!etik a ylf og s'tel

A few weeks ago I REALLY wanted to go fly a kite! So we got together with Alex (Scott's brother), Dan, and Patty and made kites. The boys made a kite together using a garbage bag and dowels.

Patty and I made bumblebee kites from thick paper.

Then we went up by the temple to fly them together.
The bumblebee sort of worked...enough for me to be happy at least :)

The guys kite took more work to get up into the air and was a little dangerous as it would come down...

and it was cold...this is a picture of Scott shivering :D

and here is the take off...or landing...they were pretty much one in the same.

So, in my biased opinion-THE BUMBLEBEE WINS! :D

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A few weeks ago we found the time to till and plant our garden. Our amazing Bishop let us borrow his tiller and we went ahead and got things planted.

It was about time, because our plants were growing like weeds :D

It was fun to work with Dan and Patty to get things done and organized.

Huge worms even joined in the fun :)

Between the wind and the cold we will end up with something :)

at least we hope so!

etadpu t gib

Our lizard pal is alive and kicking still. He rarely eats these days so his crickets hid in the wood work most of the time, as pictured below. My desk is right next to his tank and this wooden structure so I would appreciate it if he would just go ahead and eat the icky things so I don't have to jump every time I see them move. Sheesh. How inconsiderate, huh? ;)

Lately he has also been trying to escape from his tank at least 3/4 of the day. So a few weeks ago I let him out and he walked right down the hall, jumped up the stairs (one stair at a time of course, he is no super lizard, believe me), and sat in front of the door until we opened it for him. Then he sat himself on the threshold and enjoyed the sunshine for a good 30 minutes. He did try to make a run for it after that but he isn't very fast so Scott got him.
Doesn't he look like a watch dog/lizard? Our personal protector :)

We still think he is pretty cool.

Even if he does sit in the most awkward positions.

and tries to escape at any possible moment, we still know he loves us...even if it is deeeeeep down. :D

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Scott has really been enjoying his classes these last few semesters. He will be registering for his last semester at BYU-Idaho this coming Monday. Can I get a woot woot?!
He has been working long hours but it pays off for him because he is learning so much and loves the things he gets to do. For example, he got to make the tool below using cardboard, push pins, and measurements that he had to formulate himself to get the shape to be the exact size that was asked of him.

He also got to make this hammer, pretty snazzy isn't it?

So he is pretty excited to be so close to finishing his degree and once December rolls around I will be married to a mechanical engineer! :D

snoitanod

Scott and his siblings regularly quote and sing songs from their childhood. One of the artists they listened to was Raffi. I, for some reason, had never heard of Raffi until I married Scott. Studying Early Childhood I probably should have come upon his music a lot earlier but nevertheless...a few days ago we were listening to one of the Raffi CD's of Scott's childhood and we sang along to the song Aiken Drum and I decided to make us an Aiken Drum dinner :)

Teancum has forgotten how to poo again, but he has found rather interesting ways of lounging lately...

I've had some health issues playing in my mind a lot lately and I decided that I needed to change something tangible to help me cope :) So...

I cut my hair :D I'm donating it to make wigs for children who have been receiving cancer treatments. Can I get a woot woot?

ffuts dna...gnizama si dnabsuh ym

This semester Scott got to work with a lot of metals. He was able to work with two other classmates to create this chess set:

I think it's beautiful! It ALMOST makes me want to play with him... ;)

He also was able to work with two other classmates to design a bike frame. He explained to others that they were basically recreating "the" bike frame, if that makes sense. They did a pretty amazing job! So they designed all of the shiny metal parts on the actual frame and the red part by the pedals.

I think it's pretty amazing. He was also able to purchase both of these projects from the school. So he will get to keep his precious work :D

Here is an update on our garden: :D

This weekend we were able to go to Terreton to visit Uncle Stan. We had lunch with him and went on a tour of the farm. Our tour guides were Dan, Scott and Alex :).

This is my favorite picture. Pretty amazing!

In all his visits to his grandparents dairy farm Scott never knew that under all the manure was actually cement. haha.

Scott moo-ing

Patty found a dead potty.

the poo pit!

Scott being a tour guide :) (he was showing me where the heifer pins used to be)

I almost died before taking this picture. A bird came flying out of the doorway right into where I was standing. I moved just in time! Man, I think I may have a fear of birds now...

And a post on our blog would not be complete without an update on Big T. He is still growing, still sometimes pooping, and still sleeping :)

Oh, and he really likes his uncle Alex :)

Yay for adventures and amazing husbands!!