Fun Stuff

These are just some fun pictures we've taken since the summer - mostly of Elaina and some of our family:

Elaina takes Puppy for a car ride

Elaina shakes hands with the RCMP Moose at the Calgary airport this summer

Elaina is a great swimmer and has no fear. She jumps in all by herself and then swims all the way to the other side of the pool, saying "kick, kick, kick!"

I made Elaina a tiger cake for her birthday. Apparently it was a hit since she's still asking for a tiger cake almost 3 months later!

Elaina got a kitchen set from her great-grandma, and her Nana and Grandpa. Almost every day we have a tea party and Elaina cooks!

She also got a car for her birthday from Aunt Heather & Aunt Jen & Uncle Dave

(I can't believe I let her wear this - it's a hand-me-down from an old friend and Mike found it in the back of her closet - I think I hadn't done laundry in a while and her pajamas were all dirty. I guess this is the only thing he could find! How embarrassing.)

Elaina is reading stories to Erin - boring stories apparently, since it looks like one of the church handbooks!

Elaina showing Daddy how to fix his bike

Elaina and her friend Anabelle

Dancing at the Church Ice Cream Social

And Elaina found herself a dancing partner too - this is her friend Matthew. She spent most of the night chasing him around the gym trying to get him to dance with her.

He just looks so good! :)

Learning to ride a bike

Elaina always brings me the camera and says "take a picture" and then she poses. This is one of those pictures from my little supermodel.

Elaina swimming with our friends Steph and Matthew

I put rags in Elaina's hair one night - too bad it turned out all frizzy.
But she looked cute that night and we had fun doing it!

One of Mike's school buddies is from Turkey and he invited us over for Turkish food. We ate on the floor and the food was delicious! And he had about 10 of the most beautiful Persian rugs all over his student apartment. It was a fun night!

We were so excited that Grandma came to visit a couple weeks ago!