Having Fun

We have just been goofing around this week and having so much fun. Josie loves flying in the air with daddy. Jackson, with his adventure with finger foods, has become disenchanted with Kix cereal, and now plays a unique game with them. Unfortunately, they end up on the floor and we crunch them under our feet, but it is so funny to watch him. Jax also has quite the fro after bath time, as you can see below. Josie planted crocus bulbs with me last saturday. She had fun soaking the bulbs and patting the dirt. It will be a few weeks before they germinate and become flowers, but it is fun to teach her!

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day was really fun for us as a family. Josie and Jackson made a big heart valentine for daddy to wear all evening long. We even finished the evening off with some dancing (see video above!) Here are some other funny pictures of Josie and what she has been doing around the house.

Jackson Walking and Talking

Well, our little man isn't so little anymore! He just turned 11 months old and took a bunch of steps the other day! In these videos you can see him walking and saying apple. He says so much now! Hi, daddy, wow, apple, tiger, no (learned that from Josie), monkey sounds, and more. He says uh-oh when he throws his binki our of his crib so we know when we have to go back in. He is quite a curious boy! This is his latest feat (below), climbing. Yes, he did this all by himself. He also likes to hide in our entertainment center.

Salt Lake Children's Museum

Two weeks ago I had the chance to go to the Salt Lake Children's Museum with Kristin (kids Ben and Joshua) and Emily Kohlhase (kids Nathan, Anna and Adam). I had just as much fun as the kids! Josie loved the water sation where she could float all these ping pong balls in the water obstacles. By the time she was done, she was literally soaked up and down!

The kids went to a class on dinosaurs where they read a book on them, and made playdoe. They got to make their own dinosaur. Well, Josie and Ben's were just mashed balls, but it didn't matter because they still had lots of fun!

One of the highlights was the wind tunnel. The kids got to experiment with learning what floats. To say Josie was completely mezmorized is an understatement. She was at this station for half and hour. There were also a large blockset that was really fun too. Nathan made a huge tower. Even though there were tons of things to do and play with, Jackson found this barrier most interesting (below). He probably thinks, "I can play with toys at home, time to explore!" He is definitely the most curious baby. This deer was probably the most "baby" approved toy upstairs.

I can't wait to go back!!

Oh yeah, Josie is too.

Trip to Portland, Oregon

Steve and I went to Portland Oregon this weekend and just had a blast! Tresa, who I grew up with, was getting married so we flew out there. We saw so many beautiful sights, one of which was Multnomah Falls along the Cloumbia River Gorge. Here are some photos of that. The Falls were just breathtaking and below you can see a video of the falls thundering down. The rain and mist from the falls got us totally wet! We were not prepared. Everone else that was visiting were rain proofed through and through. We should have had ponchos.

After we went to the falls we attended the rehersal dinner and then slept at Steve's Aunt and Uncle's house in Tualatin. The next morning we visited the Portland Temple, one Steve and I had not seen before. That evening was the wedding, and I got to say a prayer; I felt honored that they would even ask me. The ceremony was beautiful and we are so happy for Tresa and John! We had a fabulose dinner and danced our hearts out (we thought we'd do everyone a favor and not video our dance moves! They are just to awesome to share, and we didn't want to make anyone feel bad. . . yeah.) We were spent by the time we got home! It was a very memorable trip for us!