Just Bein' a Pelfrey

We are just doin' our thing...bein' Pelfreys...

Ethan and his Legos

It ends up that Ethan is rather a genius with legos. It started at Gramma Washington's when he had a blast playing with her set. She gifted his a small set from Walmart and he played with them all the time. Well, he kept begging me for more, but I wasn't about to spend $75 bucks on a bucket of legos. So I looked on craigslist and bought a huge tub of them from a lady in Plano. Ever since, Ethan has been making boats, trains, planes, helicopters, monster trucks, cars, you name it. He spends hours putting his creations together and then comes and tells you about it in detail at about 60 mph. Its fantastic. I know its a little early to tell, but, I believe Ethan is one of the great minds of our time!

Three Midgets

Three little bugs in the tub!
Ethan, 5
Libby, 3
Ollie, 6 months

Growing...and Growing...and Growing

Ollie is growing like a weed as you can see from these pictures.. He recently turned 6 months old and I'll be darned if he wasn't almost 23 pounds!
He is such a little chunker!
He is generally good natured, loves veggie baby food and going outside to watch Ethie and Libby.
Man, I love him!

Inspiration

Eric's dad, Steve Pelfrey, passed away in the last couple weeks after battling early onset Alzheimers disease. Here are some adorable pictures of Steve and Eric when he was little.
You know, Steve's funeral and the week surrounding it was an extremely touching experience. So very, very many people were there supporting the Pelfreys. Family and friends came from near and far. Ward members brought delicious meals. Cards, letters and flowers arrived by the dozens. People served in every capacity you could think of, even bringing toilet paper and paper towels by the house because they know a lot of people would be in and out. I was amazed. I realized that I was no where near where I needed to be as far as serving people at a time of need.
The funeral itself was also a fantastic and touching celebration of Steve and huge reminder of the things that really matter in life. I was not able to have too many years of interaction with Steve before he got sick and I look forward to getting to know him better when we meet again.
This experience was really a game changer for me...a sad time, but an enlightening one.
Thank you to those who taught me these lessons and set such wonderful examples.

Princess Mania

Well, its happened and my Libby girl has been bitten by the Disney Princess bug. She is not terribly interested in anything else girly, but she is obsessed with Disney princesses. Craigslist provided a princess toddler bed and grammas have supplied dolls and other princess accessories. The library gives us our movie and book princess fix. Libby and I even have a game called "princess questions" where I ask her trivia about Belle, Cinderella, Mulan, etc. The only way I could convince her to potty train was to promise a Tangled barbie. (Whose hair now looks like a trashy avante garde runway model)
So who's your favorite princess?

Caught on ESPN

Eric caught on ESPN at the BYU v Tulsa game with his buddies.