This is Mike and Kim's Blog! We love to hike, read, spend time together as a family, and otherwise enjoy the great outdoors. We have 3 kids. Bradley, Noah, and Rinna.
The first step in making a pizza is often finding a good pizza recipe. Here is mom helping Bradley with the first step looking up a good one. (Ok, I lied this isn't really a picture of a recipe book, but Kim and Bradley both look so cute that it's worth including, and all of you can pretend it's a recipe book.)
The next step, is putting the dough ingredients into the bread maker (notice, this is the somewhat lazy baker's version of pizza making).
After that is the fun part of adding all of the toppings. Bradley thought out carefully how to place the cheeze, pepperoni, and peppers. His intention was to place almost all of it on a single piece (probably his), but unfortunately Dad modified his creation and spread all the toppings out.
And last but not least, we have the table presentation.
It's a good thing teenagers can't pull off a look like this because parents everywhere would be doting, penniless, yes men wondering what just happend all the time.
To a casual observer, this is an adorable picture of a small child reaching out to probably a parent. Very adorable, correct? To a parent of said child this picture is a small benefit of the anxiety of standing beneath said child hoping he doesn't squeeze himself through the bars. Once he notices his parents anxiety, does he realize his actions are upsetting his parents and desist his current behavior? No, instead he proceeds to taunt them by sticking a foot out here, a leg out, doing a short version of his own hokey pokey, driving his parents crazy. But, nevertheless, one has to admit this is an adorable picture.
Let's just all be honest, there's nothing quite like a child smiling at you. Not the boring adult smiles where we mildly contort our faces to show others that we are mildly capable of showing emotion, but instead the full faced, full mouthed, can't contain my excitement smiles that most often come from a small child. Just remember, don't come between a hungry boy and his cereal.
Well, it has been awhile, and a ton has happened since I last REALLY blogged (although Mike has been good to fill in for me), like, having a baby and moving. Okay, that doesn't sound like a lot when I write it, but trust me, it is. So, here's a quick synopsis of what has been going on!
Noah in his blessing outfit
First, we blessed Noah on April 22 (five days before we moved). It was a great day with lots of support from our family and friends! Interesting note, I forgot utensils, plates, cups, napkins, you know, all those things that people need in order to eat. Oops! Luckily, my Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Gary were willing to run to Walmart (yes, on a Sunday) to get needed supplies!
A week later, we moved back to Albuquerque. I love where we live. There is much more green here on the east side than there was on the west side. Two days after we got here, Bradley got sick with a lingering cold that is just now finally starting to go away. about 4 days later, Noah got sick. Scary stuff. We finally had to put him on a nebulizer to help him breathe. He hated it, and I hated it, except that it made it so he could breathe. That part I liked.
THEN, we decided that it was time for Noah to have his own room (after his sickness went away). Minor problem, we only have a 2 bedroom apartment. SO, moving time again as we completely flipped our house upside down. Now Bradley is in the Master suite, Noah is in the 2nd bedroom, and Mike and I are in the living room. We are so getting a 3 bedroom place when we go back to Logan.
Our bedroom when it was still our bedroom
Bradley's new suite, complete with couch and TV
Our new bedroom in the living room
The kitchen, which has not changed. :)
Needless to say, we are FINALLY getting settled, and things seem to finally be calming down.
I also had a GREAT Mother's Day. My boys all spoiled me good, and I got to talk to Kirk! It was wonderful to talk to him. He sounds so good and I can't wait to see him in just a month now! That will be awesome. Here are some pics from Mother's Day.
My two boys waking me up to give me my presents.
Yes, I know I look tired, but the boys look completely adorable!
My Mother's Day shirt from my boys
Mike was awesome at taking care of the boys all day and giving me a much needed break.
(Now I think he needs a break!)
Also, for Mother's Day, we sent all the Grandma's a video from Bradley and Noah. Now that they have all seen it, I can post it here.
In other news, I took Bradley to story time at the library on Wednesday. BEST THING EVER. For a half hour, I didn't have to think about what to do to entertain him, or keep track of him, or anything. I just got to sit there while they sang songs, read stories, and otherwise had a ball. (Luckily, Noah was asleep in his car seat the whole time) A movie does that as well, but this way I felt like a cool mom. It was awesome. He was a bit shy at first but got into it a little more towards the end. I think as we go regularly (and we will be going weekly) he will like it more and more. He also checked out his first library book! They had the self serve check out places and stools so he got to scan it and everything. I'm sure I was way more excited about it than he was, but it was great.
Bradley with his first library book, "Good Night, Pillow Fight"
(He picked it out himself)
And, last but not least, here are a few random pictures of us just being us.
Noah sleeping where Noah sleeps best: in Mom and Dad's bed
Oops, I lied. Noah sleeps best when Mom is sleeping with him in Mom and Dad's bed
(which, for the record, is only after 6 am, but man is it tempting...)
Bradley wanted to hold his basketball while he drank his bottle, so we let him.
He held it the whole time.
