Happy Halloween!!

Here is my Halloween costume. I made my desk at work into the "John Deere Bakery" and had a John Deere tractor cake and green and yellow press cookies. Everyone said they were delicious. Thanks to McKenzie for helping me bake and decorate, and for letting me borrow your hat!!We will post some pictures of Eva in her costume later.

Quilting

These pictures are from last weekend, but I couldn't post them until now because the quilt was a surprise for my Grandma Knoeppel's 85th birthday. She had a big party yesterday in Kansas. Now that she has the quilt, I can post the pictures. This was my sister Marcy's idea and she put a lot of work into it. It turned out great. Eva and I went to Marcy's house last weekend to help her quilt around the hearts and pictures.

Eva was very helpful!!

Aunt Marcy

The quilt (almost finished)

Eva and Paisley. This picture is from Friday night when we carved pumpkins. I guess I should have taken a picture of the pumpkins after we carved them!! Oh well.

Eva walked!!!

This is Eva right after she took her first steps on Sunday night!! She is 11 months old and growing up too fast!! She has started to actually say words. She loves to play with my cell phone and hold it up to her ear and say "Hi."Yesterday my sister McKenzie played powderpuff football for ISU's homecoming week. Her team barely lost, but she looked like she had a fun time.Last Saturday we went to Frightmares at Lagoon. It was tons of fun. We tried hard to stay warm! Eva got to ride the carousel; that was totally worth paying $20 bucks for her to be there. Ha Ha!! Seriously, we did have a lot of fun. Kierra, what happened to your dad? Looks like Jeff has been working too hard to make weight!!

I miss Brian!!

I left Pocatello yesterday with Eva and my mom so that I could come to Salt Lake City for some training for work. It is called the Spillman Users Conference. www.spillman.com

I was recently promoted to be the Crime Analyst for the Pocatello Police Department. Hopefully this training will help me figure out exactly what it is I am supposed to do!! My training goes through Thursday afternoon, so Eva and I will really be missing Brian by then. I told the people at work that I couldn't come unless I could bring my baby and someone to watch her, so they got us our own hotel room and Grandma got to come along and hang out with Eva while I attend my classes. I think right now they are at lunch with Aunt Cindy. :)

Listen to the Prophet's voice, and other fun pictures

Eva and I have been enjoying watching General Conference on our computer at home this morning. Here she is, listening intently to the Prophet, President Thomas S Monson. What a blessing it is to hear his voice and the counsel of the leaders of the church.This is Eva and her cousin Paisley. Brian and I got to babysit Paisley and her sister Kierra last night.Here's Eva playing at Gma and Gpa Grimm's house.Doesn't she look just like her daddy???Eva's first ponytail!!We went camping last weekend in the mountains just outside Pocatello with Gma and Gpa Anderson, Aunt Marcy, Uncle Jeff, and Aunt McKenzie. It was kinda chilly but so much fun!Look how strong I am...I can do a one-handed push up!!

Eva, you're too little to be doing that!!

So, Eva and I were in the kitchen making banana bread. I had the step stool out (because I'm short and can't reach everything in my cupboards), and Eva decided it looked like fun. I thought it was cute because she was trying to climb it. Needless to say, I didn't really think she could do it. A couple minutes later, I moved the step stool out of my way and continued making the bread. Eva crawled over to where I moved it to play with it some more. The next thing I knew, I turned around and she was standing on the first step with a big smile!! She was very proud of herself. I let her try again so I could record it and show Brian. (There is no sound because I recorded this on my digital camera, and I don't know how to rotate it.)

Just a swingin'

Today Eva wanted to sit in her swing. She hasn't sat in it for awhile because she is VERY mobile these days and doesn't sit still for long. Today she sat in the swing for probably five minutes and had a great time!! This is Eva the first time we put her in her swing. She was only four days old.