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!

This is a picture of the meeting Emmy and all her stuffed animals had the other day, and guess who the organizer of the meeting was? Dan himself! Who would have thought? I would have :) Love ya honey!

More fun random thoughts from the last few weeks......



Emmy is cutting three of her K9s (pointy teeth), that's fun, no really I mean we love the drooling, crying, lack of nap taking, waking up at night, and generally cranky feeling she has all day. Emmy has learned to climb up onto the couch, bed, ottoman, table and chairs, rocking chair, bathtub, (pretty much everything she can reach) in the last three weeks. Fun for her, not for mommy. Emmy has become more obsessed with Handy Manny (I didn't think it was possible, but apparently it is). She has developed a more defined type of dance move involving swinging her arm, tiptoeing, and spinning in circles (video to come hopefully). She is becoming a little water bug too, she loves swimming lately. Emmy also got a new blanket, which she loves. Thanks auntie Deanna!

Dan has been working most mornings at 4 a.m. (you read that right, 4 am, that's in the morning when its still dark outside). Dan has been making yummy dinners in my absence :) He has also been coming home with funny stories about working at Target, mostly about his friend Sean there. He's hilarious! Dan's computer's hard drive quit working (the computer is less than a year old and still under warranty, so it was free to replace it) and he lost everything on the hard drive with no hope of recovery.

I (Bekah) have been working long days at summer camp, and coming home exhausted.

I have been yelled at by many parents of my campers, and yelled at by even more campers (the campers are 115 kids with disabilities, its to be expected). My days are made even longer by the excessive heat which I am forced to be in at least 30 minutes of every day -- it has been so bloody hot lately! I discovered the new grocery store Fresh N' Easy, and I love it! They have a huge selection of reasonably priced produce and lots of fresh made foods. If you haven't been yet, you should check it out.

In a week we are all headed to California with all of my immediate family for a week long vacation. We can't wait to get to the beach! It will be a much needed break. Having no student loans kills the budget for the summer, and its stressful with both of us working so much. Emmy is definitely feeling it too, but its only for a short time. Soon life will return to normal, school and all.

Oh yeah, and the best news of all --- DAN GOT HIS ACCEPTANCE LETTER FOR ASU GRAPHIC DESIGN PROGRAM! WAY TO GO DAN!!!
(note: only 44 out of 200+ were allowed to go into this upper division program!!!)

New in the life of EMMY

Not much up here lately, I have been busy getting my summer camp started. Dan is working early mornings and then is home with Emmy while I head to work. Its been a pretty busy summer so far! Emmy is adjusting to Mommy being gone five or six hours a day by not sleeping and being a stinker for her Daddy sometimes.

Emmy's new favorite things are her Manny doll and her Mickey shirt! Grandpa Dannenberg really wanted to get her a Manny doll, and since they didn't have one at Disney World (yeah right?) - he found one at the mall in Baton Rouge the day they returned home and bought it for her! It was love at first sight! Thanks Grandpa!!! Also, he bought her a Mickey shirt at Disney World, but the one she liked was too big, so we figured she could wear it as a night shirt until she grows a bit. She loves her shirt, and has even learned how to pronounce Mickey perfectly (from Ricky to Icky to Mickey :))

She is currently cutting three teeth and has grown taller lately as well. Her hair is getting long, but not long enough to cut yet. As you can tell from the picutre, she has killer morning hair. She loves to go swimming lately, and is suffering from cabin fever like the rest of Arizona, from it being too hot outside to do anything outdoors. Maybe we'll go camping soon to someplace cooler.

Until the next post!

Our Disney World Trip!!!

This is Dan, for once! I decided to take the lead on our vacation report.

Well, we had a great start for summer with going to florida to play at Disney World for 4 days!!! Thanks to Bill and Jan who made it possible for this to happen, we had an amazing time.

For all those who dont know about Disney World, its huge! It consists of 4 parks, and only a 3rd of Disney Worlds Land is used. It has its own water systems, highways, transportation and an underground city that helps maintain the parks.

