Dancing Emmy!

Here is the promised video of our little one busting a move! Note the arm swinging, a special talent of hers! She is such a dancing queen! She dances to anything that resembles music, even Papa's singing! There are several styles of dance that she has mastered - we'll just name a few, the arm swinging (daddy calls it the pirate dance), a bootylicious dance where she swings her hips like crazy (mommy calls it the rump-shaker, and it is usually saved by Emmy for special music, like church hymns), and the occasional happy feet moment (a move she has adapted from her cousin Ty). I love how she dances, although it is quite funny to watch, I love that she feels free to express her happiness any way the little dancer inside her feels to!




Emmy has become quite the big girl lately! She is a chatterbox! She has been repeating almost anything we say (including the occasional almost bad word like freakin' and crap!). It is so fun to watch her language develop.





We bought some new dresses on clearance at the Gap this weekend, and when I put one on her for church, she felt so 'pretty' we just had to take pictures. So, she climbed on Mommy's bed and .......
First she stood so pretty and still

Then she got antsy, so we sang a song (this little candle light of mine - papa's favorite)

then she started dancing - note the arm swinging as previously mentioned!

so we decided to wrap it up with one last cute shot!!!

She is so much fun! We just love her!

I Heart Monsoons!!!

There is nothing like a Monsoon storm on a summer night! I love these weather phenomenons here in Arizona! We got so much rain that we had three small leaks we didn't even know about before! And one of the funniest things about the storms is how localized they are! It was raining elephants and buffaloes here in far East Mesa where we live - and we lost our power for 45 minutes - but our friends only seven miles away didn't get a drop! Emmy was a bit frightened by the lack of electricity, but she adapted well. A dear friend of ours, Theresa, has bought her several lighted toys that simulate candles, only with colored LCD lights. She felt so cool carrying her own 'cancko' (candle in Emmy talk) around the house in the dark! Here is a picture of tonight's adventures! We are just glad to not have huge floods, and to have the electricity back before bedtime!

Oceanside, CA

My family has always been a bit of beach bums. When I was growing up, we would travel to Southern California every summer to spend time on the beach and visiting family. As a kid, I could spend all day everyday on the beach! For this year, our family vacation was on the beach! It was great! We stayed in a six bedroom, six bathroom house in Oceanside, CA pretty much almost on the beach. The only thing between us and the beach was a street and one row of houses. It was perfect for having little kids, cause the house was a very short walk from the shore, so nap time and meals were easy to keep up with.

While we were there in Oceanside, we also did a few really fun things. A weenie roast on the beach in a fire pit! Complete with smoress (or schmores :))

We went to Legoland. Brandt driving a car

Emmy sleeping

Emmy riding a Lego camel! Not the smoothest back for a camel, she didn't want to sit on him very long!

Dan was amazed at all the things they built out of legos (yes those really are all legos!), I think he could probably do that and have fun at it!

Celeste was in wheelchair! Here is a picture of her loving Dad pushing her wheelchair!

We also went to Torrey Pines and took family pictures. I haven't gotten a copy of the pictures taken by the rest of my family, but here are some shots Dan got with our crappy camera.

Roger and Kelly

This view was spectacular! Our crappy camera doesn't do it justice!

Our little family. - (the one shot I got from Celeste's blog, she took such great pictures!)

We had such a fun vacation! Thanks Mom & Dad Bentley! It was a perfect trip!

Back from Vacation

We are back, and I am working on a post that will probably be too long with tons of pictures, but in the meantime my friend Marquita posted this fun game, I thought it was too fun!

Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Have a good trip down Memory Lane!