Halloween

Well this was Ephraim's first celebrated Halloween. The real first one consisted of mom sitting at home with him all alone while Daddy worked at the MTC. Not very festive. Although mom did attempt wrapping my legs and arms in toilet paper to make me a mummy. I would have none of it. Luckily this Halloween she came up with a much preferred costume of a pickle! Don't ask me where the idea came from, I think it was Dad. Anyhow mom has a really nice visiting teachee who is super gifted with sewing. So Rachel Callan took a few hours of her day and helped to craft the stunning costume. Mom put on the final touches with my bumps, and proper stuffing. It was a little awkward walking with all that stuffing on my back, but if I ever fell down it was a pleasant landing. :) Mom and Dad were Ketchup and Mustard to complete our adorable condiment family. Plus their shirts helped people straighten out their guesses that I was a turtle, or the like. And the ward thought it deserved the best family costume award. So we won a prize! Didn't really deserve it, considering how simple Mom & Dad's costume's were... but we'll take it.

Overall I give Mom and Dad an A- for my first Halloween celebration. And they only lost marks because they forgot my bag of candy at the church. And frankly for all the walking and collecting I did down the church hallway I think I deserved to take home my bag and enjoy my goodies!

Diaper Suprise

Ephraim played Yahtzee with Mom and Dad tonight. It was a race to see how quickly he could get between Mom and Dad to pick up the dice after we rolled them. Unfortunately this required a quick look, and sufficient memory to make the wisest move, and correct calculation of points on our part. At one point he got the dice and when retrieved from his grasp, only four were found. We joked that he probably was hiding the last one in his diaper, but thankfully found it under a sheet of paper moments later. Sadly though our diaper joke held true later that evening when we found a lil' yellow circular chip (bout the size of a nickel) lodged nicely in his stinky. It was one of the chips used in Yahtzee for some reason unknown to me. Anyhow it just reminds me of my lil' siblings and their clever tactics of hiding valuables in their diapers. And so it begins with my darling son.

Speaking of being a lil' darling I do need to give him credit for much improved behavior at Church today. Church has been difficult for him overall because of the time frame, and nap interference etc... But last week was a whopper to say the least. I had to take him to my YW Presidency meeting right before church, cause Adam had PPI's. And lets just say I don't recollect a time where I've been more frustrated and aggravated with my child since he's come into my life. He was KING KONG of FUSSINESS and refused to be consoled with granolla bars. Mainly because his mother refused to allow him to pull down metal chairs and hurt himself. In the end I held him in my arms by the door and allowed him to flip the light switch on and off to keep him from screaming. Needless to say the other women who I serve with were very patient with the whole situation. And afterwards Mommy had to take a walk around the block to cool down sufficiently to attend Sacrament meeting.

Birthday BOY

So Lil' Ephraim is officially ONE! His mama did her best to do everything he likes best on his birthday. This included a nice long walk to the playground, where he's learned to climb up the slide. He loves it. But mommy made a mistake and planned it at 12:30 in the afternoon when any and every step would sear his feet, knees, or hands w ith scorching hot plastic. Not a fun birthday activity. Luckily she made up for it by letting me play in the bath for at least 30 minutes. Then after a couple good naps I had my evening festivities. But unfortunately I was still pretty tired. As you will witness in the videos. Anyhow mom made me a stellar fort of streamers to tear through, but I didn't have the energy so I just crawled under them to get to my presents. Daddy was supposed to be video taping that, but somehow no video seems to be recorded, so the only documentation we'll have of it in years to come is the fond memory my mother writes for me. Lets just say it looked way cool, and if I wasn't so tired, I would have torn that fort to shreds! Anyhow then I opened three gifts. Two I hadn't already seen, and one I had already fallen in love with at a yard sale a week earlier. See if you can't guess which one I'm IN LOVE WITH! Anyhow then came the best part. My cake! It was so thoughtful of mom to make it into cupcakes so I could handle it better. Frankly I thought my whole cake eating experience was very mature and sophisticated. I mean to start off... who of the elite really still sit in a chair when you can sit right on the table.Thank you, I think I've made my point. :) Anyhow to say the least it was a birthday to remember, but I doubt that I ever will. But thanks to my mom, I'll appreciate it someday down the road.

