tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852132412535255072024-03-14T02:05:29.482-07:00The Bell TellHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-90827500414508845442013-08-15T13:14:00.003-07:002013-08-15T13:18:25.803-07:00Summer Time HeatSo I realize I haven't written in my blog practically since we moved to TX, so I figured I would do a little Recap of our summer.<br />
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Went up to Montana to spend time with family before moving across the country, spend time with friends, packed up all our belonging and left Provo. Joe's rocking parents helped us move and we DROVE 2 cars and a moving truck to TX (took 3 days because of all the stops so Kyra wouldn't totally freak out.) Crazy but we made it. Went to church the first time and found everyone super friendly and nice.<br />
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Well the first weekend or so in June we took our family to Galveston to check out a Sand Castle Contest. It was pretty sweet.<br />
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A few weeks after moving in my parents made it up to TX for a little visit as well, and they got Kyra addicted to bubbles.</div>
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For the fourth of July we went up to Dallas to celebrate Independence day with Joe's Aunt Chris and her family. We spend the fourth at a pool and saw fireworks as we drove back to his aunts house to put Kyra to bed.</div>
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In July we went to a couple of little kid birthday parties for kids around Kyra's age, took Kyra to her first swim lessons at the YMCA, and played in the pool and around the house alot. Joe and I did get the chance to leave Kyra with a friend and go to the temple in Houston one day as well. It was pretty nice leaving Kyra and spending a day together, and Kyra had a great time with her friends Brayden (3) and Maryann (7 months). We also started our house search toward the end of July, and Kyra started jumping off the pool stairs and actually swimming towards us.</div>
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We FOUND A HOUSE! So on Aug. 7th we celebrated our 4 year anniversary, Kyra's birthday, and we signed for a house. Joe and I went to dinner on our anniversary and had a friend watch Kyra. I did take Kyra out to buy some bubbles on her birthday, but we mostly celebrated on Sat the 10th. On Friday the 9th, we went out and bought Kyra her first pair of Cowboy boots for her birthday. On Saturday we had Kyra's birthday party. For her party we were going to have a swim party with some of her friends, but it was super cloudy so we moved inside and just let kids play, opened presents, and had a dinner and cake. Joe spent all day Saturday making a cake for Kyra and it turned out AMAZING! I gave him a fish theme and he went from there.</div>
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It has been a good summer so far. It is definitely hot in TX, but were were expecting worse so it hasn't been that bad. Kyra's hair has lightened up in the sun, and her vocabulary is growing in leaps and bounds. She can now communicate with us and can repeat just about anything. And with access to a pool to swim in, she is learning how to swim and is becoming more competent. She floats and swims over to us, and improves every time we go to the pool. She can't keep her head above the water yet, but she is getting there.</div>
Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-60231695688929936602013-05-28T06:59:00.002-07:002013-05-28T06:59:13.814-07:00April MadnessApril was a crazy month. Kyra and I had lots of fun playing outside with the beautiful weather. We met my Brother's girlfriend and Joe got 2 new fly outs for interviews for job he was actually interested in. <br />
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On his first he got stuck in Kansas City because he was flying American Airlines and they grounded all their flights because their data base got all messed up, so he ended up staying an extra night and getting an early flight out. When he got home Wednesday he was exhausted and went to take a nap as I went for Story time at the library. When I was at the library Joe got woken up from his nap with a phone call from the company he had just interviewed for with a job offer. He immediately called me and told me they had made an offer and had met all of his requested as far as location and salary and said they were flexible with a start date. We were super excited but wanted to wait a few days just to make sure it was the right. We asked for a fly out to the actual site (he had only gone to the company's national headquarters) but decided to accept anyway. So he cancelled his other interview and instead of flying out alone for a job interview in Oregon, we both went down to Port Arthur, TX the next week leaving Kyra with a babysitter, my sister and a few friends for when she already had plans. <br />
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<u>Port Arthur</u><br />
Joe and I flew into Houston on Thursday and drove the hour and a half to Port Arthur where we had just committed to move. About a half hour after we got the the hotel, Joe's new boss and his wife took us out to dinner at this awesome Seafood restaurant in Beaumont. The next day we woke up and headed over to the chemical plant that Joe would be working at. We went to the office building at the plant and looked over in the direction of where Joe would actually be assigned to, saw a flow chart of the process, and said hello to a few other people who were there (the plant gives their engineers every other Friday off so there weren't many people there). We were at the plant for maybe an hour and then took the rest of the day looking at different apartment complexes with a general idea of when we might want to move in. On the last complex Joe and I both liked it, made the deposit and signed up with a general date (which was kind of crazy because we had never talked to Joe's company and relocation department). The next day we flew out of Houston in the early evening, so we went up early and went to the aquarium, which was pretty cool.<br />
