We are in Idaho and Caleb has spent a week with his great grandparents (Stoddard). He has learned to say "knock, knock" while tapping the door. He can give a "high five" and he is starting to run-walk when he gets excited...so I had better put my running shoes on because with his powerful little legs, I'm sure he'll really be moving. He got a chance to play with some second cousins on the Stoddard side and had a blast! It was great to see Cherie/Dave and Stephanie! Cannon is on a fire in Redding, CA and is more bored than he expected to be, but he is enjoying himself and making good money, so he'll deal with the boredom! We hope you are having a great week!
With our mac on the fritz, I can't email or blog or download pics regularly(I'm using Cannon's work laptop at the moment). So I'll give a recap of our week, if any of you are interested. It has been overcast all week. Fortunately, a new wild flower blooms each day. For instance, 2 days ago, we noticed wild daisies all over the neighborhoods and town. Honeysuckle, lilac and other blossom trees are in full bloom too. The rich greens that carpet the lawns, trees and mountains make up for the gray days. I checked out the one and only mall a few days ago. It is not a bright, airy mall like the ones in Phoenix. But it has decent shopping. I've been enjoying my daily jogging adventures--no moose sightings this week. We made s'mores one night in the backyard in our new fire pit. Caleb was more interested in the grahams than the chocolate or marshmellows. We rented "National Treasure II" and we are spending a lot of time in the backyard. Cannon has been working on getting rain gutters up and has done a better than professional job. Caleb has figured out how to open the DVD player, open the dishwasher, open the french doors. He loves reading and being read to. He loves to climb up on us and sit on our heads and babble. He can say "night, night", "hi", "bye", "mom", "dad" and he can sign "more". If you catch him opening the dishwasher and you say "No, no!!" firmly, he will crinkle his nose at you and say "na, na, na!!" loudly. And he absolutely loves playing peek-a-boo! He's mister independent a lot of the time. He's cute as a button. We hope you all are having a good summer!
Our mac crashed this week and life as we know it almost ceased...but somehow we've improvised, adapted and overcome (IAO). We don't know how long we'll be IAO'ing it. But if Cannon doesn't fix this problem fast, my blogging withdrawl will get the best of me...and that wouldn't be pretty.
| You Are a Carrot Cake Cupcake |
 You are drawn to a cross section of people. You friends play different roles in your life. You are like a cupcake because you are are deceptively simple. There's actually a lot to you! There are many ingredients in your life, and you only want them in proper amounts. Being you is a delicate art. |
