Thanksgiving

We were so lucky to be able to have my parents and sister, Amber, come down to our place for Thanksgiving this year! This was our first time hosting a holiday, so it was pretty exciting for us.  We were in charge of the turkey, so Andrew took it on as his special project.  It turned out awesome!

 My mom, the mastermind, pretty much did all of the work!

 Eliza LOVED having everyone there with so many friends to play with her.  She is one spoiled girl!

 Yum! I'm ready for Thanksgiving again!

 I love these people! We have so much to be grateful for.

 

Halloween...

Well, better late than never, right? Andrew is just finishing up his interviews for residency next year, so hopefully we can get back to normal life pretty soon! And that means not being 4 months behind on our blog.

Eliza was an owl for Halloween! She loves to find owls and say, "Whoo!", so we figured she'd make a pretty cute owl.  And we were right!

Here we are at our ward Halloween party.  Eliza didn't completely get it, but she definitely got that there were a lot of treats that she could eat.

 Candy! This picture's my favorite. 

 There was a little "parade" on the stage for the kids to show off their costumes.  I think they were pretty confused!

 It was pretty awesome!

 Outside at the Trunk-r-Treat.  Eliza loved it! She has a sweet tooth, just like her Daddy!

Bloomsbury Farm

 About a month ago, we headed out to Bloomsbury Farm near Cedar Rapids with my mom, dad, and sister Amber.  We had so much fun, but it was SO cold.  They had a fun petting zoo, a pumpkin patch, pumpkin launchers... Eliza is really loving animals and pumpkins, which made it so much fun.

 This...goat? pretty much sums up how we felt.

 Peel-a-boo! Good thing Eliza wasn't too fazed by the cold.

 A huge slide? And Dad? Pretty great combo.

 With her beautiful Aunt Amber.

 A little confused about where that stem should go.

Such a cute little munchkin!

Johnny Appleseed

 This is kind of late, but we celebrated Johnny Appleseed's birthday last month at our apple orchard.  Actually, we had no idea it was his bday until we got there and it was PACKED.  It was a perfect fall day, and we got some good apples.

 Iowa and BYU pride.

 Sorry for the picture overload! I couldn't decide which ones to cut, so here are a bajillion pictures.

These two are just the cutest.

 Eliza's interesting apple-eating technique.

 "Its really good, Dad. Trust me, I was just chewing on it."

 Cheese!

 Eliza was a fan of all the gross ones on the ground.

 This is the life!

 Fall is the absolute best.  It is so much fun watching Eliza enjoy all of our favorite traditions. 

18 Months!

Eliza is 18 months old! She is at such a fun age, even if teething is at full throttle. My friend, Allison, took some adorable pictures of her, even though she was pretty grumpy.  

 Yep, she's teething alright.

 This one, to me, shows Eliza's personality to the T.

 Jumping!

Ah!  A rare smile!