Memoirs of the Davolt Family: July 2013

Monday, July 29, 2013

Summer 2013 part 1

What have the Davolts been up to this summer?

Well... we have been hanging out at Church.

We played in the pool at Grandma and Grandpa Davolts with Aunt Jianna

We took a trip to Seattle for Phil and Monica's wedding and Aunt Jianna went with us!
We had some fun adventures!

Waiting for a ferry (Aunt Jiannas first ride!).

Family pictures with the space needle in the background.

The space needle is back there, I promise!

We went to Juanita beach with Uncle Rob and Aunt Marlene

This was at the "rehearsal dinner" at Three Tree Point.

Pictures from the wedding

Kinda blurry... Sorry.

And when we got home....

We went to the Meridian Speedway races with JD's buddy Titus. Boy were they loud!

We watched a local baseball game at the Hawks stadium with Titus and his Dad Scott.

We sold Jesse's F150... .... and bought a Durango

Took some pictures of the cousins

This past week we drove our new Durango to Mt. Rainier. It was Pleasant Valley Christian Camp's Family Camp and we sure had a blast.

Memorial for Jesse's grandpa.

This was on our cabin door at camp.

Grandpa putting Elliott to sleep... or is Elli putting Grandpa to sleep?

Daddy rescuing JD from the top

Painting a bird house

Well, that sums up the first part of our 2013 summer! Next month we have ticktets for the Huskies vs. BSU football game (GO HUSKIES!!) in Seattle and a week after that Jesse's cousin is getting married in Canada. So we are planning a trip out of the country, a first for JD, Elliott, and myself! Lots planned for the rest of summer 2013! BET 'CHA CANT WAIT FOR PART 2!

Sunday, July 07, 2013

Our big 1 year old Elliott!

This post is past due by almost a month! But here we go anyway. Oh what a joy Elliott is to us. She received a shirt from her Grandma and Grandpa Davolt that sums her up pretty well, "Daddy's Firecracker". She is definitely a firecracker! I wouldn't say she's often a crazy loud illegal firecracker, just one of the little ones that are fun. She is so full of personality. Elliott loves music and dancing, she knows quite a few words and signs, she likes puzzles and books, and she definitely loves her Daddy (and he loves her back!). She will exclaim/half scream "Haaaaa" for "Hi", wave her hand up and down and give a shyish smile when she is excited to see someone. She said "stinky" today as I changed her diaper. She does a great versions of patty cake and peek a boo. Elli is very deliberate in the things she does, knowing what she wants and making sure you know it too. She is sweet and silly on purpose. Now, that she is almost 13 months old, she prefers to walk and she WALKS EVERY WHERE. If you ever get a hold of her you just have to kiss those cute little cheeks! (And you probably wont be able to stop kissing them. :) At least Mommy can't stop.)

For Elliotts birthday I couldn't find a theme that I was crazy excited about, not like the way I was excited about JD's superhero theme. As her birthday party day got closer I was kinda glad I didn't have a theme because then I didn't have as many things to plan and worry about. I pretty much just wanted her to have a fun cake and have a girly headband/hair flower "decorating station" at the party. I wanted to spend as little as possible so I made as many things myself as possible. For example, the fondant for the cake was made out of marshmallows and powdered sugar, I spent weeks making fabric, crocheted, and felt flowers, and the paper chains took forever too. The week prior to the party my little sister, Jianna, came and stayed with us and helped me out a ton! Here are pictures from the party, boy did we have fun: