This video file was too big to send through e-mail. Good thing I remembered about my (unused) blog. :) We miss our family so far away. Here's to Nana and Pa and many more wonderful years together! We love you!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Highlights
April:
4th & 5th - We enjoyed General Conference in our own home for the first time in a long time. We definitely missed family and the traditions we are used to (scones, girls night out, etc). We did make scones too, so we could carry on the tradition. Yum! I do have to admit, it was probably the most conference I have heard on TV in many conferences because Sophia napped during all the sessions and Scott watched or mostly entertained himself. David and I actually snuggled during most of it! Pretty nice if you ask me. :)
11th - David's brother and his family from Chicago visted that weekend. We took them on a grand tour of our town which included a visit to the famous SPAM Museum. This is where Scott first discovered how much fun spam could be. When we got to the grocery store a few days after our SPAM Museum visit, Scott asked for spam. When we found it he picked up a can and carried it all around the store for the rest of the shopping trip. I had wished I had a camera. It was PDC to see Scott walking around the grocery store holding his can of spam. Since then he is a regular spam lover. He enjoys it plain (yuck), fried (okay), grilled (not bad), and pretty much any way at all.
15th - Sold our home in Utah. What a blessing! Wahoo!! All on tax day too. Needless to say between selling our house, searching for a home, taxes, and all the normal stuff, April was a very busy and slightly stressful month.
21st - Sophia began clapping. She loves to clap when she has done something and especially when you say YAY!
26th - Sophie learned to crawl. She had been scooting here and there, but on the last Sunday of the month during Relief Society she started crawling! It really isn't easy to sit and be reverent when you want to clap and shout horray! for your baby girl who is learning something new. I had to settle for smiling BIG at my sweet girl until church was over.
30th - Made an offer on a beautiful home here in Minnesota, which was accepted the following day. The market is so good for buyers right now that we had so much to look at. There were so many homes that we could have been happy in, but every time we returned to this house, it just felt like home. We are on schedule to close on the 16th of June and will do some painting and then move in. We can't wait to really settle in! We are so blessed!
May:
4th - Scott started sounding out some words while we were reading a library book about trucks. He read the words: big, roll, and gas. Since then he has added look, honk, me, up and other words to his sight words. He loves trying to sound words out. In fact, when we did the grocery shopping that week and he picked up his can of spam, he sounded out the word maps from it. We are so amazed and proud of him. It is exciting to see him learn and love it.
9th - Sophia's first tooth came in (bottom, left). OUCH! It is still not completely up, just a little stub. Since then she has gained two more stubs up top. Here they come...the long line of teeth that take forever to come in and hurt like crazy. I don't get it, she'll just loose them in a couple of years anyways. Poor girl she is pretty sad about those teeth.
13th-19th - My Mom, Dad, and sister Alison came to visit! We LOVED it!! We played, relaxed, went to the nature center, got up to the Mall of America for some shopping and rides (Scott rode his first rollercoaster and absolutely loved it), had fun and just took it easy together. It was so great to have them here and so sad to see them leave. I loved having them see what the kids were doing. It is so different to be with them, than hearing about it. It was wonderful!!
22nd-25th - David's brother and his family from Chicago came for Memorial Day weekend. It was so much fun. We took the kids fishing and Sophia pulled up onto the tackle box and fell right over it. David's brother, Charlie, caught 3 fish and the rest of us just tried.
26th - David and I celebrated our 8th Wedding Anniversary!! David was home all day and we just relaxed at home as a family. Then that night our friends watched the kids while we ate dinner at The Old Mill overlooking the river. It was so nice to eat a meal free of feeding children and cleaning spills. :) We stayed there for two hours just enjoying the moment. Thanks to some other friends we also enjoyed a day together at the temple later in the week. Some of my most favorite things about David are his smile, wit, easy going personality (it balances me out), and how he plays with and cares for our children.
