it! You especially love to play in the shredded tires that is beneath the swingset. You also like to climb the really big rocks that are out back.

Mommy's birthday was the other day and Grandma and Grandpa Turtle and Aunt Char Char, and Grandma and Grandpa Duck came over. You went around and took food off of everyone's plate. You were also really excited when you got to have some cake, and you were excited about Aunt Char's Char's gift that she brought you. You also thought it was fun to help mommy open her presents.