.....And the little one said

ROLL OVER.

The night before we started our move, we stayed at Maureen and Alan's house.  I woke up with Scarlett in the middle of the night to save her from her hungry little baby belly, and I was quite frazzled when I picked her up in my blind, groggy state.  She seemed to be back bending way over my hand and wiggling all over the place.  I nursed her til she fell back asleep and went back to bed confused but too tired to dwell on it.
    When I woke up to her calls in the morning, I found her wiggling and whining on her belly.  Light bulb.   That morning while Brian and I ran errands, Grandpa Green saw her roll over, and we were all jealous.  Since then, she does it every time we set her on her back.  Now its no big deal.  Cute kid.

Fishing with Sunbeams

Brian and I just left the cutest 3 and 4-year olds in our old ward.  Co-teaching sunbeams is probably my favorite calling I've had so far in my 15 years of membership, not that serving as Mia-Maid Secretary wasn't awesome.
I just wanted to share our favorite game and teaching tool, because I am proud of it.  Fishing.

I used my mom's Cricut to cut out the fish with her special Stampin' Up paper. She's a demonstrator and is a very very crafty woman.   Then we laminated them and paper clipped each one. Suuuuper Easy.

 Then I bought some wooden sticks at JoAnn's (I forgot the proper name for the craft wooden sticks), tied on some yarn, and  used the hot glue gun at the Steiner's house to attach the mini magnets.  I completed these steps during Jeffy's Halo bachelor party while Brian defended my honor in a ping pong match.  Wow that was awhile ago.

 The concentration is this room looks a lot like reverent children. This really is the best way to get them to pay attention: bribe them with a once in a lifetime chance to catch a paper fish.

 Brian would "read" the activity each fish had on the back of its scales. I think we were learning about how our bodies can move in this particular lesson.

 They love a good challenge. Our class was never too rowdy. Never.

When we were called, the rule was "no treats allowed".  I don't think anyone really followed it.  On our last day, we had Jack's favorite: saltine crackers.  This kid could've eaten the whole sleeve of them. Also, we added some marshmallows we needed to have eaten.  Thus, this culinary masterpiece was created:

They said they were better than those sandwiches you roast by the fire with chocolate and stuff.

I miss them already.

Wedding Day

             My eldest brother Daniel got married last Tuesday in the Bountiful Temple to Nicole Sheridan.  They are cute.  Sadly, we only got pictures of ourselves so far.  I'm excited to do a real fat wedding picture post and steal some from her photographer, if Nicole will allow of course. He is my last sibling of legal age to get married in my family.  Get this---five weddings in 17 months. And that's not including ours three years ago.  My mom is a fantastic wedding planner. I'll give you her number if you're interested....but I bet she ready to retire for awhile.

 

 This baby was like eye candy all dressed up in her wedding attire.  Everyone coveted who got to hold her (except for Dan and Nicole, they just wanted to hold each other).  I'm going to miss that when we move.  Its nice to have 20 babysitters ready for the job.

I loved the wedding colors Nicole picked: Coral and Mint.  I love getting new dresses every time we get a new member of the family. It rocks.

 Our baby looks Asian.  I love that skunk.

It is so awesome to have more wonderful in-laws get sealed to my brothers and sisters and make their lives so happy. I love it! Congrats Dan and Nicole!

Ol' Ben Lomond

Hey.  We did it. We conquered this brute just North of my parents house:

Apparently Ben Lomond Peak is the inspiration for Paramount Pictures. Read all about it here.

The hike is approx. 8.2 miles to the summit and 3600 ft elevation gain. Yowza. Brian had some insomnia issues the night before, and I think we were both a little nervous he wasn't going to make it (or be his pleasant well-rested self) on his hour and a half night's sleep. But he did.

We completed our 16.4 miles in about 6 and 1/2 hours. Not bad.

Here's most of the crew at the trailhead parking lot. I believe Austin was sleeping in his car and Ben was using the facilities:

 

 It was fun to walk and talk (and gossip) with the family + Austin, Chad's cousin. I bet Austin thinks we're weird.

The hike wasn't really too bad until the last mile when it sharpened its incline.  It was nice to have a sit at the top. The little one behind me, Renae, is my mini-me and the official family member record holder for minutes holding Scarlett. Okay, actually that's probably Grandpa Green.  He could hold her all day. 

Chad was so hungry he finished my bitten apple. Now we share immunity.

 Behold: The Greater Ogden Area and Beyond.

 Olivia's head is slightly chopped off but at least she has mobile service.

Matching Jazz hats.  We wore them just for Steve.  Oh and did I mention we saw Steve & Heather Godfrey and little bro Godfrey up near the top? That was fun. Small world.  Big mountain.

It was very windy and real cold. Brian is leaning into the wind and not even falling (not really, that is a lie).

Also, cute story.  On our way back down we kept having to give up our pedestrian rights to motorcyclists.  I chose one side of the trail to flee to, while everyone else chose the other.  I teased that they all chose a weird side to go down the mountain, and then the sticker plant I jumped in put my foot in my mouth. It was prickly.  Chad saved me with his inspiration to bring his wallet, and I used a credit card to shave off the damage. He's a good one, Cheryl. 

 

 

          There is not a happy after picture cuz we were not in the best of spirits after almost 16 1/2 miles on our abused feet.  So we jumped in the car, picked up our cutie and dined at Pizza Pie Café by Kirt's.  We had coupons for $5.00 a person.  Not awesome pizza, but I liked the salad & pasta bar.  Oh, and that dessert pizza...mmmmmmm. Worth the 5 buck entry. 

        Later we joined a Weber State party at Surf and Swim.  It was so good to get our sore muscles in some water. Scarlett enjoyed the waves coming in at our feet, but soon got too comfy in my arms and fell asleep.  Love it when she does that. Then we ate too much again at Burger Bar: Home of the Big Ben. Aaaaannd...then we zonked out.  Luckily, Brian didn't have to you use any Walgreen's sleepaid we bought on the way home.