Tag:)

5 Places I have lived:

1. St. Paul, MN - born

2. Fruit Heights, UT - this is home to me

3. Provo, UT - the "promised land" according to Ben and me, even with its quirks

4. Nauvoo, IL - BYU study abroad

5. Logan, UT

6. Pullman, WA (just to get them all)

5 snacks that I love:

I think this one would be easier if I wasn't pregnant because food isn't generally appealing. Not that I am ever sick, it just isn't the same right now...but don't get me wrong, I still love eating!

1. Hot chocolate

2. Hot cider

3. pretzels

4. cereal

5. when it's hot outside (sadly it's not) I Love Jamba Juice, 'citrus squeeze'

5 Jobs I have had:

I have more than five jobs, but here are a few of the more recent ones:

1. CNA at Life Care

2. Front desk agent at Hotel Monaco Salt Lake

3. Secretary in the religion department for ancient studies at BYU

4. legal secretary/paralegal at Olson & Hoggan law firm

5. current: pill delivering:)

If I Had a Million Dollars:

1. Pay off School Debt!

2. Buy a House, with a fireplace, and decorate it

3. Buy a Car

4. Buy a new wardrobe

5. Honestly I would probably save the rest, if there was any left!

5 Things that I Love:

1. Ben and Cody!

2. Cody's BabyBjorn Bib

- if anyone with a toddler doesn't have one, you should get one! Cody seems to drop at least a little, if not all, of what he is putting in his mouth in his lap and this way he just reaches down and picks it up out of the pocket and eats it! Then, when he's done, I wash it out in 2 seconds.

3. Jetboil. We took this camping and it was great for hot chocolate, easy mac, and even baby bottles. What a great invention.

4. The smell of fall, and the smell of Bath and Body Works 'Leaves' scent

5. Going walking or (when I'm not pregnant-I just carry way too low) jogging

Thanks for the tag Erica, that was fun!

October Camping

We just got back from camping today at Kelly Creek with Sam and McCall and their three girls and Craig. It was Cold outside - way below zero during the nights, but we stayed toasty warm in a huge tent with a stove inside. I brought a blow up mattress (that Sam blew up because the inverter blew a fuse in our car and didn't work) because I was not about to sleep on the ground. That with our three mummy bags kept us warm and comfortable at night, although I can't say I slept much at all! Ben and Cody slept like rocks together in their mummy bag. Props to McCall for taking a 2 month old baby - I can't say I will ever do that, but nothing fazes her! Here's a view inside the tent:

Ben's highlight of the trip was fishing. He caught a lot of fish but was pretty upset because he had on the biggest fish he's ever had river fishing, but it broke the line after a good fight. He said it was trying to eat a fish that he caught before he actually hooked it. He fell asleep talking about it, and woke up talking about it...I'm sure he'll be going back to try again before long!

Thanks to everyone who wished me happy birthday! Some of my friends threw me a little surprise party. What sweethearts! Erica got me some beautiful orange roses and Erin got me a cute holiday decoration. Thanks girls.

Ben kept asking me what I wanted for my birthday and I finally decided the thing I wanted more than anything else was to go shopping -by myself (no Cody)- and get whatever I felt like. That was a great idea and I had so much fun! It was a good time to look in the toy isles for Christmas presents for Cody too, so I didn't have him begging for every truck he saw. Thanks for the great present Ben, and also thanks again mom and dad and Bonnie and Jeff:)

Swim Lessons & Friends

Yesterday Cody had swim lessons. His friends Lilly and Ava (and Erica and Erin!) are in his class too. He was so excited to be there and was a little rowdy during class. He wanted to play in the shallow part of the pool and would try to jump out of my arms to get there. The teacher finally said to just tell him you're going to let go and then let him go and let him sink a little. I did, and the only part that seemed to bug him is that he didn't get to the shallow end fast enough!
I have been getting quite a few contractions lately, but yesterday every time I stood up I was contracting. After I put Cody down for a nap I laid down for an hour but right when I stood up I started contracting again (Braxton Hicks type of contractions, not painful ones). But by then I had started to get nervous. I took Cody to play outside with Ava and Lilly and called my doctor. They told me to go to the hospital to check it out. Everything was fine but they figure I was dehydrated and that's why I was contracting so much. You're supposed to drink 3 to 4 liters of water a day! Anyways, I am so grateful for such good friends. Erin watched Cody and fed him dinner and Erica came with me to the hospital and held my hand while I cried even though I was fine:)! Thanks so much; what would I do without you girls! This is one of the reasons that I love Pullman - good friends.

Blake Larsen

Amy had Blake on Tuesday, September 16! Jeff called me Thursday night and said he found some great tickets if I wanted to fly out the next morning, so we got to see her! She is beautiful and we had so much fun seeing Amy and the rest of our family. They seem to be doing great, although Blake sleeps soundly during the day and stays awake all night. I remember those days...I'm gearing up for them again! Congrats Luke and Amy!
Cody got to see his cousins on the Purdy side too! Micah and Clayton ran to the car saying 'Cody' when we got there and then they all ran around laughing together. It's so much fun to watch them! Micah got her hair ratted right before we took these pictures, so she's looking like a rock star:)!
Notice Cody holding a car in almost all the pictures we took...that's pretty much how he rolls. He loves cars, trucks, tractors, planes, etc!

Lynette's Post

Nette requested more pictures and more updates. I have been terrible lately about taking pictures, but here are a couple!

We went to the rodeo in Colfax and Cody went in style. He would have worn boots, but his little feet are too chubby still to get them on! He Loved the tractors (we spent forever sitting on all of them), animals (especially the llamas because they made funny sounds), and of course the rodeo!

Lately Cody has been very particular about his shoes. He loves his bright red Cars crocs and wouldn't wear anything but those to church yesterday. Really, I don't care, whatever makes him happy. But he was wearing bright red shoes with his sunday clothes. He also used to love these huge yellow and blue water socks, but I managed to hide them. Another funny quirk is that he always wants to wear shoes, but if you do take them off, you absolutely Have to take off his socks too. He's wearing my shoes at this particular moment:)

Ben's second year of school is in full force now. He puts in long hours at school and usually gets up really early to study - I don't even know how early; I am definitely not up at that time. This semester is supposedly one of the more challenging ones!

Congrats Rob and Tasha

Rob and Tasha (finally;)!) got married on August 30 in the Salt Lake temple. We were lucky enough to be there for they're wedding. Tasha, you looked beautiful! You guys are such good friends and we're so happy for you. Thanks for letting us share your day with you!