I'm a Little Crazy

First Christmas Tree up. I'm cursing myself now as I've spent the last two days taking them all down. I'm not sure why there has to be one in every room. I think I got that from my Mother.


Leaving a legacy. We took Greyson to the Hill Air Force base museum. We thought he'd love it but I think he has more fun when the planes are flying in the air. On the ground they were just a little bit too big for him to comprehend. Ben's Grandpa Covington was a rocket scientist who developed the ejection seat. It's an amazing legacy to have in the family.

Backpacking weekend with my Sister and Mother.

Just so you have a sense of the size of these cliffs that's my Mom walking in the bottom of the picture.

Pregnant and showing. (part of that is a fanny pack loaded with snacks :))

I couldn't seem to cut down on much weight since I knew it would be cold. This is my pack, loaded as usual.

Soaking up the sun.

Short recap: I've been in bed for 4 months, haven't moved and now that I have a few days a week where I'm not throwing up we decide to go backpacking. What a crazy plan! We had a blast but the sun went behind the cliffs at 4:00 p.m. and by 5:30 it was dark and cold! It was the longest night in the desert I've ever had, but by some stroke of luck it just happened to be a meteor shower that night so I had a beautiful show to watch.

What happened to Fall?

Fall is my favorite time of year, but because I was in bed for most of it I feel like I only got just a glance before winter was already knocking at our door. It seems like a lot of pictures but they all happened within two weeks of each other.

For those that wonder how I'm doing. I'm much better then the first, still have bad days and still throw up at least once a day. My belly is growing two months ahead of schedule but I think Ben and I have figured out a system and we're hanging in there.

Greyson's birthday. Ben got off early and we took him to the Tracy Aviary. A great bird sanctuary that he loves.

This was so funny, See all the ropes saying don't get behind here? Well Greyson decided to run behind that tree and hide from us. He was laughing and kept going the opposite way of whichever Ben went. This was shortly before he tried to run from us and went through some brush and got body checked by a peacock and ended up on the ground laughing hysterically. I'll write about his hiding games in another post.

Feeding Ducks

Looking for the perfect pumpkin. I wanted the experience and Ben thought they were much cheaper at the grocery store. Sure enough we bought a small $3 pumpkin here for Greyson and we went to the grocery store to buy our big ones and they were only $3 for both huge ones. So Ben may have been right but Greyson loved this pumpkin patch. They had a pirate ship and a hay maze just for kids. It was great. . . . oh and Greyson ran and hid from us in the back of the nursery between a ladder and a big candy machine. Whatever will we do with him?

Boo

Looking Good!

I found it! I found it!

I know I'm cute.

I don't like this. Halloween was a tough day for Greyson. He didn't have a nap, was ornery and then decided he didn't like his outfit. However our sweet neighbors brought him inside and gave him a ton of candy and all of a sudden this wasn't such a bad night afterall. Then we went to my sister's house for her birthday and he played as hard as he could.


My favorite time at the cabin. Playing in the leaves.

That little red spot is Greyson's hat.

Help I've fallen and I can't get up!

Ok I didn't do hair or makeup so I look pretty scary.

Such a doll - my Mom we love having her home!

Cooking hot dogs over the fire. See how burned the one Greyson is "helping" with.

The boys trying to take down a tree.

And winter is here.

Last night we had our Young Women in Excellence. We hosted the academy award. As a host I even had a costume change. Below is my escort, Will Smith. The young women were shocked that this homecoming dress of mine was beautiful and still "in style".

All the leaders. This was a green chiffon dress of my Grandma Biglers that I loved to dress up in. I love that it still fit over a pregnant belly. Thank goodness for empire waists.