Pictures, pictures, pictures!

It's about time I gave a bit of an update and isn't everyone oh so glad that I have a plethora of pictures to go along with it? Here goes.


Every now and again I'll ask Trent to help get Ethan ready for bed and this was the result a couple of weeks ago. Ethan was more than content to leave his shirt only about half way on.

So content was he that he proceeded to play in his room and read a few books before allowing me to pull his shirt down past his head and finally let me put him to bed. I suppose I could have let him sleep like that but... you know.

Ethan loves to draw, color, and paint. A while back my mom and I found this great Crayola hand paints that fit right in the palm of his hands. I haven't brought them out for him to play enough so a couple of Sundays ago I let him paint for awhile and he was so content. It's so much fun to watch him

I don't know about you other mothers but I love the butt in the air sleeping position it just makes me smile.
Thursday night I left to go to Utah for a couple of days it was only Ethan's second road trip so needless to say a rest stop was a must. This was at a McDonald's play place in Tremonton.

This is my Grandma Fullmer she lived not far from us when I was growing up then moved to Utah when I was about 12 or so. When I left for my mission she and I wrote to each other every week and I came to know my Grandmother better than I ever had. I love her dearly and am eternally grateful for every opportunity that I have to spend even the shortest moment with her.

On March 30th my Uncle Randy (my dad's brother-in-law) unexpectedly passed away and his funeral was in Salt Lake last Friday. The service was wonderful and it was so great to see the loving arms of support that were opened to my Aunt. Funerals are always so bitter-sweet, you lose a loved one and as a result it brings the family together for a day, some of whom you may not have seen for a very long time.

One of those relatives that I haven't seen in a very long time is my cousin Shaun. The last time that I saw Shaun was when he rolled into town on his Harley Davidson along side my cousin Allen when my older brother Nathen returned home from his mission in 2000. It was really great to see so much family.

After the funeral from brother Jacob, who had come down from Logan, and I were able to spend the rest of the day together. We headed over to GateWay Mall and walked around talking for a few hours. Whenever Jacob has been able to come up here for a visit it's always been short and sweet so Friday was a pretty special treat for me, a whole day with my little brother and a chance for him to spend extra time with his nephew.
Ethan and me watching the fountain in the courtyard at GateWay dance to music.
This semester my brother has been a little bit more of a starving student that Trent and I so it was fun to get a couple of treats while we were there at GateWay. First we stepped in out of the blustery day for a hot chocolate and some caramel apple cider at Starbuck's and then on our way out we stopped by the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Jacob got a chocolate covered banana, I got an apple pie caramel apple, and we let Ethan choose a chocolate sucker. Funny thing about the sucker.... Ethan totally started gnawing away at it but as soon as he had eaten all of the colorful hair he was no longer interested. Funny kid.
As we were leaving the mall this kid was singing/playing his guitar so we let Ethan wander (within close vecinity and under very watchful eye) in that area and listened to this guy play for a bit. I had a couple bucks so I let Ethan drop it in his guitar case.
Jacob had a mission reunion in Provo Friday night so Ethan and I went with him for a little while and then Jacob came with me to one of my mission buddies house for a visit with a few of the sisters that I served with. Julia (gal that I served with) and her husband Tim have a cat and it was super cute to watch Ethan with it. Here he's giving her a love. Ahhhhhh.

Another great part of the weekend was being able to drive down and back with my friend Shauna. Shauna and I were going to go on walk together Thursday morning. She later called and asked if I were going to Utah for a mission reunion. No reunion but a funeral. So it worked out nicely for both of us, Shauna was able to go to her reunion Friday night and I didn't have to drive down to the funeral by myself. Hooray for last minute road trips!!!!!
We left Thursday night about 6:30 and got back Saturday afternoon about 1:30. I was kind of tired.