WATER!!!

Once she took time to watching everone playing in the water she knew it wasn't something to be scared about. She was worried about it being cold too but she got over that quickly when she saw the other babies playing by her. She loves the spray park and I can't wait to take her back!

Spray Park

We had a great day today at the Rexbug Spray Park. Daddy introduced Adison to the water by sitting her right in it. She hated it at first. I held her in a towel for a few minutes while she watched all the other kids play. I guess she decided to try again...or at least we 'let' her and she loved it..eventually. It's chilly water but she sat with the other little kids and had a blast! Tj was so sweet to want to play with her. I couldn't even hold her more than a minute and he had to play in the water with her and get her warm afterwards. He is such a good daddy! I do think her favorite part the day was getting out of the wet swimmy and getting warm. She sure cuddled with daddy to get herself warm. It was a warm day but she still needed to be wrapped up in a blanket for a while. She was so cold after playing in the water. I can't wait to take her back. As often as I can...I will.

I love Porter Park! It has everything! It was so busy today and it is so fun watching everyone. There was frisbee, baseball, soccer, tennis, climbing wall, dunk tank, playground and swings, spray park, there's a carousel there, sno cones...it's the coolest. There were so many people cooking out. The dunk tank and climb wall were for an Institute activity day and they also had this bouncy...thing. It was definitely the place to be....AHH! I was just sitting here typing and a centipede crawled across the floor! Scared me! ..okay it's outside now so ...back to our day...

After the park we went across the street to eat Bambinos. That is kind of like a hot pocket but they are fried and the outside is like pastry while the inside is yummy deliciousness. We got a BBQ beef, chicken-ranch, and Aloha which is pineapple and ham and cheese. They are so good. Even got curly fries and a drink. I'll definitely go there again!

We also got to go to the store together and get Adison some cute new clothes. She needed them and I'm so glad TJ got another random grant so we had money to get them. Oh I haven't mentiond that yet.

Well, a week ago he got an email saying he had received a grant for the semester that we are in right now. Five hundred dollars! Wow! All he had to do to get it was write a nice letter of thanks and telling about himself and send in a picture of himself. Done and done! What a wonderful blessing for us. Of course as poor college students never knowing where the money will come from for certain things...we are so much more grateful. We have continually been blessed with help financially and protection and so much more since we've been married. I know it's because we always do what we are supposed to and we have our scripture study and prayers and pay tithing and well...I'm just married to a wonderful guy who makes all that so easy to remember to do too. He's amazing! I love you TJ! Thanks for a wonderful, wonderful day!

Not Sleepy!

Ever since she learned to sit up on her own she doesn't go to sleep very quickly or easily. She gets too distracted when she sits up and is looking around. She's starting to pull herself up on the bar so we have to lower it this week. So far she gets on her knees and sucks on the bar but I don't want her getting out by herself.

I love checking on her when she is sleeping and seeing the funny positions she gets herself in. Bum in the air is my favorite next to her big grins she gives me when I go in to check on her and she's sitting up.

Crazy Hats!

She loved trying on all the hats she's never worn before. I had to down size all the stuff she's grown out of...which is a lot. She's also wearing an outfit I made her. Yeah!

To The Park!!!

Today we took Adison to the park to introduce her to swings and slides. She loved the slides but not as much as she loved the swing! Had to put some blankets around her so she wouldn't fall out of the swing but that just made it more comfortable.

Porter Park also has a free splash park so we introduced Adison to the water. She loves bath time and I've been wanting to take her there for a long time. She loved it of course! She was kicking her feet in the little spouts but kids kept splashing her which she didnt' like. She loves touching the water too. I can't wait to take her back but we'll need to wait for a warmer day.

Bath Time!

Adison loves bath time. We finally tried bathing her all by herself recently with mommy watching close by. She love the water! Besides splashing I think her favorite thing to do is suck the water out of the washrag. She's such a doll! It's getting hard to clean her scalp through all that hair though...but I am not complaing. She's so cute!

Ward Campout

Ward Campout! This past weekend we went out to Green Canyon with the ward. Adison loved playing with all the babies on one big blanket. She loves playing with other kids and I really wish we had more playdates for her.

Anyway, we all had a great time. We had yummy foil dinner with potatoes, carrots, chicken, bacon, onion...mmm! We played volleyball, sat around the fire. Adison ate her first marshmellow which she loved...ha ha.

It was a beautiful spot. We were right on the river and the canyon was so green. We saw a baby moose in the morning and another moose...oh wait - that was the great dane someone brought. So sweet for such a big dog.

Since our tent busted a couple summers ago we...still don't have one. So we slept in the van. It was actually more spatious than I thought. It got so cold though. I had to makeshift a tent over Adison and myself to keep us warmer. I didn't sleep much because I was so worried about her being cold. I think it got down to thirty something. She slept so good though - probably because she was up all night around the fire with us. I didn't mind. Hopefull we can do it all again when things warm up in Idaho.

It was such a fun trip!

To My Dad

Dad
Thank you for being such a wonderful father. You've taught me so much, always encouraged me, provided for me, and always been there for me. I'm so grateful to you for teaching me what a father is being someone I've always admired. I love you so much! Happy Fathers Day!

Fathers

The greatest gift I ever had
Came from God; I call him Dad!
~Author Unknown

"Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad." -- Anne Geddes

"Every mother generally hopes that her daughter will snag a better husband than she managed to do...but she's certain that her boy will never get as great a wife as his father did." -- Anonymous

"A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again." -- Enid Bagnold

"If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right." -- Bill Cosby

"I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week." -- Mario Cuomo

"Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes. " -- Euripedes

"A father is a banker provided by nature." -- French Proverb

"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." -- Sigmund Freud

"Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers - and fathering is a very important stage in their development." -- David M. Gottesman

"My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it." -- Clarence Budington Kelland

"My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it." -- Abraham Lincoln

Tickle Time

Choo Choo