Random memories

Random Pictures and video I found of siblings and nieces and nephews. In weird order...enjoy

Came in to find Steve reading 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' to Spencer. Thought it was a very Christmas-y picturesque scene.

Thanksgiving

I thought I'd start with a funny picture of Spencer :)

We spent Thanksgiving up at Steve's mom's house in Saratoga Springs. The whole family was there! This is the last time we'll all be together for at least 2 years because Steve's brother Brian left on his Mission 2 days ago to Chicago, IL. The food was good-the company was good-it was all GREAT!

The four Oliver brothers

Halloween with the Wastlund Cousins!

Our cute little lion!

Spencer's 1st trick or treating!

Moved!

We are moved out of our Springville house. Many thanks to all the family and friends that helped us out. A special thanks to my mom Vickie. She came up for 3 days so she could watch Spencer so I could focus on packing/cleaning. Instead she not only watched him but cleaned most of the house and helped pack. She's superwoman-thank you! And also a special thanks to my mom-in-law Robin for coming up to help and for letting us store so many things at your house! You're a life saver. Also a shout out to my sibling-in-laws Jessica and Brian. You two are awesome!! Right now we are staying with Robin in Saratoga Springs until we can get into the new digs in Cedar City hopefully next week. I start my new job on Monday and am going to Stay with my sister Amber in St. George. (Thank you to you as well). Steve is going to keep working up north until we get into the house. Man I get tired just typing this and thinking about all the moving and commuting we're going to be doing the next couple weeks. I forgot how much I hate moving. I'm so grateful we had so much help. I can't imagine how people with no support do so much on their own. I am indeed blessed.

Happy Birthday Steve!

It was Steve's 28th birthday. He took the day off of work to relax with the fam. For our presents to Steve, Spencer and I let him sleep in and then went to wake him up with presents. I gave him some of those ear candles that supposedly get out ear wax and impurities. Steve's always wanted to try them. It didn't really work. And Spencer got him a game for his XBOX. We just relaxed and ate and ran errands all day. It was very fun to be together. He also received some wonderful cards and well wishes from friends and family. Thank you all. He used the birthday money he received to buy some new jeans, shoes and another XBOX game. (Both games are ones the family can play together-so that's good). For breakfast I made Steve a breakfast casserole that has eggs, hash browns and ham in it. We found out Spencer loves that stuff. He was scarfing it down. In addition I also made Steve a birthday cake. For those of you that didn't know what an extraordinary baker and decorator I am- here's a picture to show you.

A little then and now for you to see how far Steve's come!

Love you honey!

Scary!

Spencer had his first choking experience on Sunday. We were at Steve's dads house to visit him and Paula and have a delicious dinner. They had put toys out for Spencer to play with (including a super cute book they bought for Spencer). He had been playing for almost an hour when all the sudden Paula noticed that Spencer put something in his mouth. Before anyone had time to get to him he had already swallowed it and was choking. Tim (Steve's dad) picked him up and was hitting his back while I was trying to fish it out but it wasn't working. I was keeping my calm until Steve said "he's turning blue" Then I was frantically trying to fish it out. I was so frantic I not only cut Spencer with my fingernail but also triggered his gag reflex and made him throw up. But he also swallowed the thing he had put in his mouth and was breathing again. We searched all over trying to figure out what he had swallowed when Tim finally found one and then three clear plastic pieces on the ground. Spencer had swallowed one of four pieces of plastic that had fit on the four corners of a picture frame to protect them from poking people before you put it on the wall. They had been put on the coffee table and accidentally bumped off. The sad thing is I noticed one out of the corner of my eye when we had first arrived but I thought it was just a little piece of paper so I didn't bother picking it up. If I had been a good mom and picked up the supposed piece of paper Spencer never would have choked. So lesson learned.

The Next worrying part was that it wasn't exactly round and smooth. I was worried it would get caught in his digestive track and cause major problems. So I had the extremely fun task of looking for it during his diaper changes. But luckily it came out just fine this morning. SO glad that's all over with.

Spencer Reading his new book (Yes it's upside down-but hey he's reading right?)