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<b><u>Kyra and aunt Tara</u></b></div>
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So I was worried about leaving Kyra for a few days because in the past she has gotten really clingy if I leave her for too many hours, but she did great! We talked to her on the phone every night and she had a blast with my friends and her aunt Tara. Tara had a little phone shoot with Kyra while we were gone, here are some of the pictures.</div>
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-28970446657482618402013-05-28T06:14:00.002-07:002013-05-28T06:14:17.392-07:00Easter <b><u>Easter</u></b><br />
Kyra had her first interactive Easter this year. She loved it, mostly the chocolate candy. On Saturday we went to the BYU Easter Egg hunt with our friends the Pluims with their daughter Sadie. While we were waiting it was amusing to see the differences between Sadie and Kyra. Sadie was ready to go off and explore and play where the other kids were playing, Kyra was mortified. Joe was able to walk her around a little until she realized mom was too far away. Eventually she walked over to the other kids with Sadie, Sarah and Cameron and Joe got her to jump a little on the pole vault pad that all the other kids were jumping on, but that didn't last long before she was done. the actual Easter Egg hunt kinda sucked. There were enough eggs for all the kids to get 5 so that was the limit. Instead kids picked up 20 and others none. Kyra doesn't like huge crowds and all the parents and Kids went racing in the designated field to pick up the eggs but Kyra wanted nothing to do with it and didn't end up picking up any eggs. We did get a few from a mom whose kid picked up a ton though, so she got some. <br />
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Easter Sunday was a little more eventful for Kyra. After church and nap time, uncle Colin came over and we had an Easter Egg hunt outside. Kyra found her first one and found out there was candy inside and instead of finding more she wanted to eat all the candy inside first (and I put too many jelly beans in them). So the second she was coaxed into finding one she ripped it open and stopped to eat the candy. We finally got her to just take candy from the first egg from dad and put the new eggs in the basket, but it took some coaxing. Uncle Colin did a great job directing Kyra, dad held the basket and dispensed candy, and I took pictures. Afterwards we played on the playground.</div>
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That night we went and had a delicious Easter Dinner with the Pluim family followed by a little Easter egg hunt in their Yard with the 3 toddlers that were there (Kyra, Sadie, and Amaya Sadies cousin).</div>
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-62980259073848916242013-03-23T13:00:00.002-07:002013-05-28T05:49:02.234-07:00Waiting, hoping and experiencesSo Joe graduated in December and the plan is to get a job, move, buy a house, a dog, and order a sibling for Kyra. Well January came and went, then February came and went and now we are nearing the end of March with no job offers and only a handful of interviews with a lot of silence from most companies. The good news is that Joe still has work at school because his professor hired him on temporarily to do research and because we don't have a real job with a real schedule, we have been able to do things we may not have had the chance.<br />
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<u><b>January</b></u><br />
We were able to celebrate the birthdays of our friends Jenny and Quinn Linford and Joe was able to practice his cake making and decorating skills (he got a new cake baking book and tools for his birthday/Christmas). He made a Chocolate cake with white Chocolate cream cheese frosting for Jennys birthday. It was pretty tastey but really dense (apparently their is a typo in the recipe and didnt have enough leavening). He also practiced and perfected a vanilla cake recipe in January and we played alot of Dominion with friends and forced them to eat cake.<br />
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We got to see Joe's parent the weekend before Valentines day and had lots of fun with them. We finally made it to the Dinosaur Museum up at Thanksgiving Point with a groupon deal. Kyra was mostly sleepy but perked up for the end of the Museum. <br />
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The next weekend I hosted a baby shower for my friend Jenny and Joe made an awesome block cake for it. (Joe accidentally took all the pictures of the full cake in Black and White)<br />
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<b><u>March</u></b><br />
At the end of February Joe got a call from the Organ building company that he worked for and they asked if he would be interested in flying to Jacksonville FL for a week to help install an Organ in a personal home. Joe checked with his research to make sure he could go (and with me), and booked his flight. With this news (of the possibility of leaving me for over a week) I called my parents and asked if they wanted to fly Kyra and I down to South West Florida for that same week. My parents were ecstatic and we booked a flight. So from March 12th-20th we left on separate flights to go to different parts of Florida. Joe was able to learn a lot about installing an Organ in a personal home (he wants to build one for our home someday) and I took my mind off of Joe by spending lots of time with family. <br />
