A.J. the Co-pilot

So Azure went for her first plane ride a few weeks back. Ever since she has been able to speak she has asked "when it is my turn to fly plane". Kenyon decided that would be a great daddy/daughter date. And I had no fears, since I wouldn't be required to be on that very small airplane. She loved all 30 minutes of her flight. The pilot was even kind enough to let her fly the plane for about half the time. She did a dive and stalled out, but righted it without any problems-the pilot told her what to do. She is such a smart girl. I continue to be amazed by just how much small children pick up on. So upon exiting the airplane, she asked Kenyon if she could have a turn flying the helicopter,located just down the runway. But she does seem to be satisfied with her one flight, for now.

Baby "Noodle"

We are having a boy! The due date is January 28th. We are so excited, especially Azure, she keeps asking when baby "Noodle" can come out. She named him about a month ago and refuses to hear about calling him anything else...we'll keep working on that. I can just picture her getting all kinds of upset during his baby blessing when his REAL name is used. If it's anything like how she reacted to me sitting on the stand with my primary class during the Primary Presentation then it would make for the most interesting babies blessing ever! (She told Kenyon those kids can sit up there all by themselves and I need to sit by her, then she cried during the entire meeting-out in the hall, cuz she couldn't get over it. Then she was still so upset that she had to be brought out of nursery. She then told me that she didn't want to stay at church and wanted to go home "RIGHT NOW". This is the same girl that wants every day to be Sunday so she can go to church.) All is well.

mosquitos

So I learned that some kids have an allergy to mosquitos... Azure is one of them. She gets so puffy, everyone always asks what happened to her, as though she's been beaten severely. I can't say that I blame them. Take a gander at the picture of proof. Unfortunately, we harbor half the nations mosquito population in our new yard. Hmmm, how do you get past that?

Finally!

Well we finally made it in to our new home! What a difference it makes to have our own space. Azure was certainly affected the most. She was such a terror for the past few weeks and within a day of moving into the house she returned to her angelic self. Kenyon left to go backpacking for 9 days the morning after we moved. For some crazy reason he thinks hiking 15 miles a day is a vacation. CRAZY Montanan! I am ready for him to be back and we still have 7 days to go until his return. The pregnancy is going well. My due date is February 15. So hopefully I get chocolates and flowers -compliments of the hospital. It's the least they could do---after all I do all the real work and then pay them. Azure has been so precious, hugging, kissing and tickling the baby. She has finally accepted the fact that the baby might not be a girl. I will post pics of the house in the next few days. Other than that- I love family, the gospel and friends.

The most HECTIC summer ever

This summer has been completely crazy, as stated in the title. Kenyon and I sold our condo on Big Mountain. So I have recently discovered that being a stay @ home mom has a disadvantage...that being that I got to pack the entire house myself-Yipee! Our house was not complete at the time of the move, but we had buyers who sought us out, despite not having our condo listed. So we moved in with his sister's family. I don't care who you are- living with people (especially when you have your own family) is never easy. It has been a pleasant experience so far...nobody hates anybody, yet. Luckily she's one of my favorites of his siblings-which they are all great. Anyway, we just got back from a week-long Mathison family vacation in Big Sky, Montana. I recommend vacationing there to one and all. It is so beautiful and such a cute town. We all stayed in a ginormous house, which went well. On top of everything else we found out that I'm pregnant. AWESOME!!!!, and a little overwhelming. Overall this has been an okay summer, largely due to getting to fish quite a bit. Fishing is so relaxing, especially when I catch a lot of fish. Thank goodness Kenyon is willing to remove all my fish from the hook. I still haven't gotten over the sliminess of those things. I'm such a girl.