March 18th- 24th, 2008

Monday March 24^th, 2008- Today was a low key day. We went to the gym and did some laundry, dishes, and mopped the kitchen floor but besides that we just enjoyed reading stories and relaxing. The fence guy came and finished putting in our 12 ft gate. I also talked to Greg and wished him a happy late Easter. He sounds like he is doing ok.

Sunday March, 23^rd, 2008- It was great this morning. David and Bryan both slept in. I got up early, took a shower and enjoyed getting ready. I straightened my hair, got make up on and painted my finger and toe nails. It was great. I can’t remember the last time I have had that much time in the morning to get ready. David had a rough day at church today. He was fussy and tired. He is teething and I think 11:00 am church is at a hard time where it interrupts both of his naps. When we got home from church we had a small snack. Bryan took care of David while I got dinner ready. Scott, Amanda and their 7 children are coming over for dinner and an Easter egg hunt. David did take a nap and Bryan was able to enjoy some down time. I made home made rolls, turkey pockets, mash potatoes, gravy, green salad and a fruit salad. Amanda made Cinnamon rolls for dessert. Bryan was sweet and set the tables and hid the Easter eggs for the hunt. It was great having them over. The kids were really cute looking for the Easter Eggs. We also enjoyed talking with Scott and Amanda. Here are some pictures of our great Easter Sunday.

This is how the two boys started.

Then Gideon rolled over

Then David rolled over.

Many and I were in the kitchen cleaning up dinner when Bryan said come look at David and Gideon. David had rolled over from his back and had his arm around

Gideon. I think these cousins are going to be good buddies. What do you think?

Thomas has Bryan's basketball shoes on. I guess if the shoe fits wear it!









Before I would let the kids go on the Easter egg hunt I told them I needed a group picture.
Kyle(11), Danielle(8), David(7 1/2m), Thomas( almost 2), Eliza(4), Issac(6), Micah(10), and Gideon(4 1/2).

During the hunt.












After the big hunt.










After church and before Scott and Amanda's family came David and Bryan had to find their Easter baskets.











David's favorite thing was eating the bag. David got mostly teething toys and plastic eggs. Bryan will eat the candy that is in the eggs for David.




















Daddy and David loving there Easter candy.











Sunday morning we came into David's room and this is how he was. He has been turning 90 degrees in his crib. I guess he can move when he wants to.
March 23rd 2008 (7 1/2 m)

Saturday March 22^nd, 2008- David and I went to the gym. I put David in the nursery while I did a little rock climbing. I decided I would ask some guy there at the YMCA to belay me so I could climb. I had fun climbing. I am defiantly not as strong as I use to be. I did make it to the top of one of the hardest routes but I was shaking when I finally got up to the top. David and I also went for a walk with Jacobi and Jax Conley. David fell asleep on the walk so we went into the Conley’s house and talked for a while. I am always amazed at the positions babies can sleep.
(how can he sleep like that?)

Bryan got off work a little early 6:00 pm instead of 7:00. We did our regular Saturday visit to Wal-Mart together. It was crazy there. I think a lot of people were getting in there last minuet Easter shopping. We picked up a few groceries and a few last minuets Easter things. We stopped at Papa Murphy’s and got a take and bake pizza. It was around 8:45 when we got home and we still had not eaten dinner. I stuck the pizza in and then took David up to feed him and put him to bed. It was around 9:15 when I finally got to eat dinner. We did a revised eating play for our fit and Fab challenge. I filled Easter eggs and got Easter baskets hidden. I had rented “I am Legend” so we stayed up late watching the movie. David woke up in the middle of it so I left fed him and put him back to bed. Bryan continued the movie with out me. I am not a fan of scary movies like that so I was fine with missing part of it.

Friday March 21st, 2008- David and I met Mandy at the racquetball courts in Boise again (Scott dropped her off). David, Gideon were great in the nursery. Kyle watched Eliza, Tommy and Issac at home while we played. We played from 10:20- 12:00pm. Both of us got a great work out! After playing we headed to Mandy’s house. David fell asleep on the way there. I decided to head home. Janette called me as I was headed out and said she had arranged tennis for 2:30pm. I went to A&W and got a salad for lunch and then headed to Tami’s to wait to play. We had fun playing. Janette and I were partners. Scott and Tami were partners and Mark and Amanda were partners. Tami and Scott were the champions of the playing. We all had fun. Von and Sheri stopped at our house to see David on their way to Organ for spring break. They only stayed for about 10min. Von was eager to get dinner and then get some geo-cashes done on there drive. We invited Mark and Janette and their two children Kadie and Mary over for dinner and games. When Bryan got home we started up our motor bikes and rode them around the block. March and Janette pulled up as we were putting the bikes away so Mark took my two bikes for a spin. We had sloppy Joes for dinner. We put our children to bed upstairs around 8:00-8:30 pm and then had fun playing pinochle. Bryan and Mark were the champs. We had a lot of fun. I sure appreciated Bryan staying up late and playing even though he has to be up for work in the morning.

