Miss Emma

I thought I would just post a few more pictures of Emma. Can't get enough! We had dance again yesterday and she had so much fun! Her teacher gave them all halloween headbands after class...she has been wearing it all day! The other pictures are of Emma wearing the adorable skirt that my friend Emily made for her. She looks so cute in it! Thank you Em! This weekend we also went up to Sugar City Idaho to visit Ivan's brother Dave and his family. Their boys are so cute! Emma had a bawl playing with her cousins and it was good to catch up. We ended up having to cut our trip a little short though. Emma had an allergic reaction to amoxicillin she was taking for strep. It was day 8 of taking it so it never really crossed my mind that it could be that. I talked to my sis in law Trisha and she told me that she had had a similar reaction to an antibiotic on day 5. We took Emma to Community Care Sunday and the doc said she is allergic to penicillin. Benadryl took care of the problem but we just have to be careful from now on. The doc said to call our primary physician and make sure they put a flag in her chart stating the allergy. If she were to take it again she could go into anaphylactic shock. Scary stuff. We are happy to have an answer though and Emma's rash is completely gone now.

Our Little Honeybee

This is our little honeybee. Grandma and Grandpa Barlow came up the other day to help with the costume. Grandma made the skirt, I made the wings and headband and sewed on the fluff. Grandpa helped out by entertaining Emalee and by making us some wonderful chili! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa! Yesterday I took Emma for a photo shoot. She was VERY cooperative because she knew that if she smiled and did what I said I would let her play on the playground. She is a good sport! Love the costume, love the pictures, but most of all LOVE the kid!

Emma and her Daddy

Emma sure loves her daddy. She talks about him constantly and wants to know when he is coming home from work. That boy works ALOT! When he comes home though he is more than happy to spend time with his little girl. The other day Emma found some sparklers left over from the fourth of july. She wanted daddy to take her outside and do "sprinklers." He is such a good sport. It was cold outside but they had lots of fun. I also took a couple cute pictures of Emma and Ike outside our house. I noticed that their clothes matched and they were both lookin good so I snapped a few.

Long time...no blog!

I bought this little wooden bus for Emma the other day at Walmart. She wanted to paint something and it was 89 cents. I was amazed at how meticulous she is. she painted the entire top of the bus without getting paint anywhere else including the rest of the bus. We will have to buy a couple more for her to paint. She was very quiet and concentrated until it was finished. She even painted the steering wheel inside with a sponge brush...I'm not sure I could do that. Anyway, I was pretty impressed. She colors and draws constantly but we rarely bust out the paints.

Dance Class

Emma started dance class today! She absolutely loved it! They don't let you watch during class but afterward she told me all about it and has been pretending to be the teacher. She even remembers that her teacher had stars on her pants...apparently that is pretty cool. She has been asking since we left when we get to go to dance class again. I think this will be good for her! Cute pictures too!

KaDee Barrel Racing

During the Box Elder County Fair we were able to go see our neice KaDee barrel race and do pole bending. She did really good! It was fun to watch. She even gave Emma a ride on her horse...which Emma loved of course!

Carnival & Rodeo

We had so much fun going to the rodeo and carnival with Emma this year. Ivan won tickets to the rodeo at work for Thursday night so we went to that with his friend from work and his wife. Emma was so fun! I thought that she would be a pain but she loved every minute. Then on Saturday Kate and Dave and their kids came down and we went and played at the carnival and went to the rodeo. Very fun weekend!

Bike Ridin'

A while ago Ivan and I took Emma to the church to ride her bike. She got her bike for her birthday but we haven't had a chance to go and ride...she has done some indoor riding but that's about it. She was hilarious! There was a little bit of grass on the sidewalk and she said she couldn't go over it! So...she got off her bike and attempted to "clean it up." She is a funny girl. Her bike is still a little big for her. Hopefully she will get the hang of it soon! Maybe when she starts to get over her OCD problem...which we really hope she does someday.

Mills Reunion

We had a wonderful Mills Reunion this year. We went up to Logan and rented a house. We got to spend a day at Hyrum Reservoir playing in the water and on Uncle Klade's boat. Russ and Janelle and their family were only able to come up for dinner one night...hopefully next time they can stay the whole time! Emma had tons of fun playing with her cousins. She doesn't get to see that side of the family as often as we would like. Here's some pictures of our adventures.