Southern Utah Trip

We figured this last weekend, being a four day weekend for Alex, it would be perfect to escape little Rexburg and everyday life. So Richard, Lori, Alex, Red Panda, and I all piled in Richard's van and headed down to Kanab. What a blast we had!! It was about 9pm when we actually got on the road and all night we drove arriving at our destination at 6am. Uncle Fred and Aunt Becky were so hospital letting us stay in the barn since all their hotel rooms were filled. Don't take the term 'barn' to mean your typical sleeping in the hay with the horses and cows. Not this barn, it was furnished with beds, shower, and even a toilet (no outhouse for us even though there was one on the property.) Saturday we got up after our two whole hours of sleep and ventured out to Zions National Forest . There must have been twenty of us, some of Uncle Fred's kids and grandkids, going in and out of shuttles from place to place. We went swimming and hiking a little bit. It was a wonderful day. Sunday we went to church, took a nap, and then out we went again this time to the Grand Canyon. Lori, Red Panda, and myself had never been there so it was nice to see, and now we can say we have been there. Before we made it to the Grand Canyon we went off-roading into some caves to make bottles of sand. You scrape the walls of the cave into a bottle, moving periodically and in the end you get a variety of layers different colors. It was pretty fun and we made some pretty awesome bottles . Early Monday we were up and ready to go to Lake Powell , the water was amazing. We went swimming for a few hours and then went to visit Uncle Jesse. Later that afternoon the water was a little too cold to go swimming. Well, I didn't think so but I was the only one so I went swimming, Alex went to his waist (thank you for keeping me company love), Lori went I think to her knees, and Richard and Red Panda stayed completely dry . We did however, play a game of volleyball and badminton. Alex beat Lori and me in volleyball but Lori beat Alex in badminton. By the time we got back to the barn we were ready to hit the 'hay'sack. The trip came to an end as we left Tuesday... or you would think. But on the way back up to Rexburg we stopped by Bryce Canyon, so beautiful! The we stopped in Salt Lake City to visit Uncle Ashley and Aunt Blackie . We ate tacos and cookies and played a lot on the wii (which was what finally pushed us to get one, I have been wanting one for years.) Then back on the road until we got to Rexburg where we had to get back to everyday life and get caught up in school :) But it will be a memorable experience that is for sure.

Giggles

I thought this video of Alex playing peak-a-boo with Red Panda is just too cute! Hope you enjoy.

THE BEST DAY!!

So Mother's Day was amazing! Alex was the best husband ever. He got up early made me home made chocolate doughnuts and brought them and lots of presents to me in bed. He also cleaned the whole house and changed every dirty diaper all day long. It was amazing, like I said earlier!

Highchair

So a few weeks ago we started Red Panda on solids. It has been so fun except one thing... a lack of a high chair. So we finally got one!! Before we got it I was holding Red Panda on my lap and trying to get a spoon full of rice cereal in his mouth... yeah it was entertaining. Then I decided to try to be creative, I first tried his ExerSaucer. Yeah once was enough to learn that would not work at all. Alex had to take pictures of our mess. I tried the swing and then finally just went back to holding him on my lap. And then the good day came and we got a high chair!!! :)

Red Panda loves it so much he fell asleep while we were eating dinner.

GO DUCKS!!!

So Red Panda is finally big enough for his duck track suit. And I must say he looks very cute in it, but I think I am very biased.

Move

Well, we are officially in Idaho safe and sound. We love our apartment and school is going great for both of us. Red Panda is amazing us everyday at what he can accomplish and what a great blessing he is in our lives. Here are some fun pics from the move and just in general.
So it took a few tries but we finally got a great four generation picture with Grandma Smith.



It took four months and a half months but Red Panda finally grew out of his new born clothes. So we had to take a picture of him in his blessing outfit one last time. Look at the difference!! (there is a post of him in it for his blessing earlier)

No bathtub... yeah that is right our new place has no bath tub. Thankfully we were given this blow up ducky from some friends and it does the trick plus Red Panda loves it!

Beach Trip

So before we leave for Idaho we decided to kidnap Alysha and Joey from school and run away to the beach. It was also Red Panda's first time to the beach. We had a blast!! Here are some adorable pictures.

We forgot a jacket for Red Panda so we had to buy one while we were there.

Reading

Red Panda loves reading time. He gets so excited, throwing his arms and legs everywhere. It is way cute!!

Red Panda is found at park

It was a little cold but we decided to take Red Panda for a walk to the park all bundled up. His first trip to the park was a success. Whereas, I am sure we had more fun then he did, I think he enjoyed himself a little bit. What a blessing he is to us. We are officially moved into my parents spare room now, and boy do we miss our Sherwood apartment! It will be interesting having three of us in one bedroom, but I am sure we will have a great time being so close to my parents. Here are some of the high lights from the park.