Thursday, March 31, 2011
Cold Frame
Joseph built this cold frame for our garden. We finally put it out a couple weeks ago. I thought the design was clever. Now we will be able to start some of those later plants outside earlier. We'll see how it works. While I was gone over spring break, all the plants we had planted so far came up. We have onions, peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes and red potatoes so far. We also have garlic and cauliflower from our winter crop. I don't think the cauliflower is going to work out though partly due to deer. Oh well, it's fun to experiment with what we can do down here since it doesn't get as cold. 
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Visit Home
Joseph's Mom came down the weekend before last. It was a short visit, but we enjoyed having her. Kilynn liked showing off for her and piling her lap with toys. 
On Monday Kilynn and I rode back to LaGrande with Penny. We met Adam and Ori there and after spending the evening with the Waites, Adam and Ori took us to Haines. I'd like to say we had an amazing time there, but that isn't entirely true. Kilynn was so clingy and cranky. I thought at first that she was just overwhelmed with all the people around that were slightly still strangers, but she never seems to mind being around strangers and she usually loves being the center of attention. I finally found out, however, that she had a temperature. I still don't know what exactly was going on, but Tuesday was kind of miserable. I had to hold her all day. The original plan was that I'd stay with Adam and Ori since Mom was gone all week anyway. When Kilynn got sick though, I decided it might be better to move up to my parent's house where there weren't as many people and where I didn't have to feel bad about Kilynn waking everyone up all night. Sorry to be a party pooper Ori! Kilynn got better after that first day there and was able to start exploring and getting to know everyone. I wish as always that I would have taken more pictures. Kilynn has A LOT of cousins. Kilynn got to see all her cousins that live in the area while we were there. I got pictures of only a few of them.
On Monday Kilynn and I rode back to LaGrande with Penny. We met Adam and Ori there and after spending the evening with the Waites, Adam and Ori took us to Haines. I'd like to say we had an amazing time there, but that isn't entirely true. Kilynn was so clingy and cranky. I thought at first that she was just overwhelmed with all the people around that were slightly still strangers, but she never seems to mind being around strangers and she usually loves being the center of attention. I finally found out, however, that she had a temperature. I still don't know what exactly was going on, but Tuesday was kind of miserable. I had to hold her all day. The original plan was that I'd stay with Adam and Ori since Mom was gone all week anyway. When Kilynn got sick though, I decided it might be better to move up to my parent's house where there weren't as many people and where I didn't have to feel bad about Kilynn waking everyone up all night. Sorry to be a party pooper Ori! Kilynn got better after that first day there and was able to start exploring and getting to know everyone. I wish as always that I would have taken more pictures. Kilynn has A LOT of cousins. Kilynn got to see all her cousins that live in the area while we were there. I got pictures of only a few of them.
This is where we spent most of our "Spring Break" Gotta get our winter fix in sometime! 
Kilynn got to help Uncle Eli feed cows. 
Jumping on the trampoline with Uncle Eli 
Joseph worked all week and then came up on Friday and brought me back to LaGrande where his family was in the process of gathering for a niece's upcoming baptism. Saturday, we headed up to Tricities where the baptism would be held. Thanks for letting us stay Amity and Scott! 
Swinging with cousin Mariah 
Cousin David 
Cousin Evalily
I like this picture. It may look like she is crying, but she is really laughing. Thanks for this picture Amity. Thanks for making her pretty flower clips Ori!
We were able to attend Adryann's baptism Sunday evening. Congratulations Adryann! 
Friday, March 4, 2011
Kilynn turned 15 months last week and I need to record some of the things she does and words she is saying. The amount of learning going on in that brain is picking up faster at this age and she is surprising me everyday. I've been wanting to do a post like this ever since she was 13 months but I've been too upset because I took the perfect video of her doing all her animal sounds and words and tricks and then it wouldn't let me upload it.