Wednesday March 19^th, 2008- David and I went into Boise around 9:30 am. On our way out we dropped a sack lunch off for Bryan at his work. We met Amanda at Idaho Athletic off of State Street in Boise. David, Eliza, and Gideon were good in the nursery for 1hr and 15 minuets while we played racquetball. The day care lady had to come and get me after that because David was being fussy. It was past his nap time. Amanda and her two children headed home. David and I went and visited my old work. Dr. Lewis and the staff were glad I stopped. KC the head front office lady was gone for lunch and Debbie (hygienist) was not their but I enjoyed seeing every one else. David fell asleep in the car on the way to Amanda’s. She made me a great turkey sandwich for lunch. David and I stayed and visited there until around 6:00pm. We helped Mandy with dinner. We made a health fruit salad. Mandy sent us home with a very health dinner (chicken, potatoes, asparagus, and fruit salad). Bryan and I sure enjoyed the dinner.

Tuesday March 18^th, 2008- This afternoon I was suppose to watch Gracee Simar. I did not end up watching her. David and I went to the gym and did our regular 1hour of walking around the track. Besides that nothing exciting happened today. David has two teeth that are starting to come in. They are his lower anteriors.

David likes to try to eat the remote control.
(David 7 1/2 m)












Daddy trying to see David's new teeth that is coming in.
(David 7 1/2 m )

March 12th-16th, 2008 Bryan passed the CPA exam

Sunday March 16^th, 2008- We had ward conference today. We sang in the Choir during sacrament meeting. Brother Sherman held David for us while we sang. After church I had a short YW meeting with the stake so Bryan and David walked home. Bryan said it did not take very long but enjoyed the walk. We went into Boise and visited Angie Hobson in the hospital. She was planning on going home tonight with her sweet baby girl. She still was not 100% sure what her little babies name was going to be. She thinks they will name her Jodi. After leaving the hospital we stopped and visited Sheri and Von. They enjoyed holding and playing with David for a little while. Then we headed to my parents house and had a great Corn Beef and Cabbage dinner. We also celebrated kadie Howell’s 3^rd Birthday. We left my parents around 8:30 pm. David fell asleep in the car on the way home. I enjoyed the drive and was delighted to talk with my husband all the way home. We both are getting excited to have tax season nearing the end. Bryan has about a month left tell tax season is over. (sorry no pictures)

Saturday March 15^th, 2008 – Jamie and Gracee Simar arrived at our house around 7:45am. We car pooled to Boise. We picked up Mom Stevens and we went and did a 5K (3.1mile) walk/run. It was called the Basic 5 race and the YMCA organized it. It was at Julia Davis Park and we had a lot of fun.

Gracee got a little restless being in the stroller and the car seat for to long. Gracee did pretty well with all things considered.

David also was pretty good. We found out Brent and Andrea had their little girl today around 4:30pm. They named her Taryn Elise. She was a pretty big baby. She weighed 8lbs 2.3 oz and was 22 ½ inches long. We are excited for them and hope to be able to all of them soon. Bryan got home early 5:30pm from work today. It was so nice. We ordered mandarin chicken and refried rice for dinner and watched a movie.

Friday March 14^th, 2008- I watched Gracee Simar today from 8-11am. She and David played pretty well together.

David and I went to a play group Easter egg hunt at the church from 11:30- 1:30pm. David loved the colorful eggs. He put them straight into his mouth. Emily Sherman was sweet and held David while helped hide the eggs for the hunt. David did not actually do the hunt but he loved to take the eggs from other peoples Easter baskets and stick them in his mouth.

Bryan and I also went on a date. Linda Sue Jensen put together a picture scavenger hunt (girls against guys.) It was a lot of fun. We started at Jensen’s house and then ended up at our house so we could put David to bed. Sophie Jensen and Erin Andrews watched David for half an hour while we did the scavenger hunt. David was good for the first little while but ended up crying for the last 15 min we were gone. Considering it was after his bed time he did well. When we came back to our house we look at the scavenger hunt pictures and added up the points. The girls won but the guys said we were disqualified so they won. The other couples that were there were the Andrews, Goettig’s, Sherman’s, Jensen’s and us. Angie Hobson had her baby today also. It is a little girl and they do not know what they are going to name her yet.

