Here's what we've been up to:
LOGAN - He turned 9 months almost 2 weeks ago (missed the nine month post!). He is probably the main reason I've been off the blog for a while. He started CRAWLING! Life is definitely different with a crawling baby. Not just a crawling baby, but a very curious explorer. So many chocking hazards!!! And, his most favorite thing to seek out is cords. Not just any cords, but especially the kind that are already plugged in. It's amazing how many of those exist! And, he's completely obsessed with the stairs. We have a gate, but it seems to get left open by the older two quite often. Logan's already taken his first tumble. Thank goodness he came out with nothing more than a big surprise and hopefully a lesson learned. I'm hoping all this running around to catch and keep him out of trouble will finally get this extra baby weight off! Oh! And he got tooth #3 today!
MAX - Max has been as busy as ever!!! He is such a fun little boy and sometimes I think he gets lost being the middle child. Max is so fun to watch learn and discover. He has a way of explaining things very thoroughly. He is also a huge help! His favorite chore (and the one he's the best at) is gathering all the dirty laundry in the house and putting it in the laundry room. We tried to teach him how to sort, but I think he still needs a little work in that area. But, gathering he's an expert at. He asks almost daily (sometimes even hourly) if he can find all the dirty clothes in the house. The thing I love about Max and his helpfulness is that he can start something and stick with it until it's done.
Max is also very good at entertaining the troops. If Logan is upset, Max can cheer him up. If Bria needs someone to play Littlest Petshop with, Max is the man. Not that he even cares if they are girl toys, he's just happy to play anything. I think the most fun he's had is all the friends he's starting to make in the neighborhood. There are a few little boys his age that he's been starting to play with and he loves having his own little group of friends.
BRIA - The older Bria gets, the more I realize she is taking after her dad. She doesn't ever seem to stop! Not only does she go and go physically, she explains and talks her way through everything. She is always scheming up some sort of party or play group or something to invite the whole neighborhood to. And, it of course nearly always includes some sort of snack or food item. She colors very elaborate invitations to hand out and plans every last detail. I think I should maybe be worried for her teenage years. She is out of school for the summer and I know already that she'll fill every waking moment with some sort of adventure. Her most recent obsession is her new friend "Rocky" which....yep....is a rock. She had this whole imaginary world where Rocky is her baby and she has to put him down for a nap, feed him, etc. etc. Her other goal is to raise money so we can buy chickens. (I just mentioned one day that it would be fun and she hasn't let the idea go.) She's drawn a few pictures and tried to sell them, but I kindly and gently tell her that she can't sell her drawings to the other neighborhood children. It's too late for chickens this year, but if she keeps this persistent, maybe we'll get a few new pets by next year. At least I don't ever have to worry about entertaining Bria.
DAVE - What is Dave not doing? He has by far been the busiest. Today, he had a huge assembly closing the Rachel's Challenge program his school started in February. The kids had a parade around the neighborhood showing each link they had worked to collect these last few months. Each link represented an act of kindness done by someone in the school. And....he was on the news again!
Aside from the very big assembly, Dave has been waiting to hear on his job. His school district was considering cutting counselor positions with all of the budget cuts. We were pretty worried for a while since his is an interim counselor right now. But, the teachers and parents stood up and said that counselors are something that they are just not willing to live without. In the meantime, the school Dave's been at has only had a part-time counselor in the past. The district decided that they finally needed to make it a full time position. But, since it was a brand new position, Dave has had to go through all of the formal application process. He hasn't had his interview yet, but we feel really good about it considering that he is in essence applying for the job that he already has. The teachers and the principal really like him so that probably gives him a pretty good chance. We feel really blessed that there is even a job available in such a bad economy.
Another kinda funny update with Dave is a job he contracted with Pix and Flix (his videography company). BP Energy is starting a windfarm in Idaho Falls and wanted him there to shoot the opening ceremony. You may have heard of BP recently concerning an enormous oil spill in the gulf coast. Apparently they had a huge budget, so Dave quoted them what he would charge for 2 weddings and they didn't even hesitate. So, we're very happy about that.
Aside from those, he has been working and working on wedding videos, websites and other business design type stuff. He is really a hard worker!
Dave has also been working like crazy in our yard. He works very meticulously on our grass. Hours every week - and it shows too. He is also the driving force behind our garden. I spent hours weeding and Dave came in and finished ten times more than I could in a fraction of the time. It's pretty cool to watch!
ME - Aside from keeping up with the house, the laundry, and everyone else's goings on, I've been pretty busy too. I finished getting the garden all planted yesterday. I didn't do starts inside the house this year, just seeds straight in the ground. I did buy some tomato starts, though. So, hopefully everything will actually grow fast enough. I'm really excited about having a garden and not being pregnant this year. I've got huge dreams for what we are going to do with the harvest! This year we planted: tomatoes (3 different kinds), cucumbers (regular and pickling), green beans, lettuce, onions (sweet, red and green), bell peppers, sweet corn, zucchini, jack-o-lantern pumpkins, pie pumpkins, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, peas (regular and sugar snap), carrots and of course we still have our strawberries and raspberries. Oh, and we have a rhubarb plant that we still need to find a place for. That should keep me pretty busy for the summer. More time outside = less chores inside, right?
Aside from garden and household stuff, I've been making soap, reading about soap, and talking about soap like crazy. I taught my sister in law, Jessica how to make soap last month and she loves it as much as I do. So, with a lot of encouragement from our entrepreneur husbands, we decided to start our own little company together. We're both really excited about it. We put together a website so check it out and let us know what you think. It's a work in progress and we're still working on building our inventory. We're also going to sell our soaps on consignment through Austin Kade Academy in Idaho Falls. (Just a side note: if you go to their website and click on videos, they would all be Dave's handiwork. He also helped build their website. I have a very talented hubsand!) Anyway....we'll see where this new adventure takes us. Right now we're just having fun working together and making soap. I would honestly be happy if we sold just enough soap to support our little hobby, but I wouldn't mind it being more either.
Hopefully that catches us up! I promise we have not dropped off the face of the earth, we've just been so busy! It's crazy how life can get in the way of blogging sometimes, right? But, then what would I ever blog about if it didn't?
Wow! You guys have been super busy! Yay for tooth #3! Your yard and garden look awesome. I need to get outside and weed... Uh, maybe tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThe soap website looks awesome. Gorgeous pictures!