29 April 2009

New Sister

Trevor and Julie
...in-law that is.

My brother, Trevor, proposed to his girlfriend yesterday. We're so excited to have Julie become part of our family this summer.

Bits of Bean

  • On my way to the shower this morning, I could hear Sydney talking in her room. She was going "B. Y. U. Tugars (cougars) Rawr! I don't know which of her friends she was talking to, but it was pretty great.
  • Sydney was playing with Charles and wanted him to tickle her tummy. She would count "1,2,3" and then he would tickle her. She realized that three was the cue for him to tickle her and so she just started going "3! 3! 3!".
  • Sydney was also mimicking Charles putting on his belt and tucking in his shirt. It was pretty cute to see.

28 April 2009

Everyone wants to be a Pundit.

Now that Charles is really, officially done with his undergraduate degree, he's going to be writing more on his political blog, Within the Pachyderm. Let him know if you agree with him or not. He loves a good debate.

Dentist Update

We took Sydney to the dentist again today to look at her chipped tooth. This time, she started screaming the second the dentist walked in the room. The tooth definitely needs to come out, so they're going to put her under anesthesia in a few weeks and pull it out. So not looking forward to it.

Sliding

Last time we were at the park (which was a week ago, I've had really awful allergy problems recently) Sydney went down the biggest slide all by herself. I have to help her climb up to it, but once I get her up there, she comes down all on her own.

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Getting ready to slide.

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At the bottom.

27 April 2009

Duck Pond

We went after Family Home Evening to feed the ducks. I had some fun with my camera while Sydney and Charles fed them. Sydney was pretty excited to see the ducks, but didn't want ot be put down. Hopefully, next time we go, I'll get pictures of Sydney feeding them.

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26 April 2009

Temple Square in the Spring

On Friday, we went up to Temple Square for a family outing. We got to see TONS of tulips.

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We tried to get some pretty pictures of Sydney. She was more interested in showing us her nose.

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This one's a little better, but Charles was standing over me and she was looking at him.

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More tulips. I love the black-purples ones.

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Salt Lake Temple.

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We took a tour of the Church Office Building's roof.

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I love this view of the temple...how many brides can you see?

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It was quite the fun experience.

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Sydney sticking her mouth in a hole made for cameras.

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And we finished the trip off with a meal in the Garden Restaurant at the top of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

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Guessing Game

Can you tell what's wrong with this house?

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How about now?

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That's right, there's a rock in the garage door.

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This house is actually in the area of Provo that Charles is over, so he got to go and look at it with the building inspectors. He was pretty impressed. It went THROUGH the house after bouncing down the mountain (it's right at the highest point that you could still build at, practically no yard.) and the garage door is where the rock finally came to rest.

25 April 2009

Cheeseburger?

We asked Sydney what she wanted for dinner tonight, since I was feeling lousy from allergies. She walked over to the refrigerator and looked at the door for a minute and then turned to us and said, "Burger." We asked her again and she gave us the same answer. So, she and Charles went out and picked up some cheeseburgers and then came home. I was especially impressed that after asking for it, she even ate a good portion of it.

22 April 2009

Back Up

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I've done some backdating of posts, so just keep going back and you'll be caught up.

16 April 2009

Big Girl

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We converted Sydney's crib to a toddler-size day bed. She enjoys getting in and out while we are in the room. Thankfully, she has had no problems getting used to sleeping in her bed. In fact, we're pretty sure she doesn't realize that she can get out of her bed without us in the room.

15 April 2009

Reunion

Becca and Danielle came out to Utah to spend a few days with us. It was tons of fun with them and Danielle's two kids here. Hopefully we can do it again soon, with Brooke here too!

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Playing with chalk.

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Dawna at the Skyroom.

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Lawrence at the Skyroom.

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Lawrence's face whenever food was offered. That kid LOVED food! Made me feel better about my cooking.

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Sydney finishing off my dessert.

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Making faces.

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Dawna and Danielle.

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Playing with the exersaucer was a big hit.

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Provo Temple...note the grey sky and cold looking atmosphere.

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Dawna at the Provo Temple...little snowflakes were falling.

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And by the time we made it to the Mt Timpanogos temple, it was a full on snow storm. Lame.

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More faces.

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Wearing Dawna's shoes.

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Kids.

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Sydney loved having friends over.

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14 April 2009

13 April 2009

Easter Sunday

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Trevor and Julie came over on Easter Sunday and had dinner with us. I should have taken a picture of the food, especially the cake which everyone enjoyed, but I forgot.

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Sydney and Uncle Trevor.

11 April 2009

Finding Easter Eggs

This was Sydney's first Easter Egg hunt as well. We practiced finding empty plastic eggs the night before so she would have an idea of what to do. When she woke up in the morning and came out to the living room, she went straight for her little basket and picked up the eggs.

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Looking at the Easter Basket

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Candy. While I was in the shower, she figured out how to open the plastic eggs, which had jelly beans in them. Charles was supposed to be watching her.

10 April 2009

Coloring Eggs

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We colored Easter Eggs with Sydney for the first time this year. We're pretty sure she had fun. She liked dropping the eggs in the dye and stirring them around.

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She really liked stirring.

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"Egg."

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Eating the egg.

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Finished product.