Fun photos

Ella's sitter, Tiffany, and her family came over a couple of weekends ago and her husband, Scott - who is a photographer in his spare time - took some photos of the little miss. He is a pretty talented guy, if you want his info! I only wish she would have smiled...but we all know at this point that she won't do that if a camera is around. Oh well, she is cute regardless. I can't get over how red her hair looks out in the sun.

Action shot!

This is when she was starting to feel sick,
who knew it would be almost two weeks later til she was all better :(

This would be her "I'm shy" face...but I love it.

Look at those eyes...and the hair - frizzy and red - seriously, is she my kid?

I thought this was a cool pic...and he added fun swirlies too.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wanted to wish everyone a happy love day! Travis and I had an entire night to ourselves last night. We went out to eat, and then saw Slumdog Millionaire.....great movie! Ella even stayed the night at my mom's so we both had a wonderful night's sleep and woke up late. It was great...but we missed her! Hope your day is fantastic and full of love :)

My Adams Family

Last night I had the work ladies over for food, drinks, games, and lots of talking (nothing that could have been said or done on an elementary school campus, thats for sure)! Our dearest mentor, Dr. Diana Carry, was in town for another professional inservice so we had our traditional ladies night at my house this time. It was lots of fun! In this pic: (clockwise) Me, Jenn, Diana, Lori, Gloria, Fae, and Julie...love you ladies!

Funny Pic...

I just think this picture of Ella and Hurley tells it all. She tortures this cat and he lets her. Hurley would bite anybody else that tried this but he is so passive around Ella. Just cracks us up!

Help me!!!

Quick trip to Flag...

We took a quick (24 hours) trip to Flagstaff this weekend to visit Adam, Katelyn, and Kona and to play in the snow. This was a first for Ella so we weren't sure if she would love it or hate it (we were guessing "hate it") and she LOVED it. The snow was quite icy but there was plenty for her to play in just outside Adam's place. It took awhile but she also warmed up to Kona (the puppy) and then couldn't stay away from her. Although it was quick, we had a lot of fun and enjoyed our visit. We definitely need to do it more often.

We were shocked she kept her hat and gloves on.

Ella and Daddy making a snowman (Ella's ONLY reason for playing in the snow)

She loved her snowman!

Soon enough Kona will be a lot bigger than this snowman.

I love you so much, I just want to SQUEEZE you!

The closest thing to a cousin!

I guess for now this is the closest thing to a niece (and a cousin for Ella) that I will have anytime soon. Adam and Katelyn got a puppy last week. Her name is Kona and she is a lab/rottweiler mix. How they think they will take care of this dog between their two apartments is beyond me, but they are so excited! I am excited for them....just a few steps closer to marriage...hopefully! No pressure Adam :) We definitely need to go up and visit the newest member of our family!

Introducing:

Kona McClure-Rosencrans

6 weeks old

about 4lbs. or so

Christmas Week

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! We had a great week of celebrating Christmas. My bro, Adam and his girlfriend, Katelyn, were in town for 5 whole days (the longest he has been home in 8 years). It was great having them around. Ella loved playing with them and still expects to wake them up every morning. She asks for them everday...Adam and Katelyn come back! We'll definitely have to go up to Flag to play in the snow sometime soon.

Anyways, here are some pics from the week. My dad built Ella a sandbox in our backyard as her Christmas gift. Even though it was quite chilly out all week, we managed to play for a little while. Last Tuesday, we had a day of baking. Grandma, Amanda, Mom, Katelyn, and I spent most of the day baking all sorts of cookies...fun! Christmas Eve day we went up to the Mantle's and that night we were at my mom's. Unfortunately, I have no pics from Christmas morning (way to capture those moments). We got a lot on video but I didn't get out the camera. Hopefully my mom did and I will get those from her soon. Ella was very hesitant to open presents at first and spent the first 15 minutes hiding in her playroom until we all started without her and she eventually came out and opened her gazillion presents throughout the rest of the day. It was funny though, whenever we asked her if Santa came to her house she would say, "No, Dora and Boots came!" I guess watching the Dora "Santa" episode on On Demand too many times kind of distorted her view on Santa (they bring him the presents in the show). We even attempted to see Santa this year and all we got was "no, Ella's scared". Didn't even know she knew what scared meant. I was not about to tramatize the girl and we did not sit on Santa's lap (I was the same way as a kid). So that explains my lack of pictures....

Hope you all enjoyed your Christmas as much as we did!

taking pictures with her Elmo camera

playing with Uncle Adam in her new sandbox

baking away

(my cousin Amanda, me, and Katelyn)

Mom, Katelyn, and me

(my Aunt Joann made us all fun beanies so I decided to wear mine all day, thanks Aunt Jo)

SMILE!

Don't Smile!

All dressed up for Christmas Eve!

Katelyn, Ella, and Adam

(yes, that is the burliest beard you have ever seen - Flagstaff has really gotten to him))

I love my Uncle Adam!