Island Park-July 2009

The last week in July, Island Park hosts an antique fair. This year we were able to go and it was so much fun! My mom and my friend Katie and her boyfriend were able to come with us. We just went for the day, but we had soooo much fun. I don't think I have laughed so hard in such a long time. Katie has 2 aunts that have cabins side by side, so we were able to stop and visit with them. They are so sweet and welcoming! I can't wait to go next year!!

After visiting with Katie's family we drove past Mack's Inn Playhouse and they had these boards up with the faces missing. We probably had to much fun with these, but that's ok, right?! It was dark when we took the pictures, but I think they turned out ok. From left to right: Jessica, Brian, and Kris

Katie and me

Derick, Katie, and Brian

Asthma??

I have to complain a little, it's a shocker isn't it. Hunter has had a cough for the last 2 months now. He never had a fever or runny nose. I finally took him to the doctor at week 3 and he thought that it was 2 virus' back to back. We went home, I waited for it to go away. It didn't. So at week 5 we went back. The Dr. said that it sounded like asthma, with out the wheezing and that he would treat it as if it were asthma, but he wasn't diagnosing him with asthma. So we have been giving him the medicine and it hasn't helped at all. So I finally took him back today (week 8) and the doctor more or less said that it is asthma that presents itself with a constant cough, but to make sure that it wasn't anything else he sent us for a x-ray. I can't tell you how much I hate taking Hunter to the doctor, for some reason he thinks he has to be naughty. I love the doctor that we see and he is so good with Hunter, but I think today he could read my feelings of craziness all over my face. He walked in and said "he's so cute, I'll take him for the day" "is he driving you crazy?" The only thing I could say was YES he is driving me crazy. I love my child, but man is he busy and "independent". Anyways, so filling out the paperwork at the X-ray place was, saying it nicely, a chore. We finally got called back and the tech was so good with him, but I could tell that he was really scared. He had to wear this little belt thing around his waste and stand in front of this big metal box thingy. The lady took his little hands and stood right by him, but the look of terror in his eyes was enough to almost make me cry. He was such a good boy and stood pretty still (for him anyways)!!! Later today the dr called and said that he has a slight case of pneumonia and maybe asthma. The left lung was a little inflamed so he gave us an antibiotic and an inhaler. I really hope this helps. At night he coughs so hard it wakes him up, and he is coughing throughout the day. Ok, I think this has been enough complaining for one time;) Keep your fingers crossed that this round of meds get him better!!!

HIKE!!

It's a lizard if you can't tell

A couple of weeks ago we went on a hike near Kelly's Canyon. It was so stinkin hot. I'm not sure how Brian convinced me to go at the hottest part of the day. I will admit that I complained the whole time, but I am glad we did it. It is paved for wheel chair accesability for the first mile, but after that it is a groomed trail. Once we made it to the trail I decided I had had enough of the heat and made us come back to the car. It was really pretty though! To make it to the top of the mountain is only 3.5 miles. I think this fall we will attempt it again(when it's cooler!!!). Brian wants me to add that he wasn't even tired and was upset that I made him come back down. I can't help that in the shade it was still 100+ degrees. Maybe next time we will make it to the top ;) It makes for fun memories, right?!

5th Anniversary!

On July 10th we celebrated our 5th anniversary. I can't believe how fast time has gone by. We actually didn't celebrate until this past Friday. We went to dinner and then went to the movies. We actually saw Harry Potter. It was sooo good!! I can't wait to see what the next 5 years brings(hopefully a graduate and a house).

Brian starts back to school in August and hopefully will graduate in May!! I am so excited to be done with this part of our lives. I am now working a few days a month at Melaleuca to help bring in a little extra money. Hunter is really trying to say more words, lately he says eye, grandpa and grandma, more, drink, blue, boo, he makes a few animal sounds. That's just some of what he says, he still is hard to understand so you probably wouldn't understand him if you heard him say these words, but that's ok! On Saturday Melaleuca held their annual Summer Picnic. It was alot of fun, Hunter had his very first ride on a horse. I was a bad mom and left the camera at home so the only pictures I got were on my phone. I can't believe summer is almost over...it's gone by way too fast!

4th of July

I had Hunter is such a cute outfit this year, a red tank top and red, white and blue plaid shorts, but he got so dirty that we had to change him and this is the only picture I have of him. Oh well.

(My mom and Aunt Deanne)

(This one's for Alissa, my Uncle Mike was sooo tired I just couldn't resist a picture of it)

This 4th was a lot of fun! We were going to go to the parade, but decided to sleep in instead, which I think was way more fun;) We got going and got the car packed with all the stuff we would need to for the day and evening. My wonderful Aunt Deanne always gets to the river really early in the morning so that her family (and I tag along) get an awesome spot. This year I think was one of the best spots. We unloaded our car at the spot down at the river and then went to the farmer's market and walked around over there. I love the farmer's market!! It was about lunch time and we crossed the street and had lunch by the river. In Idaho Falls, they close down one of our streets and bring in vendors. This year they had some really great food! Some how Hunter got sunscreen in his eyes, he was pretty miserable. We decided to take him home and give him a bath and put him down for a nap. While he was sleeping we played Monopoly and Yahtzee. About 7pm we headed back to the river and enjoyed time with my family! The fireworks were amazing. We were so close that debris from the fireworks were falling on top of us. It was so much fun!! Thanks, Deanne and Mike for letting us sit with you guys again!!

Swimming at Grandpa's

A few days ago we finally had some really nice weather here in IF!! I was able to go over to my dad's house and let Hunter get some of his energy out!! I thought that he would love the water and not want to get out, but he loved running around the yard more. This was the second time he has ever been swimming. He is so active that it was hard to get a good picture of his face, but I was able to get a good one of him while he was running. Some of the funny things that he is doing lately are playing peek-a-boo every time he see us, winking and saying HI as sweet as possible whenever he is doing something naughty and getting told no, dancing whenever there is music (even in sacrament meeting), everything is mommy right now, walking on his tippie toes, spinning in circles on one foot, and laughing whenever his daddy does. He is such a sweet little boy!

