October 2012

This month was a bit rough.  We moved!  I'll get to that.

Started off with General Conference.  Having breakfast while watching the Saturday morning session.

 

Continuing the remodel.  It was really hard using this kitchen for the month!  For awhile I was washing dishes in the tub.  We still had the use of the fridge and stove.  The mess that the remodel made was enough to drive me crazy.  Literally.  I think I had some major depression during and after this event.

Some me and Joshua time.  We went to visit the ducks.

 

My kids get their sweetness from their dad.  This note says it all:  Dad & Mom you are the BEST parenst ever in the whole intier wereld!   This note was from Sarah.  Kannon likes to leave me love notes in dry erase marker on the mirrors.  He would usually leave the marker in the bathroom.  That has created beauty like this and also great messes when Joshua gets ahold of the marker!

 

So, we haven't been fitting in this little house for awhile now.  Everything kind of worked out for us at this moment in time, making it possible to move to a bigger place.  My cousin, Valerie and her husband were ready to find a place to rent and a bigger house in the country was available for us.  So, we went ahead with the swap.  We moved on Kannon's birthday.  We had a month to finish the kitchen after that before renting out our house.

 

One of the first nights at the new place.  Carving our pumpkins.

 

We really like the new house.  It has 3 bedrooms!  On a small horse ranch - we are renting from David and Loni Faught.  We love living out of town, although learning that the drive back and forth isn't so fun!

 

My princess and my pirate ready to go trick-or-treating!

 

Testing some of the loot.  We met up with Benjamin and the Mortensen's at the end of the night and we rested a bit while the bigger boys got more candy.

 

This was Ben's costume.  He was Darth Vader.  He wasn't with us too much on Halloween so I made him put it on again later for a picture.  You can see our new living room.  My favorite part - it's a sunken living room.  I've always wanted one of those.

September 2012

This month was all about the family!  We made Papa a special whopper cake for his birthday.  MMMM.

 

We spent countless hours remodeling the laundry room and kitchen.

We met baby Johnny.  So excited to have another John Bake in our family.

Celebrated my dad's retirement and my mom's 60th birthday with a big family shin-dig!  I decided to host the big event.  We made my dad's favorites for dinner: chicken-fried steak, and a pot of beans.

 

Guessing the ages of mom and dad in each picture.  Also a large word find puzzle with all of my dad's work experience.

 

Taking a cousin bath - Joshua and Natalie.

What mad skills you have, Uncle Stephen!?  The better to ride this unicycle with, my dears.

 

Eating ice cream sandwiches on the patio at mom's.  Looking good sister Sue.

 

Going for a little walk in the sunset.  I have the best family ever!

 

Las Vegas 2012

This was such a great trip!  We always love our trips to visit Kannon's aunt and uncle in Boulder City, NV.  We left early on Friday morning to start off our Labor Day weekend.  We went straight to the Lied Discovery Children's Museum and enjoyed some fun-filled hours there!

 

Playing store - this is my favorite and would have been greatly loved by me as a child - love to shop!

 

Creating gigantic bubbles!

 

This lady was great; she did some science experiments with baking soda, vinegar, and hydrogen peroxide.  She let Ben and Sarah be her helpers.

 

We had to try out the wind tunnel.  Sarah's was the  best physical reaction!



The one million pennies!

 

Best part of any visit to Boulder City - time in Aunt Karen's pool!

 

I love that smile!

 

We took the kids down to see the Boulder Dam and the new bridge.  It was so hot and we all got a bit cranky.  But, we walked more than halfway across that bridge anyway.

 

We were advised to stop by a park in the city and check out the Big Horn Sheep.  We were so excited to see them milling about having some supper of grass.  The Big Horn Sheep is our school mascot and the kids were stoked to see them so close.

 

Okay, so I just have a really good zoom.  They weren't too close, but Ben was cool enough to capture a couple in his hand!

 

Before leaving the area we visited with my brother Nathan and his family and in-laws.  Always good to see them!