Labor Day

What does one do when their whole life is uprooted, when nothing is familiar when old traditions are no longer feasible to continue? MAKE NEW ONES WE SAY! That's just what we did this Labor Day! With no boat, and no water for said boat, we couldn't continue our tradition of boating on Labor Day. So what we do? We went to the ABQ (that's the abbreviation for Albuquerque I've learned!) Biopark Aquarium! After all it's as close to water as we were going to get. The trip was successful and as an added bonus we also got admission to the Botanical Gardens which are HUGE! Alas, my camera battery died while in the Aquarium, so not many pictures were able to be taken in the Gardens. Not to mention we didn't even put a dent in exploring them, they are HUGE! Darn, guess I'll have to go back again! Anyway, here are some pictures of our most fabulous day at the Aquarium. ENJOY!

This New thing I Call a Hobby

So I know a long long time ago I mentioned that I had a new hobby I really really was enjoying. Many of you have asked what it is and want to see what this new hobby of mine is. So here we go! It is ceramics. The moose that I made for Starr for Christmas started it all. I really enjoyed it. It was nice to get away from home and meet some new really neat and fun people. And of course there were so many things I saw in the shop that I wanted. One of everything please, except the dolls, those are creepy!

I finished Starr's Moose and moved onto the next project. This adorable penguin!

I finished this in Marchish. Then  I started on This wonderful project and am almost finished! It is for a Christmas present. Those are the only details I can Divulge at this time!

The Purple one isn't quite finished. You basically start out with a piece of greenware (I think that is the proper term) that is super fragile! you clean it up and get all the seams from the molds off. Then Gorgiene, this sweet old lady fires it for me and the next week you are ready to paint! Gorgiene makes all of these herself and is so amazing! I am almost  done with this project and can't wait to start another one! I think I may need something else to go with my penguin! I know it's just painting something and doesn't take too much creativity, but I really enjoy it, it's just artistic enough for me to handle!

So there you have, my new hobby!

Ryan Vaden Olsen

Vaden came to our house just six days after he was born for a visit. Starr helped us install a new stove and dishwasher in the house we are living in. Micah was so sweet and soft with him...For about 2 minutes then he was done, he wanted to go outside and play. Good thing someone was there to catch Vaden when he decided to scoop him off his lap!

 Kisses for baby Vaden

Cute cousins!

I couldn't help posting this one of the cousins! They were eating their 'free' pizza' You see we ordered 3 pizzas and an order of breadsticks for dinner When Starr and Erin's family came over and I got a call from the delivery guy asking if he was at the right address-He was at our old apartment.(after I had confirmed with the guy taking my order that he made a note we had moved and made him repeat the new address twice) So I gave him directions to the new place. He showed up just as Mike and Starr were leaving to get the new stove and dishwasher from Sears. I saw him talking out there with the delivery boy for a while they were laughing then he got in his car and left. Strange.



I went out to see what was going on. Apparently he left the pizza bag on top of his car when he left our old place and the pizzas flew off. Bummer! I was hungry! So I called the pizza place to explain the situation and we ended up with a free order of pizza that night! Looking back, it really is kind of funny. We were all worried that the delivery guy would lose his job, but not to worry, I saw him out there the other day and I even think he recognized the big white truck I was in because he smiled and waved at me real big!

Easter 2012

Well at two years old I have decided Little Man wasn't much into Easter. He went to grandma's house with Payton and Taylor and colored easter eggs. Well Taylor and Grandma colored easter eggs from what I hear. When it came time to find the eggs, he wasn't much into that either. He did get excited when he opened the plastic ones and found candy inside them. He'd pocket the candy and throw the empty egg to the side. What good is an empty egg with no candy anyway? Here are a few snapshots from the spledid beautiful easter day! It's a good thing there is more to Easter than the Easter bunny!



Little Man is 2? What?

Well, news on the home front is that I haven't posted in a long time. But I guess you knew that! But the good news is that I have internet at home now, so sometime in between finding time to play with Little Man after work, Clean my now enormous house (more on that later) and getting back into running I should have time to post more right? I guess we will see.

Last month as you all know my Little Man turned two! I know it's hard for me to believe too, but it's true! We overcame a huge hurtle before his second birthday-he got POTTY TRAINED!!!! Thanks to the huge help from my mom and my niece who cleaned up mess after mess while I was at work, and kept him in his tighty whitey's I can officially say he was potty trained before he was two..but barely! It was definately a long hard couple of weeks for me and I don't know what I would have done without my mom. She is a lifesaver, if it weren't for her Micah would probably be in diapers still. She has much more patience than me. All in all potty training was a success and he caught on much much quicker than I had even imagined (even though I wish it was even quicker, I know I need more patience) He is even staying dry at night. He does have an accident now and then, but what busy kid doesn't after all, it's much more fun to play outside in the enormous backyard than to come in for five seconds to go to the bathroom. I am sure we have all been there at least once in our lives.

Now the next hurdle we need to overcome is sleeping through the night. Yes you heard it, I have a two year old who doesn't sleep through the night. What have I done wrong, I thought I was the perfect parent who would have a child sleeping through the night at 3 month old! HA HA he did go through phases of sleeping through the night, but alas they didn't last. Any pointers from all you veteraned mommies out there?

But anyway, here are some pictures from his 2nd birthday party. We were lame and didn't have a huge party for him with all the family like we did for his first, but it was a nice small gathering with Mike and my niece Kylie and I. We enjoyed ourselves and lost patience waiting for Little Man to so delicately open his presents. Come on! Rip those suckers open!

 CHEESE!

Yes, My son adorable!