Elly Quotes

Elly (singing after church today): "Tell me me...tell me me. Tell me me...tell me me. Dad, you sing it."

Dad (with puzzled look on his face): "Sing what?"

Elly: "That song."

Dad (with Eureka! expression on his face): "Oh...'Til we meet...'til we meet."

Elly (singing along): "Tell me me...tell me me. Tell me me all those things that Jesus said..."

Elly Quotes

Me: "Elly, 5 more minutes and it's time for your nap."
Elly: "No Mom, 3 more minutes."
Me: "Ok."

Elly Quotes

Mommy: "Elly, I'm going to jump in the shower, okay?"

Elly: "I thought we weren't supposed to do that, Mom."

Mad and Cody

Again, we felt horrible that Madelyn and Cody had to spend most of their trip alone while we monitored Elly's sickness. These are the ONLY pictures that we have of them from this trip...Elly took them...on our way to the airport to drop them off:

 
 
 
 

Okay, I took that last one. But don't you think she did a pretty good job with the first three? I like the one in the elevator especially. Very artistic.

Mima and Papa came!

Brandon's parents and his brother, Jordan, came all the way to Seattle to visit us. Elly was so excited to see them!

We went to Pike's Market, of course:
 

Mima and Papa left no rock unturned when it came to spoiling the granddaughter!
 

They also took us on the duck boats which was a lot of fun. I'm surprised that Elly looks as good as she does in this picture, because she was running a fever (that we didn't know about cause it was stinking hot that day)...
 


and she was starting an ear infection that landed her here:
The Seattle Children's Hospital ER
 
We felt so bad that she got so sick when our guests were visiting. Madelyn and Cody came the next day and we couldn't spend much time with them at all. Such is the life of a parent! It turns out that Elly's ear drum burst and she had to be on crazy strong antibiotics the rest of our stay and on the drive home to Utah. Poor girl.

The girlsies in Seattle!

My sister, Keri, and cousin, Karen, came for a visit. Keri's girls live in Seattle with their dad each summer, so we did fun things with them all week.

We had a fun day downtown shopping at the hugest Nordstrom Rack ever. Then, we ate lunch at my favorite lunch place in downtown Seattle...The Nordstrom Cafe. It was kind of a Nordstrom Day.
 


We went to the beach and played fun games:
 


Elly and the girls fell in love all over again!
 

Emma and Lily were so sweet to Elly. They just love her. And she loves them! We're so glad we get to live closer to them for another year!
 

Goodbye, Seattle

I know it's been a while since we left Seattle, but at the end of our stay there, I felt a little under the weather (for obvious reasons), so I'm just catching up now. We did so many fun things in Seattle, but we really tried to pack it in in the last few weeks:

We saw a 3D movie at the IMAX Theater at the Pacific Science Center. It was called Under the Sea. It was an amazing theater and Elly kept her glasses on almost the entire time. It was the first movie theater she's ever been in. She did great, but ended up on Brandon's lap for most of it. She also had a hard time using her "movie theater voice" and kept saying things like "Where's the shark, Dad?"
 


We also went to the Butterfly Habitat at the Science Center. It's this huge greenhouse looking area with trees and rocks and water and flowers. And butterflies everywhere! They just fly around you and land on the plants right in front of you. There's even a check point at the exit, so that you don't walk out with a butterfly on your back. I caught this funny picture there. This girl could not have been more than 9 years old, taking a picture of a butterfly...with her cell phone. Crazy.
 


On the 4th of July, we took a little road trip to Snoqualmie Falls about 40 minutes away. The waterfalls were amazing. It was so beautiful we didn't even mind the huge crowds of biker groups and tourists.
 


This is Elly at her most favorite place in Seattle, The Children's Museum. That membership was the best thing I bought all summer. She absolutely loved painting there and constantly asks when we can go back and paint again. She would sit there for 20 minutes on one sheet of paper. Today, we went to Ikea and bought her an easel.
 



More to come...

Elly Quotes

It's starting early...

"Gaston. (Sigh and dreamy look in her eye.) He is the most wonderful guy."

(As a result of seeing a live production of Beauty and the Beast in Draper a couple weeks ago and watching clips of the movie everyday since.)