Spooning

I LOVE spooning with Steve!
But... ever since V. joined our family, we don't seem to spoon as often.
Not for lack of trying!
On a lazy Sunday afternoon, we'll spoon on the couch while watching a movie. Then comes V. She jumps onto us, and squishes herself between the two of us.
We'll snuggle up together in bed, spooning. Then, I hear little footsteps coming. And soon, there's little V., climbing into bed with us and sleeping between us.
.sigh.
She joins us in our bed almost every night.
I know you all are thinking," WHAT!?"
Back when we started trying for baby #2, I worked very hard to break her of that habit.
And I did.
For awhile.
Then she slowly started coming back into our room at night.
I now realized that the chance of us having another child is pretty slim.
So I'm not trying to break the habit this time. She falls asleep in her own bed and such. But sometime during the night, she joins us in our bed.
As much as I miss spooning with my hubbie, I know all too soon V. will outgrow wanting to snuggle with us.
All too soon, she'll sleep thru the night in her own bed and I'll go in her room in the middle of the night and kiss her forehead and think,"Where has the time gone? When did my baby grow up and get too old to snuggle with mommy?"
So, I've decided to enjoy these moments before they are gone.
Steve and I will have plenty of time to spoon in the future.....


A picture of V. hogging Steve. She gets all the attention now.....

A few things we've been doing....

Washing the car~

Steve has been playing softball~

V. at one of Steve's games~

Steve and his brother Mike went to Washougal, Washington to see some of this~

We have had the start of our apple season~

I had a girls weekend with my sisters and our mom to Salt lake and Park city. It was sooo much fun! I got a bunch of Christmas shopping done and a few items for V. for back to school. I can't wait for next year to do this again! Hopefully more of us will be able to go~

And, that's a quick review of what we've been up to!

Apples, Apples, Apples!

Well, our transparent apple tree out back has been over flowing! So V. and I went out and picked a few of these~

We made a very small batch of applesauce yesterday. And today we made apple pie filling!
My cute little helper! I remember helping my mom can every fall. Only we didn't do apples, just peaches and pears.

I might have stuffed the pan a little too much!

mmmm.... So beautiful!!

We will have to make some more when our other trees are ready!

Our weekend in Provo.

Last weekend we went to Provo for my nieces' baptism. We went down Friday night and stayed with my brother and his family. Then in the morning we went to the church house for the baptism. We had a beautiful little program before hand. Then pictures were taken before the baptism took place.
My brother and his daughter dressed in white.

Everyone who was there for the special occasion.

Afterwards, we all went back to my brothers house and had lunch and visited. The kids ran around together having fun!
V. and her cousin L. loved playing with the water. {I didn't get very good pics. of her playing with her girl cousins}

It was a fun weekend. The Spirit was felt and was lovely. V. has asked a few questions about baptism, and such. She asked if Jesus was going to be there at the baptism. And I told her he would be, but we couldn't' see him, only feel his love and spirit in our hearts. After the ceremony, V. said she felt Him in her heart. Then she asked if Steve and I felt him in our hearts as well. We told her we did. It was just wonderful to have her witness this and be curious and ask us questions. And I am so thankful, that when the time comes for her to be baptized, that Steve will be able to do it. Watching my brother baptize his daughter was amazing! I'm grateful he was able to do that with her.

Summer toes and a new tradition!

At the start of summer,I thought, "Wouldn't it be fun for V. and I to do something together to celebrate the start of summer?". So I thought, why not get our toes all prettied up for the summer? I thought she was old enough to take her to the spa and get a mother/daughter pedicure. {She actually just got her nails painted while I got a mini pedi}. When I mentioned this idea to Steve he thought it was great! "Maybe you won't be at each others throats for a change!" he said. You see, V. and I are soooo much alike. Some days we mesh together real well because of that. Other days....we butt heads so bad! Because we are so much alike, we are both stubborn, spoiled and want our own ways!
Anyway, we had a lot of fun going to the spa! This is V. with her baby doll as we waited for the fun to begin!

First, V. had a nail polish change on her fingers. She picked the color herself. Blue, of course. And she liked that it was from the 'Shrek' line of colors.

Then the toes...

Pretty toes!!

We will definitely be making this a tradition to the start of our summer every year!

Our 4th!

Well, our weekend started on Saturday, we went down by the river and had a walk with my parents, brother and his family. By we, I mean V. and I. Steve was out with his dad staking out their hunting grounds. Yes, Steve drew on all 3 of his hunts. If he has a successful year, we will have meat to share with you all!
Anyway, it was a cool day, but a pleasant walk. Then we spent some time at my folks. Came home and rested a bit. Then Steve came and got us and we went in to his parents for the rest of the evening.
Grandpa gave V. and her cousin rides on his 4-wheeler!

We had a bar-be-cue and sat around the fire pit roasting marsh mellows.

V. and her cousin waiting for Steve to start the show! We decided not to take V. to the big fireworks show, because we hate dealing with the crowds! But one of these years, she's gonna realize we've been jipping{s/p} her with our little show at home. When that time comes, we'll take her to the big show!

Playing with sparklers!

After we did our little fireworks show, we sat around the fire pit visiting until we decided to go home and get some sleep!
Steve and V. hiding under a blanket being silly.

On Sunday, the actual 4th, we went to Pocatello to my sisters baby blessing. She had a little girl in May. After the blessing we went to my parents and had a luncheon and cake and ice cream because both my dad and brother were having birthdays this week.
Then we came home, relaxed, had some more hamburgers and hot dogs and all 3 of us fell asleep at a good time. It was a fun weekend!