School

One of the thousands of reasons I love Brett is his sense of humor.  Seeing as Brett has been at BYU forever and will hopefully graduate soon, he is really sick of school.  Yesterday when I dropped him off at school, this is what happened.

1. Cruise in 2 days!

2. Dinner with my girls last night.

3. Brett :)  love and adore that man.

My Life and Updates

Being a mom is so awesome.  Pictured below is my life and I couldn't possibly love it more!

 Lincoln and Daddy...ps that car gets so much use!  He loves to push it all around the apartment.  100% boy...

 Falling asleep in the car...

 Sometimes on boring afternoons Linc and I will go to Target and walk around for sheer entertainment...that day we found the sunglass aisle and were there for a while...

 He thought it was hilarious...

 Love him.... 

 We read TONS of books. He is obsessed.  I need to buy some new ones because (1) I have memorized all our books and (2) I can't stand to read them again...

 Walking with mom at the park.  We LOVE doing this.  Lincoln is such a boy and wants to be outside pretty much all the time.  We go outside and he won't make a single sound... 

 I am loving springtime this year.  I think I appreciate it more this year than I ever have now that I have a baby that loves to be outside so much.  Warm weather is the best!

 Gorgeous tulips...

 Yesterday we went to the mall and it was fun, and short lived ha ha let's just say, Lincoln wasn't really into it.  I am so grateful for Brett.  He is working so hard and we hopefully will be leaving Utah County this summer and moving on to our next adventure.  He is so busy putting the finishing touches on his dissertation.  I can't believe that he will have a PhD this summer.  He is so smart and works so hard, I admire him so much.  Thanks for working so hard Brett!!

 Ah....springtime in Utah County...

And last but almost my favorite is lunch time with Lincoln.  We usually eat the same thing because if I'm eating something different he wants it anyway.  We sing songs, play games, and eat....it's awesome....

1. Spring!

2. Target.

3. Tulips.

Lincoln Lately

Oh Lincoln...where do I start?  Here's what Lincoln does lately:

 LOVES to be outside...When we come home from anywhere he basically has a meltdown once the door closes and he can't get outside...

 Falling asleep in the car...

 Usually he falls asleep like this though...he has a serious attachment to this blankie...

 Loves the swings at the park....

 Total cheeseball...

Loves to walk in circles with the stroller...

 Our favorite park is Nelson's Grove down the street...lots of ducks, grass, and swings!

 He loves to pretend like he's big and go up and down the playground...

 Love that face...boogers and bruises and all...

 That dimple just makes me melt..

 Happiness for Lincoln is found in the dirt...

Other things he LOVES:

pears and cheese (very french ha ha)

cars (loves to push them around our apartment)

books

walking

stairs

food in general

dirt

eating rocks

tubbie time (in the morning after breakfast I get him out of his high chair and say "tubby time" and he walks to the tub and starts to take his pants off...)

loves to sing songs

Love this little man and so grateful he came to us.  Although he's wild we love and adore him and are so grateful he's here.

Easter!

Easter weekend we went up to Bob and Claire's and celebrated with them.  Sadly we couldn't see my family because they were in California.  It was great to go to church and actually get to really listen to the Sacrament talks while Bob volunteered to take Lincoln.  I'm so grateful for the Savior and his sacrifice.  It is such a blessing to have the gospel in our life and have the knowledge of the Savior and what he has done for us.

 (Family Easter Picture)

Lincoln was watching Baby Einstein while we peacefully ate dinner.  Although we meant for it to entertain Lincoln, I think it entertained everyone else as well...

1. Easter

2. Family

3. Baby Einstein

Conference Weekend

Conference weekend was wonderful as always.  Thursday Brett, Lincoln, and I left for the airport to drop Brett off so he could fly to Chicago.  He had a wonderful time with Katie and got to be with her on her birthday.  While he was gone I stayed at my parents and had a great time. 

 On Friday my mom and I went to City Creek while Lincoln hung out with Grandma Claire.  Thank you so much Claire for babysitting Linc!  Mom and I were able to grab a delicious lunch at the cheesecake Factory and then go shopping.  

