Sorry for the blogging hiatus. I warned it would happen. But things should start settling down a little bit now. We are home from our travels and as moved into our new home in Oklahoma as we can be. We're currently in the long slow phase of settling in, finding where things belong, and learning how to live in a new city. The new house is fantastic. We do not miss our rat-hole apartment one iota. And although we've had a ton of work to do, it's really nice to be working on our own home, instead of a crappy apartment. I've been to Lowes at least 5 times in the past 9 days. Purchases include a power drill and all appropriate drill bits and drivers for the current list of projects, a speed bore, painting needs, various small bits of hardware and lighting, and tools to fix the broken sprinkler heads (we've been successful, too; isn't it amazing what you can learn on the internet? Thank you iPhone).
I do have a back-log of good pictures from our travels: we spent time in Kansas, Idaho and Utah before moving in the last few days of July. To keep this post from being too crazy-long, I'm only going to do the Idaho pictures today.
We did some great hiking while we were out West. Nothing beats the Rockies (okay, so the Andes came close, but...). Thanks for the babysitting, mom!
Devil's Staircase, July 16th, 2009. We really couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. The breeze was light and cooling, the sky was so blue, the temperatures were moderate, the flowers were all in bloom... Perfection.
This critter (rock chuck?) was way friendly. We also saw a mama moose and baby. I gave her wide berth.
TJ's appetite is growing faster than him. I cannot figure out what he does with all the food he eats. For example, for dinner last night, he ate 1 whole fresh peach, 1/2 steamed yam, 1/2 cup of cottage cheese, 1 egg, 1 small glass of milk, and 5 strawberries. Then he still cried when he saw me eating! Bottomless pit. Here he is eating all of my barbequed beef, and the fresh raspberries from dad's garden.
TJ and my dad, his Grandpa Summers.
So lately mealtimes have been getting super messy. TJ grabs fistfulls of food, makes this terrible face, and strains as hard as he can as he mashes it all to a pulp in his little fists. Not real sure why this is so fun, but TJ sure loves it.
Mom, Natalie and I at a fireside given by my younger brother, who has just returned from a mission to Brazil.
TJ's favorite toys at his Grandma Summers' house were a rubber snake and a toy car. Go figure.
Boys will be boys, I guess.
He stayed real busy charming grandma.
Matt (front right, black shirt) just graduated from college with his degree is engineering. Here we are celebrating at the Hard Hat Cafe.
Congratulations, Matt!
Pictures of Utah, and the new house coming next.
4 comments:
yeah for new house! it does seem better to be putting money into your own house!
I want the hardhat dinner photos please. Welcome back to blogging.
Looks like fun, cant wait to see pics of the new house!
TJ reminds me so much of my oldest, Matt. He's 17 now, and not to frighten you, but the eating only increased for him. He eats 6 to 8 pieces of whole wheat toast for breakfast every morning, slathered with peanut butter and honey or jam, plus 3 or 4 glasses of milk. Then he'll throw in a little fruit for good measure.
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