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My trip was laid back and I spent some time with my grandma and some time with my parents. I tried to take Kyra swimming but there were other kids in the pool and she wanted none of that. But we did go on a little dingy ride and spent a lot of time playing outside. My parents moved to a different part of Florida that has more of an old school Florida feel. Kyra enjoyed being pulled around in a red wagon, eating the Loquats, and just loved being outside all the time. I went to a Red Sox training game against the Twins and to a Blues Festival with my dad. After those 2 excursions without Kyra, she made sure I was near her most of the time, very cuddly. I did get sick with a cold and stomach flu (stomach flu kinda sucked and took me out for 2 of the 8 days), but overall I had a great trip and enjoyed spending time with the family. <br />
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The day I left we made a trip up to Homasassa to visit my great aunt Doris and her daughter Bobby. She has faded since the last time I saw her, but it was great to see her and have her meet Kyra. It was cute when we tried to leave and Kyra said bye to me and reached out to sit in Aunt Doris's lap to cuddle. It was a little out of the way and made my travel day longer, but was worth the visit.<br />
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Now that we have the Florida trip over and done, Joe has some interviews on location and hopefully it won't take too much longer to find a job in a situation that is good for our family.<br />
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-12846996759298019932013-01-23T16:44:00.001-08:002013-01-24T20:28:29.923-08:00Finishing up the year<u><b>November</b></u><br />
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November was a busy month. In the beginning of November we hiked up to Stuart Falls with my sister and her friend Ashley. It was nice to get out and a good little hike.<br />
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November was also the first time Kyra ever played in snow. First she wasn't too sure what to think but with daddy's enthusiasm she loved it.<br />
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And the BIG NEWS for November was that Joe finished and defended his Thesis. At his defense his committee mentioned that he did a good job and would do good going for a PHD....our response was NOOOOO!!! Joe has not exactly enjoyed most of his Masters program and we are itching to get out of Provo and have a real job. <br />
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Before Joe defended his Thesis we took a little break from it and went to Montana for Thanksgiving with Joe's family. Kyra had fun playing with all her cousins and we even took Kyra over to see Matt's Great Daines (Matt is Joe's older brother). Kyra was soo excited to see them she started shaking and ooh oohing. She just loved them even though they were huge! She is a total dog girl! <br />
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JOE OFFICIALLY GRADUATED!! He wasn't a big fan of the hoop jumping to fit all of the guidelines, which included contradictory information, but he finished!!! After he was all done he spent a fair amount of time working on the Organ he has been building up in SLC in a Catholic Cathedral. <br />
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For our Christmas tree we took our little family and my sister down to Payson and got a tree permit to chop down our own tree, which is a family tradition for Joe but newer for me and my sister. We hiked around a lot to find one and ended up choosing the one my sister saw out the window as we were going to a new location.<br />
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Christmas time was busy, starting with tickets to the Mormon Tabernacle Christmas Concert in SLC. We went to the Sunday one where they did music and the spoken word first and then finished the program afterwards. It was AMAZING and I wasn't feeling well but soo happy I went!<br />
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Later that week our friends Brandon and Rachel came to town from Florida. Brandon and Rachel are our good friends so it was great to see them. They helped us frost some of the Christmas cookies we gave out.<br />
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Then we got to hang out with Joe's cousin and his little family that lived below us for 2 years when we rented a house in Provo. It was awesome to see them as well, and amusing to see that their little girl who is a year older than Kyra was the same exact size as Kyra (she even weighed less!)<br />
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My parents flew into Utah the Sunday before Christmas and we were able to spend lots of time with them. We had Christmas at our house with my whole family and Kyra had fun opening her presents. One of her favorite presents was a little robotic dog that looks like a stuffed animal but barks and jumps in a circle. At first she just liked watching it and got a little scared when it moved, but quickly warmed up to holding. Now she needs it with her always.<br />
