Purse-y

Girl

I just had to post some pictures of my sweet girl. She has always been in to dressing up in my clothes and shoes, but now if I leave any article of clothing lying around it becomes part of her outfit. These are some pictures of her wearing my pajama top as a dress. Oh, and of course she has to have a purse. I also attached a video clip of her saying purse (pursey) and ball (bally). She has started this new thing where she adds a "y" to everything she says. Chooy (choo choo), booky, boonsy (spoon), doggy, etc.

And not only does she love dressing up, she also loves her baby, her toy kitchen, spoons and cups. She really enjoys "making us food" and then feeding it to us. She also wraps her baby in blankets, hugs and kisses her and puts her in the stroller for a walk. She also loves to sing. She just learned the birthday song, except for her version just repeats happy over and over and over again. It is really quite cute. I'll try to get a video of her singing it. Her favorite time to sing though is when we are in church. As soon as the organ starts playing, Penelope opens the hymn book and starts singing as loudly as possible. In a ward with lots of kids this would probably not make any difference, but in a tiny little branch that is totally silent the whole meeting, quite a different story. Anyway, she is fun and keeps me very busy.

Montana

We have finally surfaced! I know it has been a long time since we have been in contact with anyone, sorry about that. We are currently renting a house in Shelby, MT, but we are looking at a house in Sunburst that we might buy. We haven't found a whole lot of choices when it comes to housing here. We were quite disappointed in all of the house that we were shown. Most of the houses in this area were built in the 1920-1940's and are basically not in great shape. They are also all only 2 or 3 bedrooms, which is hard with a growing family. Anyway, this house in Sunburst is not perfect, but it has potential. It has a really big yard which will be great for the kids and a big garage which will be great for Aaron, and for me. . . newly remodeled kitchen!! Unfortunately it only has 3 bedrooms and no basement, so we may have to add on at some point. Anyway, we'll let you know what we decide.