fire in idaho

i guess there was a huge fire in SE idaho today. hopefully it's all taken care of now though i have no idea. but, it resulted in some crazy red/orange skies for us in rexburg.

thanks for voting!

thanks everyone who weighed in on the poll, i really appreciate it.
I took the feedback and have made some changes!
prints are now $9 (instead of $12) for a 10x10 and shipping is $3 (instead of $6)
so, spread the word! go here :)

18 months!

i haven't posted too much about daphne lately and i NEED to! this is pretty much the only place i record anything- and there is so much a want to remember about this age. daphne is so awesome. sure, there are days i want to rip my hair out [and more days that she rips her hair out- that's a whole other issue] but for the most part, i love this age & am having so much fun with it.


i cannot grasp the idea that we have an 18 month old. soon she will be 2 and i might crawl up in a ball and die. i just can't believe we have a toddler- it doesn't make sense :)

at 18 months she is:

still short and getting skinny. i think she still weighs about 20 pounds but she's got her 18 month check up next week so i'll see for sure. those cheeks we all loved are all but gone- she's looking like a little girl now, not so much a baby.

talking a ton. [of course she has to take out her binky first, because she's getting even more addicted to it] she repeats stuff when we ask her to and has a few favorite words:
hi [she says it a billion times a day]
mom & dad & also NIC
binky
birdie
puppa (dog)
bike
shoe

she LOVES being outside- her favorite thing is bike rides. she cries every time we have to go in.

she is loving gymnastics though she doesn't really care to do what the coach or class is doing :)

she is SO strong willed and stubborn- she also has quite the little temper. this was magnified by our potty training disaster- i swear she hasn't been the same girl since. it's going to take A LOT of convincing to try to do that ever again. i won't say it ruined her, but she's not the same- and she's angrier- which i don't really love.

she is a scardy cat. afraid of the vacuum, guys outside mowing the lawn, loud trucks, blow dryer, DOGS, ect.

she still dances.

she is really adorable and we could not possibly love her any more. happy 1/2 birthday daph!

we got her this chair at a thrift store yesterday. i love it so so much & so does daph.

help!

i need your help! i've recently started selling alphabet kids room prints in our little etsy shop: EvapaulPetite. but, i haven't sold anything yet :( I wanted to set up a poll to find out why. If you could take a second to visit the shop then take the poll on the sidebar, i'd REALLY appreciate it! and if you have any questions or comments, please post them here. i promise not to take offense, i'm just SO curious why they aren't selling! :)

each print is 10x10 and comes ready for framing for $12.

gymastics!

daphne and i started a mom/tot gymnastics class last week. at first she was a little scared and wouldn't leave my arms. But, that only lasted a few minutes (maybe she just didn't want to stretch?) and then she had a lot of fun running around on tramp, jumping into the foam pit (even the big one which was REALLY hard to get her out of) she didn't do everything her coach was wanting the class to do, but she'll get the hang of it. here she is ready for gymnastics! [and she's currently obsessed with having ALL her binkies with her. oh my]

3rd anniversary trip!

Nic planned a perfect weekend to celebrate our 3rd anniversary. He took me somewhere i've always wanted to go- YELLOWSTONE! It's only 90 minutes away and it's kind of heart breaking we've never been before (together- nic went as a kid, and i've never been) and since this is our last summer here- we'll have to go back at least a couple of times before we move in december!

Nic had planned everything perfectly so we had a great time. He had a field trip on Saturday till 5 pm (and i was hanging out with one of my best friends from CO, Sarah, who was in town with darling emmry who daph loved) so we left saturday night and camped in west yellowstone. at first we were surprised when our campsite didn't have a fire pit but they had bbq's to use and it worked out great- we didn't reek of campfire all weekend! [plus they had the NICEST bathrooms and showers]

on Sunday we went into the park and it was AMAZING! If you've never been, you HAVE to see it at least once in your life, it really is incredible. Thanks for the perfect weekend anniversary trip, Nicholas, I LOVED it!!! now, here are a million pics. enjoy!

daph loves camping because camping= rocks.

paint pots. so amazing.

afro!

a very windy family pic!

old faithful! we timed it just perfect- went to lunch @ the old faithful inn (most delicious black bean burger) then only waited about 5 minutes before it erupted! it was great.

do you see daph's teeny tiny little squirrel friend? so cute!



Norris hot springs


we mostly saw a lot of bison (a couple crossed right in front of our car!) but we also saw a coyote (who was hunting something, so that was cool), a deer, a marmot, a ground squirrel & a snake.

the view from mammoth. kind of pretty, right?


my two loves. cutest humans ever.

such a perfect way to celebrate 3 great years!

a is for apple

we're working on a new project involving:

apples, zebras, nests, dogs, mustaches and queens
the largest furniture store in colorado
my brother mark
every neighborhood in denver
scanned craft paper
telephone negotiations
canvases
illustrator
gmail


here is a little preview:



plus, here is a cute picture of daph eating an apple. we REALLY need to take more pics of her, i've been majorly slacking on that lately.