BYU Fan Discovers Diaper

Here is how we started for bedtime... cute, huh? Our little BYU fan.

This is what we found when we checked on her before going to bed:

Yep, she discovered her diaper, and how to take it off. And yep, she pee-peed before we got it back on. We slipped the diaper on without her even waking up.

Jake found Alisa's sweater. Nice.

Riding the horse. Jake has been soooo sweet and helpful lately. I think he's growing out of the terrible twos.

Darth Maul face. Notice the cars. The train is pulling a race car, then a "Jeef"--three times. Very orderly.

Bugs

I hate them! I hate all the bugs in the whole world! (Name that movie... although in the movie it's orphans not bugs)

Welp, when we got in from our lengthy vacation, we were greeted by a lovely trail of ants coming from a cupboard of dishes, along the wall, above a door, and into our food cupboard. Lovely. The honey, among other things, was not salvageable. There were dead ants in our salt shaker. They are everywhere. So that was a lovely time first thing the next morning. After cleaning them out for an hour, they came back! So, twice cleaned, then three times. I think I tried to get rid of them around the same area five or six times. They are finally gone... at least, the big army trail of ants is gone. I now find them exploring our house randomly in small groups. 

In the bathroom was evidence of a termite invasion. Man, if there was ever a time for the circus tent to come, it would've been while we were out of town anyway! So we have ants and termites inside, along with a lovely mosquito that must still be alive as I have fresh bites on my ankles tonight. Mosquito bites are never fun, but they are worse in the heat. 

I went into our overgrown garden (which only survived by the mercy of our neighbors) to pick some huge zucchini. While reaching down I happen to glance down and right in front of my fingers was a lovely red-bellied black widow. Nice. Glad I didn't grab it. I found another one in the eves of our house but it got away, and a third one making a home in our mailbox. Welcome to Cali. While there are many advantages to living here, there are some drawbacks, too. Like black widows, cockroaches, and ant infestations. On a positive note, Cali is wonderful in the winter. Can't beat it. 

Vacation Post #3

Lake Powell with the Seamans. So fun! Thank you, Seamans, for all the hard work and fun we had! It was a blast to be all together. It got SUPER HOT this week and we were DYING!!!! We lived more in the Lake than out, I think. The heat was rough but the lake was so fun.

 

Everyone (besides the kids and Linda and me) made an ice cream run  and brought back popsicles for the kids and ice cream bars for those who stayed behind. YUM!

Jake and new-found buddy Tom (Derek's dad), who swam across the bay and back with him. Thanks!

Jake really IS going to kill me. His little bum is so cute, though!

Bethi and Derek... One month until the wedding!!!

Forced Jake in the tube behind the boat. He cried. Scared of the big wake. 

Me and A. in the tube. She loved it... I think. Didn't cry anyway.

Les and Linda--hard core!

Thanks, girls!

Me. Skirt. Wakeboard. Ever feminine.

Les's signature move to say, "I'm done wakeboarding, thank you." This was behind his boat. He got a lot more air behind the Goodman's wakeboarding boat and probably could've landed it. BTW, the wakeboarding boat has a HUGE wake and was scary to get out of. It made my stomach drop each time I did. You can catch some sweet air behind it (which I did not necessarily do, although I may have caught a little air once or twice).

Jake had a nap every day. He woke up looking like someone dumped water on his head. It was roasting! 

Jake wasn't the only one who loved the fish. Alisa played with the fish in the bucket all morning. Ew. Later in the week there was a dead fish floating behind the houseboat... Jake and dad (or Kelsi?) found a lovely green grasshopper we lovingly called Hoppy. He and Alisa played with it all week. We'd lose him, but he'd always turn up the next day on the houseboat. He was a good pet, until his leg fell off and we found him the next day. Deceased. Poor Hoppy!

Since cousin E. didn't fully appreciate the fireworks with the Crane's, they sent some with us to do with the Seaman's. Good thing, too. Jake and Alisa loved them and we didn't get to see the fireworks at the dam, although we saw the lighted sky. Happy 4th of July!

Aw, cute! 

Proof that Linda water skiied! Ha! It was awesome!

Jake and Jenni on the tube. Jake attached himself to Jenni the whole week. He woke up saying, "Where's Jenni?" and went to bed saying the same thing. He was glued to her. Thanks, Jen, for letting him maul you the whole week!

Cutie-pie

Jake got really chafed after 10 days on the Lake and wore his undies for a few days to switch it up. Not that they were really clean. We didn't do laundry for two weeks! 

Close up of Jake and Kelsi on the kayak.

Alisa making some soup--thanks, Grandma, for the great idea!

Favorite pasttime: trying to drown mom!

Jake and Kelsi in the kayak. Jake was pretty good with the oar.

Jake and Kels down for a nap. 

This was us every day, most of the day... escaping the heat! 

Relaxing on the fun center

Fishing with Derek--Jake's favorite light saber fighter!

Vacation Post #2--for picture lovers

Ok, here are muchas fotos of Lake Powell with the Crane's. It was soooo fun--Thank you so much, Mom and Dad!!! It is a TON of work to prepare, load, park, anchor, etc. the boat. I think we did ok short-staffed, don't you? We lost some rope and dug twice, but hey, it was fun!!! Thanks for a great week.

Here is Jake and cousins on the Sea Wasp. They had a ball behind the wave runner until a ranger pulled Scott over for having no flagger and too many riders. At least he didn't get a ticket!

Here's my niece on the slide. Scott miraculously got Jake down it twice! 

Theme of the week: GNATS! There were so many gnats it sounded like a beehive. We killed what we could with Raid, but they were pretty bad both weeks. Yuck! It doesn't look like many, but they are only the size of a crumb.

What a sweetie!

Grammy and Jake

The kids cooling off midday with the AC on and a movie. 

Alisa on her perch. She climbed these two steps all day long and felt so big!

He's going to kill me later! This was bath time with dad off the back of the houseboat. Later he admitted it was a little bit owie on the bum.

Bath time with dad

Fishing with the cousins. They loved it, of course!

My sister and I with our little roasted chickens!

Alisa and cousin--4 months apart. Behind her are my sister and friend. The tongue-twister: Alisa, Eliza, Lisa, and Alicia (and Ali).

My parents always fall asleep in this chair! Isn't that sweet? I love it. Lookin' good, Mom and Dad!

Fishing! He was so excited about his catfish.

Playing with his cousin (7 months apart) and having a blast!

We went into Page to go to church (our one time on land in between two weeks on the Lake!) and got some food before my sister and fam drove home to UT. Miss you guys!