Update

Let's see...this will be a boring post since not much has happened here in Sin City..well at least, not to us. :) Hunter is almost 11 months and is cruising around everywhere....I have to close all the doors (3) so he won't smash fingers or get into Gidget's food. He does enjoy pulling all her toys out of her kennel and dragging them around the house. Why is it that baby toys hold no enjoyment for babies? He would much rather pull the laundry out of baskets while pushing the baskets around the house (reminds me of the "shopping cart" dance move) while I follow after him and pick it all up. He is fun and has a few new tricks- he can clap, semi-wave, put his hands on his head, make monter noises and click his tongue. He cracks us up constantly!! He also is learning to crawl under our bed and around/under the dining table.


Jeremy is traveling a lot with work and for scouts. He seems to enjoy it and gets paid extra when he travels! I won't complain. :) I am still in my choir and am working on a Requiem concert...it is keeping me busy-especially when we have rehearsals on Thursdays, Sundays, and Saturdays when it gets close to a concert. Whew.
In more entertaining news, we are doing taxes and getting ready to go on a cruise for our 5th anniversary to Alaska! Woo hoo! We are really excited and can hardly wait! Hope you all are doing well!

Happy Valentine's Day

We had a great Valentine's Day! Jeremy bought me white tulips that were incredible! He also got me a box of dark chocolate with carmels, etc.

 

Yum! He even made dinner for us! My favorite-steak! With mashed potatoes and asparagus! Soooo good!

We then dropped off Hunter at a teacher friend's house so they could all watch Hunter and we headed off to a movie. Second one since Hunter has been born. We opted to see Paul Blart: Mall Cop...

not Kevin James' best movie but very clean and cute. We expected more hilarity like in Hitch...but it was a good choice. We even got popcorn and a soda...not doing that again! Sheesh! Anyway, hope your V-days were great!

 

Poor guy

After our wonderful weekend with Brian and Alia, we drove to Blythe, CA...oh boy! Talk about a SMALL town! They do have a Kmart and a Starbucks...and some GREAT Mexican food places. I had ceviche for the first time ever and LOVED it...have been craving it ever since. We were staying in the Hampton Inn there and Hunter was working on his walking skills...they still need to be perfected. 

Poor thing! He hit his head on the edge of the coffee table and it swelled within 10 seconds! He was a trooper though and was more upset with the cold ice we kept trying to put on the bump instead of the actual injury! What a man!

Arizona for work and play

Hunter and I tagged along for Jeremy's quarterly ground truthing adventure. We went to Yuma and got to visit with a family from his mission-the Earls (hi guys!). They made us dinner and got to meet Hunter (they met me too). They are so fun! I also got to check out the wall on the border and visit a Walmart that doesn't speak English...I felt like a foreigner in my own country! We also introduced Hunter to sand dunes- the same sand dunes that Star Wars filmed on.

Hunter enjoyed the sand but couldnt quite "grasp" the concept! Observe:

After the dunes, we were introduced to Felicity, CA..."the center of the world." We didnt have the time to pay for a tour to find out why it was the center of the world- and I also wasn't going to pay a buck for Hunter to be carried around on the tour...so we just took some pictures around the place...

After a fun filled week in Yuma, we headed to Tucson to visit Brian and Alia! Only one border patrol checkpoint. While there, we tried to check out the Gem Show but Tuscon conspired against us (since we are not actual jewelers) and wouldnt let us in to see any of said gems (there was a public area but we couldnt find it in our alloted time). But we did get to check out downtown Tucson- never before seen by 3 of the 4 of us. Brian and Alia had a roadshow with their glorious youth that we got to see- impressive. We also played a game of Cornerstone (I think thats the name)-basically like Jenga but a few more rules/colors.

And Hunter decided that their house would be the place for him to stand on his own for the first time and also practice some walking around the room. 

He also has become quite the little charmer when cameras are turned his way (and let's be honest-when isnt a camera turned his way). 

Thanks Brian and Alia for letting us crash your weekend! We had a blast!!