Mt. Charleston

Ella chillin in the bounce house. She wasn't to sure about the whole thing

Down the slide

We got her face painting all done but this is halfway.... and look at the pictures of the lady painting her face, Ella is very serious.

At On the Border- yummy. This was their favorite part:)

On Saturday we went up to Mt. Charleston with the Davidson's. They had a little fair to kick off the summer. They had bounce houses, face painting, games, petting zoo and some other stuff. It was fun for the girls and it was slightly cooler up there. We got Ella's face painted and she sat really still and then decided she was done. So she watched Elliot get her face painted and then she was able to finish her face. We got Elmo, which is Ella's favorite.


Ella has been wanting to help out with cooking and washing the dishes lately. It is pretty cute. She will come in and I will be cooking and she scoots her chair up and is ready to help. It takes a little longer to get things done but oh well:)

BYE, BYE MULLET

If you are sick of all my post lately feel free to stop reading. I just like to document all that happens for journaling sake.

Ella had her first haircut. Tear. My baby is growing up. At 20 months, she got a real haircut. Only to get rid of that hideous mullet. It turned out great, and she sat still while I cut the 20 hairs on her head. It's still long enough for piggy's. Stewart even said, "wow, that looks a lot better:)"




And it is even long enough for this- I have been dying to do sponge curlers since she was tiny, and she sat still the whole time and let me put them in. Poor girl- has to put up with her mom being a hairstylist.

Beating the Vegas heat!

Ella is really into swimming. We went for a few hours this afternoon to the community center. I seriously love this place. The kiddie pool is so awesome. It's pretty shallow when you walk in, then the deepest part is only 2 feet... I think. Maybe a little deeper. Ella loves that she can just walk around and I love it too. I think it makes swimming more fun when she can do her own thing. She likes to scoot around the sides of the pool. But she was bummed that she isn't big enough to go on the slides by the big people pool. She kept walking over there but they said Stewart couldn't take her down, only one person can go at a time. So we watched Stew go down. Anyway we are loving it. It's our 2nd time there this week, it helps that is only 5 minutes from our house.
As a side note I have to say I usually HATE public pools, but I love this one. Plus it is so new.


Waiting patiently to get back into the pool. They make everyone get out every hour to check the pool.

Check out her crawling in the pool.... she loves it:)

Learning our colors

We have decided to try and teach Ella her colors. So we cut out fish and taped them to the wall. We thought it would be good for them to be all the same shape so she wouldn't get to confused. She is loving her fish and is currently kissing them like crazy one by one. She even tried to give them a drink out of her sippy cup:) Also if you look close at the pictures you can see her sweet mullet. I usually curl her hair or put it in piggy's to hid the party in the back but this was after her nap and it is out of control.

Stewart is making sea weed to go along with our fish:)

Partners in Crime

Happy Birthday to my best bud Elliot. Thanks for always playing with me, and I will try to work on sharing my toys. Hope your having a great 2nd Birthday.

We took the girls to the new YMCA pool and it was awesome. They have the kids pool and they can just walk around..... or crawl as they both preferred to do:) And Kristin and I can just sit in there and stay cool. We will be back a lot in these hot summer months.

Checking out the other kids in the pool

Cute girls splashing around

Ella hydrating herself in the hot weather

All dressed up. And check out the cute tails:)


At story time- checking out the stamps on their hands

Gotta love Etsy

Ella is now the proud owner of these adorable items:

pink dress with black polka dots

Love this: pink tutu for her pictures (whenever I decide to get them taken:) or dress up!

Tagged: 25 Things about my Love

Tagged by Alexis

1. What is his name? Carl Stewart Christensen
2. Who eats more? He does. Although I certainly can eat more than I should. ( I stole this answer from Lex)
3. Who said I love you first? My memory is failing me. We have been together for almost nine years so is it bad to say I can't remember. I remember him saying he "liked me" first. Ha, Ha good times
4. Who is taller? Stewart wins by a land slide
5. Who is smarter? I'm going to say Stewart
6. Who is more sensitive? I am, but he can be sensitive to. But sometimes I cry for no reason, like lame commercials
7. Who does the laundry? Me, he shrinks my stuff
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Stewart does
9. Who pays the bills? We both do, so sometimes things get paid twice or not at all.... oops
10. Who cooks more? I do, unless you count top ramen. Just the other day Stewart said to me, " I used to be able to cook, I don't know what happened." It's just because he is spoiled
11. What meals do you cook together? Breakfast foods. He sometimes helps me cut things up, or cut the fat off the chicken (yuck)
12. Who is more stubborn? ME... hands down
13. Who is the first to admit they're wrong? Always Stewart because I am never wrong (OK so maybe sometimes)
14. Who is cleaner? This one goes to me. After I clean our house it gets messed up again after Ella wakes up or Stewart gets home
15. Who has more siblings? Stewart takes it by one
16. Who wears the pants in the relationship? Stewart says I do, but we both make the decisions
17. What do you like to do together? Going places as a family, going out to eat, hiking, just being together
18. Who eats more sweets?We both like sweets. Candy, not baked goods
19. Guilty pleasures? Going out without Ella, and I will go with Lex and say TV
20. How did you meet? High School sweethearts
21. Who asked who out first? It was high school.... so we mostly hung out but
22. Who kissed who first? Stewart kissed me, I will spare him the details. But it was really funny
23. Who proposed? Stewart did, two weeks after he got home from his mission
24. His best features? His dark brown eyes, and he has a great smile
25. What is his greatest quality? How much he loves Ella and I. He would do anything for us. He is a great husband and a very hard worker.

I tag: Kristin, Ashley, and Danielle

My sweet lil' girl

Sometimes my heart is so full. I am so blessed, and sometimes I can't be sure why I am so lucky. It is in little moments that I am reminded how truly lucky I am. My sweet daughter reminds me all the time what a huge blessing she is in my life. Today we went to Alexis' baby's blessing. It was really nice, and Theo was darling. And can I tell you she made his blessing outfit and it was DARLING. So talented:) Anyway, It was just me and Ella because Stewart had to teach Sunday school. She did a really great job and was well behaved the whole time. During the sacrament she is always good about folding her arms and has just recently started to close her eyes. But when she closes her eyes she gets a little silly and for some reason just thinks it is so funny. Long story short she looked up at me to see is I was paying attention to her and I had my eye's closed but was squinting so I could see her, and before I knew it she planted two KISSES on me. It was so sweet:) I love this girl to death. Also when I read her stories before she sits on my lap a few times she has surprised me by giving me kisses on the cheek. How sweet and innocent are little kids?!?