A Precious Conversation

This is a conversation I really enjoyed with Caleb while driving him to school this morning:

C: "Mommy, it's really hard for you to take care of me, since you're the 'long sick', huh?" (That's what he calls my autoimmune/digestive disorder...as opposed to the "short sick", which would be a cold, etc.)

M: "Yeah..it's a little bit hard, but I think I do pretty good. My sickness is why we only have one child."

C: "But you guys only wanted one kid."

M: "Umm..well actually we wanted more. I think two sounds perfect, but daddy and I are very happy with just you."

C: "When I grow up, I'm going to have two kids. And the older one is going to drive the younger one to school."

M: "Really? Your kids are going to have to be pretty spaced out in ages, aren't they?"

C: "Well, actually they have to walk to school." 

M: "Wo, you're a MEAN dad!" (jokingly of course.)

C: "But actally I'm going to walk with them to school, and we're going to live close to the school."

M: "Oh Really! (Amused, because he is so detailed about his future kids)..And what are you're kids names going to be Caleb?"

C: "Doober and Goober!!!"

And then we laughed and laughed.

Goodbye Summer, Hello School! (Rhyming Style)

Goodbye summer, and hats in the sun...

  

Goodbye camping and lakes for fun...

 


Goodbye Grandma, momma and dad...


Goodbye sunbleached hair so rad...
 

 Goodbye table cards....

With the Fam by the Dam...

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Hello school year, just like BAM!!!

Hello Backpack....

 

Early Morns and...

Friends...

Goodbye Relaxation, hope this ends!!!

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Summer Schmorgisboard

Schmorgisboard: a large quantity of something with diverse variation,  

(on a board or blog.)

I'm not really proud of the way that I have been blogging lately...sparse and sporadic. I'm blaming it on the phone Justin got me for mother's day, because that's what I always use for my internet needs lately, but
I can't figure out if it's possible to blog from there. I love the feeling of finishing a good blog post, so I am going to start doing it more often again.(You'll see!)

P.S. I know some of these pictures are from a few months ago, but our blog is our memory spot, so I just have to fit in the oldies that have been left out! (aka, my birthday)

My 32nd birthday, a party at aunt Maradee's house 

b/c it was Tevan's birthday too!

And I had another party that night, this time at my parents house.

 

 Our thing this summer has been going to splash parks. Caleb and I got a little lost going to one in Bountiful with my family, and this little street sign was the only good thing about our detour.

 

Caleb loves wearing his "U" hat and shirt. 

He dressed himself like this before I even woke up!

  

On (most) Wednesday's, we go to my mom's house 

and visit while the kiddos run wild. 

(Am I spoiled with 3 sisters, and 4 sis-in-laws? I think so!)

This is my niece Maddie and I when several of us 

went to the pool at their apartment.

 

Caleb and I went on an evening run to Winco. I told him to put on his jammies before we left, and these are the ones he chose, with crocs.

 

These are some pictures from our recent family reunion trip to Snowbird with the Densley's. Sorry about the fuzzy ones via my cropping.

Me and Jenny

Off the deck of our room, by Justin.

Caleb's Dennis the Menace hair. My favorite do on him.

A leisurely walk, in the rain!

Every kids favorite...free hot cocoa by the lobby.

The three blondies.

(with Kortnie and her friend Taylor)

This wasn't staged, we were really sitting like this.

Little Diva's.

It is so beautiful up there!

And lastly, a mommy-son day at the West Jordan pool. We ran into a lot of inconveniences that afternoon (like how a kid pooped in the pool 15 minutes after Caleb got in, and he had to sit out with me for 30 minutes! Also they have no lawn chairs, super non-comf!)

But at least we got a fun pic and memory out of it. :)

One Small Happy Family

The last few days have been hard because Caleb has been extremely sick and throwing up everything, even water. I find that often times I only want to blog when things seem to be going great, but

today I decided I need to blog anyway! I have a bunch of pictures from various sources that I've needed to get on here, so here you have it. 

A few of our moments among the last couple of months. (Some of the pics are a little blurry, via my new phone/mothers day present from Justin.)

Baby McKenna was blessed (sister Sheila's 6th)

 

Grandma Seal's funeral

 

We went to the Aquarium with our friend Noell.

This is the start of our kitchen remodel, our low ceilings are now vaulted! 

We love it....more changes to come.

We went to the Great Salt Lake last month because Justin had never, ever been!

We handed Caleb the camera and look what we saw when he handed it back! He's a pro.

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Caleb was so excited when we got to the water and he started splashing and laughing...for about 10 seconds until the salt water started stinging his eczema. Then his laughter turned to bawling, and we had to leave. But he cheered up when we told him we were going to dinner.

Ally Gal got her hair cut, and I think it looks cutest when she does absolutely nothing with it. 

Why do I love short hair so much? I just do.

Kids will be kids.

Free Fishing Day! We met up with my sis Sheila and her fam at East Canyon Reservior. 

Good times.

Lastly, my oldest sis Krystal got married 2 weeks ago.

 

It was a wonderful day!

Happy Birthday Son!

Caleb's birthday was on April 14th, and I have tried for  a couple of weeks, but finally got his pictures to upload here! His birthday was on a Sunday, and we threw him a party with his friends the day before.

They ate pizza and cupcakes,

Played in the backyard where the party was planned for until the weather turned cold and rainy on us,

Hit a Cars Pinata (the party theme),

 Ate candy while watching the movie CARS 2,

And watched anxiously as he opened presents.

So basically, just your typical birthday party!

 That night we took Caleb out for a birthday dinner,

and Caleb & I struggled to get a decent picture together for some reason!

Caleb's favorite part was when he was sung to and brought out his 
ice cream sundae.

Happy 6th Caleb!! 

Daddy and I feel completely fulfilled with you as our son!