New Kitchen!

Elise got an AWESOME new kitchen!

Elise got a new kitchen last week. Mommy and Daddy thought she needed one, and a friend had one for sale, so voila! She was instantly in love and began doing dishes!

The sink is easily her favorite part of the kitchen.

At first, the kitchen was in the basement, so she had to come up and down the stairs to play with it. Here, she was on her way up to greet Grammy and O-pa, who were coming over to see her play with her new kitchen. We quickly learned that it was smarter to have the kitchen upstairs, so she could play with it when she wanted and we didn't have to go downstairs with her! Now, it is in her room, where it takes up a lot of space, but she doesn't care!

Her 2nd favorite part of the kitchen is the microwave. She likes to put as many things in there as possible and the shut the door and "cook" them. I think it bums her a little that the buttons don't make beeping noises like our microwave, but she's good at pretend.

Elise's reaction to seeing her new kitchen! She was very excited! Thanks to Cara who brought her food and baking stuff to add to her kitchen!

The Park!

We had such a great time last weekend at the park with Auntie Rissa, and thankfully she has an AWESOME phone that takes great pics, so we were able to get some good ones! Miss Elise adores her Auntie Rissa (if you can't tell :))



Sliding is Elise's favorite thing to do at the park. She enjoys running around and climing on the equipment like any kiddo, but when it comes time to slide, she's as excited as she can be!

We were glad to get a pic of the three of us girls--our last pic of the three of us was during Elise's first trip to AR, which was quite a long time ago! I have that reel hanging on my computer, and enjoy looking at it, but it was definitely time for an update! Too bad Elise wouldn't smile for us--she just wanted Andrew to give her the phone!

We're going to Silver Dollar City this Sunday to celebrate Grandpa Mike's birthday, so keep an eye out for exciting pictures from that adventure. Now that she's old enough to realize what she's seeing, I really hope that she has a great time (or the money I spend on Season Passes will have been wasted!)

I'm Back--and it's Easter!

I am a terrible blogger, it's true. With all the craziness that comes with being a Mommy, a wife, a housekeeper, an HR Manager, and attempting to be a fit woman, there is no time left for blogging. HOWEVER, I've really enjoyed reading all of my friends' blogs, so I am going to attempt to blog twice a month from here on. I know how much fun they can be for others to look browse, so I am going to get back into it!

Easter was a wonderful time! Elise got her first Easter Basket and had a lot of fun with it. She really enjoyed her new push-toy, which plays the drums. She gets mad at you if you try to take it away from her!

We went to church on Sunday morning, and Elise is starting to really behave well at church. She especially likes when the choir is singing and always tries to check them out. Then the Easter festivities began at Mom and Dad's with lunch and a pinata. Elise is a Stevens, in that she loved Nan's dumplings! She also loved the pinata--she wanted to ride it! Next, we went out to Rhonda and Terry's. Elise loves to ride Grandma Sweaney's walker. The faster the better! Good thing Aunt Amanda always pushes her fast!

Hope everyone had as great an Easter as we did!