4th & 5th - We enjoyed General Conference in our own home for the first time in a long time. We definitely missed family and the traditions we are used to (scones, girls night out, etc). We did make scones too, so we could carry on the tradition. Yum! I do have to admit, it was probably the most conference I have heard on TV in many conferences because Sophia napped during all the sessions and Scott watched or mostly entertained himself. David and I actually snuggled during most of it! Pretty nice if you ask me. :)
11th - David's brother and his family from Chicago visted that weekend. We took them on a grand tour of our town which included a visit to the famous SPAM Museum. This is where Scott first discovered how much fun spam could be. When we got to the grocery store a few days after our SPAM Museum visit, Scott asked for spam. When we found it he picked up a can and carried it all around the store for the rest of the shopping trip. I had wished I had a camera. It was PDC to see Scott walking around the grocery store holding his can of spam. Since then he is a regular spam lover. He enjoys it plain (yuck), fried (okay), grilled (not bad), and pretty much any way at all.
15th - Sold our home in Utah. What a blessing! Wahoo!! All on tax day too. Needless to say between selling our house, searching for a home, taxes, and all the normal stuff, April was a very busy and slightly stressful month.
21st - Sophia began clapping. She loves to clap when she has done something and especially when you say YAY!
26th - Sophie learned to crawl. She had been scooting here and there, but on the last Sunday of the month during Relief Society she started crawling! It really isn't easy to sit and be reverent when you want to clap and shout horray! for your baby girl who is learning something new. I had to settle for smiling BIG at my sweet girl until church was over.
30th - Made an offer on a beautiful home here in Minnesota, which was accepted the following day. The market is so good for buyers right now that we had so much to look at. There were so many homes that we could have been happy in, but every time we returned to this house, it just felt like home. We are on schedule to close on the 16th of June and will do some painting and then move in. We can't wait to really settle in! We are so blessed!
May:
4th - Scott started sounding out some words while we were reading a library book about trucks. He read the words: big, roll, and gas. Since then he has added look, honk, me, up and other words to his sight words. He loves trying to sound words out. In fact, when we did the grocery shopping that week and he picked up his can of spam, he sounded out the word maps from it. We are so amazed and proud of him. It is exciting to see him learn and love it.
9th - Sophia's first tooth came in (bottom, left). OUCH! It is still not completely up, just a little stub. Since then she has gained two more stubs up top. Here they come...the long line of teeth that take forever to come in and hurt like crazy. I don't get it, she'll just loose them in a couple of years anyways. Poor girl she is pretty sad about those teeth.
13th-19th - My Mom, Dad, and sister Alison came to visit! We LOVED it!! We played, relaxed, went to the nature center, got up to the Mall of America for some shopping and rides (Scott rode his first rollercoaster and absolutely loved it), had fun and just took it easy together. It was so great to have them here and so sad to see them leave. I loved having them see what the kids were doing. It is so different to be with them, than hearing about it. It was wonderful!!
22nd-25th - David's brother and his family from Chicago came for Memorial Day weekend. It was so much fun. We took the kids fishing and Sophia pulled up onto the tackle box and fell right over it. David's brother, Charlie, caught 3 fish and the rest of us just tried.
26th - David and I celebrated our 8th Wedding Anniversary!! David was home all day and we just relaxed at home as a family. Then that night our friends watched the kids while we ate dinner at The Old Mill overlooking the river. It was so nice to eat a meal free of feeding children and cleaning spills. :) We stayed there for two hours just enjoying the moment. Thanks to some other friends we also enjoyed a day together at the temple later in the week. Some of my most favorite things about David are his smile, wit, easy going personality (it balances me out), and how he plays with and cares for our children.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Go, go, go
Sophia is moving a lot now. She rolls all over, scoots backwards, and pivots on her bum and tummy. She tries hard to move forward and can get her knees under her stomach, but hasn't been successful that way yet. It is sad to think that the small baby days are done. I wasn't really ready for them to be over. It's a whole different ball game once they become mobile, but definitely fun. She is so proud of herself when she gets to where she wants to be. My favorite part of all this is watching her face light up because she sees Scott then seeing her try to jump to him because she is so excited. She really gets a rocking or moving then. Here she is at dinner tonight with beans all over. She was trying to rock out of her chair and get to Scott who was on the other side of the table talking and making faces at her. She loves her brother! Scott is an amazing big brother. I love to watch their relationship.
