Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Ballarina Bella

Bella was endowed with a great sense of rhythm at birth, but she is developing this talent more fully with the inspiration of Michael Jackson's musical talent. She was trying moves that I've never seen. I doubt anyone has.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Step Master in Training

I tried exercising while Bella was awake yesterday. Bella was thrilled about her front row seat, and bobbed her head to the beat of the workout music. I resorted to weight lifting when my jumping and stepping on the bench didn't deter her from reclaiming the throne.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Now-a-Days

Alicia's Wedding

Alicia is married, and it happened more than a month ago.
As you can tell, Bella really enjoyed it.
This is the only picture I got of Bella in her dress.

You might notice that the only pictures I have posted are at the Bountiful Temple. Although we also went to a fabulous wedding dinner the night before at The Tiburon, and the wedding reception held in my parent's backyard, my camera didn't see anything but the inside of my purse. I didn't even get a picture of myself in my surprise bride's maid dress. (One of Alicia's three bride's maids was unable to attend the wedding, and since her dress fit me I became her bride's maid by default.)

In case you are wondering, Shaylee doesn't have a case of pre-pubescent acne. They really are mosquito bites.


Welcome to Houston!

We're not in Kansas any more (I think that's the last time I'll use that line). We have been enjoying the 100+ degrees of Houston for more than two months now.

This was Bella outside at the hottest time of day on the 4th of July. We were assisting Ryan as a city employee working at the Sugar Land celebration. No, Bella isn't sun burned. We took to pouring bottles of water over her to cool her down. We spend most of our days inside with the a/c.

Ryan didn't want to go near the snakes so I took Bella to drape snakes around our necks for her first time.


We also went to the Houston Zoo. Bella's favorite part was the petting zoo section. The brushes are intended for grooming the animals, but Bella preferred beating the mini-goats instead of brushing them.