Congratulations Chris!

Chris graduated from Law School on Saturday (May 16, 2009)!! I can't believe he's done! He worked hard and I am so proud of him! Great job sweetie I love you and look forward to our future adventures after school!

We had a great start to our weekend because Chris' parents, Craig and Kathy, flew down from Seattle to celebrate with us.

Craig, Chris, Grant, and Kathy in the Law Library

I wish I could say that Grant is admiring the graduation gown, but I think it might actually be the balloon?

It was a lot of fun going to Chris' graduation ceremony! Chris was inducted as a member of the Order of the Coif (t0p 10% of the class) so he got to wear a little white, felt "donut"- as we called it- on the top of his cap. So if you look closely, you can see Chris is on the very first row, with the first white Order of the Coif distinction on his cap (from left to right).

The night before graduation, the Law School had an open house, which we attended. During the open house our county was in the middle of a really bad thunderstorm. It rained so heavily that many of the roads were flooded, which made getting home tricky. Our normal 15 min drive from the law school to home took about 1 hour. It is difficult to see in the picture, but on the left there is a car floating in the standing water. We were grateful we got home safely that night.

Every Post Seems like a Major Catch-Up

Yes, it has been another month since our last posting. But at least it hasn't been a year :). We have been busy with the normal stuff: Chris finishing up his last semester (1 more day of school and 1 final left!); me with work and Grant; and Grant with everything he can get his hands on.

We are also getting ready for our move to Seattle at the end of May.

We're excited to move because we found a great rental house and are looking forward to having a fenced off yard!

Coloring can be painful. He's not really sad or hurt- he just likes to be dramatic.

Isn't he cute and so grown up looking? Where did my baby go?




This is the face he made when I asked him to "Smile!".






Grant loves to wear these cheap-o sunglasses (25 cents at Hobby Lobby). Many times I'll find him wearing them and carrying on with his play as normal.

Yummy, brownie batter!

Twins!

And lastly, I always find Grant trying to put on Chris' shirts. I love my funny boys!

Catch Up!

Yikes! It has been more than a month since we posted, but we have been so busy with stuff and then we went on vacation. So now that we have vacationed and relaxed a little, I have enough brain energy to share our happenings.

Grant loves to "Wa, Mommy": Watch/help mommy. When I don't have time for Grant to help me, I put him in charge of making alphabet soup. It was chewy, but delicious!

Anytime Grant sees one of Chris' shirts he'll snuggle it and say "Daddy". The next step involves putting Daddy's shirt on.

We had a laundy mishap a couple weeks ago. I let Grant help put dirty clothes in the washer, but I got a phone call and walked away for like 30 secs. When I switched the wet clothes over to the dryer I found: a tennis ball, a hand puppet, bottle of nailpolish (which didn't open) and sadly, his Silly Sally Book (one of our favorites), completely destroyed- Silly Sally will never go to town, walking backwards, upsidedown again :( - at least until we buy another copy.


Last week we drove to MD to visit my brother Scott and his super cute little family! Grant and his cousin Olivia got a long extremely well! She liked to hold his hand a lot and when he was done holding hands, he would pry her fingers off of his.


Grant was teaching Olivia how to play in a dirty, asphault water hole- a Must if you want to be successful in life!

Scott took us for a walk along the Potomac river!

Grant and Olivia could have spent hours throwing rocks into the Potomac.

We visited the Natural History Smithsonian- super fun!

Chris showing me what a man he is- trying to push over the Washington Monument. Actually he was trying to show Grant how to push it over, but Grant wasn't in the mood.

My professional shot of the monument.

Hey, Abe. As we were walking from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial (which, btw, is a LONG walk), we walked by the reflection pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Remember how Grant likes to throw stuff into water? Yeah, he managed to throw both his sippy cup and snack trap into the reflection pool (at separate times). Fortunately, Chris was able to quickly get down flat and grab them before they floated away, but that boy has quite an arm!

When we came out of the DC Aquarium (I wouldn't recommend- super lame!, but not to be confused with the Baltimore Aq. which I heard was super awesome) we saw cops blocking off all the roads, helicopters in the sky, and 5 black SUV's drive down the street. I have a feeling someone very important was in one of the cars.

Are You Stressed Out?

It's funny because we are always trying to persuade Grant to do his "Are you stressed out?" face, which he never does... so this is the best we can do on camera. Just to let you all know, I don't really think Grant is stressed out. In fact, he has a very cushy life. He doesn't have to work, pay bills, worry about anything more serious than stacking blocks and stabbing peas with a fork. He actually gets "Stressed Out" because he watches me. :) I do get stressed easily and after watching Grant mimic me, I realized that I have to be careful how I express myself.

I saw a very cute post on my BYU roomie's blog, which shows her little girl singing songs. Grant and I watched it a few times and he clapped and sang along. So I thought I would post Grant singing too. This boy loves to sing! He sings quite loudly: in the car, during church (not always during singing time), at the store, etc. :) Grant has started attending Nursery (Sunday School class for children 18 mos.-3 years) and they sing songs, which has greatly encouraged his singing at home! (BTW, his new word for Nursery is "Ni Ni"). So below is Grant and Chris singing "Pop Corn Popping on the Apricot Tree".