A lesson on Memorial Day

  Adam and I learned a great lesson on Memorial Day. It didn't have to do with those that serve this country, although we are very greatful to them. It had to do with the LDS Pioneers. Adam's brother invited us to go camping with them and we took them up on it. They bought a camper and wanted to try it out and we would sleep in our tent. However, even though Vernal is warming up, the mountains just above us are not!
  The wind was blowing so hard our tent was 5 feet away from where we first laid it out. Then Cheznie was afraid of it because the wind was blowing so hard it was loud and blowing all over. It was too cold to just sit outside so we either sat in the loud tent, the camper, or snuggled by the fire. We should have taken that as a clue and just went home for the night. But instead I got the baby snuggled in warm clothes and thought as soon as we get into the tent and snuggle down for the night it will be fine. I wasn't worried about Chez being too cold because of her layers but we were freezing. After hours of dozing for a few minutes at a time and rearranging blankets a few times. Cheznie woke up because she was uncomfortable (because of all the layers on her she couldn't move) around 2 a.m. and we decided to just head home and come back later in the morning for our stuff. When we got in the truck it said it was 30 degrees.
  Now for the lesson: the pioneers did not have the luxury of just jumping into a truck with heaters and driving to somewhere with nice warm beds. I had never thought of the pioneers sleeping before in the wind and the cold. They were probably much more exhausted than us from working and walking all day long but still it is soooo hard to sleep in the cold. And then how hard would it be to get up with a bad nights sleep and then have to keep going. My thoughts were always how hard it would be to have to keep walking and with standing the cold. But to me I think now the bitter cold nights would have been so much worse, than to have to keep going on.

Now on a lighter note here are a few pics of Cheznie's first camping trip

 Lots of layers for the cold mountain weather

Adam size fire

Riding the 4wheeler (it was a bit jerky at first so she was a little scared)

Every time we sat down to eat Chez freaked out turns out we are getting more teeth

Flaming Gorge

Funny Brothers

At a look out point, such pretty scenery the other side is all brown and there is a mine

This is not camping obviously but Cheznie has a new dance move and it makes us laugh, not really sure where she got it from. Wait till the end to see it.

  About a month ago Adam went to the dentist in Moab. It was a 5 hour cleaning, fillings, 2 root canals...  That day he was pretty out of it and tired. But the next day this is what he did.

It didn't keep him down too long. We went to sand dune arch and played in the sand. it was a lot of fun and it was nice to get out for a while. It was fun to have Jacob and Nikki's family with us. The boys had fun playing in the sand while Cheznie had fun eating it.



Here are some more pictures of the fun things we have been doing and Cheznie's favorite things.

We had a BBQ with Al and Anna Marie and Jared and Christy's family. Cheznie does love her food.

While swinging Cheznie just laughs and laughs

 She likes to stand on the bathroom counter and look in the mirror

 She loves books, preferably when she is holding them of course

 And just like her mother she loves Ice Cream

These pictures I took after she ate last night. I set her on the table to brush off the food that is always all over her and this is what happened...

mmm... good to the last bite

Update

A lot is happening here. I have been trying to watch some kids for extra money, but the parents of the kids I was watching just stopped coming. So it has been a little hard financially and after handing out flyers, putting it in the paper and word of mouth...I have someone to watch again and a little extra income. BJ Shupe Bigler called me a couple of weeks ago and I am watching her daughter Paisley now. Yeah! Cheznie loves having someone to play with.

Adam is officially hired on! He was on as a temporary basis through another company but last month it became official and we got a much needed raise and pretty good benefits. He still really likes the work he is doing but it is a lot of hours.

Cheznie is crawling everywhere now. After a weekend at Nathan's she would get on all fours and inch herself along. After about a week of this she got braver and would move an arm or a leg out farther. Now she gets pretty much were ever she wants except the stairs. She can pull herself up and with Paisley around I don't think stairs will take her too long.

One more thing...it is warming up around here. Yeah! It wasn't too cold of a winter, I think the Lord blessed me for moving up here. But I am still excited about the sun all the same.

Now here are some pictures...

8 months old

Daddy and Cheznie having popsicles

(it was only about 55 degrees but we were enjoying the sun)

the piles of clothes from people for 6-9 months

Thanks Tonya and Amy and Stacey Cook

 This is what I woke up to one morning, she has always been good at getting out of her swaddled blankets but this is taking it to a whole new level, we call her Huedini Baby

Cute cow outfit from Aunt Tonya

Happy Valentines Day

 
 
 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years

This has taken a long time but here is what we did for Christmas. First off we drove to Salt Lake one night to see the lights on Temple Square and the next day we saw the Erekson's. I felt bad for Cheznie because it was cold, But the coat she is wearing was very warm and when we got her out of the stroller she was nice and toasty.

 

Christmas this year was lots of fun. I heard of a family who dresses up on Christmas Eve like a Jerusalem scene. So we did it this year unfortunately it just looks like the nativity this year, so we will see if we do this again. Also I made food like they would have back in Christ's time, such as: grapes, nuts, berries, and meat pies(they were kind of a joke). It was fun, and it is so nice my husband goes along with my crazy ideas.

We celebrated Christmas a few days early so we could do the things we wanted before heading to Moab. It was great and we had so much fun together.Cheznie was so cute and was happy with everything she got. Adam and I have kind of made a tradition of getting each other Kisses for Christmas, this year they were even the same kind.

We found a whole bunch of small Care Bears at DI and Cheznie thought they were great.

 Her big present was sort of like an exersaucer that she can walk around when she gets older. The problem is she is too small for it still and can hardly reach the toys, but i guess she will grow into it.

 When we got to Moab, Cheznie got passes around a lot.

Christmas morning we woke up and opened presents at Grandpa and Grandma Scow's and then went to church.

 After church on Sunday we went to my parents house and opened presents and then had a wonderful Christmas dinner.

Cheznie hardly slept the whole time we were in Moab. Until Nathan held her and she went right out. The next pic is after he set her down and went upstairs. We call her zombie baby.

 



Santa Pictures

 

 Santa is a cool dude. He gives candy and toys!

5 month pictures

My own winter wonderland - at least the snow here is pretty in my back yard, even if it is unwanted.

 She is getting so big she can sit up, but this only lasts a few seconds because she likes to rock herself.