Halloween 2010

I know it's a few days late but I thought I would put some pictures up from our Halloween. We had so much fun! My neighbor (Jeannie) and I made all our our cosutmes. It took us about a month but we finished them! :o) We got dressed up three times, once for our ward Halloween party, once for the elementary school carnival we took Alexa to, and once for Trick-or-Treating. But we had fun doing it all and I think Lexi liked it too because she is still wanting to dress up in her costume! If you can't tell or need some clarification, we dressed at the Flintstones and the Rubbles. Pat was Fred, I was Wilma, and Lexi was Pebbles. Our neighbors were Barney, Betty, and Bam Bam. We had a ton of fun with it!!!

Pebbles and Bam Bam hugging

Betty, Bam Bam, Wilma and Pebbles doing a cake walk at a school carnival

Trunk-or-Treating

Fred, Wilma and Pebbles

The whole group!

Idaho State Fair

I forgot to make a quick post about the Idaho State Fair. We went with our nieghbors to the Idaho State Fair September 6th in Blackfoot, ID. It was pretty fun, but we wish we could have stayed longer. Lexi rode two of the rides and loved them! She wanted to go on this Nemo fishing boat but neither Pat nor I could go since it was just for little kids. I wasn't sure she would want to go without mom or dad. I explained that she would have to go all by herself, and she still said she wanted to go. I really thought she would freak out when I put her in and left her by herself, but no, she was TOTALLY fine! SHE LOVED it!! Then she wanted to ride the helicopters and that ride I went with her. She loved both of them! We definitely need to take her to Disneyland or something!! Anyway, besides the rides we saw all sorts of farm animals. We even saw a cow being milked, which I have never seen before! We saw cows, and horses, and mini toy horses (real ones the size of a dog), sheep, goats, and bunnies. Dalyn and Lexi loved it! Oh and Pat finally got his coveted "fried snickers" bar. It wasn't bad but it wasn't exceptionally good, I dont think. But anyway, it was a blast and we had so much fun with our neighbors!!

Summer Break and School

Well last time I posted I left off with our Colorado trip. Since then we have gone to Seaside, Oregon, and school has started up again.

Seaside was sooo fun! To me, the funnest vacation I can remember! Steve, (Pat's dad) drove up from Colorado and picked us up and then continued on our way to Oregon. I wasn't sure how Lexi would do in the car for 12 hours but she did pretty well!! It helped that grandpa was in back entertaining her some of the time :o) It did take us two days to get there but it wasn't to bad of a drive since Pat drove the whole way. I had never met Pat's extended family (on his dad's side) before so it was super fun getting to know them. We spent 4 days in a beach house, literally right next to the ocean. The house was HUGE and amazing! The weather wasn't too bad but I wish it was a little warmer. We had to wear light jackets most days. But we spent the days laying in the sand, going in the water, building sand castles and other usuals at the beach. It was Lexi's second time going to a beach, but last time it was in Texas in November so she didnt get a chance to play in the sand or water very much. She absolutely LOVED the beaach!! She spent most of her time with Pat's cousin, Serena, who is 9 years old. When Lexi said her name it sounded like Freida, so that's what we called her. She helped "Freida" dig sand holes and burry things and just loved, loved, loved it all! We even flew a kite and Lex STILL talks about "flying the kite at the beach". Overall, it was just a nice and relaxing vacation on the beach with Pat's family. Oh and whenever Lexi says her prayers, she ALWAYS says "thank you for "Freida", and may also include "thank you for the beach". That vacation was obviously a huge hit with Lexi!! (And us too!;o)

Also, on September 9th school started again. I'm doing part-time again, so 9 credits. Last semester it worked out pretty well so I thought I'd do it again. This semester I'm taking the preschool lab practicum, which means I'm teaching in the preschool on campus. It is a TON of work but I already love it! I'm also taking another child development class for my major. Half way through the semester I will add another class, which will be a pregnancy class. I'm really looking forward to that class because I've heard many people say it is a really good class, and I'm always interesting in that kind of thing :o)

Pat is taking 13 credits but each of his classes are pretty hard, but I think he will do just fine. He is still deciding whether or not to switch his major to computer science (from business management). If he does we will be here for another 2 years or more, but I think he would enjoy it more and will hopefully find a job he actually WANTS to do once he graduates.