(Oh P.S. tried uploading all the sweet videos multiple times, and they never worked. Maybe they are too big, but they'll be on my facebook for all to enjoy.)

Who woulda thought paper toweles?

Ephraim and I have been having a lot of fun together lately. He is such an adorable lil' boy, with such an expressive personality. Adam and I find ourselves just watching him do his thing, with content smirks on our faces. Whether he's just climbing from one end of the couch to the other, or sitting contently playing with a colored pencil while babbling to himself, he is our most cherished form of entertainment! Anyhow I was tiding up his room today and he started attacking this roll of paper towels with shrieks of excitement. So I tried to catch a quick clip of it for his wife to watch someday, and this is what I got. Sorry the lighting is so bad. Oh and then here are a couple shots of him when he saw his old jumper and tried to get in it before it was set up off the ground. Yes, he got stuck and whimpered for a hand to come free him.

BYU Football at its BEST

Unbelievable!! Even as a devoted Cougar fan, I was hoping for a close loss. Anything besides being smothered, to give our program some recognition. But to upset the #3 ranked team in the nation. Not just that but the Sooners! I've had it in for them since my youth as an avid Nebraska Husker fan. They are just always a beast of a team to beat. So to notch them up as a W for the first game of the 2009 season is not something to lightly boast of. SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOF TOPS BABY! Anyhow for those of you who missed the game, my condolences. And by all means capture what joy you can from ESPN video clips.

Workin out the new Kicks

So as time goes by it seem more and more like my blog will be a mini journal for Ephraim. Here I uploaded a couple newer videos of him prancing around the house. But my favorite part is probably that he's in just a diaper and his stunning nike shoes Grandma Wadsworth gave him for his birthday. Adam and I are thouroughly entertained by this lil' rascall daily. With only 2.5 weeks till his birthday I'm crossing my fingers he'll have his strut down by then. But don't judge his potential for success by these videos, they were taken a lil' while ago.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple Dedication

Attended the temple dedication today. Church was canceled for some, maybe even all of Utah. All of SLC and Utah Valley anyhow. It was a wonderful dedication. It is just such a nice reminder of how holy and sacred and precious temples are. There are now a total of 13 temples in Utah. Two of which the city of Jordan can boast of. Since being of a temple-attendance age I've always been fairly close to one. Winter Quarters, then Provo, then Orlando, and now Provo again. I find so much strength in attending the temple regularly. I hope that wherever I live I can be close to a House of the Lord. But if there comes a day where that is not the case, I'll do all I can to remember and reflect on the truths, promises, and strength I've gained from the temple these 13 years and counting. I pray that my distant family can do the same, and be blessed for keeping their covenants.

Blue is the best

So needless to say it had been a long ride in the car. Mom and Dad had drug me along to do some food storage shopping. (I don't know of a more boring shopping experience) And then when we were dropping Aunt Juju off, Dad had to go in and see her new apartment while Mom and I waited in the car. But when he came out with this beauty in his hand, I knew the wait was worth it. Frankly of all the frostings I've had I'm gonna have to say BLUE IS THE BEST! And yes if you were wondering, I was extremely tired, hence the red, baggy eyes. Don't hold it against me and my darling blue lips.


Mmmmm. . . . That's good

A New Beginning

Well here it is . . . my first blog post ever. Wow am I behind in the world of technology or what? I'm becoming my mother! :) I almost fought the blog idea like most old people fought the on come of cell phones. Lets just say me and the blogging world know nothing of each other. But I thought my distant family would appreciate some sporadic updates on the happenings of our home. Plus since making journal entries always seems to elude me, I thought having a blog might just give me the kick in the pants I need to record some more of the day to day appreciations, disappointments, and excitements.