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On Christmas day we packed up the car and drove up to a ski house my Uncle and Parents rented up in Eden. We were there from 12/25-1/2 my family and my uncles family and the occasional friends. My parents were more than happy to watch and spoil Kyra the whole time. Kyra slept in a closet in my parents room so it was like a real vacation, I didn't even have to wake up in the morning with Kyra! Unfortunately almost everyone in the house got the 24-48 hour stomach bug, but other than that it was great. Kyra, Joe and I had already gotten it earlier in Dec so we didn't have to worry as much about getting sick and we all stayed healthy. Overall we went skiing 4 times. Joe and I skiing together 3 of the 4 times, the other times one of us was home with Kyra. We had a great Christmas and celebrated New Years with my family.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6FzcmGqx6_E/UQIJHN0_1OI/AAAAAAAAAOw/6jPmXVWFQIM/s1600/IMG_1377+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6FzcmGqx6_E/UQIJHN0_1OI/AAAAAAAAAOw/6jPmXVWFQIM/s320/IMG_1377+-+Copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-80754153217152328362012-10-30T11:05:00.000-07:002012-10-30T11:10:54.779-07:00Update<u>SEPTEMBER</u><br />
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<u>OCTOBER</u><br />
October has been fun. Joe was able to attend an Organ Builders conference in Michigan in the beginning of the month, and it was the first time we have been apart for more than a night. So I was a little lonely but my sister came over and hung out with me most of the nights he was gone so it wasn't so bad. A week after that we went up to Idaho Falls for a Bell Family reunion for his grandpa's 90th birthday on Oct. 12th. It was fun and Joe and I made a family tree on a piece of Muslin (apparently I forgot to take a real picture of it), it turned out pretty awesome. <br />
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JOE TURNED IN HIS FINISHED THESIS to his professor in the later part of the month, and has gotten it back with only some very minor adjustments before being sent on to his second committee member (he has 3 that need to pass him off). That has been a huge stress reliever because he has to defend by the end of November to graduate in Dec.<br />
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After turning in his thesis we celebrated and went camping with our friends Jenny and Quinn Linford at Nine Mile canyon 19-20th on the Oct. It was a pretty cold night, but Kyra did better than expected and we had fun around the camp fire. It was fun to watch Kyra with the fire because she was smart enough to not go to close but she is also in the stage where she will copy things we are doing so she started to pick up the wood and hand it to Joe to add to the fire, it was pretty dang cute. After sleeping in and having a great breakfast, we went wandering around the canyon looking at petroglyphs (they were everywhere). We also went on a short hike which was fun and pretty (we apparently missed the trail full of petroglyphs and instead walked down a dry river bed up a canyon). We forgot to bring our camera so I will have to put pictures up when I get them from Jenny.<br />
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For Halloween we were having a hard time deciding on a quick and easy custom, so the Linfords told us they were going as sesame street characters because they had a collection of sesame street hats and offered us 2. So for our church Halloween party we had a sesame street group and brought sesame street cupcakes (again didn't take a picture). We won one of the awards for best desert and the everyone loved the sesame street group with a best custom to Jenny and Quinn (who actually did more than wear the right color shirt). The next night our friends the Alderk's had a Halloween party where Joe decided to have fun making a cake (he had time because it was on a Sat versus the ward party which was on a Friday), so he spent the majority of the day making an awesome small wedding cake, and then put bloody slashes through it. The best part was that it tasted good too! White cake with a strawberry cream cheese filling and butter cream frosting.<br />
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Kyra now loves to wear sunglasses, waves to everyone, says yes and no when asked a question (at least some of the time), loves the playground and isn't too sure what to do when there are kids around so she just observes but loves adults. She is also learning how to share and likes to feed people her snacks. Teeth count is up to 10 which includes 3 molars!<br />
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<u>The Painted Kiss</u> <i>by Elizabeth Hickey</i>- amusing fictional story surrounding an artist in Vienna </div>
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<u>The Waiting</u> b<i>y Suzanne Woods Fisher</i>- Sequel to previous book...same community different family. Currently reading</div>
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-26389249506939317672012-08-20T11:01:00.002-07:002012-08-20T11:01:44.391-07:00The final summer fun<b><u>Spelunking</u></b><br />
So the weekend after we got home from TX, we woke up early and went through Timp cave with our friends Ranger Quinn and Jenny Linford. Joe and I have been wanting to go to Timp cave for a while (we tried several times before Kyra was born) and Quinn is doing his internship at Timp Cave so they let him bring one 16 person group in for free before hours. So his family was in town and we joined them for an early morning trip through the cave. The hike was longer than I anticipated, it wasn't super long but it was pretty steep. The cave was pretty cool and it was fun to see our friend in his "Ranger" mode. We got to spend a lot of time in the cave because it wasn't an official tour, but eventually the babies and kids started getting whiny and we went through the last part pretty quick.<br />
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<b><u> Kentmore Park</u></b><br />
