Busy Weekend! (for a stay at home mom)

Spencer had to move out of one apartment on Friday and couldn't move into the next until Monday... so he spent the weekend with us. It was really nice to have extra hands around the house to help with the kids. Spencer even changes diapers! He can stay with us anytime :) And yes Spencer tied this couch onto the top of his car because he had no other way to move it.
Peppers old car seat was a hand-me-down and I didn't feel like it was the safest. Or the prettiest. So we finally up-grated to this new one. And it is even brown and tan to match the car :)
For Activity Days we did a daddy daughter Pine Wood Derby. I was impressed by all of the girls cars. They spent a lot more time making them look "cute" then the average boy does.
Straight from the Pine Wood Derby I took Pepper to Layla's birthday Party. Layla's mom (Lindsay) is one of my favorite co-workers ever. We worked at the Beehive Homes together a couple of years ago and still keep in contact. Pepper is barely a month older then Layla... but she looks a lot bigger to me.
From the birthday party we picked up Robert/Spencer/Tabor and went to their (minus Tabor) soccer game. All of the pictures I took of the game turned out dark, but here is one of Pepper and Hailey watching their dads play. We had dinner with the Curtis' that night and then watched Avatar.
Sunday the McKeon family was in town. We celebrated Rachel's birthday with her. It was fun to see the cousins from California.

Hailey * Camille * Pepper

First of all... the ducks in provo/orem are seriously over fed. We throw bread practically into thier mouths and they won't eat it. But Pepper loves to be around ducks anyway so we still visit them. The park has become our best friend. Along with the sunshine. We go to a park nearly everyday. The bottom picture is what Pepper looks like when I tell her it is time to go. Crying on my legs. Korver went with us on our last park adventure... although we usually make the trip with just Tabor, Pepper and I. There are more pictures of a different day at the park I will put on later but Robert erased them off the camera when he put them on his computer. And once again I can't figure out why this picture is sideways so I am pretending it is not.

Sleep Anyone?

This little man is nocturnal. I am pretty sure. Either that or he is afraid of the dark. He will sleep for 4 hours wake up and stay up. And he does not stop crying if I leave things dark. As soon as I turn the light on ( usually to find a pacifier) he is a happy camper. I try my best to get him to go back to sleep. I am just not very successful. Last night after he cried for 2 hours in the dark (yes I fed, changed and rocked him) I was desperate. I made him a little bed in the hall way and left him there with the light on. He was fine for about a half an hour then he decided he was tired of being awake. So no just because the light is on does not mean he is at ease and will go to sleep. It just means he is happy while he is awake. Anyway... day time is good for us. I love to see his little face then :)

Tabor's Blessing

It was a wonderful day! We had Robert's and my parents, as well as both sets of Roberts grandparents & my Grandma Paxman in town for the conference weekend. So we decided to bless Tabor & his cousin Colter between sessions. Things started out a little crazy as Robert had an upset stomach, we couldn't get a hold of the Salmon grandparents, who were going to follow us to the church and then we got lost. (It was at the Kinghorns church building... we do know where our church is :) but we finally made it there. The blessings went well, although I am a little worried because nothing was mentioned about Tabor finding a wife... although they did mention making temple covenants. Anyway we had the 3 grandpa's share their testimony and then we had a lunch-in. Thanks to all of those who helped out!

Stomach Flu

Friday morning I gave Pepper a bottle and it didn't stay down. That day was followed by 6 more times of throwing up. It is now Monday and she continues to throw everything up. I took her in to the doctors and they seemed fairly unconcerned since she still has wet diapers. We just need to keep her hydrated. No medicine for the illness. And for mom there is just Laundry. Laundry. Laundry. But the semi-nice part is she just lays there. She doesn't get into anything. She just watches me, looks through books and occasionally will watch a movie.

Tabor

I need to take more pictures of Tabor. He is getting big so fast... and he is only three weeks. He is a pretty good baby. He will sleep forever as long as he is in motion. Which makes him good for taking my much needed walks. He loves the swing. And loves to be held.

St. Patrick's day

We were not really planning on getting our picture taken on St. Patrick's day... but Heather said we all looked cute in green so she sat us down for a photo. My hair could of used a brush through it, but oh well.

Bee Day Party

On Saturday morning we had a little birthday party for Pepper. Her birthday really is not until the 16th, but both grandma's were in town so we jumped on the opportunity to celebrate with them. A couple hours before the party, we put the presents out (with-in her reach). She kept peeking in the bags and snooping around. Occasionally she would walk off with a present. Just like her dad... can hardly wait for a suprise.

Growing up, I always had a birthday cake that was shaped like whatever my favorite thing at the time was. The Little Mermaid, Hippo, Seadoo, the Chilean Flag :) were just a few. I chose to do a bee theme because Pepper's first recognizable sound was buzz. She says it whenever we see a bee in a book. Then my mom baked and decorated the cake for us. Thanks mother!

I made Robert wear this bee hat while he read them a story called "The Bee and the Robber". I was impressed... all of the kids at least mostly paid attention.

I gathered rocks from around the yard and painted them to look like bees. Heather glued eyes on and made them wings. At the party we hid them (as in sat them in obvious places) and had the kids look for them. Like an Easter egg hunt. They were cool enough looking that even Pepper who I am sure did not know what she was suppose to be doing, was walking around picking them up.

Pepper opened a few books and it was so cute, she immediatly started looking through them. She was pretty interested in all of her presents.

Pepper got this bee car from her Grandma Paxman, however, we weren't sure if she really knew what to do wth those antennas.

Pepper loves to use utensils when she is eating and insists on doing it herself.

Tabor Newton Salmon... born March 4, 2010 at 3:11pm. He weighed 9lbs 10oz and measured 21 1/2 inches long. Mother and baby are doing great!

Feeding the Ducks

Korver and Pepper loved feeding the ducks. Well Pepper more of just watched. When I handed her a piece of the old stale bread it went straight to her mouth. Both of the kids pointed at the ducks the whole time. It was so nice to get out and do a fun/cheap activity.

Valentines

Well Valentines is a whole new story when you become a parent. For Valentines day we went over to the Kinghorns and decorated cookies. It was fun although the kids were more interested in eating the cookies rather then decorating. We even let Pepper have a cookie. Also, we had a ward Valentines dance. I can't honestly say we did a lot of dancing but it was fun to dress up.