Summer is over. Classes started today. Summer went by so fast. In honor of summer 2009 I am posting my faves and not-so-faves of this summer.
Not-so-faves:
1. summer school
2. brown recluse spiders
3. mold
4. getting backed into
5. annual doctor appointment
6. hot, hot, hot weather
7. not being able to go to Justin and Nancy's wedding in Michigan
Faves:
1. Trip to St. George
2. Trip to Provo Cabin
3. Trip to Buffalo Cabin
4. Soapstone
5. Getting an A in Music Theory
6. Rainy days
7. funny baby moments
8. Trip to Wren's Cabin (went to the Road Island Diner! yay!)
9. Star Trek
10. Harry Potter 6
11. Night at The Museum 2
12. Missionaries coming home
13. Almost getting to see Mamma Mia for the first time with Courtney and Paige and Steven at Evergreen Park... then it rained... and then I got sick. What a party pooper I was.
14. Buying 6 mirrors at Tai Pan for only $12 all together. awesome.
15. sleeping in
I could go on and on... there were too many wonderful moments to count.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
infant caregiver chronicles.
This is how a typical day at work goes:
Baby 1 is hungry. I give Baby 1 a bottle. While I feed baby 1, baby 4 is in the high chair eating her pears. Half of the pears have ended up on the floor by now. Baby 3 sees pears and starts crawling over to them to get them. All I can do is stand in baby 3's way so she doesn't get the floor-germ-covered pears while I am still feeding baby 1. Then, baby 2 starts screaming because baby 2 is getting hungry. I wander over to him while still feeding baby 1 and make funny faces at him to make him laugh and hopefully keep him happy until it's his turn... while baby 3 is still trying to get to the pears. I take turns alternating between baby 2 and 3 until baby 1 is finished. baby 1 needs a diaper change as well so after I burp her, I go to change her diaper. baby 2 is freaking out now because he's starving. I put baby 1 in the swing and then I bleach the diaper table and wash my hands. then...
I put baby 3 in the walker so she can't get any pears. then I finally feed baby 2. he is a bit distracted because baby 4 is getting fussy and wants to get out of the high chair. I give baby 4 her sippy cup and she gives a big (and a adorable) smile and is happy for a few more minutes. baby 2 finishes his bottle and then I put him on the floor again and he rolls around and is happy for a bit. I get baby 4 out of the high chair and wash her off, then clean up the pears and such until baby 1 decides she doesn't want to be in the swing anymore and wants to be held. I hold baby 1 for a minute until she calms down and then put her back in the swing, which is silly because then her mom shows up. talk to her mom for a few minutes ( I rather enjoy chatting with the moms. they are fun people) and then she takes off.
3 babies now. I change a few more diapers then give baby 3 a bottle. she holds her own bottle so she's good for a bit. in fact, she REALLY enjoys taking her bottle on her own. baby 2's dad has come so he gets to go home. 2 babies now. but... oh dear. 2 toddlers have just arrived for me to watch during the last hour. 2 babies and 2 toddlers. wow.
baby 4 wants a bottle now so while I feed her, toddler 1 and toddler 2 are ripping pretty much everything off the shelves. sometimes they are really cute and funny about and other times....not so much. baby 4 wants to join in the fun so she gets down and plays too. i have to keep telling the toddlers not to climb on the baby bouncer and not under the walker. meanwhile... baby 3 is done with her bottle so now it's time to give her some baby food. after that it's time to change the toddler's diapers. then toddler 1 goes home. and baby 4 goes home.
then baby 3 starts to get sleepy so I turn out the lights and turn on some lullaby music to rock her too then toddler 2 wants to get in a rocking chair too so she scrambles on top of the other one while I nearly have a heart attack because it looks like she is about to KNOCK it over. but then her mom arrives so everything is all good.
baby 3 falls asleep until her mom gets here. then I clean and leave.
it's a pretty crazy 3 hours, but I'm learning a lot and those babies put a smile on my face and I'm always so sad to see them grow up and move to the toddler room.
Baby 1 is hungry. I give Baby 1 a bottle. While I feed baby 1, baby 4 is in the high chair eating her pears. Half of the pears have ended up on the floor by now. Baby 3 sees pears and starts crawling over to them to get them. All I can do is stand in baby 3's way so she doesn't get the floor-germ-covered pears while I am still feeding baby 1. Then, baby 2 starts screaming because baby 2 is getting hungry. I wander over to him while still feeding baby 1 and make funny faces at him to make him laugh and hopefully keep him happy until it's his turn... while baby 3 is still trying to get to the pears. I take turns alternating between baby 2 and 3 until baby 1 is finished. baby 1 needs a diaper change as well so after I burp her, I go to change her diaper. baby 2 is freaking out now because he's starving. I put baby 1 in the swing and then I bleach the diaper table and wash my hands. then...
I put baby 3 in the walker so she can't get any pears. then I finally feed baby 2. he is a bit distracted because baby 4 is getting fussy and wants to get out of the high chair. I give baby 4 her sippy cup and she gives a big (and a adorable) smile and is happy for a few more minutes. baby 2 finishes his bottle and then I put him on the floor again and he rolls around and is happy for a bit. I get baby 4 out of the high chair and wash her off, then clean up the pears and such until baby 1 decides she doesn't want to be in the swing anymore and wants to be held. I hold baby 1 for a minute until she calms down and then put her back in the swing, which is silly because then her mom shows up. talk to her mom for a few minutes ( I rather enjoy chatting with the moms. they are fun people) and then she takes off.