A couple weeks after our cave adventure, we packed our bags and headed off to Kentmore Park, Maryland to see my family! My nana (grandmother) has a house on a beach (river) in Kentmore Park and I used to go every year growing up for a couple of weeks, so its like home for me. It's been 3 yrs since I was last able to go so I was super excited for the trip. Our time in KP was a really nice vacation. It seemed much more like a vacation than TX and CO because Kyra was the only baby and everyone wanted to watch her/ play with her, so Joe and I were able to get out and play on the river. We went skiing several times, sailing, swam the river, ate fresh blue crabs, hung out at the beach, had wonderful food and lounged around the house hanging out with my family (cousins, aunts, uncle, parents, grandmother). We were planning to go to DC for a day (I haven't been even though its only 2 hours away) but Joe got the beginning of another sinus infection, and I wasn't really feeling amazing either. We went the 1st-9th of August which meant that we were there for Kyra's birthday and our anniversary on the 7th. Kyra's birthday trumped our anniversary so instead of doing an early birthday party and going out to dinner, we spent the day making/decorating the cake (and by we I mean Joe) and had a birthday for Kyra at night. We had a delicious salmon dinner that Kyra happily ate, opened presents (which consisted of lots of books and a few toys) and then dug into the cake. Kyra had her own cake and wasn't too sure what to do with it. So far Kyra hasn't been a huge fan of sugar but loves the salty and well seasoned food (none of the bland baby food and Mac and cheese). It was amusing watching her pick at the icing tentatively and by the end decided the cake was a decent toy/ drum. I think she ate about 2 or 3 actual bites while she enjoyed flinging big chunks onto the floor.<br />
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Kentmore was fun but it's good to be back home in our own beds where Kyra has her own room (everyone sleeps better that way). The day after we got back Kyra started walking (go figure) and she is growing more and more confident by the day.Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-69851689094746920012012-07-13T13:08:00.006-07:002012-07-14T16:12:37.705-07:00Boulder and Texas<b>Boulder, CO 6/25-6/30</b><br />
Although I have been super excited to leave Provo for a while now, our trip to Boulder, CO for Joe's thermodynamics conference wasn't one of our top trips. Waking up early on Monday to get ready to leave, Joe had disappeared from the bed and was sleeping in the chair in Kyra's room because he has a soar throat and the humidifier is on in her room every night. He only got a couple of hours of sleep and he had to make his presentation that night! I actually woke up with a sore throat as well and less sleep than I had wanted. So Monday we were exhausted most of the day, but Kyra did take her first real plane trip and did awesome! Joe's presentation went well and we walked around a little around the UC campus (which was a mess of construction in the middle). Tuesday Joe went to a couple of sessions but I mostly hung out in the hotel room, still exhausted from the lack of sleep (feeling terrible and having horrid pillows) and sick. We did meet up with my friend Rachel from high school and her boyfriend for dinner though (highlight of the day). Wednesday my brother came to visit in the morning and as Joe died in bed (with a sinus infection) and Kyra took a nap, Colin and I went swimming in the hotels pool. Pretty much the rest of the day was dying in the hotel room. Thursday Joe was super dizzy and nausea's so Kyra and I left him in the hotel room and walked down the Boulder Creek Trail to the bank and took a stroll down the Pearl Street Mall, which was pretty cool but would have been more fun if Joe was with me. Thursday night Joe called his mom (who is a nurse) and discovered he was so dizzy and nausea's because he was over dosing a bit with the drugs he had (he bought the wrong Mucinex), so he stopped taking everything but his prescription. Friday Joe had meetings all day so I hung out in the hotel (because it was so dang hot and a bit smokey) and went out to eat with another wife from BYU who had 2 cute little girls. I did finally go to Chipotle which I had heard good things about, but I definitely prefer Moe's because it had free chips.<br />
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<b>Dallas, Texas 6/30-7/8</b><br />
We flew into the Dallas Fort Worth Airport on Saturday and lost our luggage (apparently it stayed in Oklahoma City where we transferred planes), but it wasn't too bad because we were going to Joe's Aunt's house who was about to supply us with things we were missing. The annoying part about it was that on our flight, almost nobodies bags came in, so we waited an hour for the bag before giving up and checking with baggage claim about our bags. Texas was nice though. Joe's Aunt has a nice house in Krum on 10 Acre's of land with 3 cows, 3 dogs, a ton of cats/kittnes, a lamb who thinks its a dog, and a llama.<br />
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Sunday we went to church and Joe borrowed a couple of clothing items but I was fully supplied. Monday Joe's cousin Porter showed us around Denton and took us into a mini mall aka a random junk store, a big used book store with all these crazy passages and hidden rooms, comic book store, a candy store and a coffee house where we got a smoothie. On Monday night and Tuesday all the family showed up for the family reunion. <br />
