The cute things I do...

A few cute things I did today:
1) The cat knocked over a cup on the coffee table that had just a little bit of water in it, so a teaspoon's amount fell on the table. I looked at it, put my finger in it to make sure it was in fact wet, then I got the dish towel and mopped it up. It's true. Mom watched the whole time. She was very proud of me.

2) After I was done with my fruit snacks, I walked all the way across the condo and put my wrapper in the trash. I'm so clean!

3) Mom and I go to the pool practically every day because I love it there! Well, Mom told me that I'm not allowed to eat and be in the pool at the same time, so every time I take out my snacks that Mom brings with us, I just nicely walk around the pool area and eat, and not even complain that I have to stay out.

Here are just some cute pictures from today from the pool. I love the pool! Especially this little pool that's made just for me! And it's right in our complex!

I'm may not talk much, but I'm dang good at animal noises!

Here's my awesome cat. It really is cool. We call him "The Goalie" now.

New 'do

Mom can finally get all my hair in a ponytail... with hairspray, of course. It looks kind of goofy, but I think it's cute. Here's just a few angles so you see how little hair I really do have.

Bow girl

Mommy just got me tons of new bows for my new hairstyle, and she loves them so much, she wants you all to know about the girl that makes them. Her name's Miriam, and she makes flowers, bows, and corker bows, as well as binkey clips, and headband bows. These are just a few of my bows. She only charges $2 a piece, which if you have girls, you will know that it is a bargain! She's of course in Utah, and you can contact her at 801-244-1695 or miriamhandrus@gmail.com if you're interested. Or you can tell Mommy and she'll help you.

I asked for plain bows, but she can use all kinds of ribbon, and she can do pairs, of course.

These are my favorite.

Here I am, sporting my red flower. Miriam also does bow holders for the wall that are oh so cute, and she can customize them to your room. We've just ordered one. Anyway, just wanted to share a total bargain with you! She makes them for grown-up hair too.

Lexi, finally

Sorry, I posted these backwards. If you want to start from the beginning of our trip, go to the post titled, "Portugal Extravaganza" and go up. :)



I left Brandon to go home to Utah, and I went to Georgia to pick up Lexi, and I stayed a few days to play with my in-laws. It was so fun! But unfortunately these were the only pictures I took. We were looking through Brandon's old things, and found his missionary name tags. Lexi loved wearing it.

Sorry Lexi doesn't look great. She had been eating and I hadn't done her hair yet. :)

But she sure loves smiling for the camera, and saying "Cheese"!

Palacia de Pena

This is by far the coolest palace I've seen. It's the most colorful, that's for sure. This was the last place we went to the day before we left. It is in a city called Sintra, right by Lisbon. It was rainy and cold, but pretty good while we were at this palace. It was built in the 1500's, and the emperor wanted it to look tropical, and used lots of different styles from different countries as inspiration.
This is Brandon and Jason, the last coworker with Brandon that day. I love how the castle is built right around the rock of the mountain.
This was a pretty cool tree that we liked, and a bench right underneath.
Evidence of all the color. I like the red tower. It reminds me of Disney castles.

Here's the view from the palace. Pretty cool, huh? It was gorgeous.

All around this palace were other cool buildings that we wanted to see, but it started raining and cut our trip short.

Another castle next to the palace.

Evidence that the emperor took inspiration from other countries. This looks pretty dang Arabian. I'm singing "Arabian nights" from Aladdin to myself right now.

That's all we did in Lisbon. It was so fun!