Well I am back from a few day vacation/break to Provo to visit and hang out with family. It was lots of fun and actually rejuvinating. I sometimes get pretty ragged when visiting family because being family you are drawn to the quarrels and struggles that are at home when you visit. This trip wasn't to bad, but kind of was rushed on use because we only had a certain time we could go. Oh well. I think that I hung out with my brother in Vegas before we went to Provo enough to get my home fix before we went, that is why I was grumpy when I finally got to Provo.
Being back home (temporary home to be sure) I was glad to be back at work. I think that I am a borderline workaholic at least in the fact that I hate seeing projects go undone. So I am glad to be back working on my projects and in a routine. I am as bad as my toddler in that I need a routine to stay happy and productive. I realize this over and over again in the daily things that I get to do. When I get out of a routine I feel like my life in falling apart. I wonder why I fight the routine so hard, especially getting back into it. Anyway.
Today when I got home my son gave me a run through of his new work, which is Hi. He will say it about 20 times because it gets such a reaction. He also says it sometimes when he wants our attention. One time he was pulling my pants leg and say Hi, Hi...The best part is right now at least he can only say that with a smile. Wonderful times today as a parent.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Runny Mouth!
Well my child is not feeling well. We decided earlier this week to not travel to Kings and Sequoia National Parks. It is a good thing that we did decide this because my son is now running all over. Not with his legs (he still does that), but with his cute little nose. I got home from work and he looked soaked. Totally wet, his entire shirt. Well his mouth and nose are going like a faucet. Not a slow link anymore...Wow.
I believe we changed his shirt 3 times and each was totally soaked again. I am blown away. I guess that molars coming in, runny nose and a cold are all the boy needs to wipe out his shirts and anyone that dares to hold him.
Amazing!
I believe we changed his shirt 3 times and each was totally soaked again. I am blown away. I guess that molars coming in, runny nose and a cold are all the boy needs to wipe out his shirts and anyone that dares to hold him.
Amazing!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Vacation
Well we just returned from camping at the Grand Canyon and outside of Zion. It was lots of fun. We met up with Alison's parents and sister and Zach was spoiled rotten in just 3 days.
Zach was in heaven. It seems that they brought lots of extra cookies just for the little boy to eat and be wowed with. He was schmoozing it up for them to be sure. From his point of view the time we were out there was heaven. He had dirt, rocks, sticks, sand, pots and pans, cookies and of course grandma and grandpa to make it all available for him at his whim. What a life for a 19 month old.
We had a lot of fun as well. The area of the Grand Canyon was called Tuweep that we visited. It is about 65 miles away from the highway via a dirt road. It was quite the journey. I would have to say the most extensive off road trip our poor luxury sedan has been on. Fortunately only 6 miles were technical driving. Some spots even a jeep would have to be careful. We did receive stares of at least moderate admiration for the cars getting in to where we were.
The first day was terribly windy. Wow it was insane. Probably averaging about 50 mph and maxing out with gusts of 70 mph or more. Setting up the tent was an adventure. I was sad that we didn't have our mountaineering tent that is convenient to set up in bad weather. We were blessed though that the wind was only bad for one day. The second day was beautiful. After that we headed up to Zion and to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. Alison's parents hadn't been to Zion before and they definitely enjoyed the afternoon that we had there to hike and relax.
As is typical our child wanted to jump in the river, so we let him. He is a typical kid that unfortunately has parents that may give him a bit to much freedom to play. He had a lot of fun. The entire time in the river he followed his aunt Kaisha around an was so proud of himself.
The rest of the trip was fun and pretty uneventful. We went out of our way for Zach to have the sand dunes to play at and typical of him he wanted to play on the ramp up to the viewing area. Argh. He did have a lot of fun in the sand once his grandma got him remembering what it was all about.
Well that is what we have been up to the last week. Doctors appointments for our daughter are getting routine which may be a bad thing. However they tell us for her situation everything is continually looking better than worse. So we are blessed and happy about that.
That is all for tonight. I need to get better at a more regular pattern of posting. Night time seems to be the best for me. This is what I will shoot for...
Zach was in heaven. It seems that they brought lots of extra cookies just for the little boy to eat and be wowed with. He was schmoozing it up for them to be sure. From his point of view the time we were out there was heaven. He had dirt, rocks, sticks, sand, pots and pans, cookies and of course grandma and grandpa to make it all available for him at his whim. What a life for a 19 month old.
We had a lot of fun as well. The area of the Grand Canyon was called Tuweep that we visited. It is about 65 miles away from the highway via a dirt road. It was quite the journey. I would have to say the most extensive off road trip our poor luxury sedan has been on. Fortunately only 6 miles were technical driving. Some spots even a jeep would have to be careful. We did receive stares of at least moderate admiration for the cars getting in to where we were.
The first day was terribly windy. Wow it was insane. Probably averaging about 50 mph and maxing out with gusts of 70 mph or more. Setting up the tent was an adventure. I was sad that we didn't have our mountaineering tent that is convenient to set up in bad weather. We were blessed though that the wind was only bad for one day. The second day was beautiful. After that we headed up to Zion and to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park. Alison's parents hadn't been to Zion before and they definitely enjoyed the afternoon that we had there to hike and relax.
As is typical our child wanted to jump in the river, so we let him. He is a typical kid that unfortunately has parents that may give him a bit to much freedom to play. He had a lot of fun. The entire time in the river he followed his aunt Kaisha around an was so proud of himself.
The rest of the trip was fun and pretty uneventful. We went out of our way for Zach to have the sand dunes to play at and typical of him he wanted to play on the ramp up to the viewing area. Argh. He did have a lot of fun in the sand once his grandma got him remembering what it was all about.
Well that is what we have been up to the last week. Doctors appointments for our daughter are getting routine which may be a bad thing. However they tell us for her situation everything is continually looking better than worse. So we are blessed and happy about that.
That is all for tonight. I need to get better at a more regular pattern of posting. Night time seems to be the best for me. This is what I will shoot for...
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