April Fools Fun
This year was probably the first time I did anything successful for April Fools. If you read the previous post you'll know that I haven't been getting a lot of sleep lately which leads to me being an ornery, tired, easily dizzy, and fatigued person. In other words it sounds like when I'm pregnant. Let me just say now that I am NOT pregnant. However, because of my shift in mood, David encouraged me several times to take a pregnancy test just to make sure. So, by enlisting the help of friends I had a positive pregnancy test (done by my pregnant friend) delivered to David at work on April Fools. He called me from work and said, "If this is an April Fools joke, it's not funny." I was only able to play the part for a short time but I did have him thinking we were going to have an addition to the family. Especially because I had "proof." After I confessed that it was a joke I received a mild scolding from David and a lot of praise from his co-workers. I think David was even proud of me for scheming something like that. I love you David!
Making Progress
For those of you who don't know, sleep has been somewhat of a rarity at our house this past month and a half. Scott has really struggled at night, especially getting to sleep. He has been scared of voices, shadows, and who knows what. David and I have been taking turns laying with him until he falls asleep, as well as trying other things. Several times Scott has asked for a blessing before bed time because he was scared. It is also common to be woken in the night to Scott having a nightmare or dreaming. To top off our already sleep interrupted nights, Sophia had taken to waking more frequently too. Especially in the past couple of weeks. She had several nights where she woke up every 1-2 hours. I keep wondering if she is teething, but I haven't seen any evidence yet. Who knows...maybe it's a growth spurt. In any case, I have been exhausted and I'm sure my family would say cranky. However, there is hope on the horizon. The past 2 nights Scott has allowed us to leave the room before he fell asleep with the assurance we would be back in a few moments to check on him. Upon returning he has always been asleep. Granted, he has still woken during the night but waking once or twice with him is a lot easier than waking every 1-2 hours with Sophia. And getting up with him is not nearly so bad because Sophie has been sleeping for 12 hours straight the last two nights. WAHOO!! I'd say we're making some serious progress and it's about time. :)
Friday, March 6, 2009
Is this for real?
The weather has been warm enough here lately that we have spent the last few days out walking as much as we can. We have LOVED it! We are pretty much tromping through mud and puddles, but it is exciting to be out of the house and enjoying the outdoors. Scott loves pointing out everything!
The other day I decided take along our camera and capture a few shots of some signs throughout our town. Yes...this is for real. In fact, I was told that just last summer our city dealt with a major flood. Not as high, but pretty big. We'll see what this summer holds for us. Flooding is definitely something new to me. The biggest floods I ever dealt with have been overflowing toilets. I think I have a lot to learn. 
This sign is about 7 blocks east of our house.
This sign is about 20 blocks south of our home.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
"the love"
Recently our bishop challenged all of the primary children to pray each night before they go to bed. We have been doing this with Scott for a long time now, but usually with David or I praying. David will ask Scott every night to say a prayer, and almost every night Scott will say "No, you do it." and point to either David or I. On occassion he will say, "I will do it tomorrow" and then he does. We haven't pushed him to be the one praying, but since the Bishop asked all of the children too, with occassional reminders from us Scott has been praying regularly. Not only at bed time, but at meals too. It has been so sweet and rewarding to hear his prayers evolve. He usually thanks Heavenly Father for whatever we are doing at the moment (eating, going to bed, having friends over, etc) and then tells him what we are going to do right after the prayer. My favorite part which always included is when Scott says, "and thanks for the love." I'm not sure what love he is talking about...love from David and I...love from Heavenly Father....who knows? But what makes me so happy to hear it with each prayer is that I know he knows he is loved. What more can a mom ask for. :)
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