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It was fun to spend time with Joe's immediate family and his Aunts family. His uncles family from Missouri was nice but a little too obsessed with their IPads, which kinda made me glad I don't own one. His Aunt Gabi (from the IPad family) was super nice and funny though, she is from Germany and is awesome, I couldn't imagine someone not liking her. One of Joes cousins from the MO family had 2 little boys, and although they were cute, one of them started picking on/attacking Kyra on one of the days so we had to make sure she had a body guard for the rest of the trip (he was a biter and beat up on her a bit). Kyra was really good though, excited for all the new toys that were there and she was social instead of cling to Joe and I, which was good because the family wanted to hold her. Joe's Aunt's family that we stayed with had their own excitement within their immediate family. One of her daughters (Joe's cousin) had a baby on July 3rd and named him Colin (which made me smile because that's my brothers name and birthday). So to help out, Joe's aunt took care of her other 2 kids, Jack and Hazel. Jack was hilarious, super friendly and adventurous. The girl Hazel was the complete opposite, she kept to herself and ignored almost everyone else...a bit of a snob, but she was cute and friendly when her own aunts and uncles (Joe's cousins) were around her. She was REALLY not good at sharing and unfortunately she (Hazel) had a blanket just like one of Kyra's so Kyra was always trying to take her blanket when she got tired, or her stuff animals which frequently led to Hazel getting upset and pushing Kyra away. <br />
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Texas was fun though, we went to a water Park one day with Joe's family, Porter, and Gabi's son Jon. It was fun and Kyra loved it! She actually started to enjoy going underwater, coming up with a smile instead of coughing, and it was nice to have Joe's parents willing to watch her so we could go down slides. Another day we went to Fort Worth and saw the cattle drive and walked around Fort Stockton, a historical area turned into a tourist trap. It was a bit warm but fun. Next we went to the water gardens, which is a little park area in the city with different water fountains. Afterwards we went to this restaurant called Joe T. Garcia's, which looked like this crappy little restaurant from the front but turned into a big nice restaurant where there are only 2 things on the menu (enchiladas or fajitas) and it was super good and a total hot spot.<br />
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<b><br /></b>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-23422434825178225022012-06-18T13:17:00.000-07:002012-06-18T13:17:00.341-07:00Father's Day WeekendSo life has been a little stressful for Joe recently because he is trying to get as much of his research done as possible and get ready for a thermodynamics conference he is speaking at next week, but this weekend we had some fun. <div>
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By Friday Joe was spent and needed some kind of change up from his daily schedule, so we went out to dinner at Terra Mia. We have been thinking about going there for a while and had a coupon on the fridge to use. It was good, we split a crab/lobster ravioli and pizza. We loved the lobster sauce the ravioli was in, but the actual ravioli wasn't particularly exciting. We both agreed that the pizza was better and Joe really liked their crust and bread.</div>
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On Saturday we went to the farmers market in the morning in search of fresh peaches but were disappointed to find out there were not really any "farmers" at the farmers market, but there were some pretty cool pictures we looked. In the afternoon we went to 7 Peaks (water park) and met up with Sarah, Cameron and Sadie Pluim. It was nice to have another couple there because we were able to take turns watching the babies. So we have a tube rental and they have a tube rental, so we took turns taking off with the tubes to go down waterslides. It was really nice to actually ride some of the slides they have instead of just walking around the baby pool with Kyra (which is what we normally do). At the water park KYRA TOOK HER FIRST STEP!!! We were on our towel and she just decided to go for a step! It was really exciting and Joe was sitting right there to see her do it! She still isn't a particularly confident stander but I think we may have a walker within the next month.<br /><div>
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After we left 7 Peaks we went to Kmart to get Kyra her own baby tube, because every time we go she always walks up the the other babies and hangs on their tubes (as seen above). That night we went to Macey's grocery store for their soft serve ice cream and fixing for fathers day dinner. we put our sleepy baby to bed when we got home and watched <i>The Scarlet Pimpernel, </i>1982 version. It was a good movie but a bit cheesy and the main character drove Joe and I crazy for the first part, but it was really good by the end (even if the acting wasn't amazing).</div>
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Sunday I got up early (well earlier than Joe) and made his requested fathers day breakfast, crepes with fresh fruit and whipped topping. It was delicious! We used fresh nectarines, strawberries, and bananas as well as fresh whipped topping and cottage cheese (which was a great add to the flavor). after breakfast I made Joe open his father's day presents which consisted of a DVD containing three cartoon movies (<i>An American Tale, Balto, and The Land Before Time</i>), a knife sharpener (because he is always complaining about dull knives), a small charcoal grill, grilling utensils, and a mint chocolate truffle.</div>
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</div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-80654802424439125462012-06-11T11:08:00.001-07:002012-06-11T11:20:59.464-07:00Car issues, Water Parks, and Chocolate CakeSo since my last post our wonderful car has decided to die 2 more times! That makes 3 times in the past month! Which is annoying...but the most annoying part is it sounds the same EVERY TIME!! So Joe has been super frustrated and will probably bite our mechanics head off. We like our mechanic because he is honest and doesn't tell us we need $400 worth of fixes every time we go in (which other mechanics do) BUT they are failing to find the real problem behind our car not starting! First it was a sensor that went bad, then it was the fuel injection....but pretty much they do something to make it work for a week and then it dies again. Needless to say, we have finally been able to put our home teacher to work helping tow the car (and he saved us one time when Joe and I were together). For those of you who don't know, home teachers are an LDS calling to watch over and help other families both spiritually and physically if possible, everyone has or should have a home teacher in our church.<br />
