Seaside, Oregon

What a day to go to the beach!!! On a whim we decided to take a family trip to the coast. We have friends that have a beach house in Seaside. We were so excited to see sunshine and no rain! Callie loved it except for the dog walkers. She was a little scared of dogs coming up to play with her.




Daddy and Callie getting a closer look at the water.


On the Seaside boardwalk Callie discovered the railing. At first she tried to go under it.


Then she tried going over it.

But mom came and helped her walk on top of it!!

We had a great time!

"Twilight" Auditions

This is probably really random, but I heard on the radio today that they are starting auditions for the up coming movie "Twilight". I've heard a lot about this book series and know a lot of people who read them. Apparently they're filming in Portland and are looking for people between 18 and 30 to audtion this weekend in Northwest Portland. I thought this was interesting and thought maybe someone would want to know.

Happy Girl!

Callie is all smiles! For some reason these pictures just remind me of myself when I was her age.

This picture is a funny looking pucker for a kiss. It makes me laugh everytime I look at it.

Holy Mushroom!!!

I just had to take a picture of these mushrooms! I saw them a few days ago when I was getting into my car. There is a grassy area right in front of my parking space at our apartments and this just grew naturally there....only in the northwest!

Callie chillin' at home!

Here are some pictures of Callie around the house. She likes to sit in her old infant car seat and read books!


When I took the car seat away she adopted the toy basket as her seat.


We just got a computer desk and she spent all day playing in the little cupboard! She would get all the way in and close the door. Then when I said, "Where's Callie?" She'd pop out and laugh!


Here she is after a long day of play with her Elmo slippers.


And here is the cutest duck ever! We went to our ward Halloween party and she had a blast. Callie loves ducks and sleeps with a duck snugly for bed. When ever she sees a duck she'll say,"Quack, quack!"

Cousin's!

Emma and Dottie came to play! Here's Callie and Dots playing on the computer.



Emma wanted to play dress up. She loves being a princess and she loves poseing for pictures!


Callie had fun dressing up too!

Back to school!

BYU-I has just started a Bachelor of University Studies online. I applied and was accepted along with 14 other students. I started class yesterday and am looking forward to seeing how this process will work. It's definitely different having all my classes online, but I'm excited to be back in school and hopefully it won't take me too long to get my bachelors.
Also, I accepted a new calling at church. I'm now the 2nd counselor in the primary presidency. It seems like in the last 2 weeks things have gotten really busy for me. Plus, I didn't realize the primary presidency is in charge of so much. But, I have some friends in the presidency so I think this will be a good experience. And I love singing primary songs!!!