Quickies

Yes, I like to eat chairs

and I touch things with just 1 finger

whohoo... french fries at the State Fair

trying to fly a kite with Daddy

and I am just a happy drooling machine

Just a couple of quick ones.  Someday-  I promise a more real posting.

Look what I can do!!

Yes, this is my best friend, and this is how I sleep on his lap.  Bum in the air, arms hanging down.

As I am cutting my top teeth - this vibrating teether is my favorite toy.  That and ice

I am SOO proud of myself

yes, Barely 8 months old and he is pulling him self up to standing.  He like to open drawers to give himself something to pull him self up with.

Labor DAY!   A day to celebrate work by not doing any of it.

So we went up to the Bingham Copper Mine.  We've decided to make sure the kids have been to all of the LOCAL landmarks, hysterical sites and such, before we start travelling to see the ones further away.  That and we are saving up to buy some land and build a house in the spring.  I might put up images of the houses we are considering.   Thats a whole different  (and overwhelming) project.  Who knows, maybe we'll still end up buying a really old house and remodeling.  We'll have to see what the winter brings.

Anyway, here are some shots from our trip to the giant hole in the ground.

Look! Tonka Trucks   ;-)

The images below here, are of the railroad trestle over Markham Gulch - which was right above the house where my grandmother was born.

This is an example, of one of the tires, that my grandfather and his best friend (his uncle) managed to get upright and push down the hill - on main st. in Mercer.  They were 16 or 17 at the time.

Camping  and my first icecream cone

The heat has been miserable - its hot and sticky.  Ethan doesn't want to be held, but also doesn't want to be laying down. About the only place he is happy, is in front of the fan, in his jumper. Today, he just laid down and went to sleep, right there.  poor little guy.

Rolling Over

Ethan is mobile now - I can't believe how fast he is growing!  He's been on the verge of rolling over for a week or so now, and all of a sudden, roll over once, and he has it mastered.  Now, the instant you set him down, over he goes.  We took these pictures just as he rolled over the first time, and he was so proud of himself.

Ethan Jospeh - 4 months old

 Just looking cool in my glasses (the sun had already set)

 You think I'm going to smile?  Yeah, right, the camera is out

 I drool, and drool, and drool.   and then I drool some more.

 I'm excited

 and I blow raspberries

 I smile

and I have a flip top head - I keep trying to open wider and wider

The Eclipse

My husband is pretty cool - these are some of the shots he managed to get from yesterdays eclipse.  They were taken in Herriman UT

Dad thinks this is funny

When I am a neurotic adult afraid of frogs, Mom promises that she'll remind dad exactly why.  For some reason, he thinks this is funny.

Why Dad?  Why???

My talented hubby

Just one of the shots from our date the other night, at the Thanksgiving Point Gardens.  My husband is amazing to me.

As soon as I have a garden, these fantastic Tulips will be part of it.

The faces of Ethan

Ethan has a very expressive face - here are a few shots - starting with my angry face

My Angry Face

Starting to laugh

I am a happy boy

Someday - I'll be bigger than the frog!