Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Thought I would quickly add a few new photos and videos (thanks Jamie). The first is Amelias first time in pigtails. Yes they are alittle small but, her hair has grown enough to almost style it. Note all of her teeth.
The second photo is of all the items the plumber found in our toilet, yes our toilet. Isaac thought he would see what could go down that fun drain hole. Apparently, one large blue comb, a tube of toothpaste, a childs toothbrush and a foam sanding block all will make it through. Amazing.
I also added a few videos now that I know how to do it. One is Isaac biking around our house. He can go in circles for an hour. Brett discovered that Amelia likes to share in the action as well. I love it, keeps them busy.
The last two videos are of Amelia being silly. She has begun to ask us to "watch this" and will show us something she has been trying out, such as strange sounds. Notice that she is watching t.v. part way through and forgets what she is doing, also that she hits the camera at the end. Too funny.
The second is Amelia singing her favorite song. I'm not quite sure what happended at the end but, I thought it was pretty fun. Enjoy.

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Hello Everyone!

It's definately been awhile since I last updated our blog. I find it hard to do when the kids are awake because they seem to always find something "creative" to do when I'm on the computer. Funny how you don't have to be directly interacting with children and they will be fine knowing your around, but, get on the phone or computer and they go crazy. Atleast in my house.
I'm not really sure where to begin with what has been going on here. We have a great summer. It flew by though. We had fun in B.C. with Brett's family, boating, swimming and relaxing. Isaac asks me atleast once a week if we can go to B.C. He really loved it. I'm sad to report though that fall is happening quickly here. Don't get me wrong I love fall. The change in leaves, the crisp breeze, pulling on a cozy sweater - all wonderful events. It just seems to happen so early and change so quickly here. Very few Indian summer days. We had trees changing color (almost all yellow)in August, which is still summer in my book. Now most days are a bit chilly and make me scared of a long winter ahead.
We are working to finish our house which is long overdue. It seems for us living in a house we are renovating is not the best idea since projects always get put off for other work. So, we have been painting and finishing up some outside work, and hopefully completely the interior shortly. Anyone want to come up and help me stage this house? We always welcome visitors and I hear the skiing is great in our mountains.

Friday, June 15, 2007

We've had an eventful start to June. Bretts youngest brother Wade got married on June 1st, which is also Isaacs birthday. With all the wedding events happening we bumped Isaacs birthday celebrations to Sunday. We spent the night of the 1st in Cardston Alberta because I had a young womens temple trip to attend the next day. So, we asked Isaac if he wanted to get Ice cream that night and he said he wanted a milk shake. We took a very short (maybe three blocks)drive down main street and found this little ice cream/ pizza parlour. It was awsome. I highly recommend it to anyone traveling through. Apparently it was rated in the top 20 pizzas in the world by AMA(triple A). It was yummy and the milkshakes were awsome and huge. (Oh, this is so typical Gilbert isn't it, explain a trip through food) I did find it worth mentioning though. Isaac loved it and drank most of his huge shake and Amelia cleaned up after everyone, which is her job, finishing everyones food.


The wedding was lovely. Brett's grandfather performed the sealing (he was the one who married us) and it was beautiful. Isaac and Amelia looked darling in their new wedding clothes. They also enjoyed the horse drawn carriage rides around the temple. It was a nice day.


On Sunday I rushed home and made a cake for Isaac. I enjoy making the kids birthday cakes and Isaac had been asking for a football cake for weeks. He didn't ask for anything else, just a foootball so I made one as fast as possible on Sunday afternoon. Needless to say Isaac was happy even with a slightly unusual looking football. I think his favorite gift was a music set from G-ma and g-pa layton. He and Mimi fight over who gets to play what instrument and Mommy tries to go to her "happy place" while they make beautiful music together.



Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Hello everyone!
Sorry it's been awhile, life seems to get really busy sometimes. So here is a quick update on life in Canada.
Our Young womens president has several horses and took the kids out riding (okay it was only inside the stable) and Isaac loved it. He kept saying yeehaw over and over.
Amelia is now a walking machine. She started a little late (probably because Isaac would push her over) but, now after a month or two is a speedy little thing. She is learning to say new words everyday. She seems to have a knack for language, copying people all day. I'm amazed sometimes at the things she understands and words she knows. For example Isaacs favorite song is Jingle Bells and so we often sing it in the car and Isaac will sing the last word of each line. The other day we realized that Amelia was singing it by herself, including the the Ho Ho Ho part. It is really cute, I'll try and get it on videa.
Isaac is growing so fast. He will be three in a few days and I can hardly believe it. His pants are all getting to short. He is just a tall skinny little guy. The other day it was cold out and I told Isaac I was going to get the mail. He came downstairs and started putting on his boots (it had snowed the day before, no joke) I told him it was to cold for him to go outside without pants on, as he was only wearing a diaper. He continued to put on his boots and said "Mom, I have my legs on".
He really is a smart kid.
You will notice a photo below were Isaac has a purple face and hand. Brett left raspberry jam sitting on the kitchen table the other morning. Amelia and Isaac decided to crawl up and eat some. What a mess. The best part was the they had purple hands for two or three days. No matter what I did or how long they soaked in the tub it didn't wash off. What a jam (hee hee).