Have you ever had a week were you just don’t feel like it. I am having one of those weeks. I am trying to get motivated to do the things I know I should, but I am still in slow motions. I should have my weeks post up by the end of the week. Until then this will have to do.

April 22nd- 28th, 2008

I actually did not finish getting this post done until Sunday May 4th. Because I started down loading pictures on April 30th that is when the blog registers I posted this. The next post was posted before I officially posted this one.

Tuesday April 29th, 2008- David has started to get on his knees and play on things. He loves climbing on the basket.












Monday April 28th, 2008- Bryan got off work early today for our dental appointments. We went into Boise around 2:00pm. We went into Dr. Lewis office. It was nice seeing the people I use to work with. It was also great to have our teeth cleaned. After getting our teeth cleaned we headed to Dad and Mom Sorenson's for dinner and FHE. Von and Sheri went to a funeral viewing at Relya's funeral home for a little while. While they were at the viewing we went and found a near by geo-cache. Von and Sheri met us to find the second geo-cache. It was a lot of fun. David loved being outside. Sheri also gave Bryan a haircut.

Grandpa Von feeding David some whipped cream and strawberry pie after dinner.
David really liked the whipped cream!










Grandpa thinks David's ears stick out. Especially when he pulls them out.










David thought it was pretty neat to be out side watering Grandpa's garden with Daddy & Grandpa. He was fascinated with hose until daddy put his feet in the cold water.

David (8 1/2 m)






Sunday April 27th 2008-Mom and Dad Stevens had all the family over for dinner. It was great to spend time as a family. We Celebrated Janette & Tami's birthday a little early. Two cakes were made. A strawberry cake and a German chocolate cake. Dinner was very good also.

David and Gideon playing at Grandpa & Grandma Stevens house









Saturday April 26th, 2008- Today was a very busy day. Mom Sorenson watched David in the morning while Bryan and I went to an hour initiatory session at the temple. I think next time we go to the temple we should be able to do an endowment session. We think David is old enough that he can be left for long. We then headed back to Caldwell to meet some people from our ward for a BBQ. The guys, (Bryan, Troy Jensen, Brent Andrews,& Robert Goettig) worked on some vehicles. They took out our truck radiator and replaced some hoses. We spent the rest of the day finishing painting our shed. Then we went out to eat at the 9th Street Crossing. We sat with an older retired couple. They loved watching David. He has started making funny laughing grunting sounds. We got a video of it. While we were enjoying the music and watching David, the gentleman took our meal ticket and paid for our meal. It was so nice of him. We had a great evening and it was fun. David was a great boy also.






David enjoying the cup at the dinner.







David making the laughing grunting sounds.


Friday April 25th, 2008- I spent some of the morning priming the shed while David took a nap.

this is what the shed looked like after I got done priming it.






Today David and I met Tami, Cole, Lara, Amanda, Kyle, Eliza, Tommy, Gideon & Grandma & Grandpa Stevens, Kadie, and Marry (Tami or Amanda were watching Kadie & Mary While Janette was teaching) at Merrill Park in Eagle for Tommy's 2nd birthday. We played at the park and then walked to cold stone Ice cream. Grandma Stevens bought us a treat there. We enjoyed the walk.
I fed David strawberry frozen yogurt for the first time. He seamed to love it.










Happy Birthday Tommy.
The birthday group









The walk to coldstone
kadie and Cole are good friends












What a great day to be out.









Little Mary fell asleep in Tami's arms while we were in the park.










David enjoying the good weather at the park












Thursday April 24th, 2008- I went to a stake auxiliary training for YW. Bryan watched David for a few hours while I was a the meeting. I did come home a little early to nurse David and put him to bed.

Wednesday April 23th, 2008- I watched Gracee Simar for a little while today while her mom Jamie went to her Wait Watchers meeting. David, Gracee, and I spent some time outside weeding. Both David and Gracee loved being outside.

