the talent show & a tommy update, among other funny things...

last night was our ward talent show. earlier in the week, cory & i had been running down our schedule and i mentioned the talent show. elise goes, "what am i doing in the talent show?" actually, it had never occured to me to ask her if she wanted to do anything...i had (mistakenly) assumed that she wouldn't want to get up in front of everyone & perform. but she was definitely interested & so she and her cousin emmy got together & decided to sing "i love to see the temple". they even planned matching outfits. we were pretty sure the girls would get up in front of everyone & just stand there looking cute, but they surprised us. they sang & did a great job! the cutest part might have been the rush they got afterward from the thrill of the performance & the sound of the applause. you would have thought they were the rolling stones or something the way they were so proud of themselves. and deservedly so...they were great!

in other news of the night, elise's crush with tommy is progressing. with a little help & encouragement from her cousin, the girls sat with and talked to tommy most of the night. elise even ended up with two pictures he colored for her while she sat & talked to him. i think she's more "in love" than ever. this morning she told us, "i told tommy what my name was because i didn't want him to forget it. he said he liked it. he told me it was a lovely name." it was too funny. cory's not too thrilled about...freaked out is more like it. it was just so funny and sweet and endearing and cute to watch. elise, while sitting beside him, kept looking back at me and grinning from ear to ear and smiling and giving me the "thumbs up" sign. and it was cute to see emmy's nudging and encouragement. i have to admit, though, the crush has taken a life of its own all of a sudden!

in a more mischevious side of elise, we went to eat at applebee's before the talent show. on the way out to the car after the meal, elise tripped and scratched her knee a little bit. (just a scrape..no blood) soon after cranking the car, ian began making a racket--hollering & screaming just for the fun of it. then ian got upset & starts saying, "see see hit me". so i asked elise, "did you hit ian?" she said, "yes, but i had to. he was screaming too loud and it hurt my owie!" somehow, she didn't understand why we didn't believe that his loud voice had hurt her knee!