Christmas in Quartzsite

We spent Christmas in Quartzsite with Great Grandma Rossmiller and the Myers family. We had a great time. Mommy was really worried about me sleeping in a strange place, but I did a great job and slept through the night. My favorite part of the trip was the park in Quartzite. they had 3 really fun slides and swings. I also loved cheering and watching Mommy, Doug, Lou and Chris play washers out in Grandma's yard.

Showing Great Grandma pictures on the computer of me going down the slide at the park in Quartzsite.

Uncle Doug helping me open my new toy cell phone.

Mommy and I sharing ice cream.

Helping Aunt Lou do the dishes.

Christmas Eve

We had a really fun breakfast with Aunt Tami and Grandma Olsen for Christmas Eve. They spoiled me with presents. Grandma Olsen brought me a shopping cart. I immediately started pushing it around, until I found the new clothes. Aunt Tami gave me some bath toys. I love them. Thank you.

Our Visitor

Grandpa Olsen is visiting us from Utah this weekend. He brought presents for the kids. They love spending time with him.

Sesame Street

Every morning at 8 Sesame Street comes on. Elizabeth is a dedicated watcher. She gets antsy at 7:45 wanting to turn the t.v. on. I love it because it allows me to do chores around the house without a helper. She is learning. She loves to sing the ABC's and say her numbers.

Dressed for a Party

We went to the church Christmas party. E was the only little girl dressed up, and the cutest by far.

Water Child

I have never seen a child who likes to play in the water more than Elizabeth. Her two loves are being outside and playing in the water. It's even better when she can have both at the same time.

The aftermath

Oh No! Look Grandma

We had a freak hail storm last night. Look at E's flowers now. The hail put Elizabeth on edge. She learned the true meaning of cold pretty quickly. After feeling the hail and how cold it was she would point outside and say "cold" all throughout the evening.

Look at our flowers Grandma

Elizabeth and Grandma Johnson spent June and July taking care of these flowers at Grandma's house. Grandma brought them down last month and put Elizabeth in charge of watering them every day. I would say E has a green thumb. They are beautiful.

Love of Roses

E loves to pick the rose buds off of our rose bush in the back. It isn't a very big plant, so every bud is precious. I have tried to tell her that they need to stay on the plant so they can flower and be pretty. She picked this bud off the plant. It flowered this morning. As she was holding it in her hand I had a flashback to my college days. There was a rose garden outside the doors of one of my classes. Two or three times a week I would pick a rose and take it with me back to my room. The pretty flowers are just to much to resist. So, I had a change of heart about her picking the flowers, because I do it too. It is amazing to me how many things she does that I find myself doing.

Woof Woof

Elizabeth was a dog this year for Halloween. It is her favorite animal. Every time she hears a dog barking she says Woof Woof.

Grandma O came down in the morning and went with us on our morning walk. She and E had a great time playing out back with the water and reading nursery rhymes.

Trick or treating was pretty fun for Elizabeth. She has quite a few older friends down our road who really spoiled her with candy. She can't say trick or treat yet, but she thought it was pretty cool to carry a bucket down the street, and it was even better that people kept putting stuff in it.

Here she is checking out her goodies.