the month of august...

Is August really over? I can't believe how fast it has flown by! I know I am quite behind of my blog. I promised myself I would do a quick catch up post this weekend. So, get ready for a pretty lengthy post...sorry.

August 11th: Salem Days with John's family & Eleanor's trip #2 to the ER

Brooke, Jessica, Jordan, Eleanor and Amanda
John and Eleanor feeding the ducks. Eleanor kept calling the ducks "dugs".

Eleanor's second trip to the ER. During the week she started feeling bad and wouldn't eat or drink much and anything she did, she would throw up. On Saturday night she had thrown up so much and was so out of it that we called the DR. and he had us take her to the ER. They did some blood test and it showed she had a virus and was dehydrated. They had to give her an IV (the hardest thing to watch!!) and pump her full of fluids. Poor little girl was not to thrilled about her IV! (Notice my nice outfit. She had thrown up all over me and luckily John had a change of clothes in the car. )

August 12-20: Surprise trip to Arizona with Tiffany and Addie

Early Sunday morning, and I mean EARLY, Tiffany, Addie, Eleanor and myself heading out for Arizona. Tiffany's brother, Riley, was going home from his mission and I hadn't been to to AZ for a few months. I had only told Amy that was I was coming, and surprisingly she only told Sara and Niki (for which she had good reasons). The trip down was so much fun. I was a little worried about traveling with the girls and about Eleanor being sick, but they did GREAT! Addie didn't make a beep the entire trip and Eleanor cried for about 15 mins just outside of Flag.

I wish I had a photo of my parents when they saw Eleanor. I put Eleanor in her car seat right in front of the door, hid behind the pillar and rang the doorbell. My dad was first to answer and he was so cute when he saw her. Total shock! Next, they told my mom that someone was at the door for her. When she saw Eleanor her words were, "That baby looks like Ella". Ha ha, it was so funny.

Friday night John and Paul drove down and we didn't tell my parents John was coming, so on Saturday morning they got another surprise. My little vacation in AZ was so much fun. I only wish I could have stayed longer!!

Eleanor with Jake, my mom's new dog. ELeanor LOVES dogs so much so that her first word was "dugie"

Dinner with the Beecrofts at Sauces. It was so much fun catching up and reminiscing about the good 'ol Chile days.

Eleanor discovering butter. Its not too clear in this photo, but Eleanor found the little cubes of butter and ate the entire thing. She was not happy when I took it away from her. All the girls in the family went to Stephanie Meyer's Eclipse signing. It was so much fun! I loved hanging out with all the girls! I wish I lived closer so I could get together with them more often!!Eleanor and Ty playing. They both wanted to play with this toy and this seemed the only way to keep both happy. Ty is so cute with Eleanor. He came over one day with a teddy bear and balloons for Eleanor. He is so dang cute!!

August 2oth: Back to School!!

I decided to go back to school to finish up my photography degree. When I first started college 10 years ago I majored in photography. After I finished at Ricks I decided to switch to Marketing. Once I finished my marketing degree I transferred to the U to finish my photography degree. I completed one year and then moved home for the summer. Elise and I got jobs at UOP and I ended up staying and working. I then moved back to Utah, got married and wasn't able to finish my degree. Well, I've decided its about time I finish this degree. I LOVE photography and I am so HAPPY to be back in school. There is just something so great about being on campus and going to school. I'm taking 4 classes this semester, two next and then one in the summer. Thanks to Tiffany and Jay for watching Eleanor while I'm in school. I COULD not do it without them!

August 24th: American Fork Canyon with the Hackings

We all wanted to get one last camp trip in this summer, but we decided it would be much easier if we just went up the canyon for the evening. We made tinfoil dinners and our all time favorite peach cobbler. We always have a good time with the Hackings and its nice because Evan and Eleanor are quite the buddies.