New Years Eve Garfield Style

This year we took it easy. Dan and I stayed home, just the two of us, and had a really lovely time.

We partied with this one, until he reached critical mass and was put to bed.

We made lots of treats and ate ourselves silly. By the end of the night Dan had beaten me sorely 3 times in chess but I dominated the house in Chinese checkers so all was good.

I even made lemon squares, which I love but never make because they take so long.

What a great way to ring in the new year!

Eli in the Snow

It snowed bucket fulls today! It was so fun. Instead of traversing the treadmill I decided to bundle us all up and get my exercise outside shoveling snow. We had a grand time. Eli loved the snow...until he got cold and wet...then he hated it. But for about ten minutes he was a happy boy! It was so fun to see him explore the snow and figure out what all this cold white stuff was about.

Eli's Birthday Part 2

Here are the pics from the party we had down in Provo. Dan's mom was in town and made this amazing cake. It was the hit of the night. Eli was so cute unwrapping his presents. He got some adorable clothes from Auntie Rachel and Auntie Nikki and even his own cell phone! He also got the cutest wooden pull toy from the Cannons. A good night all around!

Eli's Birthday Part 1

Since it was such a momentous day we had to celebrate Eli's first birthday with 2 parties! We had one up in Bountiful with my family and another one with friends and family that night in Provo. Here are a few quick shots from the Btown one.

Getting Pushed Around

Eli loves climbing in and out of things. Lately he will climb in his laundry basket and wait for me to come over and push him around the house in it. Here are a few shots of him waiting for me in a box...keep in mind I found him like this in his room...

A Perfect Fall Day

A few weeks ago we had one of our last nice days of Fall so we headed out to the park to enjoy the weather.

Eli loves....the slide...kinda

Swinging like a pro.

Lost in his coat.

Contemplating the bark chips.

See ya later guys...

This is Halloween!

This year the Garfields were Beary exited for Halloween!! Get it? "Beary"??? Oh man. Anyway. We went as bears. Eli was about the cutest thing in the world in his little bear suit. I was formidably large in mine. Dan wore an orange spandex suit. All in all, it was a good year.

A bear on a mission

Notice how it seems like Eli isn't holding still in any of these pics? That's because he's not.

His first trick or treat door!

Enough with this going door to door business. I'll just take my cut from the home bowl thank you very much.

Eli doing the Zombie dance.

Thing one and thing two.