I blame Val

A few weeks ago we went to our cabin because a couple of my mom's sisters came to visit. Cheznie is a very picky eater. My aunt Val and her kids showed her this was how to eat peanut butter. Now this is how my daughter snacks.

 

Isn't she so cute. We love you Val, hope to see you again soon so you can teach my daughter more fun stuff.

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.

Someone new is coming continued

We are having a boy! Yeah! Except he is going to have to get really use to wearing pink because that is all we have. So if anyone has any boy stuff they want to get rid of we would be most grateful. Adam and I did go to some yard sales the other day and found a few cute things. We were kind of the late comers and so one lady was done and just gave us everything for free. So that was pretty awesome.

For Memorial Day we decided to go to the cabin. There were a few snow drifts as you got close to the cabin but nothing really bad. UNTIL you got to the road down to the cabin. I was driving Braden's expedition and he has now learned that I should not be behind the wheel of that thing. Sorry Braden! I also learned that I don’t spend enough time at the cabin. We had to turn on the propane and I knew how to do that but I didn’t realize you have to wait about 10 minutes before you can turn anything on because the gas takes a while to move through the pipes. Also we had no water because I didn’t know how to turn it on. But we think the real problem was that it was still frozen. Never the less we enjoyed being at the cabin and on the mountain. It is really hard to get there being so far away and Adam working so much.

Now a funny story! My siblings started a tie for my dad for Father's day that you color on and iron to set the color. Well I was the last to receive it and I think that was not a good idea. I received it on Thursday and was trying to still get it there for Father's day on Sunday. So Cheznie and I opened it and drew on it and ironed it. The ironing is where it all went wrong! I had it between 2 sheets of paper like it said but when I was done it looked awful. There was a stain on it somehow and I know it was not there before because it was where we had drawn and other colors had disappeared. So I had to wash and dry it carefully and quickly, recolor it (fixing up others marks, SORRY to those others), and again iron it. In the end it looked ok but then had to still get it to the post office. So I packed up the three children here and we went and mailed the package, making sure it would get there by Father's Day. The next morning my loving father called and said...HE WAS COMING HERE!



This is what he brought though!

   

 Isn't it beautiful! And the bedspread was made by my Mom. Thanks again Dad!

 

Now some random fun pictures.

Potty Time

Helping Mommy

Someone New is Coming

I know it has been a really long time, but we have some exciting news. We have are having a new baby in October. October 22nd to be exact, right in the middle of birthday week. When we told Cheznie there was a baby in my tummy she tried to feed it with one of her baby bottles, it was so cute. We are so happy, after last fall we need some good things happening in our lifes.

Now here are some cute random pictures of our peanut.

 21 months

 Her favorite spot

 Keeping tradition alive, baseball with easter eggs

New Friend

This is the new little guy at our house. The first day was a little tough and I was frazzled having 5 children at my house. But I am getting used to it and he really does just sleep most of the day. He is good therapy for me, especially after this fall with all its ups and downs. He is a great listener.

Cheznie likes him too, except when I am holding him. Hopefully this will prepare her for when we get to have a new one of our own.

Thanks BJ for letting us share your little man!

Here is a picture of Cheznie decorating our 3 foot tree. She is so cute and so smart!

Helping Mom clean the mirror

Getting a Christmas tree

Cheznie loves her Elephant towel

Celebrating a year of Cheznie

My baby is a year old now. I can’t believe it. We love her so much and are so glad she came to be part of our family. She is so fun and such a happy baby. Some of her favorites are music and dancing, books, balls, water and rocking. She likes to sit against something and rock into it like a person, a wall, or pretty much anything. She is getting really good at imitating us and loves to be where ever the action is. She can say Dad, Mom and Ball, and will try to imitate other words we say. She is a great eater and will eat almost anything and everything we put on her tray. She is not daring enough to walk yet but has taken a few steps here and there and loves climbing up and down things.

 brand new    1 month (sorry about the sideways)

   2 months

   3 months

   4 months

   5 months

   6 months

   7 months

   8 months

   9 months

   10 months

   11 months

12 months

Cheznie kind of had 4 birthday parties. We had some friends over for cake the Sunday before her birthday. Then she opened the presents we gave her the morning before because we were heading camping with Adams family. Then we had cupcakes on her birthday with the Scows. Then we had more cupcakes and opened presents with some of my family before heading back to Vernal.

Dad blew out her candle

                                            the cake I decorated, Adam did the little one

sitting with dad and her favorite present