Begging You to Be My Escape

It's funny how life barrels forward,

sometimes without you even 

realizing it.

When we first moved out here,

life seemed to be paused in a way.

There was just not much for 

us to do to change up our daily routine.

But life didn't pause,

we just let ourselves get complacent.

Luckily, Heavenly Father gives a little push 

every once in a while

to help us along.

We've made some friends and

received callings in 

our ward.

Tyler is going to be teaching

the 16-18 year-olds in Sunday School.

I think they'll really like him,

and they'll learn from him.

I haven't been sustained yet, but

I've been called to be the Activity Days Leader

for the 8-11 year-old girls.

I'm really excited for it.

I don't really remember what Activity Days

were like, but 8-11 year-old girls 

are always fun!

Also, Tyler gave a really great talk

this past Sunday on Tithing.

He is a really good speaker!

My doomsday is on the 28th....

Kale is doing great too.

I've finally got him on a sleeping schedule.

He goes to bed pretty consistently at 8:00 every night;

sometimes it takes a little convincing,

but he mostly just wants to cuddle with me,

so I'm not complaining :)

He still wakes up a lot in the night,

but it's probably because he's

a monster of a boy and is

ALWAYS hungry.

His eating schedule is the next obstacle

I will conquer.

Kale loves to dance.

I wish my blog wasn't so lame

and would upload videos.

His favorite thing to dance to are the theme

songs to TV shows. 

When those start, he drops whatever he's

doing and dances.

The same goes for the song playing

during the credits.

What a goof-nut!

His dance moves include, but are not limited to:

-running in place (or, as I like to call it,

his quick two step)

- shaking his cute little butt

-waving his hands like he's conducting

-bobbing his hand like he's a gangsta

-sticking his hand out like he's trying

to catch something and then 

going round and round, like

he's chasing his tail.

I wish I could also describe his 

facial expressions during his 

dancing bouts, but 

I know I wouldn't do them justice.

He also loves to be outside.

We go outside at least once a day,

and he hasn't complained once!

He is just so curious, and investigates

every little thing he sees...including

dog poop!!!!!!

I will never take him anywhere

without wipes again.

Lesson learned.

All in all, we're doing great.

Now, on with the pictures!

My little lost boy!

We were playing at a bit of silliness really :)

Remember when the stroller dwarfed him?...

Classic Kale face!

Maybe he'll be a detective one day.

Look at him investigate that leaf!

Kale loves to show me what he's found.

I think he especially likes 

to show me the pretty things,

like this leaf, or flowers.

Basically, he's a momma's boy :)

So for his birthday my parents were nice

enough to send us some money

to get Kale something that he needed.

And so, we decided to get him a dresser. 

We love the one we got, and we think

it really makes Kale's room

look complete.

Thanks Nana and Poppee!!!

Kale has been loving his stuffed animals lately.

There's Henry, the frog; Rockford, the dog; Simba; and 

Billy, the monkey.

I thought I'd get shots of the rest of his room

since I was already taking pictures of half

of it.

And there you go!

I would like to say a special thank you 

to Laura and Clint.

Thank you so much for sending all of Kolbi's

old clothes and carseat.

It is such a major help to us

and we really really really really really appreciate it.

Love you all!