Campfire and the Fair!

Tuesday August 5th 

I have been really wanting to do a camp fire and roast marshmallow's but either we have been busy or it has been raining.  Well we finally did it although we did have to hurry and get Curt from work and we did get a little sprinkled on and had to hurry out after dinner before the storm came.  

 Happy to have her own chair. 

 nervous of the fire, I think it reminds her of fire work. 

 Getting dinner ready in the pizza makers. 

 Aleana loved playing in the dirt, on the rocks and in the tree. 

 So Cute! 

 Eating pizza sauce with a spoon, she also ate olives and Canadian bacon 

 Sliding down the rocky hill

 Roasting marshmallows 

She decided the fire was not so bad. 

 Yummy marshmallow! 

Wednesday August 6th 

 Aleana has finally decided it is ok for me to do her hair, look at these cute pig tails! 

 Aleana with her Olives

 Thursday August 7th 

We took Aleana to the fair to see the animals, she liked the sheep and cows but was not so sure about the pigs.  We also got her cotton candy for the first time.  

Her first bit

 She likes it! 

She was all sticky by the end of the night 

Friday August 8th 

I was trying to get a picture of her in the tutu but she decided to suction the cup to her face, what a silly girl! 

So much fun!

Today was our 8 year wedding Anniversary.  I can't believe time has gone so fast, yet it is nothing compared to eternity. I am grateful that I have this life and the next to spend with this amazing man. 

Curt surprised me with these beautiful flowers

 Just after we finished dinner at a cute little restaurant in Logan.  We sat out on the patio.  They had it decorated all cute with flowers, lights and decorations.  The food was really authentic and very good. Curt had Penna Pasta with pesto sauce and shrimp and I had ravioli stuffed with ricotta cheese and spinach.  We had thinly slice Ahi tuna topped with diced asparagus, shaved parmesan and extra virgin olive oil for an appetizer. 

very cute little place just down from the tabernacle. After dinner we walked over to the bluebird for some chocolates.  After we get Aleana to bed Curt gave me a message.  It was a wonderful night. Thank you Sheena for watching Aleana. 

Monday July 21 

Playing in the sprinkler! 

Wednesday July 23 

We went Curt's friend and Coworkers house for fire works

Aleana loved the tramp but she was scaring us because she would run to the edge and stop at the last minute and fall on her bum. She is one daring little girl. 

She was not a big fan of the fire works because they were loud.  When we cover her ears she did better. 

She thought the sparklers were fun. 

At the end we saw some big fireworks a block away and she really liked those and was calling the "pops".  So maybe it is just the sound she does not like.  

Thursday July 24th 

Watching Dad do a few flowers after our friends the Myrups left.   

She plugged her own ears.  Although I thought I saw some big fire works and was getting up to show Aleana and she got scared because of the noise and is now afraid of fire works. That night when the fire works were going off we could see them from her window so I went to show her and she got scared and clung to me the whole rest of the time and would not go to sleep until they were gone.  She will now say "bye pops" and will get scared if she hears them.   

Friday July 25th 

Last day of swim lessons, she passed! We mostly played in the kid pool and she loved it.  She likes to be in control and not have others controlling her so i think that is why she was not a big fan of swimming lessons in the big pool. 

I was babysitting so I let them play in the pool 

Saturday July 26th 

We went to a slash pad in Salk Lake for Curt Grandmas Snellie's 94th Birthday.  Aleana loved the slash pad! We forgot to get a picture with Grandma Snellie, but Aleana did give her a hug and kiss.   

Playing with her Grandma

She loved running though this and then she would run over and give Julee a hug. 

After we went to Julee's and then visited Grandma Pete.  We spent the weekend in Kamas and Curt helped put the siding on their new shed.  

Monday July 28th 

What a big girl eating spaghetti rings. 

Tuesday July 29th 

Pictures of Aleana splashing in rain puddles.  She loves the water, I think we need to get her a rain jacket and rain boots for her birthday. 

Great action shot! 

Sunday August 3rd

All ready for church and waiting for Daddy to come pick us up.  She was so grumpy all day and very hyper and loud during sacrament.   I ended up subbing in nursery and doing singing time.  I was so happy that Curt let me go to relief society I really needed it.  

Aleana is 22 months now and she is working on her 5th molar.  She is also starting to get an attitude, not sure if it is just a phase or from her teething.   She will tell me "no" all the time and boss me around.  She also is good and testing her limits and pushing our buttons.  Her newest thing is screaming when she does not get her way,  it can get annoying fast.  She can also get into the fridge and pull things out, luckily it is usually just her milk or juice.

