Category: Eli

Elk hunting this year was freezing!!!

Lunch!

Eli and I stayed back while Paul hunted.  We went on walks every day, played in the snow, the mud, and turned over every rock in camp.

See the little toes relaxing on the chair?

When Paul came back from hunting, the three of us went out again.

Cute little tracks.

We didn’t see any elk, but we saw plenty of moose!  Everyday on our walks we either saw a bull moose, cow moose, or baby moose.  Sometimes all three together!

During the hunt they didn’t see any Elk either.  Only Elk tracks and moose.

I Love Monte’s hat.  I have never seen him in a warm hat.  He must have ears of steel.

The mountains sure are beautiful.

Back at camp looking for Elk.  Well, not really looking for Elk, we were looking for rock and sticks.  🙂

This moose wandered into camp.

Hunting was fun as always.  We have been hunting the same mountain the last three years.  Maybe next year we can go somewhere new??

One of our neighbors is a fireman.  Eli thinks the world of him.  He told us we can drop by and he would give us a tour of the fire station.  We quickly took up on his offer and went to the station.

He let Eli sit in the front seat of the fire truck.

He showed Eli everything about a fire truck.

The then opened the back and let Paul sit in the back seat.

We jumped in the front seat.

He jumped into the driver seat.

And off we went!  Sirens and all.

Eli loved it!….okay we loved it too!

My little boy turns 4 today!

We decided to do a balloon party. Nothing too big this year. Just 248 balloons! Eli also requested a birthday cake with sprinkles.

I started last night baking a birthday cake. It didn’t turn out so I made another one. I should have taken pictures of the mess, but just threw the cakes away. I ended up making cupcakes.

I iced the cupcakes this morning and they looked pretty good to me. I asked Eli and he said they looked good, but with tears in his eyes he said he really wanted a birthday cake with sprinkles.

I couldn’t disappoint the birthday boy, so I made another one this time correcting my mistakes I made last night.

Another cake that was a disaster. But with only a few hours until the party started, I had to do something.

The only thing I could think of was to piece together the cake with icing.

I’m clearly not a baker. My 9 inch double layer cake turned into a 1 and 1/2 layer and 6 inch cake 🙂

I had to fill in a LOT of holes with icing. Then I needed to hide the icing. So stars everywhere it was.

This cake was 15lbs! It was nothing but icing. The birthday boy didn’t care. He got his birthday cake and was thrilled!

Eli was so excited for his party to start. He kept asking every 10 minutes when his guests were going to arrive.

Everyone is so good to Eli. He loved all his gifts!

Balloons everywhere!

Even down the hall.

Eli had a fantastic time and loved his birthday!

Eli has a great memory. When we go shopping he likes to go to the display with the toy cars. Today I was in a hurry and didn’t have time for him to play with toy cars. So I kept walking through other isles avoiding the isle with the cars so I could get my shopping done and out of the store.

Eli wouldn’t take no for an answer. He wanted to play with the cars and was going to find them himself. He took the cart and off he went.

He kept looking and looking. Up and down every isle.

When Eli wants something, he really goes for it and doesn’t stop until he gets it. I hope he continues with this when he get older and goes after everything he wants in life!

We found a dessert restaurant in Provo called taste. It was a very tasty 🙂 dessert cafe.

They make their own chocolate next door and make their chocolate desserts with their delicious chocolate.

Sitting at the bar.

It was very bright as you can see in the pictures. Decorated cute.

You think he is acting like he is reading the menu, but he is reading it!

Even their bathroom was cute. Look at their facet! When we build our next house, these are going in! 🙂

Mom and Aaron got the scones with jam and marscapone cheese.

Eli and I tried the brownie and ice cream. Out of the two, the brownie was the best. The house made chocolate is what made the brownie REALLY good.

We will definitely be back!

Eli is out of school for a school break so he came running with  me.    He is 40 lbs!  I think this is the last time I run with him.  He does give me a great workout pushing him 4 miles and up all those hills!

At the top of the hill there is some new construction and Eli loves every minute of it.  There is always some type of construction vehicle moving.  Excavators are his favorite! 

He had a great time watching the road grader.

We heard the high school band play, so we had to run over there and listen.

We started running again and met the band in our neighborhood.   We had to stop and rest, I mean watch the band  🙂   Time to teach Eli how to play!

That afternoon we stopped at mom and dad’s house and walked through the car show.

Bryan stopped in as well.

Paul, Bryan, and Aaron came to the show.

Paul had to take my picture in front of this truck.  Reminded him of a truck from his childhood.

Eli was getting bored of the cars until this truck pulled in!

A fire truck!  Another favorite.

I had a few things to do at the stores today.  Eli got straight to work.  He set the tables with baskets.

All the tables with baskets.

He filled the ice machine with ice.

He grabbed his favorite snack.  Cheese.

Played with water.

When we started out the day it was sunny and only a few white clouds in the sky.   An hour later it started hailing!  And not just a little hail, it looked like it was snowing.

The hail was the size of quarters.  It left dents in my car.

A river of hail.

 

 

For Paul’s Birthday he wanted to fly a plane.  So we did, but waited until it was warmer outside.

This is the only picture of our pilot.  He was 19!  He looked like he was 14!

The pilot took us down the runway, up in the air, and handed the controls to Paul. 

The view of Utah!

Flying over I-15.

Paul flying the plane.

Me in the back 🙂

Paul flying the plane.

After Paul flew, the pilot landed and Paul and I switched seats.  Paul was nice to include me in his birthday gift and I had a chance to fly the plane.

The pilot going over the ground controls.

I’m flying this time.  Not too exciting.  But it was so fun to fly!

 

Eli’s school created a movie of what they have learned throughout the year.

They held a private event at the movie theatre.  So much fun!  We purchased popcorn, drinks and went to the movies.

At the end the kids walked the red carpet.  Well, all the kids walked, my son hopped.

I made those tasty Mexican Wedding cookies.  Yeah, the ones with three ingredients of butter, sugar and more butter.

We dusted the cookies with powdered sugar and what do you do with the left overs?  Drive your cars around the snow.  Fun?  Eli thought so.

After the snow, the cars needed a car wash.  Into the sink they went.

I came back periodically to check on him 😊

That’s my three year old!  I sure love him!