Top Ten

I've gotten so behind on blogging that I've decided to just do a Top Ten of our last few weeks to catch myself up!

TOP TEN (in order of occurrence)

#10 - Christmas




#9 - Plowman family coming to visit over the holidays (for more pics on this, see my photo blog tomorrow)


#8 - Sledding


#7 - Nephews and a niece




#6 Claire's new hula outfit from Uncle Ry


#5 - Kangaroo Zoo (of course)




#4 - My Claire bug


#3 What Claire looks like when Nate dresses her (seriously)


#2 Watching my nephew, Drew, every Wednesday...Claire's favorite day of the week.


#1 Hanging out with my best little friend everyday...and wishing my other best friend didn't have to work

ANNOUNCEMENT!

I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself...the Melissa Sue Photography website is up and running!! I have been working to get this up for months. I would work on it a little here and there, but it always felt so overwhelming and life was just too busy. Finally over the holidays, I sat down and finished it. You can check it out here:



For anyone whose photos I have taken, you will especially want to check it out...as you'll most likely make a cameo. :)

{merry christmas}

Hope you all have a fantastic holiday!

Catching up on December

A breakdown of our fun December so far...
(In my attempts to not post a ton of pictures, I made a few collages...I can't ever choose just one pic!)

Family Christmas Party with my Dad's side of the family

The gift exchange...always an interesting event...

Claire loves playing with her soccer (socka) ball, so before it got really cold we played outside.

A few nights later we had dinner at Nate's cousin's house. Thanks again Katie! Nate's other cousin, Cliff, was home from Afganistan for two weeks, so we needed to get together.
These girls are going to have so much fun with each other when they grow up!
Pearl-5 months, Claire-18 months, Sierra-15 months.

The cousins with their girls
Katie & Pearl, Nate & Claire, Cliff & Sierra

Random pics of Claire when it first snowed

We went bowling one night for family night and before we everyone got there, we played around in the arcade. I'm guessing this was the highlight of Claire's night.

Yeah, my dad rocked everyone's world...

Claire and Drew also got to do a little bowling...

Then Nate's sister and kids came to town from Boston for a few days. We got to play in the snow, just after a huge blizzard.

Then of course it was time for a bath...


Good times at the Plowman household! Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

Catching up on November

I have to do a little recap of last month because I wasn't so good about blogging about it. Our month in review (minus Claire turning 18 months and Nate's birthday - both of which have gotten much blog-face-time):

We voted!




We spent a week in Park City at the Canyons with my family. The only decent pictures I got while up there was our first attempt at taking Claire and my nephew, Corgan, sledding...




Getting ready for the inaugural run (the hill was a non-threatening ten feet)


Directly after


Then I gave it a try with her


Directly after


Finally, we made the poor girl do it herself


Directly after


Then E'Shell took Corgan


Directly after


Give him the bink and he's much better


Claire when we told her we were leaving


We might wait a while before we try sledding again.

Up next in our month...we went to a bounce place called BounceU in Sandy...FYI - Kangaroo Zoo is WAY better.


I'm pretty sure Nate and I have as much fun as Claire does. We love having the excuse that she can't climb up by herself...so we have to take her.


Peek-a-boo!


A couple days later Claire got to play with her friend Emily. Even though neither of them look happy, they usually have fun together. :)


Up next...not the most flattering picture of her, but I had to post this one. Claire is obsessed with "Daddy's truck". She'll walk around all day saying, "Where did Daddy's truck go?" Then she'll answer her own question, "Work." (Because Daddy goes to work...everything goes to work...Grandma, Drew, Corgan, her milk, her necklace, etc.) We're not sure why she loves the truck so much. The only reason I can come up with is that she sits up high in her car seat and can see everything better than my car.


Finally, we had Drew stay with us late one night and they got to take a bath together...one of their favorite activities


Splashing is a requirement in a bath with these two


Ready to get lotion-ed up


Then they got to play blast-off with Daddy/Uncle Nate




Finally, a bedtime story with Mommy/Aunt Lis


We had a fun night



So that's our month-in-review. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did posting it!