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So the most current car problem happened on Sat morning when Joe was working on his research at school (yes he worked 4 hours on a Sat after a full week of work) so to try and get his mind off of the car and cheer him up a bit we went to Seven Peaks, a water park in Provo that we have passes to. It was fun but super windy which made it a bit chilly. They have a little toddler pool area that we take Kyra to and she likes to hold our hands and walk around in the water, meeting new people and stealing their toys. Kyra and I have been to the water park a couple of times each week but Saturday was the first time we put Kyra's head under the water...she wasn't a fan.</div>
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<li>Enjoys to play the piano and add notes to dads playing- stands up, barely reaching the top of the piano and plays notes</li>
<li>Played Organ with dad at ward choir practice- knows the pedal notes make noise and climbed on pedal board to play, making Joe stop playing due to laughter and an a cappella verse for the choir while Kyra was moved out of reach</li>
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<li><i>The Forgotten Garden</i> by Kate Morton -currently reading</li>
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On Friday we drove up to Steph's house (Joes sister in Tremonton) and met up with Steph's family and Joes Parents to drive back down for an Organ concert at St. Marks (the church where Joe build the Organ). Brayden (10 yr old nephew who like music), Steph, Joe's parent and Joe and I went while we left Tanner and Kyle (2 more nephews) and Hazen (brother in law) in Tremonton with Kyra. Before the concert we went to dinner at Market Street Grill, a seafood restaurant in SLC. The food was good but I had higher expectations so I was a little dissapointed (not like the east coast seafood that I love). The organ concert was really good, it was the 5 mormon tabernacle organists playing and I actually liked all the pieces (I don't usually).</div>
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Saturday was a rainy day so we slept in and Steph made crepes for breakfast. After breakfast we headed down to the Hill Air Force base for the air show. After waiting in line for about an hour in our car to get there we found out it had been delayed because of the weather. So we waited in the car for a bit to see if the rain and wind would pass before finally deciding to leave and go to lunch. Towards the end of lunch we heard jets flying over and went back to the base for the shortened show. Kyra and Joe were both a bit cranky but kyra slept for a bit in her stroller with her huge ear muffs on and was happier after her nap. We ran a few errands after the air show and got back to Tremonton to put Kyra to bed just a few minutes after her normal bed time.</div>
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<br /><u><b>Sunday</b></u><br /><br />Sunday we went to church like usual and then spent the afternoon with Joe's mom learning how to use my new serger (she sews alot and has one so I felt more comfortable with her there experimenting with me). Sunday was also Tanners birthday, he turned 13. So he got to open some present and I was amused at how most of what he wanted was "cool" hunting stuff to put in his room, like pictures and a touch lamp with an animal on it. I sometimes forget we are in the west and people like pictures of Elk and Deer hanging on their walls and on their furniture. We had a good dinner followed by a Costco chocolate cake (the HUGE one). After dinner we were entertained by watching the bees be transported to a new hive. Joe unexpectedly got volunteered to help and so he was up close with the bees mad and swarming and trying to sting him through his sweater, net over his head and gloves. I have to admit I was pretty nervous for him, and at the very end he did get a bee to go up his pants leg (which we carefully searched for before it stung him). He was terrified and was an amazing statue to help out...he only moved when he had to. The rest of us stood back and watched and Steph occassionally had to get the bee's off of us that landed on our hoodies or on our skin. It was definately an exhilarating and nerve racking entertainment and Joe and I agreed if we raise bees when we have our own house (we probably will because we want fruit trees) we do NOT want to move their hive, they get one and they stick to it. <div>
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So I finished my quilt on Tuesday and Joe almost finished the first page of Kyra's Quiet Book we are making. The quiet book will be taking up our free time for a while.<br />
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And here is a picture of Kyra and her climbing skills plus her favorite hobby of pulling things off shelves is in the background<br />
