Giggles

Not that she can do much, but I sure do enjoy those giggles!

Bike Riding

Normally we go out into our "green belt to drive" but Lady Lou was sleeping so I made him ride in our HUGE backyard! (I hope you catch the sarcasm here) He is basically riding the length of the back yard, minus where the trampoline is.

A whole Lot of Cuteness!

 Just chillin in my sister's chair eating a boiled egg.

 I love my sister!

 I have never seen such a happy baby, it's almost hard to get used to....Almost!

 He has mastered the bike! Only took a few days and Grandma's help!

 He is still a little timid, but getting more brave every day.

 Yes, she is ALWAYS this happy!

 She can't even touch the floor but still manages to get this thing bouncing like crazy!

 Little Man took this photo of his happy sister! One of these days I will do a post dedicated to his photos.

 Yes, I am adorable in my BSU head band!

 Photo by Little Man. He LOVES the camera, I am trying to see if they make real cameras for kids. I am a little leary of letting him use our good ones all the time.

My two adorable kids bonding in the crib!

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!