Children's Museum

Last week Grayer and I had the opportunity to go and visit my sister, Megan, and her family in Bloomington, Indiana. Unfortunately, Andrew couldn't join us because he had his Comprehensive Final Exams for school, which required him to research and write 3 ten page papers in a week. Actually, that was the reason why Grayer and I took the trip, I knew that with all the work that Andy needed to get done it would be best for him to have the house to himself without us as a distraction!
As usual we had LOTS and LOTS of fun in Indiana, but the highlight of the trip was our visit to the Children's Museum in Indianapolis!!!! I was so excited to go because I had never been but had heard raves about its awesomeness!!! And let me tell you I was not disappointed and neither was Grayer!! We ended up staying for almost 5 hours and only left because we were exhausted not because we had seen everything there was to see!!

Bob the Builder Exhibit


Merry-Go-Round

Megan, Eva, Grayer, Susan

Fun at the Water Table

Driving a Race Car

Egypt Exhibit

Susan and Maggie

WHAT A DAY!!!

Poor Grayer, today was definitely NOT his day!!! Little did he know what he was in for when he woke up this morning, and let me tell you he looks like he has been through a war! Unfortunately not all of it was self inflicted (his parents might have had some part in it)...
ACCIDENT #1
It all started at church after sacrament meeting. We were up on the stand and I turned my back for just a second and he darted for the stairs and proceeded to try and walk down them. Unsuccessful, he tripped, fell, and skidded face first down the stairs. So with a big carpet burn above his eye I picked up my screaming child and shamefully walked out of the chapel.
ACCIDENT #2
Next, we took him to nursery. Yes, I know he is not old enough yet but usually either Andy or I stay with him while the other goes to class which allows at least one of us to get something out of church. Otherwise we just end up chasing him all over the room trying to keep him quiet. Okay, you get the picture, one year olds aren't the greatest at sitting still through church!! Well, today the nursery leader told us that we could leave him because he plays so well and doesn't seem to care whether we are there or not, so we gave it a shot!!! Everything went great until he fell and hit his lip on a toy which cut the inside of his lip open. So Andy comes and gets me out of Young Womens with Grayer crying and his lip bleeding profusely.
ACCIDENT #3 and #4
After church we are home making dinner and I open the fridge not knowing that Grayer is standing within range and I whack his head with the refrigerator door. Ten minutes later Andy changes Grayer's diaper and when walking out of the room, holding Grayer in his arms, accidentally rams his head right into the door frame!!! Result - TWO cries of pain!
ACCIDENT #5
While we are eating dinner Andrew has the Tabasco Sauce out and Grayer gets a hold of the bottle. We didn't rush to take it away from him because we thought the lid was on tight and knew he couldn't do much damage with it. Well, the next thing we knew he had the lid off and was drinking the Tabasco Sauce! He started screaming and we could tell his mouth and lips were on fire because everything turned bright red. Oh and don't forget, he has a cut on his lip which of course does not feel good with the Tabasco Sauce in it!!!
ACCIDENT #6
At this point Andy and I were feeling so bad for our little man but just couldn't help chuckle a little bit as we thought back over all of the accidents he had been in today. So we decided we needed to put him out of his misery by putting him to bed, BUT... after I got him all ready for bed and I was putting his clothes away Grayer decided he hadn't had enough and slammed his fingers in a cupboard door. Oh the irony!!

THE END and GOOD NIGHT!!!

p.s. There are no pictures to prove any of this so you can't report us to child services!! We will deny everything!!

COoL DuDE!!

Grayer has these awesome blue sunglasses that he absolutely loves! He thinks it is so funny when we put them on him! So with crazy hair and blue sunglasses I thought this was too cute!! (Yes, he is wearing his Christmas p.j.'s!)


He also has just recently learned how to wave "Hi" and "Bye." It is so fun to watch him learn new things!
So mostly for the Grandparents, but for ALL to enjoy, a quick snippet of Grayer's new waving skills.... Enjoy!!

WHAT'S NEXT?

Well, it's decision time again!! The BIG question: What should we do with our lives?
Andrew graduates in May with his Masters in Music and we are still trying to decide what will come next. He/we basically have 3 options...
Listed in no particular order:
1) Continue in Music with Doctoral work at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
2) Change directions completely and go to Law School which could land us anywhere in the country like New York, Connecticut, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio, California, and etc...
3) Teach music full time at BYU-Idaho.
So here is our dilemma, we can't make a final decision yet because we are still waiting to hear from all three! - BAHH!! We are slowly going crazy!!
So we are still playing the waiting game but I just wanted to give everyone an update on what could be in store for us!!! We'll keep you posted!!!

THIS MONTH IS SUCH A SPECIAL ONE...

IT'S BIRTHDAY TIME FOR GRAYER!!!!

That's Right, our little Grayer is one year old!!! I can't believe one year has already passed since our little guy was born!! And let me tell you, it has been the best most rewarding year of our lives!! Grayer is our greatest joy and we thank Heavenly Father everyday for sending him to our home!!! Even though we are saddened to know that the "baby stage" is pretty much over, we love watching him grow and become his own little person!!!
Here are some pictures of Grayer's 1st birthday celebration...

Grayer's Birthday Door: adorned with Yogos, Fruit Snacks, and Raisins!

Snatching more treats

Grayer's Dinosaur Birthday Cake that I made, I thought it turned out pretty good!!

I got him all stripped down and ready to get messy and just dig into his cake, but he wouldn't touch it! All he wanted to do was eat the frosting off the candle! I even tried to help him by putting his hands in the cake but he still wanted nothing to do with it!!

Opening Presents

The Wagon was too big to wrap!

Playing with new toys -- poppin' pals and musical maracas!!

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to! (I don't remember why he was crying)

But eating Raisins and Birthday Kisses from Daddy made it all better!

WE HAD A GREAT DAY WITH OUR
BIRTHDAY BOY!!!!

PRESENTING:
OUR 1 YEAR OLD!!!

Christmas Lights!!

I love the Christmas lights that my Mom and Dad put on their house every year. The lights are very simple yet very pretty! These pictures don't give it much justice, but just take my word for it, it is the best lookin' house on the block!! I took these before the big snow fall and I wish I would have gotten one after because the lights with all the snow looked amazing!!!
Oh, I love Christmas and I'm sad that it is over:(