Little Vacation

We went to Logan, Utah, this last weekend for a Friend Reunion. We got together with 5 of Kory's friends from High School and their families. We had a great time. It was a short vacation in preps for the big one in August.

We stayed at the Hampton Inn (which was expensive enough to only do once a year) but really enjoyed its comfy beds and breakfast in the morning.

We left Boise at 6 a.m. and drove to Logan to get there in time for Lunch with the Friends. We let the kids play at the park and then we all went to a small zoo just off the park featuring many birds and other animals you would find in Utah.

McKay playing soccer with one of his new found friends at the picnic.

That night we had one of our friend's relatives babysit most of the kids and we adults went out and ate at a fancy restaurant (another once a year places) called the Coppermill in Logan. We ate good food and said our goodbyes till the next 5-10 years when we will most likely get together again.

On Sunday driving home, we thought we would drive and see the waterfalls in Twin Falls, Idaho and search for the Temple newly being built. We enjoyed the waterfalls but unfortunately could not find the Temple.

Pioneer Celebration

We went to our Ward's playgroup last week at the church and made fruit loop neclaces and played ball in the gym.

Some of the ladies who came to playgroup.

McKay and his friend Tyler showing off their neclaces.

Here we are at the pioneer celebration our Stake had last Saturday. We went to a pancake breakfast and then they had a primary children's parade. This was the closest pioneer outfit we could come up with at short notice.

Here is McKay riding his bike in the parade. We were the last ones in line.

The group of children in the parade, we are at the end.

You can see my tummy starting to stick our a bit.

After the parade, we went into the church and they had prepardness safety booths were each ward participated. We learned about food storage, 72-hour kits, water filters, and first aid kits. Our ward did a child safety booth where the police came and took pictures of each child and had them fingerprinted in case they become stollen. It was really neat.

That night, the Stake put on a musical fireside about the pioneers. I sang in the choir and played my flute as a solo of "Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" and a duet with a cello "Come follow Me." At least I am keeping my flute playing up.

Fourth of July Weekend

We went over the Jared and Michelle's for the 4th of July for a BBQ and swimming. However, a big thunderstorm came through and knocked the power out. It delayed dinner a bit in by the time we were half way cooking the power came back on. We had a great meal but had to wait more to go swimming because of the rain and wind. Finally around 8 or 9 p.m. it was clear enough to go out. It was great because even though it was a bit chilly with the wind and no sun, we were able to watch fireworks in the air all around us while we were swimming.

Playing Phase 10 waiting for the power to come on and the rain to stop.

McKay loves jumping on the trampoline at Chase's house.

Cleaning the pool.

We bought McKay some floating outfit and arm floaties so he could be in the water a little bit better and stay warmer.

Chase enjoying everything from the safe steps.

McKay got so good with floating he was going all over the pool by himself.

Playing volleyball. Because of the deep end, Kory and Jared had to sit on floaties in order to play and hit the ball.

Playing volleyball with Shamo.

McKay's Birthday

McKay is now 3 years old. We celebrated his birthday by going out to dinner at the Cracker Barrel.

We then went to McKay's first movie theatre experience: Cars. He sat through it really well until all the fast driving was over then he got bored. He sat through the end again well during the last racing scene. Overall he did really well and I think he liked the movie.

McKay loved opening presents. We were lucky this year. Jared and Michelle gave us a bunch of Chase's old toys and we decided to save them and hide them away and give them to him for his birthday.

McKay really loves all his new toys. He plays with them all all day long including the ones he got from the two Grandmas and some we bought him and had them scattered around the house until I could not take it anymore and we found a proper place for them in his room.

After opening presents, we had ice cream. I was exhausted.

Here we are at playgroup. We had it at one of the lady's home in our ward who had a big back yard and lots of toys.

McKay loved the slip and slide once he saw all the older boys do it. He had his own way of just running through the water and landing in the pool at the end.

Playing with friends last Saturday in his room.

Zoo and Father's Day

The playgroup today went to the Zoo. It was half price so very crowded but still fun. McKay liked looking at the animals but only for a few seconds and then was ready to move on. He was more intrigued with the waterfalls he saw in a lot of cages than the animals. He could look at a waterfall all day.

They had a butterfly exhibit which was really neat to have very pretty butterflies fly all around you and land on you. McKay was a little apprehensive of them. We were about half way through and one landed on his back. I hurry and tried to take a picture but the camera fell out of my hands and bonked McKay on the head. He thought it was the butterfly that hit his head. Neadless to say, he cried and did not want to have anything to do with the butterflies and wanted out of there. It was too bad.

Sitting on a camel

Sitting on a Kemodo Dragon (fake even though it looks real)

Sitting on a tiger

Red panda in the background.

It took me months but I finally made some jam. It is very easy to make but with my sickness I was not up to doing it. Hopefully it will last us for awhile.

McKay's new thing is everytime we go somewhere and come back home, he has to sit in the car's driver seat and pretend he is driving. We will often go to Chase's house in his pretend expidition, we say Hi and Bye to Chase and then drive home. Takes less than a minute but he has to do every time.

Kory is eating his crepes desert for Father's Day. Kory also bought his own gifts this year: A hitch for the SUV (he put in himself saving money) and a shop vac.

Looks Good

Nothing has been happening much here. My sickness is pretty much under control finally. I have been taking vitamin B6 plus Unisom (sleeping pills) to fight the nausea (this is recommended by all OB/GYN doctors now). It has worked really well, just makes me extra tired. Our nightly routine: We read the scriptures as McKay's bedtime story. He does really well. We have a picture book that outlines the Book of Mormon.

We have this ugly outcove outside our front door. We decided to dress it up a bit and buy some things to make it look better and that we can enjoy. We bought this really nice bench from Home Depot.

We also bought this water fountain (pretty inexpensive) from Home Depot. (Yes, I have some of the Adams' still left in me, I really like fountains). We spend all of last Saturday looking for these items. Our next thing is to get some plants to put around it.

McKays lego man.

Sick and Behind

I have been slacking off on our blog again. I have been very sick with this pregnancy and have been behind on many things. I was doing fine 5 weeks into it but then the sickness slowly crept up on me. The worst part is I am nauseous all day long, especially when I am hungry, which is almost always but I don't like to eat anything, and when I am working because I am moving my eyes all around the screen and it makes me sick. It is miserable and have been searching for things to help. So far I have found peppermint sticks to help ease the nausea and trying to keep my stomach full all the time. If any of you ladies out there have any suggestions, PLEASE let me know what worked for you.

Gave McKay a haircut in the bathtub again and afterwards he played in our tub for an hour having fun with our detachable shower head and water coming out of it.

A picture of our playgroup that meets on Wednesdays. This was the last one that I planned and turned it over to someone else who has more time than me.

I mustered up some energy to put on a baby shower for a friend in the ward. Not many came but we still had a really fun time. We did it just in time too, the person I gave the shower for had her baby the next day.

Eating the food Kory and I made for it. I made Mom's Cherry Almond Cake which everyone at the baby shower loved and wanted the recipe. Mom's food is always a hit with everyone!

Kory brought the new TV back in one piece. It looks really good but it is actually quite a bit bigger than the old one so it takes a bit to get use to. Plus the cabinet Dad threw in is almost completely empty. We only have our VCR in it so far. I might store McKay's toys in it for the time being. We really like the TV. Thanks Mom and Dad.