CRAZY GO NUTS WEEK

Last Saturday Heather had a baby boy named Pryson. While she was in the hospital Chris was busy moving their belongings to their new house. Heather came home to a house of boxes. Luckily my mom was in town and slaved away at organizing the new house. It is not easy to get anything done with a new baby... or with Korver. He is the smartest toddler I know, but that being said he needs constant attention. So that is where Robert & I came in. We went over every day this week and played with Korv. Our favorite activity was going on walks, especially to see the horses. Thank Heavens the weather cooperated.



On Thursday we had family in town so we had them over for dinner. We also took them to our favorite destination... the horse stable. We had so much fun visiting with all of them. And we all love to see our Grandma Paxman! Friday was spent cleaning the up-stairs of our duplex. We have a new family moving in. Hopefully the little girl that is moving in & Pepper will be good friends.

Pepper has a toy and she loves to dance to the music!

Plants- Inside & Out

For Christmas my grandparents gave me money to buy a plant. I wanted a plant because I think they are soothing. So we went to Lowe's in January and there were about three plants in the whole store. And they were not healthy looking ones. So we decided to hold off and get a plant later. We finally got around to it. I found the plant I wanted and on the way to the check out Robert said "look at those Lucky Bamboo plants"... and so then I looked and changed my mind and got one of those instead. I really like it!


I planted some sugar snap peas about a month ago and they have popped up. So today Robert and Pepper got some stakes and netting to hold the peas up as they grow. They also planted some carrots. We are just trying to figure out when we want to plant our pumpkins. We don't have room for much else in our little garden.

Again with the flipped picture problem. Anyway... cock your head and look at Tabor's smile. Yes, he is starting to smile when you talk to him in a voice that sounds like you are telling him he is the cutest thing in the world.

Fire Station

Owen, a friend from our ward was turning three today. So his mother arranged for us to take a tour of the fire station for his birthday. They showed us the kitchen etc. and the kids were thinking "yeah yeah we have a kitchen table at home where is the fire truck?" The fireman who showed us around was really nice and even took the older kids for a ride. We had a lot of fun. The firemen gave Pepper (and all the kids) a little badge and told them they were all junior fire fighters. Just like her grandpa and a favorite neighbor Loren Charlston :)

Improvement

This little man is improving each and everyday. He seldom stays up after his nightly feedings. His colicky evening time has decreased to an hour or two... which I can handle. And he lets me put him down in the mornings longs enough to do things like unload the dishwasher, put away a batch of laundry. And best of all he now smiles quite a bit. Although we have yet to catch it on camera. He is so handsome! And yes... he is balding :)

Intentionally Blinking

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!