Animals sounds she knows: Lion, Bear, Tiger (all say the same thing) Cow, Horse, Dog, Cat, Turkey, Sheep, Goat, Duck, Snake and Monkey. For the Monkey, we tried teaching her to say Ooh-ah-ah, but instead she always says Uh-Oh-Oh
Words that anyone would recognize: Hi, Bye-Bye, Daddy, Mamma, Cheese, Apple, Peaches, Shoes, Baby, Book, Eyes, Glasses.
Words that only Joseph and I would recognize: Highchair, Hat, Piu (says while getting diaper changed,) Ball, Milk, Blankie, All gone, All done (holds hands out palm up,) Please and Thank You.
She started saying please and thank you last week while helping me unload the bottom rack of the dishwasher. She loves this job and is ready and willing to come help even when I'm loading:) For unloading though, she is actually a good helper. I don't have to bend over to grab dishes from the bottom rack anymore. It's pretty cute to see her grab a plate and hold it up as high as she can to give it to me. The plate is so big compared to her, that all you see is her little hands clutching it. The rest of her body from my perspective is hidden. Anyway... Every time she hands me something I say "Thank You!" Therefore, she also started saying thank you every time she hands me something. All last week, the only time she would say "thank you" was when she was handing something to someone else. This morning, however, something finally clicked. I handed her a graham cracker and she said thank you. I just handed her a toy and she did it again! Her version of thank you is actually "Kee Coo" in a high pitched sing song sort of way. The word "Please" came about because for the last two weeks, she has been going through a very unbearably loud screaming phase. We have been dealing with this in a couple different ways, one of which is to get her to use words more. When she wants something, we've taught her to say please instead of pointing at it and screeching at the top of her lungs. The only problem with her saying please though, is that it is going to be so hard to refuse her now. Her screaming has gotten so much better. It's funny to watch her think through things. She will start to scream and realize we aren't paying any attention, and then she'll get quite and say "pees."
Animals sounds she knows: Lion, Bear, Tiger (all say the same thing) Cow, Horse, Dog, Cat, Turkey, Sheep, Goat, Duck, Snake and Monkey. For the Monkey, we tried teaching her to say Ooh-ah-ah, but instead she always says Uh-Oh-Oh
Words that anyone would recognize: Hi, Bye-Bye, Daddy, Mamma, Cheese, Apple, Peaches, Shoes, Baby, Book, Eyes, Glasses.
Words that only Joseph and I would recognize: Highchair, Hat, Piu (says while getting diaper changed,) Ball, Milk, Blankie, All gone, All done (holds hands out palm up,) Please and Thank You.
She started saying please and thank you last week while helping me unload the bottom rack of the dishwasher. She loves this job and is ready and willing to come help even when I'm loading:) For unloading though, she is actually a good helper. I don't have to bend over to grab dishes from the bottom rack anymore. It's pretty cute to see her grab a plate and hold it up as high as she can to give it to me. The plate is so big compared to her, that all you see is her little hands clutching it. The rest of her body from my perspective is hidden. Anyway... Every time she hands me something I say "Thank You!" Therefore, she also started saying thank you every time she hands me something. All last week, the only time she would say "thank you" was when she was handing something to someone else. This morning, however, something finally clicked. I handed her a graham cracker and she said thank you. I just handed her a toy and she did it again! Her version of thank you is actually "Kee Coo" in a high pitched sing song sort of way. The word "Please" came about because for the last two weeks, she has been going through a very unbearably loud screaming phase. We have been dealing with this in a couple different ways, one of which is to get her to use words more. When she wants something, we've taught her to say please instead of pointing at it and screeching at the top of her lungs. The only problem with her saying please though, is that it is going to be so hard to refuse her now. Her screaming has gotten so much better. It's funny to watch her think through things. She will start to scream and realize we aren't paying any attention, and then she'll get quite and say "pees."
Kilynn is our little sunshine. She has such a fun and cheery personality. She has added so much to our family and we can't imagine what life was like before we had her.
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