The "Texas" Deshazers

Monday, June 13, 2011

Yum!

There has been a lot of this sort of behavior at dinnertime lately,

"That looks yummy! I want some!"

so we decided it was time for Duncan to enter into the world of solid foods. Well, semisolid anyway. He doesn't have any teeth yet. When we were at the store a couple of days ago, I let Logan pick a baby cereal for Duncan to try.

Yum, oatmeal!

He wasn't too sure about it at first,

What is this stuff?

and he needed a finger break.

I'm thinking about it!

But by the end, he was definitely a fan!

Yay!

He really wanted to work that spoon himself.

This is fun!!

For the video minded, we caught a few moments of the fun. He still has to work on the smiling while eating...

Sunday, June 12, 2011

This is the place.

We're here in sunny Utah!! After three and a half days on the road, we made it at last.

Here is our little bungalow. It's bigger than it looks (thank goodness!).
The drive was not fun, but there were interesting things to see. I always seem to forget how big Texas is. More than half of our drive was to get out of the state.

Here is the route we took to get out of state. It was long and boring.

Logan left his mark on the state line...
We skirted the corner of New Mexico, which might have been the ugliest part of the drive, although Wyoming was pretty nasty, too. No pictures, just imagine barren flatlands and nasty roads.
Colorado was another story.

This is a mountain "Scenic view" in Colorado. It was beautiful! Denver was a bit of a pain though. We're used to frontage roads on the highways. They don't have them there. Thank goodness for GPS. Also weird was the utter lack of gas stations near the freeway. What's with that? As we left Denver, Mitch expressed a desire to never return. After that we got to visit with friends in Fort Collins. I stayed up late talking sewing with my friend Beth and our kids had a great time playing together. It was the highlight of the trip!

Then we got to Utah. Look at the mountains!! They're everywhere! This is the view from the car as we were coming into the Valley from Park City.

And a few minutes later, heading through the Pass. The mountains are amazing. They're literally everywhere you turn. It's actually a little distracting when driving around the city. You turn a corner and see...

big snow-covered peaks! I'm sure I'll get used to it.

The kids seem to like it. It's much cooler, so playing outside is much more fun. The grass is soft, green and fire ant free!

Here is the backyard. It's really beautiful, with flowers and trees everywhere. The kids love it! I wish it had a fence.

Myra's favorite feature is the water dispenser on the fridge. She can do it herself!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Sitting!

Yay for the beginning of independence!

Sitting up gives him a much better vantage point when Logan reads to him. Aren't they sweet?

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Memorial Day weekend

We leave the great state of Texas in one week, but before we left, we had the chance to head up to my parent's house in Carthage. My Grandfather (who had not yet met any of my kids) came up from Florida for the weekend, so it there was extra motivation to be there. sadly, Mitch had to work, so it was just me and the kids. It was a very full weekend, and we got to see lots of family that it's going to be hard to see as often once we get to Salt Lake.

This smiley little man was a universal favorite.

He smiled for Great Grandpa Colley,

even Great Grandpa Jones couldn't resist him. He NEVER holds babies.

Fergus tolerated him nicely. He's a pretty nice kitty.
The big kids had fun, too. Uncle James and Aunt Lindsay brought cousin Brody for them to play with.

They had watermelon together.

They colored, and played with trains.

And they hung out on the stoop.
Myra is becoming the master of the "look", isn't she?

This one is my favorite. Can't you hear the sarcasm? Especially compared to Brody's sweet smile.
We spent a lot of time outside, even though it was pretty hot.

Logan is a monkey wherever he goes.

And this pile of lawn clippings was endlessly fascinating.

As were Duncan's toes.

Sticks of all shapes and sizes were available for poking and prodding.

Sometimes it's nice just to chill on the porch.
Inside, the kids found lots to do as well.

Logan "helped" Pappy organize his food storage. He is endlessly entertained by the cans rolling down the "tracks".

Pappy's elliptical machine was fun, too. Look at that happy face!

Myra finds accessories wherever she goes.

Oma and Pappy's bed was fun, too. In fact, that was where Myra took her naps each day.

On Saturday, Oma kept her company.

And on Sunday, Fergus kept her cozy.
We all had a truly wonderful weekend. We are going to miss our family so much!! I can't believe we are moving in just a week. Yikes!

Monday, May 23, 2011

Gymnastics!!

For the last 2 years, Logan has been taking gymnastics at Heart of Texas gym with his beloved Coach Melissa. He loves it so much! Each year they put on a program.