Just Rannin' Around

Charlee running around in her new outfit. She really likes the tutu. She swings her hips around to make it "swoosh."

Potty Time

I just had to share these pictures of Char on her potty. She is just too funny.

First Snowfall

We had our first snowfall in Utah this last weekend. Of course it all melted in a few hours but Charlee had fun playing in it. It was accually her first time really playing in the snow. Last year she fell in it and just cried. She did not like it last year, but she had fun on Sunday playing in it. Here she is following the example of her dad and Uncle Kevin and throwing snow on her Grandma Brown.
Here she is coming at me with snow.
Stomping around in the snow was a lot of fun.
Here she is standing by a baby snowman her grandma made.

Gossip Girl

Charlee would talk on the phone all day if she could, and she is only 2!! Here she is just chillin' telling her dad all about the Zoo. It is cute but a little irritating. Whenever I need to call someone, she cries for the phone.

Charlees New Underwear

Oh, boy!! The joys of potty training. We bought Charlee some Elmo underwear and apparently she thought they looked better on her head.

October Contest

This is my entry for this months Close to my Heart layout contest. It is a picture of my best friend, Katie, and her husband, Jeff, when they got married in Hawaii.

Lynns Fashion Sense

Lynn thought it would be fun to dress Charlee a few Saturdays ago and this is what he put on her! She didn't care!

These are Steve Urkels tights.

Chars S'mores

So it was time to put up Halloween and, of course, Charlee wanted to help. I have all these s'mores dressed up in Halloween costumes, so I gave them to Charlee one at a time from the kitchen. When I went into the front room after she had taken them all, this is what I found. She had lined them all up. She was very proud of herself. I accually just let her play with the s'mores. That way she leaves the rest of my stuff alone. However, the s'mores are all chipped now!! Oh well.

My Poor Piano

I purchased this piano shortly after Lynn and I got married, from the Greenwoods. I was their babysitter all through jr. high and high school. I remember when they got it. Their daughters Megan and Maddie were starting piano lessons and they needed a piano for the girls to practice at home on. I always loved it and told Sheri that if she ever got rid of it that I wanted it.

The day finally came and they wanted it gone, so for $100 bucks it was mine. We did not know where to keep it because there was no way to get it to, or room for it in our small apartment in Washington. My mom knew a newlywed couple in her ward that said they would keep it at their house.

Right before we were to move to Virginia, the couple were moving too and needed us to take the piano so Mindy and Russ said we could take it to thier house in Virginia until we could take it. Then they left to Germany but they had it put in with their long term storage which was fine cuz we had no room for it. Now they have decided to stay in Germany for a loooooooong time so they needed to get their long term storage sent to them so they had my piano sent to me.

I was so excited. When it showed up, they took it out of the crate and unwrapped it and this is what it looked like. I am really sad because I wanted to teach Charlee basics on this piano but I can not even open the lid all the way to even play it. The top was broken off, the hammers (the internal part) are all messed up, 12 keys don't even work, the carved part came off, and the list goes on. The piano was insured and we sent in a claim so we'll see if we get any money.

I fixed it up so that it doesnt really look broken, but that is pretty much all it is good for now is a decorative peice of furniture,
The hammers are all out of wack.
The bottom shiffed so it tilts really bad.
Misc peices that broke off.
All fixed up for Halloween!

Charlee Layout

Here is the layout I did for this months contest. I did not win but that is ok. I enjoyed making it.