3 babies now. I change a few more diapers then give baby 3 a bottle. she holds her own bottle so she's good for a bit. in fact, she REALLY enjoys taking her bottle on her own. baby 2's dad has come so he gets to go home. 2 babies now. but... oh dear. 2 toddlers have just arrived for me to watch during the last hour. 2 babies and 2 toddlers. wow.
baby 4 wants a bottle now so while I feed her, toddler 1 and toddler 2 are ripping pretty much everything off the shelves. sometimes they are really cute and funny about and other times....not so much. baby 4 wants to join in the fun so she gets down and plays too. i have to keep telling the toddlers not to climb on the baby bouncer and not under the walker. meanwhile... baby 3 is done with her bottle so now it's time to give her some baby food. after that it's time to change the toddler's diapers. then toddler 1 goes home. and baby 4 goes home.
then baby 3 starts to get sleepy so I turn out the lights and turn on some lullaby music to rock her too then toddler 2 wants to get in a rocking chair too so she scrambles on top of the other one while I nearly have a heart attack because it looks like she is about to KNOCK it over. but then her mom arrives so everything is all good.
baby 3 falls asleep until her mom gets here. then I clean and leave.
it's a pretty crazy 3 hours, but I'm learning a lot and those babies put a smile on my face and I'm always so sad to see them grow up and move to the toddler room.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Egg Nog
We went up to my Grandpa's cabin in Island Park for a few days this week. We had a delightful time. These pictures show the best parts of the trip.
Tubby's Bakery in West Yellowstone. Don't you just want to take Tubby home with you?
And finding these napkins in Jackson Hole. Great for a family Christmas Party.
Tubby's Bakery in West Yellowstone. Don't you just want to take Tubby home with you?
And finding these napkins in Jackson Hole. Great for a family Christmas Party.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
La Caille!!! and...the activities committee
Today we went to La Caille for the first time (my first time at least) for my cousin Daniel's wedding. I have to admit... it was a long experience...but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I heard some bad things about La Caille, like that the food was over priced and it wasn't that good. I went with low expectations for the food and I was pleasantly surprised, I thought it was yummmo. First we had the ceremony, then we had hor d'ouvres and such while Daniel and his new wife Mariah took pictures (or so we thought... Steven and my dad caught them having a bit of alone time....). They had coconut shrimp and these sticks with mozzarella cheese and tomatoes on them. Delish. After waiting quite a while we had dinner. I took pictures of the food because when you go to La Caille, that is the most important part. We had some delicious salad (what kind? who knows.). It had blackberries and blue cheese in it! yum. Then the main course was steak and chicken (the chicken looked almost like a pancake.) and there was a BIG dessert buffet with creme brulee, cream puffs, tuxedo strawberries, mini tarts, and other delightful good things! And the cake (which was not done by my mother) had a peacock on it. Pretty impressive I must say. I think my mom is glad she didn't have to do that.
Ted with his suave new hair-do.
hor'douvres time
I enjoy coconut shrimp.
she's going on a mission.
I have three different glasses.
salad.
crazy cake.
awe......
Also... we just found out today that we will (eventually) be the new directors of the activities committee for our ward. We are on the committee already and apparently... something is happening to the current directors. Lucky us....!?
Ted with his suave new hair-do.
hor'douvres time
I enjoy coconut shrimp.
she's going on a mission.
I have three different glasses.
salad.
crazy cake.
awe......Also... we just found out today that we will (eventually) be the new directors of the activities committee for our ward. We are on the committee already and apparently... something is happening to the current directors. Lucky us....!?
Saturday, August 1, 2009
What if....
you went to your Grandpa's cabin last Saturday?
what if....
you went to your Grandpa's cabin in your in-law's Dodge Durango?
what if....
just a few minutes before you want to leave the cabin, you found out that the in-law's Durango has a flat tire?
what if....
the flat tire wouldn't come off the in-laws Durango?
what if....
you FINALLY got the tire off 2 hours later after hammering the wheel for a while?
what if...
you decide to go home shortly after that?
what if...
shortly after you left to go home in the in-laws Durango a HUGE camper-trailer thing STOPS in the middle of the road?
what if....
the camper-trailer thing started BACKING UP in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD?? And there was another car behind you so you couldn't move out of the way??
what if....
after honking for a few seconds the camper doesn't hear you and it HIT you??!!??
yes. this was our 24th of July weekend. this is why 75 year old men shouldn't drive huge campers.
and no worries. the durango is still alive (and so are we). Just a few thousand dollars worth of damage to the front that the old man's insurance will cover. :)
what if....
you went to your Grandpa's cabin in your in-law's Dodge Durango?
what if....
just a few minutes before you want to leave the cabin, you found out that the in-law's Durango has a flat tire?
what if....
the flat tire wouldn't come off the in-laws Durango?
what if....
you FINALLY got the tire off 2 hours later after hammering the wheel for a while?
what if...
you decide to go home shortly after that?
what if...
shortly after you left to go home in the in-laws Durango a HUGE camper-trailer thing STOPS in the middle of the road?
what if....
the camper-trailer thing started BACKING UP in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD?? And there was another car behind you so you couldn't move out of the way??
what if....
after honking for a few seconds the camper doesn't hear you and it HIT you??!!??
yes. this was our 24th of July weekend. this is why 75 year old men shouldn't drive huge campers.
and no worries. the durango is still alive (and so are we). Just a few thousand dollars worth of damage to the front that the old man's insurance will cover. :)
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