High on the Mountain Top

Here is a picture of the beautiful Wellsville Mountains as your going over the pass on Valley View highway. It's so gorgeous.

Hyrum is learning to walk

I videoed Hyrum trying to walk with my digital camera, sorry about the angle, I couldn't figure out how to flip it. Also, do me a favor and turn down the volume on your computers so that you can't hear my annoying voice. I drives me nuts.

Happy Birthday Hyrum!

Today is Hyrum's 1st birthday. It had been a year of blessings since we welcomed him into our home. I will probably never have an easier child. He is happy and smiling all of the time. He loves his Daddy a TON and never smiles quite as big as when his Daddy is holding him. We love him so much and are so glad that he is a part of our family. Here are some pictures of him last night at a little family get-together that we had. We decided to do a spur of the moment game night/birthday party last night. We invited some of David's family over to play games, soak in the hot tub, and eat, eat eat! It was so much fun and are so glad that David's sisters and their families made such an effort to come. Here are some pix of our weekend.

Once again, Clare is naked. Yes, that is how she spends most of her day. I can't keep any clothes on that girl. Hopefully is is a stage that will pass.

My Faves

After an exceedingly boring week I don't have too much to write about. We are getting cabin fever from being stuck inside of this house for so long. It's so cold outside and the snow is just staying and staying. I tell you what, I'm pretty jealous of Glen and Denise right now. Hawaii sounds mighty good. We switched our cell phone service to T-Mobile this week and they have a cool program called the My-faves Plan. You can put five of the people you call the most into your phone and you can call those people for free. The people on My Faves are: David, Mom and Dad Adams, Carla, Mom and Dad Palmer, and Gina and Matt.
Here is a few other "My Faves"

Five Coolest Places I've Been

• Wales, UK
• Kirtland, Ohio
• Oregon Coast
• Nauvoo, Illinois
• Adams Ranch!

Five Places I Want to See

• Rome, Italy
• Athens, Greece
• Valley of the Kings, Egypt
• Shanendoah Valley
• Washington, DC

Five Favorite Movies

• Four Feathers
• Meet me in St. Louis
• Return to Me
• Ever After
• Sound of Music

Five Favorite Desserts

• German Chocolate Cake with Coconut Pecan frosting
• Pumpkin Roll
• Four Layer Dessert
• Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Oreos

Five People I Want to Meet

• President Monson
• The Dalai Lama
• Rush Limbaugh
• President Bush
• Sarah Palin

Five Super-Powers I would Love to Have

• The power to tell when someone is telling the truth.
• The power to invoke Silence. (aaaaahhhh..........Quiet)
• The power to know where someone is at any given moment. (No more running frantically through Department stores trying to find Clare because she has run away AGAIN.)
• The power to open or close doors just by looking at them.
• The power to make my dishes do themselves. Life would be Great!

The Number one Funniest thing Clare said this Week.

• I had just gotten out of the shower and was getting dressed. Clare was sitting on the bed and peering curiously at my chest. She has been really into Princesses lately and finally she got a look on her face that revealed she had just had an epiphany. She pointed at my chest and declared... "Princess Bubbles!"

I'm Baaaack!

David had to have the internet for his humanities class this semester so we are on line again! I have really missed blogging and staying in touch with so many people through their blogs. I have a lot to catch up on so I'll just be brief and include a few pictures. So glad to be back!

Chaos

We decided to rip up the carpets in our two upstairs bedrooms and found oak floors underneath. They were a little worse for wear and there was a lot of paint on them so we decided to sand them down and refinish them. Simple right?
It took a week to get them all sanded and ready to finish. In the mean time all of the furniture and beds were in the living room and life was absolute chaos. I don't know about anyone else but it seems like the cleanliness state of my house immediately affects my state of mind. I get so up tight and ornery. Anyway. we finally have everything put back together and I have included some progressional photos of a portion of the big project. Enjoy.

We must be crazy

The Room pre-project.

The room after we had ripped up the pink carpet and sanded down the floor. Before we painted and put finish on the floor.

The Semi-finished project. We still have to paint trim and put new base-boards up and put up our pictures but the floors turned out really beautiful.

A Very Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful christmas at home. We loved being together as a family and Clare loved her new dress from Aunt Shelly and Hyrum's new Leap Frog. She also loves her Daddy just because he's great.