Rachel's family all came up to stay with us in our little townhouse for the holidays. It is a full house, but that makes it all the more fun. Linc got more toys than he really needs, but one that he grew attached to right away was his little basketball set. He's actually pretty darn good already. He could probably beat his daddy in a one on one match.
On Christmas eve I was playing with Nate and Maggie's camera. I noticed that it could take an extremely detailed photo of Nate's hobbit-like feet. I tried again with my camera with nearly equally hairy results. Yes, this his how I spent part of my Christmas break.
When I wasn't taking picture of feet, we were opening presents. Hunter and Linc were fought over the same toys a lot even though they were surrounded by hundreds of other toys. Ah kids.
Rachey got her wrist operated on to remove a cyst she had. For now she's got a little stump but hopefully it will heal soon. It's a nice excuse for her not to do the dishes or change diapers. She's milking it for all it's worth. JK rachey.
sorry for the lack of blogging... i am trying to catch up but not till after my finals this week.... sorry it has been a rough semester. there are a few short posts below, and videos, so enjoy those while you wait.............................and wait............................and wait! oh ps- i am also way behind in reading all your blogs too! sorry!
Well, I feel like all I do is try to keep up with the blog, so this is going to be short and sweet and too the point for these 3 months. We have done a lot some months and others not so much. August - I went to England (gets its own post... coming...) - We went to Bear Lake and rented a boat with friends (thanks Lindsey & Jared) and Maggie came too! It was way fun and Linc loved it (although not the lifejacket). We were able to tube/wakeboard (for those who got up). It was fun had by all and wish we could have done it longer. September - 5k - Provo - Canned peaches - Canada (also gets its own post... coming as well...) - Said goodbye to dear friends... we miss you Hailey, Daniel & Aliyah October - Went to a few straw/corn mazes. Lincoln had so much fun just running amuck! - Canned salsa with my friend Kadie - Halloween (also gets it own post) November - Lots of studying for Rachel, traveling for Luke, and playing/growing for Lincoln - Honestly that was the majority of the month, but we did have a fabulous friends over, Rachel saw New Moon, and bought curtains for the living room (YAY!) on Black Friday. - We also enjoyed a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving with Luke's family in Pocatello (such great company and food)! - And lastly, we were able to watch BYU beat the U! Hip hip hooray! December will be a busy month too, but you will hear about that later..... until then.... (oh and pictures will be on this post eventually!)
This is the newest member of our family and it was a SWEEET deal! It only cost $395 for the piano, $150 for delivery (which was well worth it cause it is HEAVY) and that includes a tuning. The best thing is if I ever want to upgrade the place will take exactly what I paid and put it towards a new piano. You can tell it is a little old, and it definitely doesn't play as well as it once did, but really, you can't ask for much for a 1916 piano. We are loving it!
This would be the Zoolander face. He started this tonight at dinner, but I guess I was doing it first because he was copying me... I didn't know this is what I looked like.
Lincoln loves to copy us and brush his hair....
Lincoln has become a snuggle bug with his blankets... doesn't matter which one, but as soon as he sees a blanket he grabs it throws it on the floor and cuddles with it. He will also cuddle with me on occasion (which I LOVE!!!).
Man we love this critter! (because I don't know how to blow up videos, here is a closer one, but it is not the best quality and not as cute as the first)
So, just found this post as a draft and since I already uploaded pictures I might as well publish it. Don't really know what I was going to say but enjoy the pics. We had lots of fun at zoos this summer (we went to Hogle Zoo and Idaho Falls a lot)! Lincoln always seemed to fall asleep during some of the trips, they were during nap time, but he still had fun! (There are also two new posts below as well.)
Yes, yes, among all our travels this summer we also went to Texas... that is where my mom's side of the family is and I haven't seen them in a few years. It was a lot of fun and Lincoln warmed up to them pretty well. This is what we did while in the Lonestar state.
We played in the water at the science museum and sat in a big mouth (we did more than that there too but that was one of Lincoln's favorite).
We went swimming a few times, and Lincoln loved his new floaty toy.
We went 4-wheeling (Linc LOVED!!!!) and saw my uncle's ranch with all the cows.
Hung out with good ol' Petey - Lincoln loves dogs! He really loved him from afar and always wanted to pet him but Petey would come up licking him and then Lincoln pushed him away, but still wanted to pet him. It was hilarious!
We celebrated this...
With this result...
Making him need this.... (a bath... this pic is just after)
We also got to open these...
which made him this... :)
But the best part was hanging out with all these fine folks (aunts/uncles/cousins galore)...
(can you believe this guy is 6'8".... big compared to Lincoln... oh and me)
Even my Grandma and Uncle Mike came all the way to see us from Houston! Thanks Grandma and Mike, we were so glad you could come and visit!
This explains my kids personality to the t...
This was a cool life size (Linc size that is) chess game in the Lubbock Airport! Linc had fun...
But when we got home we were all like this...
Thanks for the great time family! We love you... Go Tech!
So this is way later but this post is dedicated to JULY because I am that far behind. Life has just been to crazy and now that school has started it will be even crazier (so if you expect posts.... DON'T - they might be few and far between). My teacher has added an extra class and clinical (adding up to 11.5 credits, which isn’t much less than full time and I am supposed to be part time) with no extra class time so that means I have more work at home, and for anyone who knows Lincoln that makes it a little difficult. (And also, sorry I have been slacking on reading/commenting on your blogs, but I do catch up every now and then.)
So July was pretty busy, as this whole summer has been, but I finished off school and we went fishing and rafting with Lincoln. Man he just loves that water! We also went down to Utah for Maggie & Nate's sealing in the MantiTemple and were also able to camp and raft with Toonce, Joel, Dallin and baby! Fun was had by ALLLLL around. We had a nice BBQ for Mags and Nate. Then we booked it back to Provo to run in a 5K the next morning at 7 am... unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of us running, but we got spiffy shirts with "big" flags on them. And we all finished the race, oh and my sister Aubrie ran with us, as well as pregoToonce. Joel and Luke pushed the two boys in our chariot racer. Then the fireworks were that night with everyone from the race plus some friends (Villalobos, Masons, Havicans + family). It was much enjoyed and Lincoln was mesmerized.The next day we went to a water park, but Lincoln was a little scared at first.But he warmed up a bit to the water and was a little happier.He wasn’t getting much sleep because of all the traveling so maybe that is why he was a little grumpy (he normally LOVES water).
Later in the month we had a little birthday party for Mr. Lincoln before we left to Texas (since that is where we would be on his real birthday).We actually had a family party with Luke’s family and then our own little one here in Rexburg… fun pics!We also went to a demolition derby and Lincoln enjoyed it, I believe, my friend Kelli is holding him.
Here are the pics and not in any special order (sorry blogger is stupid how it uploads things and it takes too long to move them around the way I want them).
My boys enjoying the fireworks!
All who was watching the fireworks in our group (not the best pic)!
Maggie & Nate's sealing BBQ with my family The Manti Temple - my favorite!
Maggie and Nate Congrats!
The whole group who was there!
My beautiful mother in law at a party!
Linc opening his first gift!
Demolition derby!
Water park in Provo!
Rafting, he loves to row!
In his life jacket... didn't like it much (this pic is deceiving).
Fishing day and rafting... he loves to hang over the edge (don't worry grandmothers... we are always holding onto him!)
Random pics: Look what my boy can do! Yes, he built that and it is all held up by his snack cup!
And this was before he could walk (I can't believe it has been so long... and a short while since he has been walking), he wasn't fond of the grass.
