Life lately according to my iphone:
smiles, tantrums, chili, winter, scarves, sickness, soup, hyped up on meds, reading, lounging...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Time to play catch up!
We know, we know... we have been horrible lately! Blame it on the holidays, the weather, sickness, and pure laziness. But we will make up for it in the amazingness that will be the next couple posts (but please don't get your hopes up)!
December
Then came December, and boy did it make itself known. The second week of decemeber rolled in with extremely high winds! Upwards of 70-100 mph! December 12th will go down in history known as Windageddon. Mark and I didn't really think anything about it until, as we were headed to work, my mom called to say that a tree had fallen in our back yard. As mark headed back to the house to check things out, another tree fell. As he was walking around the yard, he could hear the trees creeking and cracking. As some of you know, we have about 30, 100 foot trees lining the east side of our yard. We love those trees and the privacy they provide our backyard with. Unfortunately by the end of the day, six trees had fallen in our yard. Our fence was demolished, but thankfully, our house wasnt hit. We can't say the same about a lot of our neighbors. Trees down, fences gone, roofs torn up, etc. It was quite the scene in Bountiful for weeks following the event. We were without power for four days, but were lucky enough to be taken in by Marks parents. Most of that weekend was spent driving back and forth twice a day to heat the house with a generater (we are so happy we bought one a couple of years ago), helping neighbors where we could, and being amazed by the massive clean up effort that took place!
The trees have now been cleared, and we just have to wait for warmer weather to get a new fence. Spencer is loving looking out the window these days to see all the deer, or doggies as he says wandering our yard (they have never been allowed this pleasure thanks to our 8 ft fences).
Christmas was wonderful as always, filled with concerts,christmas lights, parties, family and friends. I was able to decorate for the first time in our new house this year, and loved every minute of it. My favorite thing to get a Christmas time is a real tree. The smell just warms my soul. Spencer loved the lights on the tree, and surprisingly all my ordiments survived!
We had the pleasure of first spending time with my dads family. Santa Claus came and Spencer could have cared less. Santa gave him a new ball, which made Spencer actually take a small liking to him. I found out that Santa claus and I have the same style in foot wear....who knew?
We spent Christmas morning with my family. I tried out a Victorian French Toast recipe and it was so delicious! Possibly our new Christmas breakfast tradition! We go spoiled as always. Mark with a North Face coat and a biometrics gun safe. Me with a new sewing machine and a Walther .380 pistol (I have now be initiated into that tradition). Spencer with so many new toys that he spent the rest of the morning just going from one to another! Christmas evening was spent with Marks family eating pie, opening gifts, and trying to wrestle a cranky teething Spencer.
The trees have now been cleared, and we just have to wait for warmer weather to get a new fence. Spencer is loving looking out the window these days to see all the deer, or doggies as he says wandering our yard (they have never been allowed this pleasure thanks to our 8 ft fences).
The cleared fence line, mangled fence, and vast openness into our neighbors yard..
Christmas was wonderful as always, filled with concerts,christmas lights, parties, family and friends. I was able to decorate for the first time in our new house this year, and loved every minute of it. My favorite thing to get a Christmas time is a real tree. The smell just warms my soul. Spencer loved the lights on the tree, and surprisingly all my ordiments survived!
We had the pleasure of first spending time with my dads family. Santa Claus came and Spencer could have cared less. Santa gave him a new ball, which made Spencer actually take a small liking to him. I found out that Santa claus and I have the same style in foot wear....who knew?
Santa Claus and my sister's dog Dempsey
We spent Christmas morning with my family. I tried out a Victorian French Toast recipe and it was so delicious! Possibly our new Christmas breakfast tradition! We go spoiled as always. Mark with a North Face coat and a biometrics gun safe. Me with a new sewing machine and a Walther .380 pistol (I have now be initiated into that tradition). Spencer with so many new toys that he spent the rest of the morning just going from one to another! Christmas evening was spent with Marks family eating pie, opening gifts, and trying to wrestle a cranky teething Spencer.
November
Lets start all the way back in Novemeber with the wonderful holiday called Thanksgiving. We had two family gatherings to be a part of this year. My cousin Derris recieved his mission call to Brazil and had his departure date scheduled for the 16th of Nov. So that he could have one last Thanksgiving with us for two whole years, we moved up the celebration. My side of the family gathered together for food and games. The food was delicious as always. Everyone got a kick out of the fact that everytime Spencer saw my grandpa he would yell "Papa!!" as loud as he could. And to cap it all off, my sister and I helped make a paper chain for Derris's parents for his mission. That's right, 730 pieces of paper rolled up that are now layering the walls of their house.
Because this freed up time the week of Thanksgiving, we decided to join Mark's brother Alan and his family for their celebration. The plus was that they live in Arizona! Bring on the warm weather! We had a fantastic time with them experimenting with turkey rubs, tasting new cheeses, enjoying every bit of the feast, and ending each night with two or three slices of pie. So delicious! Spencer had a blast playing with Amelia and all her 'new to him' toys. they both loved crawling through the tunnels of the cardboard castle.
We also went to the Phoenix Zoo with some friends. We had a great time checking out all the animals and enjoying the heat.
Because this freed up time the week of Thanksgiving, we decided to join Mark's brother Alan and his family for their celebration. The plus was that they live in Arizona! Bring on the warm weather! We had a fantastic time with them experimenting with turkey rubs, tasting new cheeses, enjoying every bit of the feast, and ending each night with two or three slices of pie. So delicious! Spencer had a blast playing with Amelia and all her 'new to him' toys. they both loved crawling through the tunnels of the cardboard castle.
We also went to the Phoenix Zoo with some friends. We had a great time checking out all the animals and enjoying the heat.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
What a difference a day makes
Posted by Mark
So the following video was taken on Saturday night. We went bowling with our friends Ashley and Tim. We went to the bowling alley on 33rd South and Highland. Anyway it was strange cause at 6:30 the bowling alley was EMPTY. we were the only ones there till about 8pm as we were finishing up our second game. One more sign that I'm getting old when I think that 6:30 is when the entertainment begins for the evening. it was probably good that no one was there because Spencer had a blast running around and cheering us all on. Anyway I thought I'd share a video. If you wondered, my best game was a 156.
So the following video was taken on Saturday night. We went bowling with our friends Ashley and Tim. We went to the bowling alley on 33rd South and Highland. Anyway it was strange cause at 6:30 the bowling alley was EMPTY. we were the only ones there till about 8pm as we were finishing up our second game. One more sign that I'm getting old when I think that 6:30 is when the entertainment begins for the evening. it was probably good that no one was there because Spencer had a blast running around and cheering us all on. Anyway I thought I'd share a video. If you wondered, my best game was a 156.
Anyway this next picture was taken on Sunday night. Poor Spencer and me caught Kimmi's cold from last week. It hit Spencer the worst since he's having some more teeth coming in on top of it all. He had a temperature of about 102. he was completely lethargic and just laid on the couch watching TV when usually he's running around getting into everything. It was really quite sad.
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