We left on a sunday and arrived in orlando in the afternoon. We didnt have to pick up our luggage at the airport as we had special Disney tags that would take them from pheonix straight to our resort at Disney! (very nice feature) That night we went to downtown disney and goofed around, ate at Earl of Sandwich, and then passed out at the resort.

Highlights of the trip were spending time with the family having fun was number one (Emmy had a blast with her cousin Paul). We also loved the Monsters Inc. Laugh Factory Stand up show (Monster Inc. computer characters interact with the audience to help with jokes). Expedition Everest, a roller coaster at Animal kingdom that goes forward, reverse, forward through a crazy track, very fun. Looking at the animals with Emmy as she loved them all! Dans favorite parts were seeing how excited Emmy got to see Handy Manny, playhouse Disney, the tea cup ride and many other rides. German food at Epcot was a plus for Dan and also a tradition with his family.

Overall we had an amazing time and loved every minute. It was a blessing to be able to go and we thank the Dannenberg family for putting it together and making it happen. Here are some pictures of our trip below


Heres Emmy Waiting for the train to come at the Magic Kingdom.


Emmy is having fun with Paul at Micky Mouse playground!


Having fun with mommy and Aunt susan and Paul on the tea cup ride!


Daddy takes emmy on the Dumbo ride that she had a blast on.


Emmy with cousin Paul at the elephant statues at Animal Kingdom.


Quick family picture.


This is Emmy passed out from a long day of playing.


Emmy hanging out with Grandpa!


Emmys highlight of the trip, meeting her favorite Disney Character Handy Manny!!!


Daddy and Emmys run in with Jack Sparrow!


Emmy passed out on our last day.

Disney World

Those of you that know Emmy well know she is a strange girl.

She does not like too many TV shows, but her all time hero is a character on Disney's Playhouse called

HaNdY MaNnY -- her hero.

She was so excited to be able to meet him, here is a picture of the first encounter with her favorite character of all time!






We are still out of town, but I thought I would post this one photo.

Reading can be fun!

Take the Quiz here!

I had taken this quiz before, but saw this on Brooke's blog, and thought I would post it (thanks for the idea Brooke :). I actually just finished reading Persuasion, so this is extra fun kinda! I love reading, and can't wait to curl up with a book once Emmy and my work are put to rest for the night. Dan will often be mad at me for staying up till one or two in the morning reading. Persuasion was a great read, I recomend it!

Anyone for a SWIM???

Lately we have been swimming in PaPaw and MaMaws pool, and Emmy loves it! She has so much fun singing fishy songs and splashing and kicking in the water. It will definitely be something we keep doing often for the summer.

Last week she finally started wearing clothes the next size up. She is a bit of a little girl, in that she is 17 months old and just over 20 pounds! But she finally can wear some of the clothes she got for her birthday. Here are her cutest pajamas (thank you Nanny and Great Grams). She is modeling them so well, you'd think she was on a runway!

Mommy finally painted Emmy's toes again too! Emmy went to Ulta with me one day and picked out a bottle of nail polish, and so we had to paint her toes!

Here is Emmy all ready for church, and she is sporting Mommy's heels! The black and white polka dots almost match - nice try cutie!

And we can't leave out the picture of Emmy in Mommy's Shox, with her 'pretty' necklace on. She is all dressed up with no party to go to!

This is the last week of finals, yeah! Dan is almost done with all his tests and his studio presentation, and then its just a waiting game to see if he gets into the graphic design program. Me, I am just hanging in there between the late nights of work and the days playing with Emmy. Sometimes I am feeling out of balance a little, but I know its only for a short time. Soon enough the summer will be long gone and we will be back to life as normal. Someday when school is done for Dan and we have a real job with actual income, it will be a weird feeling I think! I can't imagine life without student loans etc. but I also can't wait to get there! I plan to enjoy every stage we are in, poor students is just the stage for now, and we aren't perfect, but we are making the most of every day!