Last Friday our neighborhood hosted a little Olympics for the kids. We had a great group ranging from a few months to 7 years old. The day started with a parade around the complex and then we split the kids into two groups by age to do a series of events. There were races, an…
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Date Night: Calvin and Hobbs Marathon
When Andrew and I were dating we made a huge list of things we wanted to do together. The original paper copy, which eventually morphed into a google doc, is hanging framed in our bedroom. There are a few ideas that we never got to, including a Calvin and Hobbs marathon. The original plan was…
Travel Log Part 4
Thank you Jenny, Mike, Kimby, and Andrew for donating pictures to this log! Thursday, June 30. Andrew flew home from New Orleans on Thursday morning and his parents picked him up from the airport and brought him down to Provo. Mike and Andrew helped with the final round of packing and then we drove down…
Travel Log Part 3
Sunday, June 19. Fathers Day. We got ready and walked to 9am church. Emily fell and bloodied her knee and elbow and Andrew got some blood on his shirt. Nathan spit up a little bit on the walk and then when we sat down he covered Andrew and himself. I stayed with Emily all of…
Travel Log Part 2
Sunday, June 12: Church. After Nathan took a quick nap we went to visit with Andrew’s family who came down to Orem. We surprised Mindy who didn’t know we were coming. Emily and Ariana played really well together, mostly because of Aunt Kimby. She spun Emily around and helped her get drinks of water. Emily…
Travel Log Part 1
Sunday June 5: Master list is prepped with packing and to-dos to complete before our month long trek. The plan is cleaning and car maintenance on Monday, packing on Tuesday, and food prep on Wednesday. Andrew is sewing a nice hanging case for the kindle so Emily can watch movies. He looks good behind a…
Nine Months Old
Dear Nathan, Nine months old! You have switched from army crawling to hands and knees crawling and methodically work your way around the house. You are getting faster very quickly. We had our first top of the stairs scare which had Dad charging from the bottom and me from the top to prevent you from…
“Princess Ballerina of the World” with Fairy Wings
Emily is going through a pretty big princess phase right now. Usually pink princess, and more often than not a ballerina princess too. This last week she found a large rubber band that she puts on as her crown and exclaims, “I’m the princess ballerina of the world!” followed by asking me to dance with…
First Lesson in Earning, Saving, and Spending
Emily has talked about getting a bike for a long time. Christmas was too early and with her birthday not until October, we felt we had to come up with another option besides gift or freebie. When Amazon had a gold box deal last week for a balance bike, we jumped on it and quickly developed…
Three Minute Volcano
Yesterday while I was making a late morning snack to sustain us through errand running, Emily was on the verge of a meltdown and Nathan was yelling. One of my coping tactics to tantrums is to become rather silly and my “I love you’s” evolved into “lava yous” which brought up volcanos. Emily didn’t know…