Jackson Hole

On Memorial weekend my mom was in town, so we decided to drive to Jackson for the day. It was on the chilly side, but it was still fun. My friend Amy and her baby Keiland also came with us. They had a few live bluegrass bands play which was nice!I think Hunter wasn't as excited about the trip as I was. He was pretty unhappy in his stroller.

We had to stop at the candy store! We all bought some sour candies and had contest to see who could keep it in their mouths the longest. I decided to give Hunter a taste and this is the face he pulled. I thought it was too funny not to post it. I know I'm a mean mom ;)

Remembering Grandma Wolfe

On Friday May 22, 2009 my sweet grandma passed away. She was such a sweet lady! She did alot for me and the rest of my large family. She will be greatly missed! She lived with my aunt and uncle for the past 11 years. I can't say thank you enough to their family for all they have done for her and my grandpa. Some of my favorite memories of Grandma are of her singing her fishy song. She would take out her false teeth(only if we begged long enough) and would sing us the fishy song. She was always making us laugh. On Friday and Saturday's she would be out the door at 7 am to go garage saling. We would be out till about 1 pm and then got get lunch. I also remember going out to my uncle's house to pick the beans and peas from his garden. Those are just a few of some of my favorite memories. I am so lucky to have had such a good relationship with her. I love her so much and will miss her tons. I know that she is in a way better place and that I will see her again. I can just imagine her reunion with my sweet grandpa and her parents and brothers. I LOVE YOU GRANDMA!!!!

Big Helper and the Park!!

On of our the legs on our chair needed tightened so Brian was doing that. Hunter just plopped right into his lap and took the tool from Brian and started working on the chair. It was so cute. He loves to help and he loves his Dad! Lately Hunter will take the broom from the closet and sweep our kitchen floor. I admit it's a little annoying, he does it like 20 times a day. I am glad he is learning young, he will make a great husband one day!!:)

On a really nice day we went to the park to let Hunter play. He loves the park!! I can't take him by myself because he is a terror and tries to jump off of the high toys and thinks it is so funny to scare his mom. So when Brian is available to like to take him to the park. On the day we went there wasn't very many people there so it was nice to just let him run! He found a balloon and chased it all over. He is getting so big and likes to be independent. I can't believe he is already 19 months old. We are so thankful for him! I love being his mommy!! We love you Hunter!

Easter!!

I love Easter! It's the perfect time for me to reflect and make sure that I am trying my best. This Easter Hunter actually kind of "got" it. He woke up and we showed him all of his Easter stuff and then he saw the eggs and went and put them in his basket! I thought that we might have to do it for him, but he did really good. Hunter was so spoiled this year. I got most of his stuff at Target in the dollar section! Gotta love the cheap stuff!! We went to church in the afternoon and then had my dad over for dinner. My step-mom is in Oklahoma for work so she wasn't in town this year. When I go to my cousin, Kristy, house her boys have play guns and Hunter loves them so I figured I couldn't go wrong with them and I was right. He hasn't put them down! He says bang bang and then we act like he got us and play dead, I know how horrible that sounds, but he laughs and laughs. Yesterday my dad said bang bang back at Hunter and he grabbed his chest and said OOOO and fell on the ground. It was really funny. He's getting to be so big. I love it!

Some Funnies!

So I just wanted to write down some of the things that Hunter has been doing lately so I don't forget them. Yesterday I was in his bedroom calling for him so that I could get him dressed, he usually comes right away. When he didn't come I came out to the kitchen to find him with a bottle of lotion. He had screwed the lid off and was eating it. How gross, but so a Hunter thing to do. Today I was getting him dressed and left him on his changing table for 3 seconds while I got a sweatshirt out of his closet. When I turned around he had dumped his bottle of baby powder all of his lap. He thought that was pretty funny and so did I. He also turned a banana chair over and is using it as a slide. Crazy boy! He laughed so hard when he turned it over. Anyways, these things are probably not funny to most of you, but I didn't want to forget them so I had to blog it!

Fun Times!

On the only nice day in March we took Hunter to the park to play. He loved it. They have lots of things to do at this particular park. It usually crowded, but on this day it wasn't so that was nice.
Last weekend my mom offered to babysit overnight and let us have night away!! It was so nice, thanks mom! We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn and went to the Cheesecake Factory. I have never been there, it was good. We had to wait for like 2 hours though. On Saturday we went to Temple Square and walked around. It was so nice out. We were able to toured the Conference Center. I took a picture of the pulpit because they said it's normally down, so people can't see it. On that day they were actually cleaning or something like that and it was up. We were only 3 rows away from it and it is so beautiful so I had to take a picture, who knows if we will ever be that close to it again. After we were down walking around Temple Square we met my mom at Heritage Park. I have never been there and would recommend it to everyone! It is across the street from the Hogle Zoo, and is the place where Brigham Young had a vision of where the Temple would be built. They have a little village to tour and a train you can ride on. We weren't able to go to the village because they don't open that till May, but it was still fun.

Daddy takin' his boy for a walk. LOL. He is so fast so we decided to get him a "leash". It works really well, and allows him to walk by himself. He still falls alot so this helps with all the bumps and bruises!

Outside the Mayan restaurant is Salt Lake. They have a snake that curves around and serves as a bench. He loved playing on it!

He has really become interested in books! He wants to read them, but no be read to. Funny boy!

This was before church yesterday, Hunter was not holding still so I made Brian hold him. Hunter wasn't too happy about that.