Lucas and I went to Mesa Falls yesterday along with my family. We went and fed the fish, then hiked along the old railroad tracks, had a picnic, went to upper and lower falls, and then stopped and got ice cream on the way home. Lucas loved every second of it. He hasn’t been to Mesa Falls since last year, and he enjoyed a lot more this time. He ran almost everywhere we went, and he loved throwing rocks.
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We had fun with Jason and Kay and the kids home the end of July/First of August. I didn’t get many pictures but one day we went to the zoo and I remembered my camera! Lucas hadn’t been to to the zoo since last summer, so he loved being there. The Idaho Falls zoo isn’t the biggest, but it’s great for kids since there isn’t as much walking.
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Lucas really misses his cousins Oliver and Abby. He asks for them all the time, especially when we go to Grandma’s house. It’s too bad we don’t live closer to them, but it was great seeing them while we could.
Lucas turned 2 on July 14th. It was a fun day, as we had a party that morning with some of his cousins and then he got to go to grandma and grandpa’s house and play. For dinner that night my mom was cooking on the grill, she looked down, and noticed a skunks tail under the grill. Turns out a skunk was under there the whole time she was cooking. We had quite an interesting night trying to figure out how to get the skunk out without having him spray the court, and we eventually got rid of him but he did spray. Lucas got a little scared but I think it is a birthday he’ll never forget!
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We celebrated the Fourth in Utah this year, and we had a blast! We got to go to the Stadium of Fire, where Carrie Underwood was performing, and it was a lot of fun. Lucas wasn’t even scared of the fireworks, like I was sure he would be. I just covered his ears the whole time and he was fine. His favorite part was the flyover after the National Anthem. He loved those airplanes!
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Here are some more recent pictures of Lucas. He is getting so big and it seems he is constantly changing. He always makes us laugh, though, so we are a happy family!
Well it has been a long time since the last post, mostly I’ve been pretty busy but also lately our internet has not been working very good. But a lot’s happened since the last post. We celebrated 4th of July in Utah, which I’ll post pictures later. Lucas turned 2 on July 14th, which I’ll post pictures of that as well.
We can’t believe how much Lucas is changing. He just seemed to grow up overnight. He has become very independent, and wants to do everything by himself. Anytime you try and help him, that’s what he’ll tell you, “by myself.” I guess it’s good he is learning how to do things, but it sure tests our patience as parents.
He loves to repeat whatever you tell him, which is a lot better then him constantly saying “hmm” which was his typical response to everything you asked him before, which he still does some of that. So his vocabulary is growing more and more each day, which makes it a lot nicer for us to communicate with him.
We got a toddler bed for him, and have been working on getting him sleeping there instead of his crib. He’s actually done pretty well since his birthday, but he still usually gets up and plays multiple times before finally staying and falling asleep. Last night he actually fell asleep in front of the door, so I had to push him a little to get his door open.
We are also trying to get him potty trained, and he is starting to use his potty more and more. He basically just likes dumping it in the toilet and then flushing it, but at least he’s using his potty some. I think if we worked a little more on it he’d get the hang of it pretty fast.
It seems like there are a lot more things he’s been doing lately that are all pretty cool, but I can’t think of them right now. He’s just a really funny boy and we love having him in our lives. Kryssi is getting pretty far along in the pregnancy, and getting more and more uncomfortable. So far everything is going great, which we are happy for. She actually went to the dentist a few weeks ago and had one of her wisdom teeth taken out, and she gets the other one out this week, along with a bunch of cavities filled. She actually recovered really fast the first time so let’s hope this second time goes just as smoothly.
We went to the doctor on Tuesday and had the ultrasound. They said they can’t guarantee it’s a girl as good as with a boy, but she said she was positive it was a girl. Kryssi wanted a girl so she is super excited. I’d be happy either way but it will be nice to have a girl. I must admit I’m more scared this time then with Lucas, since raising a girl puts me more out of my comfort zone, but I’m sure we’ll do fine as parents.
Below are some pictures from the ultrasound. The first set is of the babies spine and then her foot (if you can see it). The next set is of her hands. She was being stubborn and was facing away from us the whole time, so we never got a profile view. I don’t know if it’s a good sign that she’s already being stubborn!
We went to Yellowstone the Saturday after Kendal’s graduation. It wasn’t a very nice weather day, in the 30’s, rain and snow, but we still enjoyed it. Lucas loved seeing the animals, even though the buffalo scared him somewhat. He thought they were trying to get his food so Grandma told him that the buffaloes couldn’t have his food so we heard him say “No, no buffalo” the rest of the trip.
Kryssi and I went back home after dinner, since it was a long day for Lucas and for her. The rest stayed and went to the Playmill. Even with the bad weather it was still really fun. Kryssi and I hadn’t been to Yellowstone in a few years, and it was Lucas’ first time, so it was nice to create more memories. Maybe next time we’ll see a bear!
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It was Kendal’s and Vanessa’s graduation last week, both from High School and Seminary. We didn’t have our camera for high school, and we only took two from Seminary. But both were really good ceremonies. Lucas actually did pretty well in sitting in both for an hour. He ended up in the row behind us playing with some girls during the seminary graduation, but it kept him happy!
Here are just some random pictures I’ve been meaning to upload recently and haven’t had time to get to it. I’m done with school now for the summer and am just working away. I’m still doing the same work stuff, only expanded, plus I’m helping out with a website. I also met with two different people this past week that wanted web work done so hopefully that pans out as well. Needless to say, I’m just as busy if not more busy then I was during the school year.
Kryssi is doing really well being pregnant. She struggled with being sick at first but she has done a lot better lately. She’s been able to feel the baby move for a while, but I just felt he/she kick a few days ago, which was pretty amazing. In about a week and a half is when she goes back to the doctor, and we get the ultrasound which should tell us if it is a boy or a girl. Kryssi wants a girl and I’d be happy either way.
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