This Month in Pictures

Trying to a avoid Blog-overload...a picture is worth 1,000 words--and we have a lot of pictures!!

Hands-On Museum is a children's museum where they can touch and explore everything!

We drove to Asheville, NC to go to "Sliding Rock" with the Lufkin's and Marler's, but they closed after some thunder. We drove to this waterfall to eat lunch and ended up swimming under it. It was a lot of fun and something hadn't planned to do! We still want to try to go to "Sliding Rock" but it is quite a drive if they close again!

When Mom came to visit, she had to spoil Little L at Chuck-E-Cheese(thanks Mom!) and Leighton loved it! She wanted to mash every button on every game!

Every Friday in Jonesborough, they close off the downtown area and bands play. The cute little stores stay open and it's just such a fun atmosphere for families. Jack and I love Jonesborough, it is so pretty and we go to "Music on the Square" when he's not working on Fridays.

Well, we're having a blast out here and loving Tennessee! Jack is really liking his job and learning a lot, while I'm really enjoying staying home with Leighton! She is such a blast and even when it's challenging, I'm so grateful to be her Mom! Leighton is still shy and cautious, but we have found that she has no fear when it comes to swimming! She loves it just like her parents do. She is such a smart girl and can identify all of the letters, their sounds, and the numbers. She loves to spell her name and count to 10 in Spanish and pick out the letters in every book we read (when I'm patient enough...haha), and is getting really pumped for 'Cars 2.' Jack and I feel so blessed that she is so healthy and happy, but she is growing up too fast!! I guess that's all we're up to right now, but I'll keep snapping pictures so we can keep everyone up to date! Hope everyone's having a great Summer!

I Will Always Love You, Dolly!

Erika Lindsay Maxfield

Let it be known that on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 10:32pm my husband Jack Maxfield promised to take me to the 26th annual Dolly Parade on May 6, 2011 in Pigeon Forge where you can find Dolly atop a stunning float as she makes her way down the Parkway. He thinks I'll forget... this insures that I won't!

February 16 at 12:33am · · ·

Remember that status? Well, my Jack is a man of his word! I love him for it! I've loved Dolly since I was a young country girl and it was such a fun way to start this new chapter in our lives!

Just a pretty view of the Tennessee mountains that day.

Go easy on us, we've had a long traveling!

Getting started!

The woman herself! DOLLY!

Families Can Be Together Forever

I'm so late at posting these, but here are our pictures we had done in front of the temple before we moved. We've obviously made it safely to Tennessee and Jack is loving his job. We love the new area and ward, and this area seems to cater to young families really well! I am excited to be back near my southern family, but we do miss everyone in Idaho! I'll post pictures of what we've been up to soon and try to be better at blogging now that I'm not working!

Little L does 'Over the Rainbow'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhC8msnshFs

Just wanted to share. She sure puts on a show for the camera!

My Momma said she's gonna sing opera with those faces she makes!

So here's what we've been up to lately!

My soon-to-be new sister Keri said that my blog is "begging" to be updated... and now that finals are over I don't have many excuses! So here is what's going on with us:

1. Jack and I both finished our Associate's Degrees. I am just glad it's over and finished the semester with all A's. Jack graduated in the top 10% of his class from the BYU-I Nursing Program and got all A's (again :] ) and we're so proud of him.

He will be finishing his Bachelor's online.

2. Jack got a job out in Johnson City, Tennessee! We will be heading East on April 30th (Leighton and I flying; Jack driving). We are so excited to be near our SC family, but we'll miss out ID and UT family very much! We are so excited for this new time in our life though!

3. Leighton is more active and pretty and smart every day! We just adore her and we're so happy for the blessing she is in our life! I am personally so ecstatic to be able to stay home with her :] She is learning things so quick and growing way too fast! Little L is also obsessed with Tangled right now...she loves Disney just like Mom and Dad. She's speaking in a lot of sentences now and loves counting to 20 and telling me all the letters and the sounds they each make. It's hard for Jack and I not to spoil her rotten, she's just so sweet! I can't wait for our SC family to see how much she's grown! (Last time we visited she wasn't even walking!)

Well, I think that's it for me, Jack, and Leighton... but here are some pictures to get you by until I post after Easter (let's not kid ourselves by thinking I will before then... but we are excited to see what the Easter bunny brings :] )

Leighton and her cousin Annabelle watching Tangled..in the wagon, of course! These girls are hilarious together! I had a fun time getting to watch them (and McKinley) and 'play Rapunzel!'

Leighton reading her favorite Toy Story book. She likes to point to each character and tell us who they are. My favorites to hear her say are: "Mr. Pricklepants" and "Stretch"

This is Leighton spinning in Grandpa's office chair. She gets really excited to visit him at work!

While the picture suggests otherwise, Leighton loves eating pickles! She eats the skin and all!

Funny Girls!

Leighton and her best buddy Paige were so funny last night and this morning! Paige is really adventurous and Leighton talks nonstop, so Leighton just thinks everything Paige does is hilarious!! I had to snap some pictures of them this morning.. they were cracking me up!! We are going to miss Paige, Melanie, and Jake (her mom and dad) a ton when we move, we always have a blast with them!

Fun in the Snow!

Today we decided to suit up and play in the snow! Addison came over and it was a lot of fun! We stay pretty busy, but today we realized Leighton had never really gotten to play in the snow outside and she loved it!

I love having Saturday afternoon off with my family and having Addison here!