… dressing E up in her Iowa State University cheerleaders outfit and taking some shots. After all, Papa and Gram are the ones who sent it to her for Halloween. She looks so cute in it, and loves to swish her pom-pom around and yell “Gooooo State!”

Elayna seemed to enjoy the change of scenery while we played at the rental house. She took a few of her toys over there and kept busy playing with them, reading books with Papa, and jumping on every bed she could talk us into. 😉

When I was little (quite possibly as small as Elayna) I used to love sitting on my grandma’s lap and looking at her hand while she played Skip-Bo with my mom and other family members. Seeing Elayna doing this with G.G. (Great Grandma) Ruth really brought those memories back to me!! E loves to watch […]

Elayna certainly loves having family from Iowa here. The second day of their stay we hung out at the hotel for a while (where Elayna enjoyed some serious jumping on the bed, and some card playing with Gram) and then checked out Powell’s Books downtown. She had some very sweet reading time with her Papa […]

That’s right! What could be better than a new play kitchen? Well, Papa Steve, Gram Jackie, G.G. Ruth, and Uncle Ted all showed up on Christmas day too. Elayna was thrilled to see them all, of course. She knew they were coming and had been talking about it, and she was all to happy to […]