Man, I Love This Kid

Preppy is so stinking cool, it's hard to believe sometimes.  He is happiest with food in his mouth and in his hands.  We had our carpets cleaned last week, so now I'm having to break his heart when I don't let him walk around as freely with food.  Preston has learned to fight back with Michael, which is actually pretty funny to watch, but now I'm having to break up fights.  Preppy can actually make Michael cry, which is kind of a refreshing change.  The boys are also really starting to play well together now that Preston is walking and interacting on Michael's level more.  They love to be outside together in our gravel pit.  A few weeks ago Preston learned to crawl up our play structure, which is pretty scary for me (he fell off head first one day while we were videoing his new trick).  He loves more than anything to climb up the swing set, it's pretty cute.  Preston is also a big boy. He has lost his baby fat, but his limbs are all very long.  He wears a size 7 shoes...no joke.  Hard to believe his feet are that big!   He is allergic to something but I'm not sure what it is yet, I've narrowed it down to soy milk, eggs, or dairy, but whatever it is gives him a bad rash on his face.  I'm putting him back on rice milk to see what happens.

Look at the size of those feet!  (food in each hand, and mouth full)

The Many Faces of Potty Training

Potty training Michael is not for wimps.  It's a full time job that's for sure.  He still hasn't figured out to tell me when he needs to go, or maybe he's just being stubborn.  Nonetheless, it's been lots of work, lots of tears, lots of bribery and treats, and lots of really good reactions on my part when he goes.  I make a great cheering section.  Every time I put him on the toilet I see the middle face, and the last face...which is the face he makes EVERY single time he goes to the bathroom.  It's hilarious.  He always jumps off (sometimes to quickly) and wants to hug, clap, jump and get excited.  He has spent many many hours on the toilet the last couple of weeks.  I'm looking forward to when he can tell me he needs to go.  When people tell me it was so easy to potty train their children, I'm baffled.  I can't even imagine!

Love this kid.  He is full of funny stuff right now.  I really do love every stage of my children's life.  I don't always love everything about those stages (potty training, temper tantrums, biting), but I'll take the bad with all the good.

Priest Lake

Priest Lake is our favorite place to go.  I've been going there since I was a baby, and so it's fun to now take my babies to the same place.  The first summer that Kyle and I were dating, I took him to Priest Lake with my family and that pretty much sealed the deal for us (on the way home on the airplane I told him that I'd call him my boyfriend, haha).  The weather isn't always perfect, but the location is.  I was very worried about Michael taking naps, but for the first time in his life, he found a quiet spot all by himself (I think he did it three times), and went to sleep on his own.  Amazing.  Getting him to sleep at night was NOT the same experience.  We had to lock him in our room or hold him down while he screamed.  Not fun, but we made it work.  The boys both had lots of fun, and Michael still asks if we can go to Priest Lake.  My sister Candace and her family came from Texas, so all of the grandkids were there.  It was just the girls on this trip because my brothers were at school and on a mission.  Next year hopefully we can all be together!

Too many pictures?  Probably, but I couldn't narrow it down!

Lybbert Reunion

I was in charge of the 1st Annual Forest and Betty Lybbert reunion in Moses Lake this summer.  It was just the beginning of many things that I would be in charge of.  Let's just say I'm reunion and baby showered out!  Not to say that I didn't enjoy planning and carrying these events out, but I'm just hoping next summer is a little bit more calm.

We had cinnamon rolls and juice for breakfast, a family history tour around Moses Lake to different significant sites, candy stop at Frank's Market, siphon tube and pull-up contests, lunch, swimming in the pond, remote control airplane flying, dinner, homemade root beer, crafts and family videos in the shop.

Here's the reunion in pictures....

What do you like to do at your family reunions?