Frost Family Faces

Ella is now walking!! Ethan was almost 17 months when he started walking, and now here is Ella, 13 months and walking up a storm. I love watching her walk. She is so cute. As you can see by the video, what a doll, strutting her stuff.

We had a very fun 4th of July. I think the best part was that I slept in until 12:30!! I had a headache and wasn't feeling well, so Charles got up with the kids, fed them breakfast and took care of them, all while I slept away the morning. Now that's what I call a vacation and it was exactly what I needed!

When I woke up, the kids went down for a nap. I had slept all I wanted, so Charles and I watched a movie. Then we went over to Dallas' fiance's house for a BBQ and swimming. I don't know if that pool had ever seen the likes of ALL the Gough's swimming in it! We are quite a crew. But it was sure fun and the BBQ was awesome! Thanks Livingston's for letting us invade your house! (FYI Dallas is Marrying Taylor Livingston Oct 17th)

After the BBQ, we went to our traditional spot at Vernon Worthen Park to watch the fireworks. I thought this would be the part that Ethan loved the most, but it wasn't. The fireworks scared him really bad. As soon as they started, he begged Charles to go inside. So Charles took him to the bathroom, and then stood with him out in front of them and watched. He came back to the blanket the last five minutes of the show, and Ethan was OK. Poor kid. Ella...loved them. She didn't get excited about them, but she watched and didn't move.


After fireworks, some of us decided to go to Denny's. We had icecream then went home. We didin't get to bed until 1 am, and we had 9 am church the next morning. Needless to say, we all took VERY long naps that afternoon.


Waiting with Grandpa for the Fireworks to start.

Ella and Ethan ... Waiting some more. Ethan has a glowstick in his mouth

Checkerboard!! Great minds think a like I guess. Me and My sister-in-law Charity (Dustin's wife)


Sheer terror! Poor Ethan was soooo scared



And Ella, just amazed.

We all went camping during the week of the 4th! I love camping. Especially in Pine Valley. We went with my parents and brothers and their families. Most of them camped. The rest came up every afternoon and left in the evening. It was perfect weather. We spend Wed. and Thurs. night then came home Friday. Wed night it rained (I love camping when it's raining as long as we can sleep dry, which we did) Thursday it stayed overcast and cool, perfect for hiking. Thursday night, it was cold, but everyone but me slept ok. I froze my tail off! ( I had layers and two blankets and a built in heater (Charles) and I still froze!) Friday we packed up and went home. Ethan slept for 3 hours after we got home! I think he definatley had fun. Ella...well, she was still learning to walk, and everytime she fell, she would get hands full of dirt, and she did NOT like that! We would hold her hand and walk with her, but that was about all she wanted to do. So, we may have to camp more to get her used to all the dirt!

Here are some pictures I took. Our camera is starting wig out, so I didn't get as many as I wanted, but they are still pretty cute

This actually isn't one camping, this is at Emma's birthday party. It was too cute to not stick in somewhere




It's a tradition, every time we go camping, that my brothers build a dam. Why? So they can swim of course (I think it's just that boys like to build things too) So, here they are building a dam. (Everyone helped, but Dan and Travis are in the picture)

Showing off their muscles (?) if they are muscles. Jason, Chad and Travis

Now that the dam's built, they can wade in the frigid water. In the past, we've had competitions to see who could stay in the longest. The boys claim it wasn't as cold this year. I wasn't going to find out, so I'll take their word for it.


Here are all the boys that worked on the dam, including my dad (Dustin, Jared and Dallas aren't there) Starting at the top, Travis, Dad, Dan, Chad and Jason.


Ell and Grandma watching the boys build the dam. It was really entertaining

Ethan blowing bubbles. He did three things while we were there...Blow bubbles, throw rocks in the water, play in the dirt! 3 year old heaven!



Dustin turned into Baloo! He's scratching his back on the tree. We all had the "Bear Necessities" song in our head for a while after that.

I didn't get any good pictures of us playing kick the can, but we do that every year too. The kids really got into it. They loved it!

We all had a fun time. Thanks to everyone who went. It was sure fun!

Sunday we went to the temple grounds. It was a nice day, was very enjoyable and a wonderful way to spend Father's day. Going there with my kids brought back a lot of memories of when I went as a kid with my brothers. We went in the visitor's center and the Sister Missionaries gave Ethan a picture of Jesus. He loved it! He also enjoyed pushing the buttons on the different displays. He was enthralled by the Christus and kept looking at the "owies" in Jesus' hands (I hope that doesn't sound sacreligous or anything)



After, we went over to my mom's to celebrate Father's day with my dad. (yay me, I didn't get any pictures of my dad. He even had a cool father's day crown! and I didn't get a picture!) For some reason, Ella really wanted to chew on her cousin Mya.

Those of you who know me know that I'm not a great pianist, but I've always wanted a piano in my home. Well...we struck gold a couple weeks ago. A lady my mom knows was selling her piano for super cheap, so we bought it! It's old (1947) and was in really bad need of a tuning, but it sounds great now, and the kids love it, as you can see by the picture.

Ella has discovered that there are more rooms in the house than just the front room and kitchen...and that she can get there!
One of her favorite new discoveries is the bathroom. Considering she's becoming Ethan's little shadow, this isn't surprising becuase he now goes in there a lot. We discovered her trying to dispose of her diapers the other day...




And she even tried to flush it too...
(I'm in soooo much trouble!)


...Both of them!
We gave he a very good scrub-down bath right after ;)

So for the past couple of days I've been trying to teach Ethan to answer the question "What's your name?". He won't answer it. I didn't realize this was an issue until he was playing outside and a little boy from up the street stopped his bike and asked his name. Ethan (who was playing in the rocks) said "Rock!". The little boy said "No, what's your name?" to which Ethan replied "Rock!". After a few more tries, the little boy gave up and rode away. Now, Ethan can answer the question "How old are you?" with a resounding THREE!! while holding up three fingers, he can also answer questions like "what do you want for lunch?" or "What cereal do you want?" but this name thing is completely escaping him. Here is how it usually goes.

Mom: What's your name?
Ethan: Car! (or whatever toy he's playing with)
Mom: Ethan
Ethan: WHAT!?!
Mom: No, Ethan, what's your name?
Ethan: Bath!
Mom: Ethan
Ethan: WHAT!?! (now with more frustration)

It reminds me of the "Who's On First" scene.

Anyway, I think one day he'll get it, but for right now, I just laugh when he says "What!?!" to me.