New Happenings

So recently I have started baby sitting a little 3ish month boy named Jack. He is as sweet as they come. He and Owen get along very well. It is a great blessing that they nap around the same times and they make each other laugh, it is a whole lot of fun.

Garett will be going on Tuesday for an MRI of the spine because of the pain he continues to be in from the wreck that happened almost a year ago. We hope therapy will do the trick since the other alternative is surgery. Keep him in you prayers. Thanks.

Me- I have been working on a new quilt. I took all of my bright and bold fabrics and started to make a scrappy quilt with no real plan. At first it was looking good, but now has taken on a very busy look that hurts the eyes so I'm going for help tomorrow. My friend Shanna is way more experienced at quilting than I so I hope she can rescue my mess of fabric with some sound solutions. I will post a picture when it is complete.

Let us know how you are, call or send an email.

Sorry for Bragging

Today I was on the phone with Heidi (my sister) and I responded to her saying "Wow!" and Owen repeated "Wow!", it was the first time. -So cute-

Also , there is a song we hear on the radio by Sean Paul, part of the lyrics say "Uh-oh" and Owen loves to sing along and dance. Dancing is one of his new favorite past times. :)

New Word!!

Today as Garett walked through the front door Owen announced "Daddy Home". It was a proud moment. I'm so amazed when he says new words - and even cooler - putting them together. :)

Home Buying 101

The title is deceiving, it sounds like we know something, but we don't. Garett and I have been working steadily for about two months on educating ourselves and researching for the purpose of buying our first home. If you know us well enough, you understand that this will be a long process. (It took us 3 months to buy a car.) So we have checked our credit, are saving up, have unoffically picked a realtor, and continue to research. What we have discovered is that most people over buy and developers take as many shortcuts as possible. I guess we are just frustrated with how much money is needed and it does not seem that you can really get your money's worth. If you would like to send us some of your advice, we would like to hear about your experiences.

Happy First Birthday!

Well it is official, Owen is now 1! We celebrated with friends and this yummy Baby Einstein cake. He loves Baby Einstein, and cake too. We later continued the celebration by going out to the car and moving the carseat to the forward facing position. He seems to like the view.

Yum!

He was a bit wired after enjoying his cake.
He started by poking it with his finger and tasting
and quickly moved on to full hand grabs.
Happy Birthday Owen!

Mommy and Owen. Balloons are one of his favorite treats.

MD Check Up

Owen had a check up for his ears today. I'm happy to report that the ear infections are gone! The right eye infection is back, but easy to treat. He has a new head cold, hopefully it will pass quickly. Regardless of any illness he's in a great mood and has a healthy appetite. :)

Last night I was preparing dinner and the house seemed too quiet so I went to investigate and this is what I found.... so cute...

There's nothing better than a good nap.

Today we had a wonderful sacrament meeting. The bishop had all of the newest converts give a short talk about their conversion. They were all wonderful. I especially admire the courage of Lolita Perry who was only baptized 2 weeks ago. It was awesome. The bishop was the concluding speaker and he talked about "stepping it up" in regards to our personal salvation. He took a poll in our ward and noted that 2/3rds of our families are not having family prayer, home evenings or scripture study. He talked about improving how we serve and our over all devotion to obeying the commandments. We have a wonderful ward, probably one of the more friendly ones, we are good missionaries and great at fellowshipping. But sometimes we get too comfortable with our spiritual lives and it was wonderfully encouraging and motivating to hear the bishop today. I'm glad I was there and plan to "step it up". If you missed church today, check out the new 2007 manual Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, it's on line too. Lesson 1, it is wonderful and also, like sacrament meeting, addresses personal responsibility for your own salvation.