Tuesday April 22nd, 2008- I had a YW board meeting this evening. I was in charge and ran the meeting. It went well and I kept in around a hour. Bryan watched David for a few hours while I was gone. When I got home around 8:00pm David was waiting at the door with Daddy. He wanted to be nursed and put to bed.

Today I have decided I am going to let you know................

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Monday April 21^st, 2008- Nothing really exciting happened today. We did some chores and went to the YMCA to work out for family home evening. It was really nice to be able to work out together again.

Sunday April 20^th, 2008- Bryan and I both woke up pretty stiff. I guess we can’t complain though. In our home we say that if you are sore or hurting from playing to hard you have no room to complain. (Basically we do not want to hear it.) Both of us tried not to whine too much. We had planned on walking to church today but it was windy and cloudy and the forecast suggested it was going to rain. We enjoyed our church meetings. We got an afternoon nap in while David was taking his nap. When he woke up Bryan made us corn dogs, French fries and tatter tots dinner. The meal was not very nutritious but, was very great because I did not have to cook. We had fun playing with David and cherishing the moments we have with our little baby. He is such a joy. He is such a sweet baby and we love him to death. As Amanda says, “Prince David” rules the roost in our home. We would not have it any other way.

Saturday April 19^th, 2008- It is the first Saturday since tax season has been over and we lived it up. We really enjoyed being able to sleep in together. We got up around 8:00am and finished getting our lunch made and cooler loaded. We got the motor bikes put in the trailer and the toys we needed to keep David entertained. We had a nice leisurely breakfast and headed out to Hemingway butte around 10:30am. Dave and Crystal Hessing invited us out to Hemingway butte as a family. Some of the families from their ward set up the day of motorcycle riding and so they invited us. Dave and Crystal brought their in closed trailer so we were able to keep the kids out of the wind for the most part. The kids played with the toys we brought and were really good despite missing their afternoon naps. Bryan & I went for a short ride while Crystal and Dave watched David and then they went ridding for a little while, while we watched their two girls Cascade and McKinley. It was great. We had BBQ hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch along with some trail mix, strawberries, cookies, oranges, apples and some soda pop. After lunch Bryan and Dave went with some of the guys on a long ride while Crystal and I watched the kids. When they got back Crystal and I went out ridding with some other ladies. It was Crystals first time ridding a motor bike and she did very well. Right before we lift I decided I needed to do some hill climbing. I did pretty good but had one large fall at the top of the hill. To say the least I went over the top of my handle bars but popped right back up. I was greatful for ridding gear and a helmet. You know what they say, if you don’t fall at least once you are not ridding hard enough. I guess I did do some hard ridding. We left Hemingway Butte around 5:00pm. We played hard and had a wonderful time. David slept the whole way home. It was a fun filled day. When we got home we put a pizza in the oven took a shower and relaxed the rest of the evening. I did end up with some very nice bruises on my ankle, thigh, quad, and shoulder from my wreck but no permanent damage.

Dave teaching Crystal how to ride a motor bike.













McKinley(10 1/2m) David( 8 1/2m)

Cascade (2)










Crystal, Cascade, McKinley, David.

This is what our awesome set-up looked like in the Hessing's enclosed trailer. It was a great set up and worked well.

Friday April 18^th, 2008- David and I spent the day getting laundry done and getting things ready to go motorcycle riding tomorrow as a family. We went and got some groceries for our lunch and some great snacks. When Bryan got home we headed into Boise. We were invited to Ben Hochhater’s 30^th birthday party. Heather Hochhalter set up the party and it was a lot of fun. They had a nacho bar and fajitas for dinner along with cake and ice cream. We played some fun games and Guitar hero. If we had a ps2 I think we would play the Guitar hero game a lot. Around 8:00pm we tried putting David to bed at the Hochhalter’s but there was too much noise. We ended up leaving around 10:00pm and David was a great little boy considering it was way past his bed time.

Byran and David chilling out at the birthday party.










