I love my family.

And then, they fell asleep.

The next two pictures are adorable.

This is Steve's mask that scares me. On an adult all you can see is the eyes and mouth, everything else is covered. When we were first married Steve knew how much it scared me but he thought it would be funny to play a joke on me with it. We were living in our apartment at the time, Steve stepped into the closet, I could see the back of him and he comes out of the closet wearing this and charging at me. I start screaming and out of impulse kick him. I ended up kicking him in his area and he was down for awhile. He did it again a few years later but covered himself up first.

My next post will be of Conner's one year birthday!

44 Random Facts About Me

1. I was born in Texas and lived there till I was 8
2. My dad delivered me when I was born.
3. I played softball from the time I was in kindergarten every year till I was a junior in high school.
4. I was in a Les Schwab commercial when I worked there.
5. I was a server at Winger's when I was going to school at Utah State
6. I worked at Mt. Timp Women's Health Care, Roberts Crafts, The United States Postal Service, Home Depot, Les Schwab, and back to Mt. Timp Women's Health Care all in one year. (Obviously I couldn't find something that I liked).
7. I was married right after I turned 21.
8. I love, love, love flip flops. Wish I could wear them all year round.
9. I quit school to start a family a couple of semesters shy of my bachelor's degree.
10. I love food.
11. If I am ever upset, give me food and I am happy, no matter what the situation is.
12. Bought my first car when I was 17 and still drive it today. 1998 Honda Civic.
13. I tried out for cheer leading my junior year in high school just for kicks after watching Bring It On. (Needless to say I didn't make it).
14. Favorite side dish is potatoes! Any kind of potato.
15. I love a cold pillowcase in the morning when you get to sleep in.
16. Favorite date night is take out and a movie at home.
17. I love games, card games, board games, computer games, any game. Especially if there is food at the game night.
18. I have five sisters, I am the youngest. No brothers.
19. I buy a lot of my shoes out of the kids section.
20. I enjoy cooking but don't enjoy the clean up.
21. Rode on a plane for the first time when I was 17.
22. The only time I have been out of the country was when I was 19. I went to Mazatlan, Mexico. Decided I really like living in the U.S. Don't know if I'd ever go back, I got so sick.
23. Can't stand to have my ears folded. Ugh.
24. I would love to visit the east coast during the fall. (Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont).
25. Had a booth at the Quilted Bear.
26. Love to have my toenails painted.
27. I bite my nails.
28. I like watching, Bones, and The Biggest Loser.
29. I was a major homebody until I became a stay at home mom, now I want to be out and about.
30. Worked at Pioneer Party and Copy for three years. Probably one of my favorite places to work, and longest. Loved the girls I worked with! Miss those days!
31. Favorite vacation that I went on was, Moab, walked around Arches, then over to Mesa Verde, then down to Four Corners. So fun!
32. Use to want to be an author and illustrator for children's books when I was little.
33. I love children's book. I could look through a scholastic order over and over again.
34. I love shopping. I use to greatly dislike it.
35. I love trying to be crafty.
36. I love singing in the car to the radio.
37. I can play the flute.
38. Took piano lessons for one day.
39. I love Jane Austen movies. (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasion.) I still get excited at the end every time I watch them.
40. I love wings!
41. I love blowing bubbles with my gum.
42. I love the Fall, and everything that comes with it.
43. I love pumpkins.
44. I would love to plant a vegetable garden.

What A Wonderful Weekend

We had such a fun weekend as a family. Saturday night we started off by getting a pizza. We parked in the back of the Macey's parking lot, layed the seats down in the back of our car let Conner out of his car seat so he could walk/crawl around and ate our pizza. It was so fun, something we have never done before. After eating we headed over to the Bean Museum at BYU. I haven't been there since I was in elementary school, It was awesome. While we were there they had an invertebrate show. You could hold a tarantula or pet a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. It worked out really well for us because we got there at 7:00 which is about the time Conner goes to bed so he just sat on Steve's lap during the show since he was so tired. Once the show was over he got his second wind and just wanted to walk around. If you haven't been to the Bean Museum I would suggest it, and it is free. We ended the night with shakes from Purple Turtle. On Saturday we were at the Ferguson's for awhile and then headed out with our friends Hope, and Brandon. We went to Movies 8 and saw, Did you hear about the Morgan's?. It was a cute show, then we headed out to dinner. Steve's sister Lori watched Conner for us. It was the first time we have had Conner babysat at home. Thanks, Lori.Eating breakfast Saturday morning.

Sunday night I made a life size cub scout for my father-in-law. Check it out.Conner and me playing.
I keep forgetting to mention Conner's first molar came through about a week ago.

Videos

This post is for my sister's who live far away and don't get to see Conner.

I love listening to Conner talk.

Conner walking.

Conner and Grandma

He Can Stop Walking Now

Things are different than I thought they would be with Conner walking. I would be fine if he went back to crawling. He has gotten so hurt this last week. He was walking around in my parent's basement and he went to put his hands on the coffee table but had already planted his feet so his hands couldn't reach the table and he fell hard on the edge of the coffee table with his forehead. It immediately went a bluish color it was close to bleeding. Poor thing. Then a couple of hours later he tripped on my dad's shoe and hit his ear on the edge of a glass table. I have hit my ear before really hard and it turned red but man did it hurt and mine didn't even bruise. When Conner hit his ear it took him what seemed like forever to take a breath. This is what his ear looked like two days later.

Then they day after this happened we were at Kohl's and Conner was walking around carrying a pair of pants, he tripped over them and landed on his forehead on the floor.
He got another bump.
Today at church he just wanted to walk around. He would fuss when I tried to keep him from leaving the bench. He definitely knows what he wants. Another thing that happened when we were at Kohl's was Conner and I were walking down the aisle holding hands and he decided that he wanted to go look at something. He pulls his hand out of mine and starts going for it. I grab his hand again but he pulled away again. I finally had to pick him up and carry him. I didn't know that once he started walking he would get this confidence that makes him think he can do anything and that he is such a big boy. I still haven't gotten use to him walking into a room that I am sitting in.
Today I was called to teach CTR 4. I have already been warned about a girl that is in my class that wasn't there today. They said that there is no controlling her, you can't do anything to get her to listen. Oh, joy.

11 Month Birthday!!!

A week ago last Saturday Conner walked around quite a bit, but the rest of the week he pretty much just crawled around. On Sunday, the 7th, which was his 11 month birthday he was around a lot of kids. He started walking around more than ever. He would walk the length of the room over and over. The last two days he has hardly crawled around at all. He isn't a baby anymore. Sunday was the first day that Conner stood up by himself. He didn't have to hold on to anything or anyone. He just stood up in the middle of the room, I was so excited. Conner has two molars coming in, one on each side on the top. This week we have had a lot of fun as a family. Here are some videos and pics of our week.

Conner feeding himself lasagna.

I was watching a show called, Worst Cooks in America, on Food Network. They made a liquid center chocolate torte. On the outside, when made correctly, it looks like a piece of chocolate cake. You can't see the liquid chocolate. As soon as you take that first bite the chocolate runs out. All of mine broke open when I was trying to get them out of the pan. You aren't suppose to see the liquid chocolate, but it was still way good! I will make this again.

Video Time: These are pretty much for my enjoyment. You may find them boring.

I am not comfortable kissing Conner on the lips if you can't tell.

We were given this wagon from my brother and sister-in-law, Kyle and Jenny. He loved it.