Crunched for Time!

I just wanted to report that we are still alive, and I just don't have any time to blog currently. This week is finals and then we head out to Oregon. Once finals are over then maybe life will settle for at least a little while!

Old Friends

One of my really good friends from forever came over a while ago with her family, and we had dinner and just enjoyed eachother's company. She has a little 9 month old, and it was fun to watch he and Isaac together.
They weren't too chumy at first, but they eventaully warmed up. Although I don't know how excited their little boy is about the hug here! Isaac sure enjoyed having him over.

Isaac's Adventures

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Box of Peanuts

A little while ago my mom sent us a package, and it came in a huge box filled with Styrofoam peanuts. Isaac has been in heaven. He played in there all the time. Here are just a few pictures to demonstrate.

Halloween

This was Halloween morning, we went with one of his little friends to the local grocery store to trick or treat. If you can't tell, he is a penguin and she is a ladybug.

Since I forgot the camera that night, all I have are pictures of him during the day. But he's the most important anyway, nobody really cares about pictures of Brandon and I!

You can't tell from these picturse but Isaac really loved his costume. Everytime we put it on he got so excited and he would love to waddle around. (and waddle he did, it wasn't too condusive to walking very well) He would wave at people with his little flipper hands. It was really cute.

Pictures

I have heard some complaints that all my pictures of Isaac make him look like a devil with very bad red eye, so I fixed up some pictures and here are some red-eye free pictures!

Brandon had to sneak up on him to get this picture. This is what he does all the time, he just goes into his room and lays on his bear to read some books.

Corn Mazes and Hayrides

The other weekend Isaac and I went with my really good and her hubby and brother to a local corn maze. Isaac had a blast, and was really good even though we were out really late. We went on a cow train, a hay ride, went down a huge slide multiple times, and walked through the maze. Isaac absolutely loved the maze. He loved being down, walking around. He even led the group for a while. And we got out in really good time!

This is us on the little cow train. It was hard to get good pictures. It was dark, and there was so much dust/dirt floating around, it looks like it was snowing in some of the pictures. It really wasn't I promise. It was actually pretty warm.

They had music playing on the loud speakers, and Isaac was loving that as well. He was dancing up a storm.

TV's

Isaac has a fascination with buttons, and one day he was pushing the TV button on and off a bunch, and then it would no longer turn off. We think it wasn't really his fault, apparently there are a lot of people who have this problem with this TV. (Advice, don't get a Memorex!) So we looked around and found one someone was selling for pretty cheap. It looks just the same as our old one, just bigger.

This picture was when Brandon tried to fix our old TV. He got it to work kinda, but then other things stopped working as well. Eventually nothing worked, no buttons, the remote. It wasn't worth it to try and get it all to work. Plus, no one around here sells the parts for Memorex, you have to go through the company, and they were a huge pain in the rear! We called them so many times, just to see what they would do about it. Eventually they told us they would charge $60 to look at it, plus any parts, plus S&H, which is bucko bucks for a TV. So we gave it to some guy for free who wanted to try and fix it himself, though I don't know how much luck he'll have. Whatever.

This is our old TV....

And this is Brandon plugging in our new TV!

And the rest of the pictures are our little helper. He was in heaven with the screwdriver working on the old TV case. He was hilarious to watch, so serious and working so hard, just like Dad!

Isaac's adventures

Here are just a few pictures of Isaac's latest adventures.

This boy loves to walk around with his monkey. Anytime he goes to someone else's house, he has to have his monkey or else it is a disaster

He also loves to play with the phone and pretend he is talking to someone. He loves it if he can get Dad's phone because that one has a big picture on the screen, but he will settle for mom's phone if he has to.

Tuesday Dad and Isaac get to spend all day together, and Isaac always has a blast. This last Tue I came home and the living room was filled with Isaac's tent and tunnels, and Isaac was laughing like crazy as Dad threw him up and down in the air. I didn't get a picture of either but it was priceless. And of course, Isaac also loves to just sit and read books with Dad as well.

I was making dinner the other night and got out some red potatoes, and Isaac usually likes to try and get one or two out to carry around the house for a while, but this time, he got two out and disappeared into the living room. When I came out to see what he was up to, I found him on the couch like this. He had climbed onto the cough by himself, sat facing the edge, and was bouncing the potatoes off of the arm of the couch. It was the funniest thing. I have no idea where he got the idea...