OH! AND... this Tuesday (September 21) Lexi gets to start going to her "Toddler School" on campus. I am sooo excited for her! I know she will have soo much fun! It's just two days a week for a little over an hour but I know she will have a blast!

Here are some pics of our Seaside trip...

Carney Update

I know it's been awhile since I last posted, and a LOT has gone on since then...

1- Lexi had a blast on her "Golden" 2nd birthday. We had her party on her actual birthday, July 2nd, and we went to the splash park in Rexburg with some friends 2- Pat, Alexa and I went to the Tetons with Pat's family over the 4th of July weekend. We had so much fun conoeing, roasting s'mores, and other camping activites!! The highlight of the weekened trip was probably Pat and I falling into a freezing cold lake b/c some stupid speed boaters came zooming by and we got caught in the wake and flipped. And me, not such a good swimmer panicked a little but a nice couple picked us up in their boat. We were not expecting to go swimming that day so we had all our clothes on and all our other clothes were 45 mintues away in the cabin we stayed at. But all in all, it was still fun!

3- Spring 2010 semester ended on July 23rd. I got a 3.8 GPA and Pat did pretty good as well :o)

4- One week after the semester ended, Lexi was telling me, while eating breakfast, she wanted to go see "Ga'ma Kafi" (Grandma Kathi, Pats mom). I told Pat, and he said, OKAY! Let's leave today! ...And we did! We left last Thursday, and have been here since :oD

First night in Colorado, I went to my sister's Bunko group, which is sooo fun! I want to start one in Rexburg if people are interested! We ate dinner, socialized and was able to meet my new nephew, Tristan, for the first time. He is such a cutie!!

Second night, I went to the play, South Pacific, which was really good! And had dinner at the Chop House in Denver beforehand. It was a great night!

Today, we took Alexa to the Zoo for the first time. She had so much fun! I'll try to post pics asap. We were only there for abotu 4 hours and didnt even see the whole zoo, but everyone was pooped by the end of our trip. Lexi rarely falls asleep in her stroller anymore, but she was out for the count before we exited the zoo, and was sawing logs the whole way home!

Ready for the Zoo!

Lexi looking at an armadillo

After a long day at the zoo...

And besides all those things, we've visited with family a lot, went to 2 of my favorite places to eat, Chipotle and Noodles and Co., jumped on my sister's trampoline, roasted mallows and had s'mores, went to this place called, Monkey Business, a really cool indoor play place for kids, and a ton more things that make me miss living in a place with CIVILIZATION!!! :o( Only 2 more years of our Rexburg "sentence" and we will be outta there!! YAY!

Playing at "Little Monkey Business"

Jumping on the trampoline

New Bike and POTTY!!

Lexi just got her very first tricycle for her birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Carney! It is so nice because Pat or I can push and steer with the attached handle! Its great! Daddy put it together today, (this is the first thing Pat's really put together that required time and tools, which now makes him an "official" daddy ;o) ...anyway, we took it around the block and I had to bribe Lex with M&Ms to get her off the bike!
Then later, we went to dinner with some friends at Famous Daves. After we ate, Lexi said she wanted to use the potty. I took her into the bathroom and sat her on the toilet, not knowing if she would actually use the potty, but low and behold, SHE WENT POTTY ON THE TOILET FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! YAY! We were so proud of her, (and Lex was very proud of herself too! She kept saying "Potty", and throwing her hands in the air and saying "Whoo-hoo", just like I had said lol) We went to store and bought her some Dora panties to celebrate, and the whole way home she kept telling us about the Dora panties and how she went potty. It was so cute! I'm looking forward to the day when we dont have to buy so many diaps for da Lex! :o)

David Archuleta Concert

I can now say that I've attended my first concert! YAY! Go me!! I went to see David Archuleta and the opening act was David Osmond, so I got to see two famous people! It was so much fun!!

Fly Swatting Pictures

Here are some pictures of Lexi doing some more Fly Swatter Painting in our backyard...She Loved it!!

And here she decided to do some body painting...

And here is a video

Then...later than day, Lexi and her friend, Dalyn went swimming in our backyard, So cute!