Makeshift Fun

Recently, we've been making our own fun around the house. Enjoy the videos!

Whoa!

Grant had so much fun on the slides at the playground that he decided to create one in his room.

As we have said before, Grant has baseball on the mind.

Our little helper.

101 Things You Can Do with a Spoon and Other News

Last week Grant started crying so Chris and I went over to see what was wrong. We don't know what happened but this is where he cut his eye. Poor baby.

Just recently Grant figured out how to take his diaper off. This morning I was getting ready and he was running in and out of the bathroom to see me. Then the last time he ran in to see me, he didn't have anything on. So we decided to put his diapers on backwards.

This past weekend Champaign had some rain storms that were linked to the hurricanes in the south. This is a picture of a tree in our complex that split in half due to the strong wind storms. Half of the tree fell over into the children's play area.


The other half of the tree fell onto the pool's fence (crushing it.)

Grant is dramatic- I don't know where he gets it from. Grant thinks everything is really cool so he always says "Whoa" with a very gruffy voice.

The other day I gave Grant some diced apples as part of his lunch. When he was full, the problem was that there were some apples left over. To solve this problem, he kept putting the extra apples in his ears.

Grant loves going down slides. Usually he goes down doing the splits, but this time he actually went down with both feet in front.

Anyone who has been around Grant for more than 10 seconds can guess what his favorite word is...Ball. He watched Chris play softball last week and so now he is obsessed with catching/throwing balls with the glove.

He also likes to play softball with our cooking spoons. He always hands me a spoon and then tosses me a ball. Also, try to ignore the fact that he isn't wearing pants- we had a busy morning.

Grant playing golf with the versatile spoon and ball.

Grant also likes to use spoons for moving things out of his reach.

How do you like them apples?

We are happy to be back in Champaign. Chris finished up his first week of school! Yeah, only a whole bunch more to go! We didn't have anything booked this weekend, so we decided to pick some apples at a local orchard. We picked a bag of apples (Ginger Gold) so I made Apple Crisp and it turned out pretty good.

As soon as Grant saw the apples he said "Ball". Good job Grant.

Grant picking an apple.

Yeah, Grant- you found another ball.

Grant feeding the dogs. I mean little goats.

I think Fall is my favorite season- Good luck to everyone starting school this year!

The closing of our nomadic summer

We had a great summer! We also had a very busy, nomadic summer. We spent the bulk in Seattle, but for the last 4 weeks we were all over. For those last 4 weeks, Chris worked in Chicago while Grant and I spent time in Utah, New Mexico, Utah again (for Chris' brother's wedding), and then a few days in Chicago. We had a blast visiting family and friends, but are happy to be settle d in Champaign again. We did a lot of fun things, so here are a few random pics from our trips.

Grant playing ball at Chris' last softball game in Seattle.


Grant and my nephew, Connor, playing in the freezing cold hose water. They loved it!

I promise this is just mud.

Connor shivering but happy. FYI- Connor is Kristen and Evan's little boy.

Grant showing Connor how to properly put the hose water up his nose.



This is Amanda, (my sis- in-law) with her daughters', Aly and Rowan inside a giant pumpkin.

Inside a giant (fake- just in case) pumpkin at the Albuq. Botanical Garden.

This is the Mt. Timpanogos, Ut Temple- a great view off my Grandma's porch.

Grant oohing and awing at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.