Walking

The past few days have been absolutely beautiful. With the nice weather, I have been more inclined to take Kimball outside in the afternoons after Rebecah wakes up from her nap.

When I have asked Kimball what he wants to do outside he either wants to ride his bike on the road or walk. More often than not he turns his bike in after a few minutes and decides to walk. Yesterday we had probably walked about ½ of a mile when Joseph drove by on his way home from work. It wasn’t until we saw Daddy that I could convince Kimball to turn around. I was afraid that he would be too tired to walk all of the way home. On the way home I asked if he were getting tired and he said no. Once we got home he played outside for another hour helping Joseph in the yard. It is amazing what a little exercise can do. We had a terrific thunderstorm last night and Kimball slept through all of it. He was so worn out!

Today we walked about the same distance to visit a friend. When leaving her house he wanted to climb in the stroller, but I told Kimball it was for Rebecah and he had to walk. I could tell he was more tired today than yesterday, but he walked the entire way home and didn’t complain. It was hotter today than yesterday so that may have had something to do with it.

Kimball is just carrying on the walking tradition…my grandparents walk, my mom walks, I walk, and now Kimball walks.

Here is a picture of Joseph and Kimball walking home from the park a few weeks ago.

Saying Prayers

Kimball said his first prayer by himself in January when Grandma Coffey was visiting us. Since then praying has been touch and go with Kimball. Sometimes he wants to and most of the time he doesn’t. We offer and then let it go either way. Of late, Kimball has wanted to do more praying and do it more himself. We usually preface our prayer when he is voice by reminding him of things to include…gratitude, blessing on the food, praying for specific people. Within the last week he has started adding his own things to his prayers, usually things he has heard us say in the past. For example:

Last week we were praying for Grandpa Zimmerman as he recovered from his surgery. I reminded Kimball to pray for him and he did and said “Zimmerman” in a very cute way. Then he proceeded to pray for Mandy and Laura, our two pregnant sisters. No coaching, just pure Kimball.

Yesterday, Joseph took Kimball to the park and last night at bedtime Kimball expressed gratitude for the crane and police car he saw. They had parked next to the police car and the crane was dredging out the river.

One last example. I have mentioned before that Kimball loves the General Leadership of our church. He has started praying for President Monson and ALWAYS includes Presidents Uchtdorf and Eyring. If Joseph or I am voice for the prayer and WE don’t include the two counselors we hear Kimball whispering “President Uchtdorf and President Eyring”.

We are glad he takes such interest in his prayers and is learning to tell his Heavenly Father about all areas of his life and the things that are important in his day…like the cool vehicles he sees.

Sorry, no picture with this post; I didn’t think it would be too reverent to take pictures during a prayer.

Salvaging Mother's Day

I was really looking forward to Mother's Day this year because my mom and two of my sisters were going to visit. They had planned to visit in early April, but had to reschedule for Mother's Day weekend. We were all excited to see Granny and we had special presents for her and the Aunties. We were really disappointed when my mom called Friday morning saying she was in the ER and would probably need surgery. The most important thing was for Mom to be healthy and safe so we shed some tears and moved on. It was hard for Kimball to understand, especially since he had been watching out the window for them before 7:00 Friday morning and they weren't even expected until dinner time. The other bad thing about a canceled trip was that I had already made the two desserts for their visit so now I have two desserts staring me in the face every time I open the refrigerator...I'm just glad my mom talked me out of the THIRD dessert I was planning on making, especially with my bike gone.

I told Joseph that since my Mother's Day was not going to be what I wanted he needed to make it extra special...he did. He made me breakfast: omelets and toast. We like omelets and I was glad we actually had cheese, ham and green onions on hand for the omelets.

Joseph also gave me a nice wall decoration to put above our mantle. We have been needing something in that spot and I think he made a good choice. Here are a few pictures of it:



The most important thing about Mother's Day though is the opportunity to be a mom. I love my kids and I'm lucky to have two cute ones that are good most of the time.

Here is a picture of Rebecah and me. We never could get Kimball in a picture. He always wants to see before they are even taken.


So, all in all, Mother's Day ended up being good and we were able to still have a special day. We'll just celebrate Mother's Day again in June when we make a trip to St. Louis.

Four Months Old

Rebecah is four months old. She is wonderful. She loves attention and having people talk to her. We made up a little song for her to the tune of "If your happy and you know it" and she loves to hear us sing it to her. She went to the doctor yesterday and was pronounced "perfect". She is a little over 13 1/2 lbs and 24 inches.

Good Buddies

Kimball and Rebecah are good buddies. Kimball always wants to be where Rebecah is.

Snuggling in the crib after Kimball's nap.




Kimball reading to Rebecah. He had the story pretty much memorized so it was cute to listen to him read to her.



Mother's Day blessings.

Goodbye to a Dear Friend

No, I don't mean Kimball!

Our missionary friends arrived home about 3 weeks ago and they let me know that they were ready for their bike back this week. It was sad to see the bike go. We have gone many miles together over the past year and a half. It may be a good thing to have the bike gone, I don't know. For a while I really think I was getting addicted to cycling and I HAD to get my 16 miles in every day except Sunday. I had been doing better lately and usually only went 8-12 miles.

I wasn't the only one sad to see the bike go. Kimball actually cried and had to go with Joseph to drop the bike off. It was really cute.

The Novelty of Blue Eyes

In our congregation at church we have quite a few Hispanic members. Since Joseph speaks Spanish fluently he works closely with them. Since I am married to Joseph, the kids and I interact with the Hispanic members. I’m trying to bring back some of the Spanish I learned in High School and college. The ladies at church are patient with me and gently correct my mistakes even if I make the same mistake every time I see them.

These same sweet ladies all like to hold Rebecah. They comment on how beautiful she is and many of them have commented on how beautiful her eyes are. Currently, Rebecah’s eyes are blue. I’m not sure yet if they’ll turn to a light brown like Kimball’s did or not. I never realized how exciting fair features could be until I stopped to realize that if a person is only around dark eyes, hair and skin it would be different to see a child with light hair, eyes, and skin. One sister even joked that her baby has blue eyes too; they are just hidden beneath dark chocolate colored eyes.

I love blue eyes and I hope Rebecah keeps her blue eyes…but if not she’ll join the ranks of the brown eyed bunch and be in good company.