Camping

This is one of the few times we have gone camping in our married life (Thad's not huge on sleeping on the hard floor, etc), and we had a blast, with the Jones and Horn families. The food was excellent, company great and we played fun games. Only downside: Siena screamed (not cried, mind you, but a full-out scream) until 4 am. Dang, that girl is stubborn! And it turns out that lately, she doesn't like to sleep anywhere but her own crib at night. Besides that, great time!

Siena Pie

Here are some pics of my little Siena Pie I took this morning. She has really been working on her signs lately, and has started saying a few words, like mama, dada, nana (banana), ball, me me me!, etc. She is really consistent with signing "please", and we are working on "Thank you" and "all done".
She's also learned how to blow kisses, and I gotta say, this girl is an eater! If anyone is eating, she's gotta have some, and she is not afraid to go up to complete strangers and beg. She'll just go up and say "mmmm!!!" and follow them around until they give her some of whatever they've got. Sometimes she gets even a little more aggressive with mom, and digs her fingers in my mouth to personally inspect what I am eating, and try it for herself. Too funny!

Portland

I can't remember if I already blogged about my trip to Portland with my sister a couple months ago, to visit some of my favorite cousins or not, but I stole these pics off my sister's blog, so I figured I may as well use them.
We were planning on moving to Portland this summer (Vancouver, WA, actually), because that's where Thad got in to law school, then last minute (about 3 weeks ago), we got that call from University of Utah, accepting Thad to law school right here in Utah! We are so proud of him! So a week and a half ago, we moved out of our little home into my mom's place. Which has been awesome, except that she moved on Tuesday to Washington DC for awhile (at least a couple months). Although I should say, Thad had surgery on his ffot (had a bone spur removed) and has been in a cast and on crutches for 3 or 4 weeks now, so moving was a BIG challenge without his help (of course, he was a great supervisor and let everyone know where things should go).
Last week, we closed on the house, so the timing was really perfect for us! I also started working last week, and Thad started his orientation meetings this week, so life has been pretty busy!

Suprise Birthday!

My mom and sis planned a huge surprise birthday for me this year with the coolest theme ever-- "Around the world in 30 years". The best part was that it focused more on the cool international theme and less on the age. I had no idea they were planning this for me!
Everyone wore international clothing and brought an international dish. We had the most amazing buffet dinner. For decorations, there was a huge map with pompoms glued on to every country I have visited, and the name and flags of all these countries printed off, decorating the room, as well as cool souvenirs that we have picked up in various countries over the years. Everyone signed a huge birthday card which turned out to be the back of a map. So cool! The cake had a huge globe on it and said "Around the world in 30 years" around the globe. Thanks Meliss!
Everyone put a lot of work into it. It was the coolest party ever! Thanks everyone who planned/helped out/attended!
Oh, and the next night (my actual birthday), we happened across some of my old Strawberry Shortcake pajamas that we had to dress Siena up in, so I am including a pic of that as well.