Wednesday March 12^th, 2008- We received some great news in the mail today. Bryan passed the last sections of the CPA exam. We are sooooo excited to have him done with that test. We also received our tax refunds. We got more back this year than we have ever gotten back. It is great. I also talked to Kimber and Greg today. They both seem like they are doing well.Monday March 10^th, 2008- We had some one come and give us a quote on what it would cost to put a shed in our back yard. Wit the money we are getting back in taxes I think we are going to put a shed in.

March 4-9th, 2008

Tuesday March 4^th, 2008- I went into Boise and helped Tami clean out her pantry and just enjoyed talking and spending time with my Sister. I also went and visited Mandy’s house. We decided we wanted to see how close in size Gideon and David were so we took some pictures of the boys and Mandy’s children.

While we were at Mandy's she thought David and I looked cute so she took a few pictures.

She said I am not in many pictures with David and I needed to be. So here they are.

I sure love my sweet little David boy.












Thursday March 6^th, 2008- I went into Boise today. I stopped by Tami’s for a few hours and helped her clean out her craft closet. David did alright while we cleaned. He wanted to be right in my lap, but was happy most of the time. The Cahoon’s are going to be putting their house up for sale this next week. They will be moving to Washington. We also did a nice walk around their neighborhood. Tami pushed Cole and Lara and I pushed David. Von and Sheri watched David for a few hours this evening also while I attended Levi, and Amber Skidmore’s temple sealing. It was a great sealing. I love being able to be their. It was also really neat when their little baby Marley was brought in. It was very touching. David was good for Grandpa and Grandma. Grandpa even took David for a walk.

(David all decked out for the walk with Grandpa)

We took pictures to remember the good time we spent working together as sisters.

David and Lara played pretty good for a little while while we worked.












Friday March 7^th, 2008- My visiting teachers came at 8:45 am. It was nice having the visit. After they left I headed into Caldwell to pick up my Yamaha motor bike and to get my hair cut. I cut 10 ½ inches off and donated it to locks of love. Veronica John’s cut my hair. I know her from my ward at church. She did a great job. She styled it straight. I left it straight for two days. David was pretty good while I got my hair cut.

The finish Product. Straightened and all.
10 1/2 inches cut off.

Gina, Veronica & David at the hair Salon.

Saturday March 8^th, 2008- David and I drove to Mountain Home. On our way there we stopped and borrowed Dad Sorenson’s dolly. It worked great and made getting the freezer into the trailer an easy job. We went to get an auto- defrost freezer that I found on Craig’s list. I am so excited to have it. It is going to be great not to have to defrost the old freezer anymore. The new freezer is also quite a bit bigger than our old one. On my way back from Mountain Home I stopped at my parents.

I went for a walk with My Mom, David, Janette, Kadie, and Mary.

Then I went over to Scott and Mandy’s and spent some time there. Mandy had her parents, Sister Dawn (and her family 5 boys & husband Brent their), her brother Levi (his wife Amber and daughter Marley) over for home aide chicken noodle soup. After Mandy’s family left she went for a walk with David and I.

David was winy so we did not walk long.

(Gideon rolled over on David. It was quite funny)

Von and Sheri arrived at my house not long after I got home. Dad Sorenson helped me unload the freezer. We picked Bryan up at work and then we headed to Creek side grill. Von & Sheri took us out for a great dinner to thank Bryan for doing their trust return. David was pretty winy during dinner. Bryan and Von were sweet and took turns walking around with him while Sheri and I ate. When we got back from dinner Bryan and Von leveled out the freezer and got it hooked up. They also moved the old freezer out of the way. Bryan helped me unload the food from the old freezer and put it into the new freezer after Von and Sheri left. Sheri also cut Bryan’s hair while she was here.

old freezer, New freezer
Our new freezer stocked up.

Sunday March 9^th, 2008- It was day light savings time today. We sprung ahead an hour. We had Stake Conference. David was ok for the first 30min of the meeting. Bryan ended up walking the halls with him a lot of the time. David slept for about 30min and then did ok the last part of the Conference. I did end up feeding him in the Mothers lounge after he woke up. After Conference we went to our ward choir practice. We also got a much needed Sunday nap and a nice Sunday walk. We stopped at the Conley’s house and Chad Conley fixed my jogging stroller tire that had gone flat after accidentally walking it through goat heads. Bryan, David & I had a nice relaxing Sunday. It was great. We even had left overs for lunch and Macaroni and cheese for dinner.