Heather & Bryan rocking out to the Guitar hero game.










We played rich man poor man


when we got home from the Hochhalters David was fast asleep.

Thursday April 17^th, 2008- Bryan was supposed to work half a day today. He went in to work and his boss said, go home and enjoy the full day with your family. 8:45 am we had the great surprise of Bryan walking in the door. David and I were so excited to have Daddy home. We spent the morning being entertained by David. He is such a cute little boy. I think we both could spend days just watching him (that is when he is happy, which is most of the time). The shed guy still has not finished painting or priming our shed & is not answering our phone calls. I decided to call him and leave him a message letting him know we would do it our selves. The last time he was here he left the primer and the paint in our shed. We have all the stuff we need to do it. Bryan and I spent some time priming the shed. We also got our automatic sprinklers figured out. The sprinklers the shed guy moved were leaking so we had to make a trip to Home Depot. Bryan spent the rest of the day digging up and fixing the sprinklers that were done incorrectly. I guess I am glad that I have a husband who can fix things. I am also really glad to have tax season over so he has time to fix things and spend more time working as a family. Now he will get some of the “Honey Do" on our list done.” We had David Sherman and his two boys over for diner. Emily stayed home with her daughter who was sick. David Sherman also came and fixed the wall that I broke with the turkey a few months back. He put some new dry wall on to fill in the damage. Later on we will sand it down and paint over it.

Wednesday April 16^th, 2008- Bryan and I got up around 6:00am. We loaded the motor bikes into the truck and trailer and headed to CJ and Tami’s house. We woke up David right before we left and he was a happy boy on the drive in. When we got to Tami’s I fed David while Bryan loaded up their four-wheeler and CJ’s motor bike. Scott, Mark, CJ, Bryan and I went out to Hemingway Butte in the Owyhee Mountains and enjoyed a day of motor cycling. Tami, and Amanda took turns watching David for the day. Tami watched him the first part of the day and Amanda watched him the second part of the day. They even brought David and their younger children out to meet us for lunch. I was able to feed David and then enjoy the rest of the day ridding with Bryan. When we got back Amanda and Tami had a great BBQ dinner ready to eat. I sure appreciate my sweet sisters who were willing to watch David while I spent time with my spouse. Thanks Sooooo much Tami and Amanda!!!! You are the best!!!!!

Lara (17m), Tami, & David (8 1/2m).
This is our truck and trailer filled with 4 motor bikes and a four wheeler.









Funny story- When we got to Hemingway Butte we all got geared up and CJ realized he had forgotten his ridding boots. He had warn sandals and new he could not ride in sandals. The only shoes he could fit into were Bryan's tennis shoes. CJ wears size 10 and Bryan wears size 15. To say the least CJ looked like a clown. He made the best out of a bad situation. He laced Bryan's shoes up real tight and rode the first half of the day in shoes that were 5 sizes to big. When Tami, Amanda and the younger children came out at lunch they brought CJ's ridding boots.















Scott teaching Amanda how to ride my motor bike.
Amanda kick starting the bike


Amanda ready to ride









Cole all ready for a motor bike ride with his Dad

CJ and Cole after a fun ride









Tamil & Eliza


Lara, Tommy, Amanda & Gideon out in the windy weather after coming to the rescue with CJ's boots and bring David to be fed.

Daddy and David










Bryan teaching Tami how to ride my Motor bike

Tuesday April 15^th, 2008- Today is the last day of tax season. Yippeeeeeeee!!!!! While David was napping I decided to straighten my hair and get ready for Bryan’s end of Tax Season work party. I spent about an hour getting ready. The End of Tax season party was held at a fancy restaurant in down town Boise called (I forgot?). Mom Sorenson was sweet and watched David while we were at the party. She had David for about 4 hours and had to put him to bed. She said he was a great little boy and went to bed very well. Bryan and I ate a lot at the party and enjoyed being able to just sit back and relax.