October 2011- My Brother Ben, crystal, Tristan and stella came to phoenix for a visit. we went to the "phoenix" type pumpkin patch (aka bales of hay with pumpkins stacked on top), nevertheless we had fun petting the animals and riding the horses! even ella got to ride on one!                                                                                                                                        

              September 2011-summer fun in the backyard!

September 2011- 

Ella used to Love helping daddy on job sites in Flagstaff! Plumber in training!

                        California Family Trip July 2011                              

 We had so much fun on our annual San Diego California Thomasson Family trip!

 Sea World was so much fun and Ella really enjoyed seeing all the Sea creatures and animals

 Getting ready for the Dolphin show!

Ella's First Birthday July 7, 2011-   

we had a fun Saturday with friends and family! we played water games and ate lots of yummy BBQ! I was a silly mom and wouldn't let Ella dig into her cake to avoid soiling her cute outfit.

June 2011-
We LOVE Flagstaff summers! Playing in the green grass under the big shade tree in our backyard, and going to the duck pond and having

picnics!

June 4, 2011
Ella loves her visits from aunt lizzy!

Its 2014 and ALOT of updating is in order!

At the beginning of April in 2011 we enjoyed visiting our favorite Weed family! we enjoyed going to the Beach, shopping and being with Liz, Trever and little Benny! we went to a private beach in Laguna beach where some of Liz and Trever's friends parents live. it was a beautiful place!

The Apple Avenue

Wow life if flying by! Ella will be 1 next month and i can't believe it! heath is out of school for the summer, we now have a backyard full of grass and i am starting my own online business. i had been thinking about starting one for some time now, but i was not 100% sure what to sell. i love to make beautiful things and i have finally decided to share the love (by popular demand) and create a site so all can enjoy these delectable accessories! its called "The Apple Avenue" and i am selling beautiful and trendy hair accessories! visit our site at "theappleavenue.blogspot.com" and facebook-the apple avenue- the site launches on Friday at 10am on etsy www.etsy.com/shop/theappleavenue. see yo there!!

finally an update!

Wow it has been a while, but i am proud to announce that we just got actual internet. our own internet, so now i can keep up with the blogging stuff! christmas has come and gone and now that it is march, i am in need to update the last 3 months.

Christmas was great! with the rauch clan, the weed clan, the thomasson clan and us. its so fun to see all the cousins play with each other!

-ethan playing it up with his potato heads.

ella enjoying her first christmas with her fun, new spinning toy!

Emmett and I, snuggling on the couch! I LOVE YOU EMMETT BUG!!!!!

Ella and her Grandma and grandpa great Thomasson at the christmas get together.

Ella and her first dolly. she loves her minnie mouse doll! her face is classic!

Ella and Emmett playing in a fire truck at the fire fighter museum. Mama and Ella hanging out at grandma Thomassons house. we had sooooooooooo much fun!

The 3 NERDS!!!! Michael, scott and ethan playing their computer games. what nerds they are. even the 3 year old is in on the action! NEW YEARS 2011!!!!!

We were sooo very hyper! that was the most energetic new years i have ever experienced

Yes that is only sparkling apple cider! the way we were acting you would think someone spiked it!

The 4 sisters!

New years eve

Pretty girl in her tutu!

Ella, wearing her first pair of tennie-shoes

This past sunday we went to the duck ponds close to our house and the ducks just loved ella (and her cheese-its) they came right up next to us and ella was looking around, smiling and trying to figure out wat the heck those silly little duckies were!

Big girl playing in her crib.

Ella and mama!! she does this funny, shocked look whenever a camera is on her.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!

Pretty girl growing fast!

Look how B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L my little girl is becoming! she will be 6 months on january 1st and i can't believe it! she is soooooo sweet, and boy did i think she laughed and giggled before, wow she really does now!! These are some pictures from our family pictures we had taken. Last week we started on Bananas and she absolutly LOVES them. We can't get them in her mouth fast enough! Life has been busy. I am working from home teaching piano lessons as well as teaching a music preschool and loving it! Heath is busy working as well as getting classes set up for the Spring semester. Thats right, Heath is going back to school and starts at NAU this coming Spring. He will be a full-time student majoring in Business managment, and will hopefully be graduating in Dec 2012! We had a change of plans in our future and prayed about going back to school and we got our answere. Ella and i are excited for daddy! we hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!