Logan, Karen, Grace, Libby, and Leah
Logan's cousin Terry blessed his and Heather's baby this last Sunday in St David. Titan is such a cute boy. I sm jealous!! I am glad I was able to go - it is a happy plus that we live close to Heather's parents in St David. Now we hope we will see more of their family. I was really glad to see Doeshann there as well. It has been too long since I've seen her! Here are some pictures.
Heather, Titan and Terry
Terry, Doeshann, and Grace
Libby sitting in her highchair eating noodles - she loved 'em!
Grace in our field of weeds. At least the weeds are green!
Grace is spouting off words as if the dam burst, and all the things she has wanted to say are just spilling out. It must be exciting for kids to finally figure things out and learn to talk. Grace has turned into an even happier girl now that she can get her point across in words. I wonder at some things though. She will spout off a new word and get all the syllables correct, and then degenerate the word down to just its first syllable. It was fun to listen to her say "triangle" for the first time. Now it is just "tri."
Another thing (and the name of this post) is what she has called Logan. For along quite a long time she called him "Da." In the last few months, has called him "Daddy," which I think is cute. The last two days, however, it has degenerated to "Dabby." What???? She will ask, "Where's Dabby?... Dabby? Dabby? Dabby?" and look around. Hmmm. I am sure it will fix itself (with the help of me repeating Da-DEE everytime). Anyway - that is what has been going on at the Beach home lately!
Just look what I found on my front porch the other day!
I screamed - and not for ice cream. I have not been the same since. Now I am just sure that they are everywhere. Every time I feel something on my leg, or back, or arm I freak out. I need to get it together.
We understand that these great little creatures are a lot more active during the monsoons, so we shouldn't have to deal with them all year. Comforting? Not to me. I will just have to figure out how to tarantula proof our home and yard! Or move.
How much do I love photoshop? I love it so, so much! I am learning how to fix up our photos, make colors brighter, add edge burning, and some other cool tricks. There is a lot more for me to learn, but look below for a neat thing I learned how to do today. I was surprised how well it turned out!
(P.S. You can see what the photo looked like in the post below)
Rain rain rain! The monsoon season has arrived in Benson! It rained like cats and dogs these past few days. It has been fun to listen to, watch, and play in. Here are some pictures of our front yard and a few other places around the house. I thought we were going to float away!
Grace during a break in the rain.
Rain is funny.
The chicken coop full full of water. I am glad they are smart
enough to get out of the rain!
Do you see the stream of water running towards the
side yard? It was raging!
The front yard full of water - we could've swam in there!
So - have you ever tried to to an excercise tape with a two year old in the room? It is impossible. Grace thought it was the funniest thing she had ever seen. There was her mom on the floor doing sit-ups, leg lifts, etc. She was climbing over me the whole time! I had to give up. This activity will have to be done during nap time or after she is in bed for the night.
Update on the escaped chickens. I am sure all (4) of you that read this blog have been on pins and needles waiting to see what their fate was. They are fine, they stuck close to the coop all day, and between the two of us, we were able to shoo them easily. They probably enjoyed being out of the fence and being "free-range" chickens for a while.
Here is a picture of the eggs we collect.
Have you ever caught chickens on the loose? I haven't. But I need to! We have two chickens that escaped the coop. I took Grace out today to check for eggs. Actually, Grace whined at the door "Chickies" until I relented, slipped on some flip flops and went with her. I usually do not go in the coop, but I did today, to check on the feed. I let Grace come in too. Bad mistake - I looked back a second later, and the door was wide open! Two of the chickens were out fast.
I like that we have chickens, that we get free eggs, and we have some neat pets that I can take Grace to look at once or twice a day. Now, comes the time that I will actually have to touch them.
I tried for half and hour running around the coop after those chickens. Every time I would get close enough to grab them, they would take off. I have to admit that I am scared to grab one. I don't think I can do it. They are sticking close to the coop, and look like they want to get back in, I wish I could "shoo" them in better. Oh, well, I will have Logan help me when he gets home.
Here's a picture of the escapees.
ps - did I mention this is Sunday, and if I was at church, this wouldn't have happened? Grace was sick yesterday, and coughing a little today. If we had at least gone to Sacrament meeting this would not have happened!!!
Today is Grace's 2nd birthday. What a fun day it will be. We are in Benson, Arizona, having fun on three acres with five chickens, some turtles, and a couple tortoises. It is so nice to be here. I will post pictures of our place in a different post. This one is for Grace. She is so cute these days. Saying new words, and even expressing her opinions in words. I love it!
This morning we opened her gifts from Grandma Flash. Thanks G-ma Flash! We love them. Grace especially liked th Symphony candy bar and the wonderful Barbie Princess keyboard. She is having lots of fun with it. Grace also really like the birthday card. It is one of those that sings when you open it. This one sings the chicken dance song. She will open it, hear it go off, then close it quick and give a little laugh. We love her.
We just had a huge laugh fest at our house. I posted some video below. It had been going on for a good five minutes or so before I started recording, and it is still going on now. What fun kids can be!
Heather, Titan and Terry
Terry, Doeshann, and Grace
Libby sitting in her highchair eating noodles - she loved 'em!
Grace in our field of weeds. At least the weeds are green!
