Hannah

So We have this picture of Marcella and Jon at the zoo last year. Every time Marcella sees it she says "Hannah". Then when we tell her no that's you. She says "NO, Hannah". It is pretty funny, because at first glance it looks a little bit like Hannah. What do you guys think?

So Jon is still gone and I am trying to occupy my time. So I am redoing a dresser for Marcella, I was hoping to be able to stain it, but it used to belong to my little brother Jason, and let's just say he had a lot of fun writing all over it. The only sad thing is I forgot to get a picture of it before. I will post one of it tonight after I get it finished I am excited. Well have a great day!

Fun

So I am sitting here all alone, because Jon went back packing for a week. It is the end of the third day he has been gone and he only has 5 more til he is home again, but who is counting? Marcella usually does pretty good while he is gone, but me on the other hand.... I'll let you know how I hold up. Take tonight for instance. I went to a shoe party. I think they now have every single kind of party, (it all started with Tupperware, I swear) but I have been to a bazillion parties lately. Anyways, I brought Marcella along because they have cute kid shoes. It was quite funny. I really wish I had a video I could play for all of you because she went crazy. She tried on all the shoes that would fit her and then started trying on the ones for women. Then the best part, she through the biggest fit I have ever seen because she wanted the ugliest pair of flip flops, the only reason she wanted them was because they squeak when you walk. (here is the link so you can check out the shoes and see the flip flops Marcella got) I know I need to work on my "you don't get your way when you throw a fit" but I just couldn't do it tonight, so she won. I will let you know if she ever even wears them to make it worth the $5.

Tomorrow I am hoping to find a place to live in Provo. I am giving myself two days to find one. Please wish me luck. Maybe I can get all of your opinions tomorrow I will take some pictures to see what you guys think. Then I can get a bunch of opinions, especially since Jon is gone. We will see how it goes. I really am hoping the first one I look at will be the winner, but I am guessing it will be the very last one I see.

So I know that everyone just gets on to check the pictures on blogs, so I found some cute ones. This one is of Marcella after we had gone up Millcreek Canyon with my mom, Caroline and Jeff. It was sure fun, and as you can see Marcella had a fabulous time playing in the dirt. (sorry it is a little blurry)



These next ones are of our trip to the cabin the end of June. We had so much fun. We floated down the river and played in the freezing cold water. Marcella had a blast playing in the dirt and eating rocks and sticks. She absolutely loves the cabin. Here we are playing in Moose Creek. It wasn't too cold and Marcella was having a lot of fun.



Well, I better get to bed if I want to get any sleep. I hope that all of you are having a wonderful day. love ya tons!

SuMmeR FuN!

This summer has been so much fun. It has just been filled with one adventure to the next. We just got back from the cabin and had the time of our lives. I will have to post some pictures from that trip later though. Here are some from our first trip to Lagoon this year.

It was Stake Lagoon Day so my mom, Jason, Nathan, Jon, Marcella and I went to Lagoon. we decided not to get passes for us staying with Marcella, and just take her on all the free rides. Besides why buy a pass for an 18 month old when it costs $20 and she most likely will scream the whole ride right? Well....

This was her face when we started moving on the train. She was so excited. It was pretty funny.

She had so much fun that right after we got off the train we went right back on it. This is Marcella and her friend Lily. They are exactly 2 weeks apart. The funny thing is they were both 2 weeks early too. They sure have a lot of fun together.

The other free ride, can you find Marcella? Jon got roped into going on this ride, mainly because I have already done this one with Marcella in Michigan. Thank goodness, just looking at this picture makes me a little sick.

We decided that since we would most likely come back again this year, we should find out how Marcella likes the rides. So we bought enough tickets for two rides. First the Boats.


Let's just say these pictures don't do it justice, mainly because she loved it so much she cried when we had to get off.

Then we dared the airplanes. This was going to be the deciding factor, if she loves the airplanes then she would love any ride. We put her in there and she just started playing with the joy stick.
She had so much fun! She wouldn't stop playing with the joy stick until the ride started and then when it made her go up she let go, it was pretty funny. She also was pretty sad when this ride was done.

You can't go to Lagoon without buying a corn dog and maybe some cotton candy. So I got my favorite thing in the world, a huge corn dog, and we got Marcella some cotton candy, as you can see... she didn't care for the cotton candy one bit. We could barely even get a piece in her mouth. but she had fun taking over my corn dog.

YUM!!

Can You BELIEVE it?

FIVE WHOLE YEARS! WOW!

It sure has been fun so far. We have had our fair share of good and bad days, but I have to say I would still never trade it for the world. Jon and I just got back from spending a few days in Logan. We stayed at Providence Inn. It was the coolest place ever. If you guys are ever looking for a good place to stay that place is it. It was hard to leave, especially because we got a wake up call every morning and they would ask us what we wanted for breakfast and when we wanted to eat it, then they brought it to us. It was pure heaven. I hope you all get a kick out of this next picture.