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So the day started out just fine, I only got half of my workout in (Joe and i are attempting P90X which goes good some weeks and is lacking other weeks) because Kyra was wanting all of my attention. I enjoyed getting all of Kyra's summer clothes out in the morning (thanks to my Aunt Kristy she has plenty of clothes for every season) and I put away her warmer clothes. Then I got a call from Joe that he was leaving work and coming home for a nap....an hour later he called back stuck in the Joann's parking lot because his car died. So I loaded up the babies and headed over to Joann's to save him. We tried jumping his car even though we were pretty sure that wasnt the problem and decided to leave the car there and take care of it later because joe had a meeting to get to. we returned later that night and towed it to the apt for our neighbor(who happens to be a mechanic) to check out and then onto Hayes, our mechanic. So for the first time I towed a car. In the mean time we got more bad news at home when i tried out my brand new serger which decided to not work (heard the engine but the needles didn't make any attempt to go). So along with a dead car we have to take back a serger and exchange it for a new one.</div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-76373791136375878572012-05-17T12:31:00.000-07:002012-05-17T12:31:14.517-07:00Continued Mothers day weekend: Date night!<br />
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So mothers day weekend finished with a great date WITHOUT Kyra! We have rarely gotten a baby sitter and almost never for a one on one date, so it was great! My friend Sarah and her hubby (Saide's parents) came to our apartment and we took off to go "hike" bridal veil falls (a waterfall in Provo that i feel like everyone in Provo has been to). So Joe and I finally went. It took us a little bit before we found the real trail (you can walk to the bottom on a sidewalk) and it was easy and fun to be up close. There were some obnoxious little kids at the top that kinda ruined the experience though. A family of with little kids had gone up and the parents let their kids climb past the sign warning nobody to climb past (for good reason, people haved died falling off the slippery rock) and the bonehead kids were throwing rocks toward the people (Joe and I) who were right by the falls. Apparently one of the rocks barely missed my head and Joe made a comment pretty loud right by the mom about idiot kids. So the mom went up with the kids (once again past the DO NOT CLIMB sign) and the kids continued throwing rocks!! Definitely just shows bad parenting. Another group of people up at the falls actually did get hit by a rock right in the neck and told the father who seemed to just brush it off... I had the urge to yell at the kids for their parent who obviously weren't going to, but decided against it. After our trip in the mountains we went to dinner at Los Hermanos, a nice mexican resturant. I had only been there once before and wasn't really feeling well so it was good to go again and it was delicious. We finished our date completely stuffed with a trip to Walmart for some stuff we needed, including the ingredients for Joe to make me a delicious fruit and pecan/coconut topped coffee cake that I found a recipe for in our Costco cookbook. It was delicious! <br />
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<br />Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-16126310364037114862012-05-12T14:18:00.003-07:002012-05-12T14:18:42.003-07:00Mothers day weekend funSo it has been a good Saturday....kyra woke up at 350 last night, but that means she slept in this morning until we woke her up at 9 (which means Joe and I got to sleep in). We had pancakes for breakfast and worked on craft projects in the morning. I worked on the denim quilt I am making for Kyra (I dont have enough patience to make a big quilt) and Joe has been playing around with my sewing machine figuring out how he wants to sew a quiet book for Kyra (which I will help with once my quilt is done). Joe also wrapped the mothers day present he got for me and after a little while he persuaded me to open it. I got a serger! It was on sale at Costco so it wasn't super expensive....still more than what I would have spent. So I have a new toy to play with in my sewing attempts. Around noon we went for a 3 mile jog (there was definitely some walking involved) and came home to more crafts and a delicious egg salad sandwich with avocado before Joe had to run off to the lab to take samples for his experiment. Kyra has been super cranky but she finally fell asleep(just now as I am typing) so finally I can attack a pile of dishes and get ready for a hot date at 4 (its been a while since we have been on a date without Kyra). Overall, its been a good SaturdayHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417025095947482739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585213241253525507.post-53687907396468931012012-05-11T09:44:00.002-07:002012-05-11T09:44:51.696-07:00Let's give this a trySo I figured I would give this whole blog thing a try, after all I do like to occasionally look other friends blogs to see whats going on in their lives maybe other people would like to do the same with mine. Currently I have my hands full with 2 cute little babies, my own Kyra and my good friend Sarah's little girl Saide. Its cute to see how much Kyra loves Saide...or at least being able to pester a smaller baby (Saide is about 2 months old and Kyra is 9). <br />
One funny observation about Kyra is that she has NEVER liked pacifiers, however when Little Pacifier Sucking Saide comes over Kyra has found a liking for them. She especially likes to steal the pacifier that Saide is sucking and put it in her own mouth, which frequently ends with a crying Saide.<br />
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Occassionally I will get other things done besides watching these 2, today is a bread making day (white sandwich bread with some oat bran added), and hopefully I will have the chance to do some P90X Yoga and sew some of the quilt I am making for Kyra. We will see how far I get...<br />
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