Busy Summer

This has been a very busy summer so far.  We are trying to buy a house a little closer to Adam’s work. But the place is smaller than where we are now so we had to get rid of some stuff and so we had a yard sale. Then it was our wedding anniversary. We decided to not spend much on it so we just walked through some of the shops around Vernal and then went out to eat. I can’t believe it has been 3 years already and I just keep loving this man more.

Then we went camping. We were supposed to go the weekend of our anniversary but it didn’t work out so we decided to go the next weekend. So for the 4^{th of} July we decided to go camping in Yellowstone. It didn’t turn out to be much of a camping trip though. We were a little late planning it, because of the week before, so as we looked things up it showed everything was full. So we decided to stay in a hotel but even that was a long ways away because even after you left the park you still had to drive slowly because it was still a national forest. But we were glad for the hotel when it started raining the first day and continued to do so on and off the whole time we were there. Anytime we tried to have a picnic it would start raining or even hail! It was a lot of fun though, we really enjoyed seeing all the natural wonders and beautiful scenery and the wildlife. Some of the stuff there seemed like we were on an alien planet. The geysers, mud pots, steam vents and such are so amazing and because of all the minerals so colorful. We even saw a grizzly and her cub about 15 yards from the road. We also seemed to find the windiest road in Wyoming, maybe even America, it was crazy. But a great little vacation in all.

 The water was so clear in some places

 A mother bear and her cub

 Old Faithful

Then it was Cheznie’s birthday. I can’t believe my baby is already 2. She is such a smarty. She will repeat almost anything we say so we have to be careful with some of the things we say. She loves books, music, coloring, dolls, movies, and animals, especially her stuffed ones. She even loves animals more than people, that is pretty much the only way to win her over. She is such a little spitfire. It is her way or the highway; she is a true 2 year old. She is happy one minute and throwing a tantrum the next. She has extreme stranger anxiety – while camping we were at the bathrooms and a guy walked out and as he passed said hi to us. Cheznie freaked out. She doesn’t like people to look at her or touch her. But she has never liked to be messed with; she will now let me put lotion on her most of the time. But hates being washed at bath time or getting her hair done. She is such a sweetheart too. Whenever Adam or I sneeze or cough she asks “are you ok?” Most of the time she shares well and says thank you quite often.



2 Year Pictures

 

And we are done with pictures

Spoiled baby!

We forgot to sing before cutting the cake! Adam didn't want to just put 2 candles on so it is in the shape of a 2.

She doesn't usually write on the walls and knows it is wrong. That's what the look on her face is for. Luckily for the walls it was dry erase marker but not for the clothes or the playpen. If anyone knows how to get that out let me know.

She still likes her alone time and this is where I found her one day so she could get away from one of the kids I watch.

Then we had Adam’s family reunion (at Miller Flats, near Nathan’s house) and that was a mess. Chez was so sick the first day we had to head over to Nathan’s house to do laundry and get some medicine. The next day there was an accident and we ended up sending two people to the hospital and the rest of us pretty much just sat around. Then the last day Adam and I were sick the whole way home! And we seem to have spread it around plenty.

This weekend my dad arranged for us to go to the Clarkston Pageant, up by Logan. So Friday Adam got off work early and we headed up there. We spent the night hung out for the morning and headed home. It was fun to see family even though it was such a short trip.

Now I think we are here for a little while, at least I hope so! Because in 2 weeks we are moving and I need to get some things done!

Now if you have lasted this long you can stop reading if you don’t want to read my ranting. WHY IS EVERYTHING DONE ON THE INTERNET! So last October we cancelled our internet because it was getting too expensive. Then to top things off my little car died a few months ago and we had to get rid of it. So I can’t just drive to the library to use the internet. We are trying to buy a house and the realtor and loan officer keep emailing me things instead of calling to tell me something, this is especially bad when it is something that needs to get done ASAP. I have told them we don’t have internet here, but they still do it. One of the particularly bad ones was when they had someone else email me about something getting done and I had no idea what it was and would have deleted it. I would not have made it in time had they not warned me 2 days later that it would expire that day. This is just one example but it was a pretty big deal for me. We should be moving here in the next few weeks and then I am most certainly getting the internet again.