Updates

I am not very good at doing much on here except putting up pictures, so I thought I would put some real information on here as to how we are doing. Right now Brandon and I are both in school, and Brandon is working for BYU Broadcasting. He really likes he job which I can't explain very well. But he works with keeping up their storage system and such. His official job title is system integration specialist, but basically he just does whatever needs to be done. He works with another student, and then full time employees. He is currently training a new student so there will be 3 of them which will be really nice for them. He is always super busy at work. But like I said, he really likes it, and is getting great experience.
He is in his third year of the IT program here at BYU, and is loving his classes this semester. Partially because they are easy, and partially because he is learning some 'cool things' according to him. He is always excited to come home and tell me all about what he is doing in school and in work. I just feel bad I don't really understand it all, but I can smile and nod! He has about 2 years left in his undergrad, if things work out. He is only taking part time credits while I finish school so he can be home with Isaac some of the time. (And Isaac loves it when Dad is home all day!) But hopefully things will work out so he can finish in a relatively decent time.
I am in my third semester of the nursing program, with only 2 more after this. I feel like I have been in school forever! This is technically my senior year, but because of the way things worked out, I'm still here plugging away. But I guess it's all worked out for the best. This semester I am in pediatrics and labor and delivery, which is really fun for me. I want to go into pediatrics, and I wouldn't mind labor and delivery either, so it's a good semester! But I can not wait until I'm done!
Isaac is still doing great. He is walking everywhere, just exploring the world. He is a little shy of strangers, actually very shy. He cried for a full hour and a half at a friends house who was watching him while we were at school. But otherwise he is a happy kid who loves to laugh. He is getting really good about saying please and thank you when we ask him to. And sometimes he does it on his own. Mostly when he wants something, he'll say please. It is so cute, just too bad we don't always know what it is he wants. He's learning though and getting so much more interactive.
Anyway, that is what we are up to. Life is crazy but good. The Lord blesses us so much, and we are so grateful for it.

On the Go...

Isaac is officially walking everywhere! And most of the time (at least at home), he has his stuffed monkey in tow, looking something like this...
One of his favorite past times presently is keys and locks. Our file cabinet has a lock on it, and we randomly have a little key, so Isaac loves to stand there and try and get the key into the lock. He will seriously stand there for 5 min trying it. It's really fun to watch.
And of course, I have to mention scooters and motorcycles. This kid is in love with them. If he hears one going by, he will stop whatever and try and find it. When he does see one, he gets sooo excited, pointing and shouting 'that, that!' Dad's scooter is his favorite, and he loves to sit on it and try pushing buttons. He especially likes it when dad turns it on and lets him honk the horn. I am definitely seeing some type of bike in this kids future. It's a good thing he has good examples to help teach him!
He wishes he could go for a ride!

New Additions

Well, we were in need of more space to put our books etc, so we went garage saleing, and we found a hutch for our desk, but not much else. This is how we purchased it....
And this is what it now looks like, about 10 in shorter! Brandon and his friend Nate spent all day Sat working on this and our bookshelf. It doesn't look too bad if I do say so myself!

And this is the bookshelf they made as well. We couldn't find any, so they went and found a counter top, and converted it into a bookshelf. Formica top and all! It looks nice and is very handy.

Goodbye Paul

Well, our little pet didn't last very long. We came out one morning and he was on his side at the bottom of the tank. (I thought fish usually floated to the top once they had passed on, but I guess not Paul.) But, that's the good thing about fish, they're easy to replace. Once we get a new fish I'll put up pictures of it. But no pictures of Paul's passing. He was pretty gross and bloated. And he just got flushed down the toilet. Nothing exciting... So far Isaac hasn't even noticed he's gone!

Farm Country

We went to a little petting Zoo that's up in Lehi for our Labor Day weekend. Isaac loved looking at the animals, but when it came to actually petting them, he wasn't too excited. As you can see from the second picture. If it was bigger then him, he wasn't very excited about getting too close. The smaller animals he was okay with, and the plastic ones! But overall we had a great time. We rode in a horse drawn carriage which Isaac did enjoy. And I sure loved petting all the animals! It was definitely worth $3.50!




No worries, we're not horrible parents. Brandon was right behind the cow!

This was our effort to get him to pet a donkey!

My first Haircut!

Isaac finally had his first haircut about a week ago. It was not an easy task by any means, and it still isn't really perfect (okay, not at all perfect!). He has random long hairs everywhere and the edges are not even close to being even. But, from a distance you can't tell, and he looks super cute! He looks so much older now, and it is 10x easier to keep his hair clean.

This was Isaac before the haircut, he was helping me comb through his hair to get all the tangles out!

These are the aftershots. Isaac next to his pile of hair on the floor, and the finished product sitting happily on Dad's lap.

This is what he does when you ask him how old he is. Of course, he only does it sometimes, and it usually takes some promting, but it's way cute!

The video isn't super great, I didn't realize my arm was in the way, but it's the best we got!

My Room

Since Cameron moved out, Isaac now has his own room and he is loving it! Here are some pictures of his room.