Emily's First Snowman

Emily LOVES the snow. She really just likes to eat it. But recently she discovered the joy that making a snow angel and building a snowman can be! We had attempted a snowman before, but apparently there is a certain "kind of snow" that is perfect for making a snowman. The kind that just rolls up into a ball. Well, the conditions were perfect and here is the result:

Eating the snow (per usual)...


Making a snow angel....


Determined face....


Putting on the finishing touches....


The creators of Emily's first snowman.


The breakdown:

Kumquats for the eyes, tomato end for the nose, pine tree limb for the mouth, fuzzy weed balls from some dead weeds in our yard for the buttons, Emily's hat for the hat, and some dead weeds (tall, yes) from our yard for the arms.

She did keep asking me if we could find a black hat for the snowman... can't imagine why she would want a black top hat... hmm..

In the end, she had a lot of fun. And so did her Mommy.

My Little Princess

Emily is sporting an outfit from her Grammy. So this post is mostly for her, but she is just so stinkin' cute I wanted to share it with you all. I get a comment EVERY time that I leave the house with her in this outfit. I mean...wouldn't you say something too??

Emily's "Castle"

Everytime we drive to or through St. George and Emily can see the St. George Temple all lit up bright white against the red rock, she yells out:

"MY CASTLE! I need my prince!!"

This little girl has a serious obsession with her "prince." The other day I woke up to her wimpering in her room at 4:30am. I went in to see what was wrong. She said through her sobs:

"I want to get married...*sob sob* I want to get married..."

Oh dear. We are in trouble with this one. She is only two years old.

So, for the last day of Scott's spring break we took a trip down to St. George so Emily could actually stop and see the temple and walk around and see the pretty temple grounds. She LOVED it!

The beautiful flowers...


The temple doors at the top of the stairs....


The gorgeous temple against the beautiful blue sky...


The Visitors' Center with the Christus Statue.....


Our family...


And her handsome daddy...who she usually refers to as her prince....


She is a sweet little girl and whoever her real prince turns out to be someday, we will be sure to let him know that she has been wishing to be married to him since she was two.

But for now, we'll go with a quote I saw in a little girls room on a plaque:

"My prince did come. His name is Daddy."

Scott loves his little princess right back.