I have been looking through old photos trying to put together some sort of album(s) over the past five years....I know, yikes! It has been fun to see old photos and the ones from England brought back lots of memories, so I thought I would share a few.
Mike mowing our little lawn with an electric lawn mower! Yes, we actually plugged it in in the house.
This was my first bike in England, what a beauty! I got plenty of stares and comments as I rode this around town. Don't let this ugly, weird, little bike fool you it was pretty darn comfy with its full suspension.
The beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire. Yes I hate to admit it, but I probably did not fully appreciate the beauty of it while we were there.
Maybe my all time favorite picture from England. We were on a walk with our ward somewhere in the country and this telephone booth was randomly along the side of an old country road. Don't we look like completely lost American tourists? Ahhh...so British.
While looking through my Parents magazine I found an article about children with sleep problems. At the end there were some suggested books and this was one of them. . .
I nearly fell off my seat because this title perfectly explains my little boy who of course is named Oliver. I think I will order this book.
It has been a few weeks now since returning from New Mexico, but I figure better late than never. While Mike was in England for 10 days, I decided to take Oliver down to Albuquerque to visit my brother Adam and his family. Oliver did surprisingly good on both flights and we had a great time hanging out with the cousins.
Oliver and Ashton were jealous of Averie's headband so here's a picture of the "girls".
Oliver was loving the rocking horse action.
Oliver and Averie hanging out reading books. When they weren't hugging each other and playing nicely, they were poking eyes, pulling hair and taking each others toys away. I'm pretty sure all of those things mean cousin love.
These are the neighbors horses which Oliver called "woof" and was loving.
I don't know exactly when Oliver turned into a toddler, but everything he does reminds me of a little man child. Like when he watched me shovel some dirt, next thing you know he picks up the shovel and pushes it in the dirt. He loves brushing his teeth with an electric toothbrush like us as well. He's also tired of his little plastic basketball hoop, he wants to go outside and shoot balls into the real hoop. My personal favorite is when a group of us are laughing and he joins in with his fake laugh. I love the age Oliver is at now, it's so much fun to watch him grown and learn new things. Though I loved it when he was seven months and learning to crawl and ten months learning to walk. So I guess what I'm saying is that I have loved watching Oliver in whatever stage he is currently in.
It's official, we are moving to P-town this fall because Mike got a one-year position at BYU! Yes, we are pretty freakin' stoked about the fact that Mike will have his first full time paying job in our five years of marriage. (And when I say "we", I really mean ME)! Honestly, it was looking pretty bleak for him getting a job this fall at a university, but fortunately we got the Mormon thing going for us. In all seriousness we are really grateful for this opportunity, something I believe Mike fully deserves for all the hard work he has put into this PhD. All I can say (or sing) is....rah rah rah rah rah rah rah rah rah rah, goooooooo couuuugars!
"This is awesome baby!" Yes, I'm quoting the annoying-but-you-still-love-him, Dick Vitale. That is plain and simply how I feel about March Madness.
What isn't awesome about last second game winning shots, or a no name school upsetting a powerhouse? Another thing I love about college ball is that there's no guarantee from year to year on any certain school. Take Florida for example, two time defending national champions, did not even make it into the tourney this year. Even if you don't follow college basketball, go ahead, fill out a bracket and see how the madness consumes you. It will. And you'll probably do better than those experts (or geeks) who spend hours going over statistics to fill out their brackets. So, who is my final four you say? North Carolina, Georgetown, Memphis and Xavier, with Georgetown upsetting to win it all of course.
