Elia's Life

So this year I think most of you will probably remember that Annette came to Utah for my birthday. Okay, she really came for the Killers concert, but since I had bought those tickets for my birthday, it's like she came just to help me celebrate. I took a day off work to hang out and play with the family and we decided to go to Park City. I don't think I had really been there before and Mom couldn't remember the last time she had. I went to The Mikado at Deer Valley, but that was about it for me. Anyway, we decided to drive up and see what we could find. Mostly it was just a really beautiful day with a lot of color in the trees. We also walked around Downtown Park City. I'm pretty sure this is where they have Sundance every year, and I have to say, that was a pretty cool thought. I even saw EW posters up. Someday I think I may just have to scoot up to Park City for Sundance and see the "sights" This was a really cool sculpture hanging out at a mini-park This i...

Alright guys, here's another quick post for you. For some reason, my quick posts all seem to relate to Dad. I guess he's just a Kodak moment waiting to happen. Popo has decided that he is the lord and master of our house, I know, big surprise there. He also has decided that the majority of his favorite spots are in very odd places. He loves to sit on the top of the desk chair and preside over computer doings. So, no worries that Dad is doing something he shouldn't be, because Popo is on the job. :)

So, the other month (this picture is from May) we had a surprise family reunion. My grandma Miller passed away and my sisters and brother were able to come into town for the funeral. So we really did have a nice get together. Anyway, Sunday afternoon, Dad was supposed to be taking a nap with Anika. Well, Anika came tootling out of the room without Dad, so when we investigated, this is what we found. Oh yeah, he was doing a great job babysitting. :)

Okay, here are some more pictures for all of you who are still checking my blog, which I actually think is a pretty slim amount. I really should update this more often. Anyway, I was supposed to go visit Annette and Alita during my normal President's Day vacation, but this year, as some of you might now, I was deathly ill for two months. Although I promised myself I would be better in time, I wasn't and I had to cancel my trip. I did get to reschedule though, so maybe I should say that I postponed my trip. One of the things on my list of "to dos" when I went to Arizona was to go to the Phoenix Art Museum. They had an exhibit of Ansel Adams photography. I'm sure you can all figure out why I would have wanted to go there. Apparently when Ansel Adams died, he left his entire collection, photographs, negatives, journals, pretty much everything to the University of Arizona. Wow, that was a surprise. So they had lent the Museum some amazing pieces for the exhibit. It wa...

Okay, so I know I have been horrible about blogging lately, or for the past forever. Anyway, I thought I'd share a few pictures from Amanda's wedding. For those of you who didn't know, Amanda got married on May 8th to Kevin in the Manti Temple. This was my fourth wedding and definitely ranks up at the top. She was beautiful, he was happy and I have known few other people who fit together as well as the two of them. I was fortunate enough to be a bridesmaid so Mom and I went down to Manti for the festivities. Her reception was that night back at the Orr House. It was a perfect night for a backyard reception and everything looked amazing. Amanda and I both had special wedding shoes. I still think mine were much more festive, but she did love her sparkly ones. Here are Amanda and Kevin looking very happy. I wanted to push someone into the pool SO BAD, but Amanda made me promise not to. It was very, very hard to stop myself. Here are the bridesmaids. I think I was the o...