Friday, August 7, 2009

The last few weeks. . .

I have been MIA from my blog for the last few weeks. Life has been very busy. My sister came to visit us and we spent a week touring the area. We went to the zoo where I discovered my new favorite animal. It is called an Okapi (Oh-Copy) and looks like a mix of several animals. I love the ears.


We also visited COSI and got to see an actual Mummy and Sarcophagus. We went to Kirtland and got to see the Temple and visited the Church's Vister's center. Tons of fun. We went to TEd's Montana Grill and even got her to try a byson burger. We enjoyed having Jamie here and hope she enjoyed her trip too.

After her week here, I flew out with her and the 2 boys to Utah.We were there for a week when Nathanial flew out to join us. While we were there, we got to go to the zoo, go to our Niece, Jessica's baby blessing, had a nice bbq with our family, and went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. We also went with Nathanial's mom to feed some ducks and then went bowling. Thomas had sooooo much fun. He kept telling everyone good job, and cheering them when they knocked over pins yelling "You got a strike out" About 1/2 way through the game, we had to explain to Thomas that when the ball didn't knock over any pins it wasn't a good thing. 3/4 the way through our game Jenny (my brother in law's girlfriend who is really nice) threw a gutter ball. Thomas saw it miss all of the pins, and then looked over at her and I swear he was going to cry. He then said, "Jenny, it's okay. It's okay." So sweet.

Now for updates on the boys, Thomas is going to be getting his tonsils and adenoids removed in the middle of september. They are large enough that they are impeding on his sleep. He doesn't really know yet, as the nurse recommended we wait until a couple of days before so he doesn't have so much time to worry himself about it. Thomas also got his first bike this week. He has tipped over a couple of times, but seems to do okay as long as we are right there with him (he is super nervous about trying new things).

Brady is still right around 20 lbs and now has two teeth. They came in within a couple of weeks of each other. Wednesday night he figure out how to get into the crawling stance, so it won't be much longer till he is off and crawling through the house. Brady also had a first this week, his first ear infection. We caught it fairly early on so we hope it doesn't get too painful for him.

I can't believe summer is almost over. Yesterday Nathanial and I hit the 5 year mark. Five years seems to have gone by so quick, but so much has happened and so much has changed. I can't believe yet another summer has passed us by so quickly. School is getting ready to start(not that it affects us at all) and I just can't believe that Christmas is only 139 days away. Yikes! Time to start decorating :)

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