Summer 2012



It's hard to believe the summer can go by so fast! Toward the beginning of the summer I made a list of all the things I wanted to get done this summer.... I can count the number of those things we've done on NO fingers. That's right.... we haven't done any of them and it's probably going to start snowing soon. Ok hopefully not snowing, but you get my drift.

We have been busy though! Greg's been working hard... driving his big spreader truck, which he really likes. Whenever he drives it his road rage is just shy of "pee-your-pants-hilarious". He laughs and yells at all the other drivers and says, "I'm WAY bigger than you! Get out of my way!"

 My Boys Playing with the Big Toy

As for me, I got a new job! Finally I get to use my nursing skills- freshly graduated.... almost 3 years ago. Oh well. I was afraid if I didn't hurry up and get a job of some kind, I would forget everything I learned in school (and NOBODY should ever have to go through nursing school twice). Anyway, I work for an orthopedic rehab facility in Idaho Falls. Its a really nice, small facility- still pretty new. I have only worked a handful of shifts on my own but I'm really liking it. The best part is that the schedule works out really great for the kids- it's only part time and when I have to work Greg is usually home to be with them. When he can't be home I can rely on Katy so the kids are always with family, which makes me feel better.

Zander and Taizlie are really good friends at the moment. Ask me if they still are in 5-10 years and the answer may be a little different but they get along super good right now. If Taizlie is awake while Zander is sleeping she seems restless and maybe a little fussy but as soon as Zander enters the room the world is good again. And if Taizlie is asleep while Zander is up, he asks about every 5 minutes or so, "Tea-Dea? Up?" As soon as he hears her on the monitor it's no more waiting and asking... it's just running to get her out of bed.

Zander is my big helper boy- no matter what I'm doing he's helping. He loves to help roll out dough, bring me laundry, open the doors for me, get the dishwasher soap out.... anything. He is starting to talk alot more in sentences and he suprises me every day with what he knows. For example, I had no idea until today that he knows the difference between the word "you" and the word "me". I grabbed his cup and tried to hand it to him, he shook his head, pointed at me, and said, "No. You drink." I took a drink and handed it to him and then he said, "Me drink." He knows his colors and he's getting really good at his numbers too. He's such a good boy- everything he does starts out with good intentions.... even if it ends up a mess. :) I love how sweet he is- especially in the mornings- he's pretty generous with the loves. One of the funniest things he does right now is kiss me when he thinks he's in trouble. If he has any inkling that he might be in trouble, he runs to me and kisses whatever body part is closest, whether it's a hand, a foot, a leg, my hair, it doesn't matter- a kiss is the same as a "get-out-of-jail-free card".

Taizlie is getting so big! She's going to be a year old at the end of this month! I can hardly believe that she's already almost a year old and how fast she's changing. She crawls faster and faster- she's been "Mowgli-crawling" for the last couple months and less than a week ago she got brave and took her first steps. Since then, the numbers of steps she's been taking by herself keep getting to be more and more. She knows a cow says Moo, she says Momma and Dadda and I think she even said Zander today (if that's what NEER means ;)), and she says please when she wants something. I love it. And she is our dirt-eater. Zander was never super-impressed with dirt, but she loves it. When we take her outside and set her in the grass, she will inevitably have dirt smeared all across her face and in every nook and cranny in her mouth along with some grass, despite our efforts to dissuade her. :)