Eli Fillmore 14 month old pics

Here are some pictures of Eli, done by my friend Robyn Gillespie! If you need pictures that are fabulous - call her, seriously.

Oh how I love this boy......

Girls...

There has got to be a time in every girls life when she looks in the mirror and is genuinely happy with what she see's. So my question is, when does that time come? For as long as I can remember, I have always found flaws in the mirror. Why is it that girls can't just accept the good and the bad for what it is and then leave it alone? I had a talk with my mother in law about this the other day and she said that it took her 62 years to get to a point where she realized that it is OK to be who you are, physical flaws and all. Gosh. 62 years is a long time of picking yourself apart. I exercise, I eat healthy (for the most part), I get enough sleep and try to take good care of myself. Yet the mirror always shows someone bigger than what I want. It always shows someone with less than perfect skin, thin hair, and a post-baby body. One of these days I am going to figure out how to look at mirror and not see flaws, but instead just see me - and love it. Ugh... the life of a girl.

Cars Tent

So yesterday, Memorial Day, we woke up to frost on the grass. Really!? Ugg. It rained all day and ruined our plans of a picnic. BUT we did have a great lunch. Spencer had asked around for a great place to get Mexican Food, and he was told of a little place up in Franklin, Idaho called La Tienda. SO, we packed up and drove the long drive - 12 minutes - to Franklin. It turns out the "La Tienda" is a gas station and the restaurant they were talking about is actually called The Borderline Grill (not a Mexican place) - inside the gas station. So after some confusion, we figured since drove up there we had might as well try it. Well folks, it was seriously delicious!!! I had (possibly) the best burger I have ever had in my life. Who new gas stations could produce such food??

Eli has started making animal noises. He can do a dog bark and a bird (which sounds like a high pitch dog). It's so cute! He has also recently become very enthralled by Toy Story 3. He seriously loves it. He is taking after his friend Lincoln Gillespie :)

Grandma Fillmore got Eli a 'Cars' tent for his birthday and he loves it. If you can't find Eli, just check in the tent and you will most likely find him! :)

Grandma Fillmore got him a 'Cars' tent and he loves it!! If you can't find Eli, go look in the tent and you will most likely find him. He is the best!

If I were to beat someone up...

It would be mother nature! I am SO SICK of snow. There were a couple of days last week that were really nice I went out walking and got my first sunburn of the season and and loved it! Eli even got a little tan on his nose! For those of you still praying for moisture, please stop. We have enough.

It has been fun getting to know our new neighbors and people in our ward. I don't think we could have landed in a better place! Within five minutes of pulling up the moving truck, there were lots of men (and some women!) over here helping us move in. For the first 5 or 6 nights we were here we had a treat every night. People just kept showing up! Everyone here is so nice!

Now that we are settled we are officially ready for visitors - we have three guest bedrooms and a gigantic family room, so come one come all!!! Plus Logan has Aggie Ice Cream.... mmmmm

Some of you know it has been a really hard adjustment for me to go from working to staying home. But I am starting to find things to do and ways to keep busy. I planted some vegetables (some are starting inside - until after the last frost) and have been painting a lot! Now that Eli is getting a little older and can entertain himself for a few minutes at a time, I have started reading again - oh how I missed it! I am reading "Those who love" It's the story of John and Abigail Adams (John as in President Adams). It's awesome.

Now on to the important things... Eli is walking! He will not walk on command, and when he wants to get somewhere quick, he always drops to his knees and crawls - but he is walking! Here he is checking himself in the mirror before church! He is the best.

Our new home!

Sorry it has taken me so long to post. Moving sucks. I forgot how much I hate it since we hadn't done it in a while. BUT, now that we are all moved in it feels SO good to be here! I love having our own place! My favorite part is the kitchen! The condo we moved from had the smallest kitchen in the world, it was hard to fit even two people in there! But this kitchen is gigantic, that is one of the reasons we chose this house - so we can entertain - so all of you, come and visit!!

Here are some pics:

Guest bath
Eli's room
spare bedroom
Family room #1
Family Room #2
Living Room
Kitchen and Eli

Our ward is really nice, I stood up and introduced myself in Relief Society and the lady behind me announced that she used to babysit Spencer when he was little (he lived in Logan till he was 7 or 8). Then after church we had a guy knock on the door and say that he knew Spencer too! It is such a small world.... well Logan is a small place :)