Lots posts

TRYING to catch up....catch them all :) Can't get too many videos to upload though. I am so woefully behind.

Grandma McEwan left today. She was here for almost two weeks and we've loved every second of it, Claire especially. She called her, "Great Grandma" the whole time. It was kind of funny. I don't know exactly where she got that from. Grandpa McEwan was here for a few days at the beginning too. I shamefully did not take too many pictures...and I don't exactly know where the computer put the ones I did take. Brian will have to look into that when he gets home :)

We went to the aquarium in Sandy, to the Central Gardens day, to the Children's museum. Grandma cut Claire's hair, and went on lots of walks with the kids. We also made sure to go to Tucanos while Grandpa was here. Brian and I went to the temple twice and to Texas Roadhouse. It was a great visit. It is SO NICE to have family visit. I got choked up when we had to say goodbye today. We drove her over to Brian's work so he didn't have to come home first. I'm pretty sure Claire would have cried the whole way home but Grandma was tricky. She pulled out a Tinker Bell backpack with some goodies inside. Claire has not let go of it since. THANKS FOR COMING!! We love you and can't wait to see you again!

Claire's Birthday

We had to celebrate Claire's birthday a couple of weeks late. Some people were off for a week at Brian's work and he didn't feel comfortable taking off till they were back. We headed up to the Gateway Children's museum in Salt Lake. The kids had BLAST! They were going much longer than I could. :)

Actually the second time we went...

Thanks everyone for making her birthday special! She loved it all!

Hmm

During the break between winter and spring semester, Logan stayed with us for a few days while he got his wisdom teeth out. Sadly, we did not get any funny videos. They didn't even really put him out and he didn't do anything too crazy. :( Our friend Bruce also stayed with us a few days since he had to be out of his apartment and couldn't move into his new apartment yet. (BYU is silly that way) Anyway, I walked downstairs to tell them that breakfast was ready and this is what I found.

Such silly boys.

One Saturday I came home after volunteering and everyone was still asleep. I couldn't find Claire and went downstairs and this is what I saw. She had woke up but didn't wake Brian up and had crawled in bed with Uncle Bryan. And yes, I made him put sheets on my bed.

Claire's Yogurt Eating

My Bountiful Baskets

I'm still loving Bountiful Baskets. I've done it for about 3-4 months now. I volunteer there every time I buy a basket. That was getting up at 5 AM on a Saturday but now I can sleep in till 5:30 :) Brian thinks I'm crazy to give up my sleep on a Saturday but I really enjoy going. Plus, it gets me up and ready for my day so Saturday's are much more productive. It is all volunteer run so if people don't show up things go way late. One of the site coordinators asked me if I would like to run my own site. I'm not there yet. I think I would enjoy it and be really good at it but I can't commit to every week. Someday, I'm hoping to have another baby and I don't think I will want to do it sick and pregnant. (Or maybe not sick, that would be nice....please, please, please, please, please) I've stopped taking pictures but here are some of the samples of the offerings. I highly recommend it. My favorite thing? Artichokes. I LOVE me some artichokes now. Who knew?

Pulling Rose Bushes

Earlier this spring we tried to pull out the millions of rosebushes that were planted along the side of the fence in the back yard. We wanted to save some money and do it ourselves...but we couldn't do it with a shovel. Those roots were massive. So Brian wanted to try pulling them out with the car...the first one went really well...the second bent the chain.

Claire helping with the driving

Dumb bushes
We broke down and hired someone to pull them out. It took them ALLL day. I'm glad we did it though. I may put some roses back in someday but these were so unmanageable. We have some raspberries in there, we need a lot more. I've envisioned greatness. It needs a ton of work in general...weeds have overtaken it after we tilled. Oh well, I'm going to be patient.

Cute Boy

Jack is ADORABLE. Oh my goodness, I love that little boy so much. He just had his year appointment. Slowing down in weight, he is 22.12 lbs. She said he looks perfect, I already knew that. I'm LOVING the age he is out. He is so funny. He loves his sister. He is happy and helpful even :) He loves to throw things in the garbage and get diapers for me. Couldn't love him more.

Claire is a fashion model

You go girlfriend!



No time for her fans


Sip


Strike that pose


The camera loves you baby!


Show me some love!