The Usness

6/4/11

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I love going to see family but having nephews makes it even more exciting. :D When Meagan told Mayson and Aadyn that I was coming over to see them Mayson said, "Aunt Classy? Aunt Classy is my favorite!" So adorable.

During Tina's graduation Mayson was fed treats by Mammy (my mom...you should look up the definition of that word. But, understand that Mayson just came up with it, and did not choose it because of the definition...obviously. haha) These treats included chocolate, of course. :) This is the face of a child that wants his chocolate.

We had some bonding moments at Grandma's house (my grandma) in the basement. Mayson was showing off and being such a boy. He would run into a pillow that I was holding with such force that he would be knocked to the floor and since we were all laughing he would get up and do it again.

These cuties realized that they can fit inside of Grandma's kid kitchen cabinets. They were pretty proud of themselves.

they ended up needing a referee at only one point, when they both realized they could lay down...

In the end we got it all worked out of course, because Classy is cool like that ;)

!elpoep laer

This is proof to everyone that Scott and I know more people than family and Teancum. The last few weeks we've gotten together with neighbors for s'more roasting and barbecue.
Jessica and Ryan are Dan and Patty's upstairs neighbors and our next door neighbors. They invited us over for a barbecue and since it ended up raining we had it inside and roasted marshmallows on their stove :)

We did get to do a real s'more roasting a few weeks before that with them and Alex and Andrea-Patty's friend- in Dan, Patty, Ryan, and Jessica's fire pit next door.

It was so nice to sit around the fire and chat and laugh. Good times, good times.

Our upstairs neighbors invited the Dan, Patty, Scott and I for a BBQ on our patio. Scott made an interesting hamburger and I laughed at him...but by the end of the hamburger I was jealous since mine was falling apart and he still had plenty of bread to hold his together. haha.

Danielle, Lee and Charity were so nice to invite us and share their animal love with us.

Even though the kittens kept clawing at her, Charity would not give in. haha. She wanted to love on them. Charity is my cute little friend. She calls me "Sassy" and calls Scott "Sock." I LOVE when little ones can't say my name, it's so adorable!

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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!

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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

4/18/11

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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 :)