Swimming Lessons

9.23.2011

Sleepy

9.18.2011

Silver Lake

9.17.2011

One Saturday morning, before the BYU v. Utah football game, we decided to take a drive up to Silver Lake, and see what we could find. Grandma and Grandpa had seen moose the last few times they had been up there, so we were really hoping to find a moose!

Hallie had had enough sitting in the car, and was a little bit tired so she wasn't too happy to be taking pictures.

Off we go!

Only to have to turn around about 3 minutes later for a potty break. :)

We saw lots of ducks, and were wishing we had brought bread to feed them.

After Hallie woke up a little bit and got going, she had a lot of fun running up the trail and the boardwalks.

She actually got pretty silly. I kept trying to get a good picture of her, but all we got were silly faces. :)

As we were taking this picture we realized that there was a blue jay (of some sort, Mr. Green would be so disappointed I didn't know which kind) flying around behind her.

It just kept flying from tree to tree, back and forth, up and down branches. We were the only ones in that area at the time. So it was neat to sit quietly for a while and just watch it.

After a couple hours or so, it was time to head back to beat game traffic. (Too bad the game wasn't worth watching. We should've just stayed up there.)

Even though we didn't find a moose, it was a great excuse to go be outside and do something fun, adn it was a great day.

Since going to Silver Lake, six months ago now, Hallie has said multiple times we need to go back with Grandma because she knows where the mooses' are. If it were only that simple. :)

Taylor's Cross Country Meet

9.13.2011

We were invited to go watch one of Taylor's cross country meets, and seeing as it was within walking distance from our house, and it's always fun to go support my nieces and nephews, we decided to walk over and watch him run.

Hallie sat on the blanket to eat her snacks while he ran. She also would have loved to play on the playground, but it was pretty little and packed with kids.

Here he comes! Go Taylor!

Grandma took Hallie for a walk to see the irrigation ditch/river and what's left of GRA park.

We were so glad that we were able to go watch Taylor run. He did such a great job and is fast!

The Big 2-5

9.12.2011

Once upon a time, almost six months ago, I turned 25! A whole quarter of a century old! This post was originally intended to be 12 of 12 post, but it didn't happen. So here are 7 of 12, and of the big day.

I woke up to beautiful flowers from Eric & Hallie! A day can't go too bad after that.

We saw deer on the way to the Pehrson's to watch kids! Always a good day for Hallie if we saw deer in the morning. We would always see a mom and two of it's babies. They were very cute, and fun to watch.

We got to play with these two cute girls! I can't believe how little Ella & Abby look here!

We took Connor to school.

After we got Conner off to school and the girls back home and down for a nap, I took a half day off to play with my little munchkin and enjoy the day.

Seeing as we weren't on any sort of time frame, we drove up past the Draper Temple, so Hallie could see it up close. Hallie fell asleep in the Temple's parking lot, so I decided to take the scenic route home, and went up and over Traverse Mountain, and down through Lehi. Hallie slept most of the way home, and it was nice just to go for a drive and enjoy the day.
When we got home Hallie made me lunch. A wonderful salami, lettuce, pancake, tomato, bacon sandwich.

I also got some reading in. I may have even finished The Help on my birthday if I recall.

It really was a great, relaxing, fairly uneventful day. Just the way I like them. :)

September 10, 2011

12 Weeks Left!

I can't believe we only have about 12 weeks more until our second little girl is here! Time has flown by with this one...and hopefully it will continue to do so.

This little girl is already so different from her big sister. Hallie was pretty mild, and didn't move around a whole lot. This little girl on the other hand is quite the opposite. I have a feeling she is going to be a busy body, and never want to sit still. (Eric says she is going to be a swimmer) She is constantly moving and will let you know if she doesn't like something. Even at my doctors appointment yesterday when they were trying to hear her heart beat, she would keep moving around, and/or kicking the doppler so they couldn't get a reading, it took them a good few minutes to get her to cooperate. My doctor even made the comment that she could be a feisty one, not that that is necessarily a bad thing. :)

We've got a few options for names, but nothing set in stone yet by any means. We are slowly getting everything together, and the house in order for a newborn. I feel like we have a never ending list of things to do, but as always we'd survive just fine if none of them happened.

Hallie is excited about being a big sister, and often says that she loves her baby sister. Though I'm sure she will have some major adjusting when this little girl arrives. Which is something that worries me, but I'm sure we will get it all figured out.

Anyway, just thought I'd drop in with a quick update. Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!