BUDDIES

Adam and I were commenting this evening after FHE how lucky we are that the transition from only child to big brother has been such a smooth one for Spencer. He and Emma get along wonderfully. Emma loves to watch Spencer show off all his tricks, and Spence will sit down to "read" to Em, stop to make sure she is watching his antics, or give her a running dialogue on what is happening. Tonight's commentary was, "Right now we're getting ready and then we're going to Grammy's house, Emma. We have to get our shoes on."

They are good pals. Spencer remembers Emma in his prayers and when it is time to kiss everyone goodnight. Emma gets a big wet one on the back of her head. (We figure that is a safe spot even when runny noses are involved).

This cute photo captures a sweet little moment. Spencer was leaning against the way-comfy green "nap" couch pillow, so on a whim we "flew" Emma down to land on his back. Emma thought that was hilarious fun, and Spencer kept saying, "Again!" and laughing when Emma "landed." Sweet kiddies. I'm pretty sure I'm the luckiest Mom around. These little ones keep me smiling!

p.s. Noteworthy: the awesome sandbox behind Spencer and Emma in the top picture is Gpa W's latest creation. He built it big enough so that all six grandkids can have digging space and be playing at the same time. So...Peter, Leslie, Emily, and JL...now we just have to get all our cuties together with THEIR shovels and OUR cameras. :0)

Leaning tower

Our kids have been sick for the last week with croup, so my brain is a bit too sleep-deprived to compose a clever blog entry. I could not, however, pass up the opportunity to show off this sweet little lady. Emma is learning to sit up on her own. I love watching little ones make new discoveries - toes, toys, tongue clucks. It makes me more appreciative of the simple joys in my life.



Emma so enjoys this little moment of independence, though it is somewhat short-lived as she soon goes toppling over. I did manage to catch this photo before catching her as she headed toward the floor. I promise that I had just wiped her drool before taking both pictures. Will those teeth ever surface?

5 Month Old Sweetie!

Our little angel girl, Emma, is 5 months old! In fact, she has been since the 18th of this month. (Yes, we are behind on blogging.) Gpa W took this photo of our little sweetheart to show what a happy little lady our Emma is.

A fun little anecdote about this social girl. I had to go to the doctor's office last week, and Emma accompanied me. There were two ladies in the waiting room. Emma fixed her gaze on one and smiled until she had the woman's attention. Then she proceeded to have a little smiling conversation full of "aahs" and "goos". The woman was called back by a nurse, and Emma was distraught at having lost her new friend. She started crying as the woman walked away. That is - until Emma caught sight of the other lady, at which point she picked up her smiling chatter where she had left off. What a social butterfly!

"Happy-lations"

A few months back, sometime around an onslaught of family birthdays, Spencer coined his own phrase, "Happy-lations!" This has become an endearing exclamation for any exciting moment, and we had occasion to use it last Friday when Adam put in his two weeks' notice at Deloitte. That's right. He is living the dream, going with a TRUE start-up business. We are now living the sometimes uncertain albeit very exciting life of entrepreneurs. "Happy-lations, Adam!" (And wish us luck!)

Relaxed in WV

Relaxed in WV
Originally uploaded by Adam W.

We've fallen a bit behind in blogging since our camera died. However, last weekend we spent a relaxing 24 hours out at Carol and Geary's WV cabin. (Katy, we missed you by just a few hours). Carol (my aunt) sent this picture of my happy, handsome hubby with our sweet kids. There is nothing better than being cuddled up with cute kids on a Saturday morning and reading a book. I believe that at this particular moment I was out on the hammock reading my own book.

It is so nice to break away from the norm every once in a while. What do you all do to relax? Where do you go?


p.s. posted by Marie, via Adam's flicrk account

the non-museum

The Temporary Museum of Permanent Change

I just found this through Deseret News. With all the changes going on to revitalize the downtown of SLC to make it more everything (walkable, shoppable, livable, etc), a group has set up The Temporary Museum of Permanent Change to catalog and invite people to find the interesting, historic, and beautiful objects all around the city. I really like the idea of moving the museum out of the museum. Everyone is a curator! (and how often do you read about urban archaeology? =)

DT Family Reunion

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Originally uploaded by Adam W.

Our friends the Martins (some of the few who truly appreciate yellow kitchen counters that are separated from living spaces only by accordion doors) joined us this evening to root on the BYU Cougars this evening. Sadly, the Cougs couldn't pull off the win, but we had a great time hanging out and admiring how much the kids have grown in the last year. Lucas and Gabey are so big!!! Spencer loved having boys to hang out with and was so happy to be a kitty cat or dog, copying the Martin boys in their play. Thanks for making the drive...and for any who were wondering, we can confirm that the Martins are in VA. Hurrah!

(Sorry we don't have a better quality photo. This is taken with a phone since our camera gave up after taking something like 14,000 pictures. Yes, most of those are of our children and you can basically do a flipbook on flickr to watch them grow up before your very eyes. Any suggestions for a new camera? I'm thinking that's on the wish list this Christmas. Have you all found one you like?)