The Cluff Family

Wearing 12-18 month clothing. Loves to look at herself in the mirror. Knows that seeing daddy means playtime and gets super excited. Sleeps 7pm-6am, 6am-7:30am.  Some days she will take two long naps or 3 short naps. Sleeps on her tummy. Will sing when others are singing. One time I took her into primary with me and she was singing the WHOLE time... (it was a little distracting for the kids). She is freakin cute. She is starting to get picky with food. Still teething... chewing on everything. Her favorite book is "That's not my bunny" and "pat the bunny." She likes feeling the different textures on the pages. She loves my dog, Tara. She giggles every time Tara moves or when she gets a chance to pat her (without poking her eyes out! yikes.. luckily Tara is really good with babies.  She is so smart and beautiful that I just feel so lucky to have her as my daughter. love you baby girl!

hope to get a new camera soon!! mine is not the best.

Sunday nights... oh how we all love them right?
Well for me, Sunday nights are quiet and peaceful. My little girl goes to bed at 7pm and my husband follows her and does the same. He has to wake up at 10pm and go to work all night so he has good reasons. Since I have had this "me time", I have been inspired to take on a new adventure in my life. Can anyone guess what it is? Those who see me on a day-to-day basis know what I am talking about but for those who don't... I am SEWING. I have turned into a crazy sewing person. I have found that THING to fill my empty moments and to satisfy my creativity. Since I am not dancing on a daily basis like I am so used to... I needed SOMETHING to get my creativity flowing. My mom gave me TONS of fabric and supplies to get me started. I plan to either give the things I make away as gifts or if I'm brave enough... sell items on etsy. We'll see. Wish me luck on my new... thing. :)
p.s. pictures to come of upcoming projects.

Sometimes  nothing beats a good old Friday night in with your hubby. Friday night the trio went to In-N-Out to grab some dinner and then came home to put the babe to sleep. Once she was asleep the night was ours. We are addicted to a new series, "Friday Night Lights," and decided to watch a couple epsidoes (when I say a couple I mean like four). We snuggled up on the couch and soaked up the few hours of alone time we had together.... very precious now a days. Tanner even surprised me and bought stuff to make pazookies! This was a favorite dessert while we were dating and it totally brought back so many fun memories. A Pazookie is a huge cookie baked and topped with vanilla ice cream and caramel (atleast our version). We ate it right off the baking pan... delish! The date was perfect and cost around 20 dollars. Not bad at all.

My dreams came true!!!! ok, not really... but I got to meet Derek Hough! He is the best male dancer on "dancing with the stars" and I'm a little obsessed with that show. Michelle and I went up to the Park City outlets because they were doing a drawing for a $1,000 shopping spree and Derek Hough was gonna be there. Well we didn't win the $1,000 dollars but we did get to see Derek.  He danced with 12 lucky winners (sadly we weren't one of them). Michelle and I acted like giddy little school girls when in reality the whole thing was a little ridiculous ;). It is just fun to be silly sometimes.  He was as short as we expected (about 5'8").  We were able to take a picture with him but the man who took the picture obviously does not know how to focus a picture... it's Derek Hough I promise! ;) After some shopping, we headed home... starstruck and all!

starting to roll...

almost there...

made it!

I am in love with her big blue eyes

She is babbling away in this picture. Mommy loves her stories.

Her hair is growing! fohawk style ;)

Every year since I can remember I have come to Loon Lake. It is almost like my year would be incomplete if I didn't make it back to the Adirondacks. This year I was able to come out for a whole 20 DAYS! :) Chloe experienced a few new firsts while being miles away from home and being away from Daddy. She can now sit completely on her own, and can roll from tummy to back and back to tummy. She loves doing kissy faces and started blowing raspberries. She also experienced swimming in Loon Lake which she surprisingly loved! She has definitely turned into her own little person and I love seeing her personality come out. It has been an amazing break from normal life especially since there was an on call babysitter (aka grandma) :). Hopefully Tanner and I can keep the tradition alive and make it out here every year because I love it!

Here is a montage of what happened:

Martha's soft serve, hot sunny lake days, Chestertown farmers market, fireworks, wake boarding, water skiing, tubing, kayaking, Katy Perry movie, pizza, more soft serve, monopoly, BBQ, baby cousins playing in the plastic swimming pool, fear of mice and spiders, late night McDonald's runs, thunderstorms, golfing (boys), pedi/mani (girls), campfire/smores, scary face puzzle, sunsets, hiking Stewart's Mountain, reading, boat rides, family basketball game, tennis, Hill Cumorah Pageant, Sacred Grove, Joseph Smith House, Palmyra church sites, Chill and Grill, Batman movie, dominoes, hearts, swimming, date night with hubby to outback and outlets,  killing 6 mice and a ton of spiders (yuck), camping feel, lots of french braiding and french toast, GREAT VACATION!

Those are not clouds in this picture but a huge fire close to where we live! This was the view out my car window while driving to the airport... luckily we still had a place to live when we got home! ;)

First time in Loon Lake! She LOVED it!

Beach Babe

Grandma and Chloe

Bradley liked eating the sand at the beach.

The Newlyweds :)

I wake boarded and skied but Tanner never got a chance to this year.

My attempt to get a picture of Tanner... smooth one.

The cabin was built in the 1920's so it is basically camping.

Front view of the cabin... about to fall apart!

My Uncle's brand new cabin next door... I snuck in some showers from this place a few times.

Tanner and I went tubing but I'm a wimp so below is the highest we got.

Peter Whitmer Farm

Top of Hill Cumorah

Joseph Smith's house

The family minus mom and babies

Joseph Smith's Farm

I loved the stained glass windows of the Palmyra Temple. They reminded me of the Sacred Grove.

My little girl is sitting all on her own

Grandpa and Chloe

I was SO grateful Tanner was with me on the flight home. Chloe slept a total of about an hour 1/2 the whole day! She was a little overtired by bedtime.  Glad that day is over. :)

A rainbow and rainstorm welcomed us home to Springville