Sunday, June 26, 2011

Filler Post

Sorry for not posting lately, we have had our hands full. We have been doing stuff, but truthfully I haven't taken many pictures. Here are a few updates to fill in until I get some more pictures.
-We moved: we had the opportunity to move to a bigger place for a smaller price so we took it. It is in a different ward than we were in before which made us sad, but the new ward has been warm and welcoming.
-We moved: seriously guys, we hate moving and so it took us a while just because we could. We started bringing stuff over a few weeks ago (or more) and then a week ago did a big haul and that's when we started living here, but then we still had stuff at the old place that we finally got all cleared out yesterday.
-Nicholas is sick: :( as far as I can tell it's just a stomach bug because his only other symptoms are no appetite, extreme crankiness and high fevers. But this afternoon he sat on the couch and just cried inconsolably for about an hour and tooted every few minutes. It made me want to cry with him.
-We LOVE our new place: It's awesome. We feel very comfortable here and Nicholas has loads of fun running up and down the stairs and having a lot more freedom around the house. He especially loves the backyard and says "side! side!" when he wants to go out. Today, after his crying thing, we let him go out and play with bubbles in the backyard, and then Tyler gave him the hose and turned it on and let him run free. LOL it was the funniest thing I've seen in a while.
-I have been traumatized by the bugs though: If you know me, you understand that this is basically an obsession that I cannot control. It's called a phobia, they have real names for stuff like this. I am not making it up. There have been 5 small black spiders, one medium white spider, one giant cockroach, two small something-or-others, and one gross looking dead thing that I never want to see again. All after the guy came and sprayed. PS- did you know, because I was not aware that the bug spray is not effective on spiders? I am proud to report that I only freaked out twice from all that.
-I finished a semester of online classes: I took two classes for an 8 week semester and got two A's. My next two classes start in a couple of weeks.
-Tyler has his Associates!: He got his grades in, and passed both classes (Duh!) and so he is done with school for the rest of the summer, and starts at UF at the end of August! We are so excited, and happy, and I am so proud of him. He has worked so hard since we came out to Florida and gotten such good grades while working more than 40 hours a week and so this milestone is exciting. He has about 2 years at UF and then he'll have his bachelors.

 Alright, that's all I can think of right now. No pictures. I will post pics of our new place this week, and if he will get out of his cranky funk I'll post pics of Nicholas's cuteness. :)

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

More Pictures from Janice's 70th

Here are some of the pictures from our camera at Janice's 70th birthday party out in Utah. The ones I posted before were taken with AnnJillene's camera (by all sorts of people ;).





This is what Nicholas was doing right before the prayer. It was like he was just smelling it or something, just putting it up to his face... but then the prayer started so he put it on his plate and folded his arms, and was doing so well. He lasted much longer than he usually had with his arms folded. But then all of a sudden during the prayer, he just reached over and grabbed the roll and took a giant bite out of it! And then I heard a couple of his cousins giggling ;)



The restaurant brought out some cheesecake for Janice with a candle and she blew it out... and then a few seconds later it lit back up! She kept blowing it out until it got down to the end of it and finally didn't relight, but it was pretty funny. All the grandkids started pitching in and helping :)

I really like this one. :)


Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Trip to Utah 2011

We had such a fun trip to Utah. A few things about this trip that were extra special:


A whole row of seats on the plane, and a baby sleeping on our laps-




A birthday party, complete with custom cake cutting-



A surprise birthday party, with breakfast in the back yard- 


A planned birthday party for an Awesome Mother-In-Law, Happy 70th!-


Playing in the back yards- (this was probably Nicholas's favorite part of the trip)













A fancy fancy dinner-



"Sandwich kisses"








Peek-a-boo-


Tractors-



Bottle rockets-





Roasted marshmallows-


COUSINS!!!-

Thursday, June 2, 2011

University of Florida

Every day for months now we have been checking Tyler's account online with the University to see if he got in, and today we checked and this is what it said:


Congratulations!!! Your application to the University of Florida for the Fall 2011 term has been approved!
Official notification will arrive by mail, including the conditions of your admission as well as important orientation and immunization information.
We look forward to seeing you on campus soon, and welcome you to the Gator Nation!



Yay!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Memorial Day & Backyard Fun

Memorial Day was fun, we went to a barbecue with friends at their pool. It was nice to enjoy the weather and visit with friends. I made my first attempt at potato salad, :)






It started out with all the moms in the pool with the kids, while the dads hung around the grill and ate. So, when the dads got in the pool, the moms took advantage and got some food while they watched the kids. We maybe got stuck visiting though and abandoned the dads with the kids ;)


Last night, Nicholas was needing some fun, but mommy was needing some relaxation, so we went over to our new place (that we are moving into in a few weeks but have the key already) and played with bubbles in the backyard. We also raked up some leaves and watered some plants, and looked at the birds nest in the hose hanger. I am excited to live there :)








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