 City Creek was so awesome!  Love that we have such a fun mall in Salt Lake now.

 Trevor couldn't have been sweeter to Lincoln.  He played so much with him and read him books.  He is such a great uncle!

 On Saturday Laura and I went and saw the Hunger Games and loved it!

 Isn't he the sweetest little guy you have ever seen?!

 Lincoln spent hours and hours going up and down the stairs and finally mastered them!  He can turn himself around and crawl down now.  He is a pro!

Brett loved being in Chicago and loved the food too!  Katie's birthday was the weekend he was there so he got to go to dinner with her and her friends to celebrate.  I love their hats!  

During conference at Bob and Claires we finally got Lincoln walking around.  Since then I will catch him trying to walk around after hoisting himself up with the wall, a toy, or a chair.  Any time now he will be a full time walker!

1. General Conference.

2. Shopping day with my mom.

3. Hunger Games.

Walkin'

So on Thursday Lincoln was playing with the doorknob and mirror in our room and I took him out, not realizing that he had turned the lock inside.  Thus, the door was officially locked with no key or ability to bobby-pin open the lock.  

 Brett, being the handyman he is, chipped away at the doorknob and eventually destroyed it, opening our door. Yea Brett!!!  Such a handsome handyman :)

 Our weekend rocked.  Friday night I planned a date for Brett and me.  I got a coupon on groupon for Smashburger so we enjoyed a scrumptious burger dinner.  We seriously love that place!  The food is so amazing.  Lincoln loves the fries there too!

 The rest of our date included reading to Lincoln and putting him to bed (ha ha romantic I know ;)), watching Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arch (Brett's all-time favorite movie), and giving Brett a foot massage.  Brett works so hard for us he deserved it!

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 On Saturday morning Brett, Linc, and I headed to Rock Canyon Park where we went running and then enjoyed the wonderful weather and grass.  Lincoln loves it there. 

And Lincoln took his first steps!!!  He walked about 3 steps by the couch and then sat down. So far that's about his record and we're so proud of him!

On Sunday we went back to the park and laid on the grass while Lincoln pushed the stroller in circles for a long, long time.  He loves being outside.  When we came home from the park we closed the door and Lincoln started crying and crouched in a ball and cried.  It was the saddest, cutest thing I have ever seen.  He loves the outdoors!

1. Smashburger.

2. Parks.

3. Lincoln walking!

St. George!

Last weekend was Trevor's baseball tournament down in St. George for his Utah Monarchs team.  Trevor, dad, mom, and I drove down to St. George on Thursday.  When we got down there we went to the St. George airport and picked up Holly, who flew in from Seattle.  It was so great to see her!

 When we got there we saw the Blue Angels flying in the sky and we were so excited!  They put on quite a show over the baseball fields Trevor was playing at.   They were so awesome!

 Trevor pitched and played left field and was a great batter!  On Thursday his team won 2 of 2 games!

 I love this picture...Trevor is talking strategy with the catcher...

 Getting' ready to bat...

 On Friday morning we went to breakfast at the Bear Claw and it was seriously a great breakfast.  

 Mom got really yummy oatmeal and it was a little bigger than she expected...

 And my french toast was absolutely divine...

 The weather was so pleasant and it was so fun to sit and watch the games.  The first game we won!

 The second game was against Snow Canyon, the team that took first last year in the tournament.  At the beginning of the game we found out that they recruited a 263 lb, 6'3" 12-year-old to pitch.  He pitched about 20 mph faster than our guys and really intimidated our team.  As you can see in the picture below, he was a "little" bit bigger than the rest of the guys...sadly we lost to them.

 On Saturday we shopped a little more (thanks to Trev and Dad for putting up with us shoppers) and drove home.  We stopped in Kolob Canyon and it was breathtakingly gorgeous!!!

All in all it was fantastic trip!  It was so fun to be with my family, watch Trevor play baseball, and be childless for 3 days.  A special thanks to Brett and Claire for watching Lincoln.  It was so wonderful to have a small break and play.  

1. baseball.

2. st. george bargains!

3. car ride with my fam.