She is staring to do some cute things.  She will grab my face when she wants me to look at her or different things.  She is wanting us to play with her more and has us come sit by her or hide with her.  She is also learning to notice when things are the same like to planes or giraffes.  The cutest things is when she turns in circles and sings "sing sing sing I like to sing".  She will also point at her picture in front of the temple or turn my face to look at it and say "sing sing"  because she wants me to sing "I love to see the temple".

A couple things about our life.  We applied to Premier adoptions and are just trying to finish the application process and figure out loans so we can prepare for another adoption.  Also we are looking in to building our own home in Nibley with a non profit building company.  We would save a ton of money and get to help build our own home.  We are still trying to figure everything out but it looks like Nibley could be a more permenant home for us.  

Summer fun!

 Sunday July 6th

Her hair was all cute and she was dressed for church so I asked if I could get a picture so she ran to get her crown and put it on.  

  Monday July 7th 

 I was trying to get a picture of her with the stethoscope in her ears so that if she became a nurse we could show her she liked it as a child too, but she pulled it out too quick. Although, I still like this picture. 

Rocking the big glasses! 

Trying to put her glasses on her head while still wearing her hat :) 

Cute pictures I took out back

We babysat Kason and Ryker all afternoon. We played out in the backyard and in the sandbox   

We also watched a movie to see if we could get them to take a nap. They did not relax until Ryker was chasing a ball and ran his head into the wall.  Poor little boy cried, wore himself out and fell asleep.  Then I was able to get Kason asleep and finally Aleana asleep. Too bad it was 4:30 in the afternoon.  All the kids were so tired.   

 Friday July 11th 

We went out to play in a sprinkler our friend Steve made but it was not working very well so I let Aleana play with the hose.  She loved spraying the water.  She even laughed when she sprayed herself in the face:) 

Spraying herself 

She thought it was really funny to spray me! 

 Friday July 18th 

Being Cute in her cute suit we got at the side walk sale for 3 dollars waiting to go to swimming lessons. After swimming lessons we played out in the sprinklers and hose again. 

What a beautiful little girl! 

And so full of spunk

 Saturday July 19th

Eating her breakfast while kicking back in here car. 

Wearing mommies hat and brushing her teeth. 

Riding on daddies shoulders at the willow park zoo.  

She loves the Zoo! We were getting ready to run some places and Aleana said "oow oow! amp!"  Which means I want to go to the zoo to see the monkeys and get a stamp.  Since we get in free with our Zoo pass we decided to take her. 

She looks so grown up

This little cutie loves the reindeer and loves to feed them  

Waiting for Daddy to get the food

She wants to feed the reindeer all by herself with out any help.  

With Daddy 

With Mommy! 

That evening Ryker, Sheena and Kason came over to play and we had pizza for dinner 

Ryker and Aleana were wet and covered in sand. 

She likes to sit in and ride even though she barley fits 

These to are so cute together! 

 Sunday July 20th 

 Aleana got her self dressed for church. 

trying to help Daddy put on his socks. 

Aleana is growing up so fast.  She has created her own full sentence on her own.  She will come up to me and say. "I wana go outside."   I can't believe how fast she picks things up.   Speaking of learning fast Aleana has figured out the locks on the front and back door. On the backdoor she can lock the dead bolt and on the front door she can turn the lock to lock the door.  While playing out back she will run in and try to lock the door but I catch her to fast, but this morning we went out front and Aleana went back inside and I went to go inside and she had locked the door.  I think she was trying to let me in but could not unlock it and started to get sad,  luckily Curt was inside because the backdoor was locked too.  I guess I can not leave the house ever with out my keys.  Also she went to half of nursery all by herself and only cried for a couple minutes:)

Aleana had an crazy couple week.  Aleana got stung or bit by some insect on Tuesday July 8 and the bumps on her ankle were hard, her ankle swelled up and turned purple.  I tried put ice and ointments on it but it stayed swollen all day.  My Dad mentioned to put a baking soda past on it and drew out what was in the bumps and medicine brought down the swelling, but her ankle looked purple for about a week after.  That night her nose started to run and she began to cough.  The next day I noticed a fever. We gave her medicine and the fever only lasted a couple days, although the runny nose and cough stayed. On Monday July 14 (also the 2 year anniversary of when we found out about Aleana) Aleana woke up and was just crying and crying.  I thought it was because of our late nights, but then she started pointing at her ear and saying ouch.    We got her into the Dr and sure enough she had an ear infection. Poor little thing.  On a good note she liked the medicine and did not mind taking it, also I think it is all cleared up we just have to finish out the medicine.  So I don't know if the bit led to the ear infection or if it was just coincidence. 
  
We have been doing swim lessons at the aquatic center this past week and most of the time she enjoys them and other times she just cries.  She has been learning a lot.  I hope that we will enjoy this next week, going each morning is a bit much for both of us but we have been enjoying the time together.  Just 4 more days.