Daddy's Favorite Trick

Wes' favorite trick is to put the kids on his hand and make them balance. He started doing this with Shalon when she was 3 months old and recently started doing it with Cutler. He does it everywhere and loves getting a reaction. At first I was nervous but now it's old news.

Cutler May 21st- 1 day shy of 3 months old

Shalon when she was 4 months old- Oct. 2007
(I couldn't find any earlier pictures)

Playing with Cousins

May 19th... Lovell, WY...

Shalon got to go to the park and play with Wes' cousin Becky's girls. Cutler got to go along but mainly stayed in the stroller...

Cutler

Alyssa, Hailey, Kenadee, and Shalon

(I went to Becky's blog to try and figure out who was who. Sorry if I got it wrong!)

Shalon and Kenadee

Swingin' Fun!

May 18th- Lovell, WY

May 18th. It was really hot in Lovell and I hadn't brought any shorts for Shalon because it had been kinda cold the previous week so we stripped her down to her diaper and let her run through the sprinklers with Uncle Kurtis. She loved it.

Cutler

Wes

Shalon

Uncle Kurtis and Shalon

Where to Begin

I need to play catch up from the last couple weeks. I left off on my birthday... We didn't do much I'd kinda been celebrating for over a week before because I got a re blooming pink lilac from Wes' parents. Haven't killed it yet. :) Wes was going to take me to dinner but Shalon was having a bad day and we didn't want to take her to a restaurant so we ordered in and got those new pasta bowls from Dominoes. They were good. We ordered our food online which was kinda cool. It tells you what they are doing as they do it and it shows when your food is done. Wes ordered me some Temptations ovenware off QVC for my birthday. We love QVC...

(I tried to put a picture up of what he got me but I couldn't get it to work.)

These pictures are from that week in Lovell. There was a big windstorm one night and part of a tree fell on David and Susan's house but luckily there was no damage.

Cutler May 13th

Tying Wes' jean blanket. Grandma Walker, Susan, Shalon. May 13th

Shalon and Mommy

Downed tree limbs. May 13th

Wes and Kurtis cut down the limbs and cleaned up the mess.

Fishing

Last Monday after FHE Wes, Cutler, and I went fishing. It was such a nice night. I had never gone fishing the "Wyoming" way. I grew up fishing holding a pole in my hand. Here they have pole holders and clip bells to them so they have more chances to catch a fish. They just sit on the bank and then run when the bell rings. Wes caught a very nice 4-5 lb. catfish.

May 4th

Water pipe

Last summer in Lovell they were redoing water and sewer pipes. Dave and Susan's line to the house got bumped so it leaked. Kurtis was working on digging the line out last week so they could replace it and accidently hit it. So for 2 days after school and work that's all Kurtis, Wes, and Dave did. Good job guys.

May 5th and 6th

Playgroup

Last week when we were in Lovell, we got invited to go to playgroup at the park. Shalon loved it and really started to go down slides without having to be convinced. I'm sure we'll go again this week.

May 6th

Cutler by Jamie

My friend Jamie took these pictures of Cutler April 4th, 2009. He was about a month and a half old.

Hmm...

We'll see who actually reads what I have to say... I have to speak in Church this Sunday. I always have struggled with talks, I'd rather teach a RS lesson than speak. Wes can attest to that. I feel like I will have so much prepared, I will actually read my talk out loud before sacrament meeting so I have an idea how long it will be. When I actually get in front of the pulpit I start rushing through it, cut things out, and it ends up being extremely short. The first talk I gave when we lived in the college branch ended up being only about 5-7 min. so Wes had to lengthen his to about 30 min.

Anyway. I have to be the concluding speaker this Sunday. The pressure is on and I want some opinions. My topic is lesson #32 in the Joseph Smith manual "Responding to Persecution with Faith and Courage. It can be as broad or narrow as I want. What I am struggling with is how that relates to me here and now. I kind of want to spin off and more relate it to responding to trials with faith and courage. What do you think?

Kids, that's what life's all about.

Shalon is so fun to have around. Lately we have been in Lovell staying with Wes' family while he's been working in Cowley. (Thank you!) That way we are able to see him at night and the kids get to have fun with relatives. :) However when we go home on the weekends all Shalon can talk about is Grandpa and Holly. She asks about them constantly. Occassionally she'll say Grammy and Kurtis too.

Susan did her hair this morning. I thought it turned out cute.

I don't usually just let my child cry, but I thought this was cute especially with what he was wearing so I couldn't help myself. It says room service please.

I weighed him this morning and he was 14lbs. I can't believe it. (well that was with diaper and clothes but still...) He'll catch Shalon before I know it. She's only about 23 lbs. He really is a good baby. He's started cooing and laughing. He kicks his legs when he's hungry like what Shalon did. If I put him to bed around 10 pm he'll sleep until about 5:30 am the majority of the time.

Cutler taken May 8th

Taken May 11th

Out of the Loop

I like blogging. It makes me feel connected to people and that I can actually have interaction outside of my kids. I enjoy looking at other blogs and knowing what is going on in peoples lives.

I haven't been the best at updating my blog lately so here goes....

Easter we went to Lovell. The next weekend we went to Aunt Charlotte and Uncle Mike's for Stake Conference. The last 2 weeks Wes has been working in Lovell, so we have been staying with his family. When we came home this weekend Shalon has kept asking for Grandpa and Holly.

That is a short synopsis of what's been happening. Hopefully I'll get more in depth later.