Out and about

Enjoying the cool mornings this week.

A cute picture to start off the week

We got this hat for Grant at the Gap Outlet while we were up in Sedona. He loves it! He also loved going to the park here on Saturday morning. It was only 80 degrees!

As for his first day in nursery...he didn't love it. He went in fine and walked straight for the toys. About 45 minutes later I heard him crying in the hall and I knew they were coming to get me. He had been crying the whole time after I left him in there. Keith took him back in and stayed with him for the next hour. Better luck next week.

Don't you think this would be great? I do!

I cannot find where I found this picture, but isn't it beautiful? Stephanie over at Barefoot in the Kitchen featured another beautiful kitchen on her blog today. She inspired me to do the same.

I dream of a looking out a great big window with white trim everywhere as I stand at my beautiful big sink & make yummy food in my kitchen that all my family will love. Wouldn't TWO sinks be even better? It makes sense to me. I use one sink while making my masterpieces, while the Mr. does the dishes in the other sink. Wonderful!

We ran away

We had to get away. Keith started school again last night, so before we got back into the thick of it we hit the road and went to Sedona for a few days. I have never been there before. I was surprised at how beautiful it is. We had lots of fun. We couldn't go down slide rock because of bacteria in the water, but we found things to do elsewhere. We will definitely be going back. It's only 2 hours away! And we found a cool house for sale. Anyone want to come stay with us? Ha ha ha!

The rest of the trip

On our final full day in Colorado, we went up to the nearby mountains and enjoyed a beautiful walk. We saw deer, and wild turkeys, and a pretty horse. The light was beautiful. If only I were a photographer, I could have captured all the beauty so much better.

Grant learned how to blow a dandelion with his dad. He also had a fun time getting attention from his cousin.

Saying goodbye to my grandparents.

This is their beautiful garden on the side of their house. You should have seen the huge zucchini we brought home (I forgot to take a picture).

Our annual family picture with the giant ice cream cone in Raton, NM.

We went to visit my favorite primary teacher in New Mexico. She was also my Young Women's President right before I moved to Arizona. She's seriously one of my favorite people. We got to check out her turtles; the same turtles I would look at back when I was 12. Grant smelled her flowers too. He's really good at that.

And then we finally made it home! Hooray!

Colorado Day Five

The Big Day!

Keith got in that morning! Hooray!

Colorado Day Four

Auntie Ann went to the temple for the first time on Thursday. Then we took naps. Well, everyone except Grant & I. He preferred to rip apart his bed and scream at me. Then he went out to check out the garden with everyone else while I rested.

At this point, we were staying at my other sister's husband's parent's house. (Whew!) They were gone on a week long pioneer trek with their ward and they offered their house to us since all our other family would be staying with my grandparents for the wedding. This house had such an amazing garden. They were so nice to let us all stay there!

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Discovering Honey Nut Cheerios.

After finishing his first little bowl this morning, I gave him more and he got so excited and said "OH!" As if it was the last thing he expected, and he was so excited.

Colorado Day Three

After having a yummy lunch on the back patio, we needed to let the kids run wild for a while. So we headed to the coolest park in the world. Grant was luckily taking a much needed nap, so I escaped with my brother & his family.

So this park is HUGE! It has a beautiful lake with a paved path all the way around, and tons of wonderful grass.

My brother brought his way awesome kite. It's one of those fancy kind that does tricks. It only needs the slightest wind to fly. I tried flying it once in stronger wind and it flipped me around. You can tell by how my brother is leaning back in the picture that this kite has a strong flight.

Colorado Day Two

Grass everywhere! That's one of my favorite things about Colorado. The grass is that lush, thick, soft, and super green grass that we just don't have around these parts. My grandparents yard has plenty of that grass. Ahhh....to play outside during the summer. We loved it. It even got cold at night. Cold enough for a light jacket! Awesome! Another of my favorite things about staying at my grandparents is sleeping with the windows open. That was some good sleep!

I started taking pictures of my favorite things in my grandparents house, but I didn't get to far. Here's what I've got:

1. The awesome painted portrait of my dad in the entry way. Love it! We always laugh because they painted him with white lips. Who knows, maybe he just got done with a box of powdered donuts?

2. The beautiful ballerina pictures above the sofa in the living room. My grandma used to be quite the dancer. Her mom told me once (in her weaker state of mind) that these pictures where of my grandma, but they're not. Still cool to pretend though.

3. The tile floor in the entry way. I can't get enough of it. I just stare at it. Someday it would be so cool to have a floor like that of my own.

4. I think that lamp is really neat.

5. Love the wallpaper! That's the cool thing about their house. They haven't changed much of it at all over the past 40 or so years, and lots of it is coming back into style. I could totally do this wallpaper myself someday, just in different colors. Don't be surprised if I do. I wish I took shots of the other wallpaper in their house, like the fuzzy wallpaper in their blue bathroom, and the fruity wallpaper in their kitchen with matching curtains.

Colorado: Day One

Grant and I took off early Monday morning (last week), along with my parents and my brother's oldest daughter, for Colorado. We made the trip in one day! And that's a big trip...over 15 hours! Grant did so well. He had a few moments toward the end where he started to lose it a bit, but having my niece with us helped to keep him entertained. We arrived safely at my grandparents beautiful house after driving through heavy rain for a few hours. The kind of rain that makes you nervous....well it makes ME nervous. I love my grandparents house. We got to sleep upstairs in my favorite bedroom, with the windows open. Sigh. I could have stayed there for another month or so.

One more before we go to Auntie Ann's Wedding

So I have a new helper in the laundry room. It's great because now I don't have to bend over to throw the laundry into the dryer...he does it for me! Things slow down a bit though when we get to Mr. Blue Bear. Grant has to look at him, hold him, hug him, and then finally throw him in the dryer. Too cute!