Mesa Falls!

So about two months ago we went to Mesa Falls with our friends the Ramsey's and the Rich's. It was a ton of fun and it was so nice and warm outside and I am truly missing those days right about now here in the freezer of Rexburg!





So gorgeous!






It took quite a few shots that looked like this one in order to get the pic above! Haha good ol' family pictures with a toddler!



Ella was picking flowers and smelling them along the trail. She was trying to get me to smell one as well.



The falls there are so beautiful, it's hard to not be in awe every time i see them.



Daddy carrying the little bear down the trail.



She loved climbing up and down the stairs on the trail.



Talking to her about the falls and how she can't climb over the gates that block you from falling down into the falls.



She still loves me even though I won't let her do "EVERYTHING" she wants.




The boys looking real tough!



When we were driving home we opened up the windows for awhile because it was so nice outside. Ella thought the wind tunnel on her face was pretty funny!

It's a park thing!

So there are those days where Ella is just very very emotional, grouchy and really just plain bored and I have come to find that the perfect solution to any bad mood is to get out of the house! I can relate with Ella because there are those days where frankly I am quite stir-crazy as well and just really need to get out! So Ella and I have found the perfect outlet for our house arrest rage...THE PARK! (I don't know what we're going to do when Rexburg is covered in snow and it's below freezing outside!-Walmart might have to become our next best option!)

(So of course I started this post when it was still warm outside...now that it has already snowed here and cooled down excessively Ella and I are really missing our park days! It's time to go find a snow suit for Ella before we go crazy!)



Hangin out on the slide...



Ella looks so forced into this hug, its like she's saying,"I guess i'll stop playing for a second to hug dad..."



She gets a little nervous around half-way down the slide but at the end she's always happy and ready to go again!



I can't help laughing a bit at her face, she's so cute and growing up so much!





trapped behind plastic...





"Sheese" that's how Ella says cheese!



Lookin real determined and off to go do more hard core playing!



Every time we go to the park Ella could pretty much care less about the actual play ground toys, she is more interested in making friends! It's so darn cute she'll just go up to othere little kids and jabber to them, try to give them a hug etc.



She is just in heaven getting to socialize with other kids!