So what do you think? Who has changed the most. I think it is so crazy how much everyone can change in just five years. Time sure flies! I hope you all have a great day!

Kicking Off the Summer

We went to the cabin last week. Here are some pictures. We had more fun than you can imagine!

We made a monstrous bonfire....it was the hottest fire I've ever been next to, mainly because we used the Shop Vac as a bellows.

We went to Yellowstone. There were a bunch of bison calves....they're cute, and I bet they taste good too.

This is the closest we came to a group picture...Caroline and Jeff aren't in it...but the rest of us are. Mom, Dad, and Greg were at the Cabin, too, but they left before our trip to Old Faithful.

I was holding Marcella on my shoulders for the eruption. Kanien was gracious enough to assume the role of photographer, and quite insightfully refrained from snapping photos of the geyser. Instead, she took pictures of us observing the geyser in awe.

Marcella enjoyed herself immensely. She was able to run around outside with little to no supervision, and no one got on her case if she got dirty. She really had a blast.

Marcella and I at Big Springs

Lizzy

Kristin

This was our second bonfire...no Shop Vac, but it was plenty hot (especially for Marcella)!

Owie, Hannah, and Caroline -- Marcella loves her cousins!

Marcella likes to draw

Marcella got a lot of dirt-time in...she kept stumbling on the grate in the south staircase...it got to the point where she wouldn't cross any cracks...not even the perfectly safe ones! Here she's trying to get me to carry her off of the porch.

On the last day, we went to Moose Creek. We thought Marcella would have a fun time wading, but the water was a little cold. Instead of splashing, she'd throw sticks and flowers into the stream. Once, she leaned over too far and ended up face-first in it anyway. She wasn't too happy.

I'll post more pictures tonight or tomorrow.

Before our Chaos

So before our lives were turned upside down we had a fun day at the park and Jon Graduated!! Yea. I took a lot of pictures of his graduation, but they were mostly slides, but I have a couple from the party.






Here we all are. The park was soo busy. I think the ducks were about to explode with all the food they have been getting. We still had a fun time though.

Cute little Hannah

What a cute Couple!

The ducks were pretty cute though.

So for all of you who missed out on Jon's party, I am sorry. It was the best food ever! This dessert was amazing. man I wish I still had it.

This is Tony and Richmond. Richmond is two weeks younger than Marcella.

Here are Antonio and Maria. They are good friends of ours. They are from Italy. Antonio met Jon through work. They are such wonderful people.

Here is Jon doing the honors of cuting the dessert. YUMMMMMM!!!

Last of all here is Marcella playing the pool a few days before we left. She loves the pool. We have been having a blast letting Lily (the next door neighbor who is 2 weeks to the day younger than Marcella) come over and play with us. Marcella really enjoys living at grandmas! We have been having so much fun. Well, I hope you all have a great day. I will try to post some more pictures later. Love ya all!

Cute Stuff

If you're into cute stuff, you should check this out.

www.thecuteproject.com

Sorry No Pictures Tonight

So what an adventure. I am sure that all of you are dying to see what everything looked like and looks like, but since my computer isn't hooked up and Jon has the camera, you will just have to be in suspence for a while. This week has been crazy and completely wonderful all at the same time. It is crazy how you don't realize how much something can cause you stress until you don't have to do it anymore. I am so glad that we are not living with Grandma anymore. It really has relieved so much stress. Even though the move has maybe added a little more, I still feel completely free. Well, I hope that all of you are having a fabulous day.
CONGRATS JEFF on Graduating today! WAY TO GO!

WE DID IT!

Ok so long story short, we moved out of Grandma Noni's house and are now living with Jon's parents and my parents. If you don't know how that is possible, you will just have to come and see it for yourselves. Here are there phone numbers if you want to get a hold of us.

Terry's 544.3765
Katherine's 544.7186

Well, I will have to post pictures of our 2 day move, it was crazy, but right now we are going to go to Doug and Emmy's for breakfast so I have to run. Love you all.

You can ignore this....

It's just something I said I'd do.

plaasjapie -- this is really my blog (Backpacker from the TES FCOM official forum)

Big Mistake

Kanien had a rough afternoon yesterday...For most of the day, Marcella had occupied herself by removing any sort of order from all of our living space. We once nicknamed her "Captain Entropy," a name I'm confident could apply to any and all toddlers of 18 months. Kanien wanted me to take her somewhere far, far away, so she could wind down and get some stuff done. So we went to the park.




