A Day at the Park

Today was beautiful so I decided to take Kyan to the park. One is his new favorite activities is what he likes to call the "river-walk." The local river is very very low right now and cuts and curves its way through our canyon park. We discovered its low and slow moving enough right now that we can not only walk beside it but also right in it! Kyan loves any opportunity to get wet and muddy.

There's a mouse in my house!

That's right folks, we have a mouse in my house. A tiny cute gray mouse that for some reason terrfies me. I consider myself pretty brave. I'm not afraid of snakes (like Oma hahaha) or spiders (like David hahaha). Up until now I was only terrfied of two things, sharks and UFO's but now I have a third.
I was heading to the bathroom yesterday, when I opened the door there he/she was staring at me in all it's cuteness. I immediatly froze and my heart skipped a beat. It quickly scurried off. We cornered it later in Dave's "man room". We had it pinned in a corner. Dave was going to herd in towards me and I was going to catch it in a bucket. At least that was the plan. I got one glimpse of the thing and got almost hysterical. I kept saying "I can't do this, I can't catch him". I convinced Dave he needed to trade me places. In the brief 5 seconds it took for us to switch places the mouse zipped out of the corner and at this time is M.I.A. I have set up humane traps ( the ones they go in and the lid shuts) and am hoping I can catch him and release him outside if I can keep Kyan from eating the crackers with peanut butter in the traps. He thinks they are snacks for him I've left all over the house. Somebody send me a cat or a boa constrictor!

Rainy Days

Well folks, it looks like it might just rain here and I am crossing my fingers in hopeful anticpation. I love the rain especially here in Utah. I eagerly await the sight of the huge dark thunderheads rolling over the mountain like a child awaiting Christmas. It's especially neat in out little valley. The massive clouds come rolling over the mountain and then seem to hang low idly just close enough you think you could reach up and touch them. Often the sun hits this valleyt just right and a rainbow appears. Love it, Love it, Love it.
Of course, if any of you have been to FL, you know there's no comparision. FL rain is the best. Soft, misty and just warm enough you can stand outside in it seemingly for hours. It smells sweet and spicy at the same time and if you catch the breeze just right you can detect just a hint of the gulf.
In summary I Love the Rain!!!

My futures' so bright we gotta wear shades!

This is just me goofing off at work with my co-workers Kris and Alyssa. This was such a cute picture that I couldn't resist putting it up!
Well, at least I thought it was cute until I noticed my endless cleavage, grrrrrrrrrr. My blessing, my curse. I really was wearing a modest shirt, honestly!

Hello Family!

Oma, Opa, Mom, Dad, and Boopie!
Here are the long awaited pictures of Kyan and his new bicycle.
As you can see he loves it. Usually I make him wear a helmet but he didn't want to wear one in his pictures.

Kyan, Kyan, Kyan!

This was Kyan's first week of pre-school and he is loving it! I literally have to drag him from pre-school because he loves it so much and would rather stay there all day then come home. This week they studied the letter A and tried the various kinds of apples for a snack. He was quick to tell me the golden apples are his favorite. He said the red ones were okay and the green ones were too sour. What a smarty pants!
I have applied at the local charter school for Kyan's kindergarten next year. I know it seems early but can you believe there kindergarten is already two-thirds full. It's a very good school and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Kyan gets in!

Labor Day Fun

This Labor Day I was in the local parade as a USDA mascot "Power Panther" pictures to come soon. It was very hot in that costume but a lot of fun. Seeing the local children's eyes light up when they saw me coming down the street made it totally worth it. Plus I could make the biggest fool out of myself and no one knew because of my mask, it was a good outlet!
We also took Kyan to the Fair. It was fun but $20.00 worth of tickets doesn't get you many rides. Kyan had a blast though and after an hour we were ready to go anyway. Now it's sparkler time!