Birthdays

Warning: Picture Overload!

In September we got to celebrate Andy and Eden's birthdays. The day before Andy's birthday was our ward campout. He and Eden decided to go to it (and I opted to stay home). They had a lot of fun.

Eden loved the s'mores!

The only unfortunate part of the trip was the bug bites. Eden got 16 of them- all on her face. She looked like she had the chicken pox and we had to keep reassuring people at church that she wasn't contagious!

Eden turned 4 years old a few days later. We can hardly believe it's been four years since she was born. Andy had the day off and Eden wanted us to take her to the zoo. Andy and I loved watching the new tiger cub.

Eden's favorite part was the butterfly exhibit

Eden got a new scooter for her birthday (along with a lot of other gifts - she sure is loved!) but I think her favorite gift this year was the pillow pet she's been drooling over for months. She got a unicorn pillow pet and named it Uni. It has hardly left her side since.

Eden asked for a princess birthday party with her friends this year. We had a lot of fun planning it and getting decorations. It was fun to watch 6 little princesses dancing around our house.

Summer Part 3

After we go back from Utah Eden decided to try washing her doll clothes the old fashioned way and was the cutest little domestic darling I've ever seen. She loved every minute of it!

She even hung them up to dry after they were washed.

She also got in some quality time in her swimming pool. The end of the summer was unbearably hot and humid (in the high 90's with 80% humidity) so cooling off in the pool was a must. And swimming is always more fun with a friend- especially one who is willing to share her brother's goggles!

I can't believe how big my little girl is getting! One of her favorite church dresses this summer was one I used to wear when I was a little girl (although I was 4 or 5 when I wore it and Eden was only 3). It was fun to see Eden wearing it too. I had to take a picture of her wearing it on one of the rare days she let me curl her hair.

Summer Part 2

I have been so terrible about blogging lately and I have so much catching up to do! Here's a mostly photographic summary of what we did the rest of the summer.
We had a lot of fun with Andy's family at This is the Place Park (or whatever they call it now). Eden wanted to spend the whole day in between Abbie and Ashley (sorry about that Ashley!)

Andy caught a chicken for Eden to pet and she thought that was a lot of fun. I personally think watching Andy catch the chicken was more fun than the petting of the chicken...
Eden learned how to wash clothes the old fashioned way and loved it. I learned to appreciate my washing machine a little bit more than I already did.

We also got do bull riding (well, not me since I'm pregnant) and it was fun to see everyone hang on. Abbie did a great job. Even Sha-Sha gave it a try......

.....for a moment anyway.