After we came home from the park, I gave Marcella a bath. I asked her if she wanted bubbles, and she responded with an excited ah-huh (she doesn't say yes)...and since we didn't have any bubble bath, I just poured half a bottle of Suave Shampoo into the tub, thinking it might work. Well...it worked alright...and we got more bubbles than even I bargained for, which Marcella loved! Bubble baths are a bit tougher than normal ones, as the simple, "Don't splash so much" turns into a much more complex montage of "Don't eat the bubbles! Don't drink the water! Don't touch your eyes! Don't dump them out of the tub! Don't lick your hands!" and so on...here are a few pics of the spectacle.

This was after I'd taken a whole bunch of pictures, and she wanted me to get her a cup to play with...that's usually her favorite bath toy, so I complied...after which she promptly attempted to mix a bubbles and bathwater cocktail. I didn't want to have a bubble-burping baby all night, so I took it away really quick. It made her growl at me.

Here goes nothing!

I have decided to get caught up since I am getting tired of working on my projects and cleaning at the moment. So I hope you all enjoy all the fun pictures.


This is Marcella and Mitchell. We went to Jon's Mission reunion Conference weekend. Let's just say it is always an adventure. This year nothing too bad happened except we went to a pizza place, and waited for over 2 1/2 hours to be seated and we ended up just leaving. So we headed to the reunion without food.

Here is President Sowell, Nick Meldrum, Jon and Marcella, and Zac Robinson. After the reunion we went out to Mr Z's. It is an Italian place, and it was pretty good. At least we didn't get towed this time.


So to keep me busy for the last who knows how many weeks, I have been trying to organize and dejunk our place. I have been pretty successful so far, but I still have a long way to go. Marcella loves to be right in the middle doing what she can to "help". During this stage of the dejunk, I had to part with all of my AP Calculus and English notes. So sad to see them go, but seriously am I ever going to use them again, let alone the last time I looked at them was when we moved in here. At last I gave about 10 sacks of stuff to the DI and filled our huge garbage can of trash, so I am on my way. I would love helpers......


We took two family pictures on Easter and this one turned out pretty well. Hopefully we can get another family picture taken soon. I can't believe how fast we are getting old and Marcella is growing up.


This was up at mom and dad's on Easter. Marcella loves to smell any flowers. I think it is super cute.

So the day I left to go and spend a week at Laurissa and Brad's in Michigan, I must admit I didn't keep a close eye on Marcella. I had so much packing to do and I was trying to get the house in order somewhat before I left. So this is where I found her, she had climbed up here all by herself and was playing with the q-tips. I think that is her favorite toy.

This is at the Childrens Museum In Ann Arbor. It was so much fun. Marcella really liked it, and I just wished I had play areas in my house that would entertain her this much.


This was a lot of fun, it was a huge U shaped tub that slanted downward so at one end there was a lot of water and at the other it was draining out, but Marcella had a lot of fun. She Loves the water.



Marcella and Grace had fun on the tramp. Grace was so nice to play with Marcella. She loves being outside and on the tramp. Even though it was freezing, we all still had a good time. This picture makes me laugh because Matthew wanted to be in it, but he wouldn't smile. What a cutie.





The train ride. I know Laurissa already wrote about how cold it was and how much fun we had at Greenfield Village, but I just want to emphasize it was FREEZING!!!!!! The funny thing was after a while, you just stopped being cold and had fun. I would love to go back, I don't think that I got to even see all of it, but it sure was fun. Marcella still talks about the train. She loved riding on it. I think that was her favorite part of our vacation.



This is Henry Ford's toy box, inside the house that he grew up in. It was fun to be able to play with the toys he did, although it wasn't much. There was a couple wooden animals and some big checkers etc. but man I bet he had an imagination.


Marcella was indifferent about the carousel. I kept trying to get her to look at me so I could take her picture, but she just kept staring at the kid next to her. Propably because he kept telling me what to do. "You better hang on to her she is going to fall off." "You can't let her ride alone blah blah blah." I am glad that I was able to get instructions from a 10 year old who I didn't even know.




Here are Grace, Isaac and Matthew working a printing press. It was pretty cool, they let them press their own piece of paper. It makes me glad for computers, it sure would be hard to use a press everyday.


Here are some sweet kids. This was on Sunday. They all had a good time playing in the tent. I think by the end Matthew had all the blankets in the house inside there, but it sure was cozy.

Well, I am sad that I didn't take any pictures of our plane rides, you all would have gotten a good laugh at how much stuff I brought to entertain Marcella. Well, it worked, but I could have done without a bunch of stuff. I sure had a great time at Laurissa's. Thanks for letting me come. I am excited to see you again in August.

Well, I better get back to quilting, so I can try to have the quilt done this week. Sad that I don't have any pictures of all of us working on it. I will post a finished picture though, it is really pretty. Well, I hope you all have a fabulous day.