lil' buddies

Ryker and I were able to visit with my friend Jill and her cute
little boy Kaden. Him and Ryker are only six weeks apart.
It was so fun to see them together.
Thanks for playing with us. We love you.

the barricades begin

I had to start doing this.......




because my kitchen looks like this.....




way different from when we first bought it and it looked like this.

It is getting better. Some progress every day. Thanks Jesse.
I know someday we will have a kitchen.

popsicle baby

I think we are getting more teeth. Ryker gets so excited when I feed
him a popsicle. I am sure they feel so good on his sore gums.
I have learned the best place for him to eat them
is in the tub!!

helping daddy

Ryker loves to be right where the action is. Especially
if it involves his dad and tools.

i {heart}......

WICKED






My friend Tif and were lucky enough to get to see
Wicked in SLC. It was so much fun. I loved it.





Part of the Wicked crew at dinner.
I am sad this picture didn't turn out better.

9 months old

I am going to crawl any day
I just got my first tooth
I will eat ANYTHING you give me
I love my baby einstien movies
I love going on walks in my stroller
I get really excited when I see a doggy or a kitty
Sometimes I really hate getting in my carseat
I love bath time

We have progress

before


after

It actually seems like a real house in this room.
The fireplace needs a makeover, but it works for now.


before


after

Jesse has worked so SO hard over the last two weeks.
He is really handy, and can everything himself. So far he has
done demolition, tile, reframed walls, installed recessed lighting,
installed a new disposal, remodeled my closet....and the list goes on.

Thanks babe for all the hard work you are doing. I am sorry I complain
about the dust!!

a little dirt never hurt

We aren't going to get to our yard this spring, so I had to plant a few flower pots at least. Ryker thought it was way fun to play in the dirt(and taste it too). It was hard for me to just sit there while he got so dirty, but it was cute watching him have so much fun.

a little catchin' up

These are a few of my favorite pics from the last few weeks

Grass, pickles, and Grandpa

We decided to have a picnic one Sunday dinner at
Grandpa and Grandma's, but decided it was a little
too cold so we had one inside in the floor. It was way
fun. The food we ate made it really seem like a summer
picnic. Ryker got to taste lots of yummy new foods and
decided he liked the PICKLES the best. No sour face,
he really loved them.









I just thought these were pretty cute pictures.
He loved feeling the cool grass on his toes





Ryker and Grandpa playing with a magnifying glass

WOW!!! This last few weeks have been total chaos. We arrived home from our vacation on a Sunday night, then Jesse got laid off on Monday. We were in total shock for a day or two, then mad, but then we both had a sense of peace about it. I am not sure how I can feel so calm about it all just having bought a house and all. Sometimes the things that we think would be the worst things in the world actually turn out pretty good. I am not sure how all this will end, but I do know that it has brought Jesse and I closer, helped us refocus on what is really important and strengthened my testimony of tithing, prayer, and food storage. We have great families who will help us through this and I am very thankful for them.



We are officially moved into our new house as of Saturday. It feels so good to be living there even though it is a total disaster. We are laying tile(well Jesse is ) and got brand new carpet. I thought it would be so stressful doing so many repairs on the house, but it has actually been pretty fun so far.

Ryker is nine months old now and trying so hard to crawl. We think it will be any day now. Goodbye freedom of having an immobile baby, hello babyproofing. He got pretty sick during our vacation and it turned into two ear infections. He is doing much better now though. We have a park and a bike path right next door that we are excited to put to use as soon as he is better and this DANG March wind stops.

Well who knows where my camera is or the cable for the computer so I will post some new pictures soon.

San Diego

We had such a fun time in San Diego. We went to the zoo, seaworld, played on the beach and just hung out. One day I rented a beach cruiser bike with a baby seat on the back. Ryker loved it. We cruised around Mission beach.