I Found It!!

I have not posted in awhile but do not judge me because I have lots of good excuses. The most relevant one being that I lost the connector for my camera that lets me download pictures to the computer. As the title of this post indicates, I found it! Finally... since I am still unpacking boxes (again, don't judge... I know its been a month since we moved in) I eventually came across it and now I can have all the picture fun again.

One of my other excuses for slacking off is also an excellent one- I am deathly ill. Okay, that may be an exaggeration but it does not feel like it at the moment. This past week I really have felt that I have never been so sick in my life (those pregnancy memories are already fading!). I think its the flu- hopefully not swine flu. I'm not sure but it keeps lingering on and on.... I have been praying that Avril does not contract my horrible disease and thus far we've been pretty lucky. She only has the cold symptoms, not the high fevers and chills and sore throat and barfiness that I've had. Still, I feel bad seeing my little angel suffer with a runny nose and sneezles. I'm such a mom!

So how am I finding time to post this blog, with all the sickness and moving and losing of things, you might ask? Our wonderful friend Bethanie Brown just came over and took little Avril to church. I will let her be spiritually nourished while I stay home and physically nourish myself. It is Logan Brown's missionary farewell today and Jesse went to see his bestest friend before he heads off to Mexico for two years. I really really wanted to go and see him off as well but couldn't, due to my icky disease so Avril went in my place. She's basically me, 30 years younger anyway. Maybe they'll take some pictures but since I'm not there with the camera its not likely... we'll see.

Anyway, here are some more cute Avril pictures. I just realized that I do not have a single photo of Avril and I except for the one the professional photographer took. I'm always taking the pictures now so I'm not in them... I'll try to remember to get some soon so that Avril knows she has a mommy... but I'm not about to while I'm sick!


All bright eyed and beautiful :)


Jesse and I decided to walk down to Smith's Marketplace and get some groceries. We loaded up the stroller full of groceries so had to carry her home. She didn't seem to mind that at all. She just loves her daddy- and who couldn't love a face like that? Those are my cuties :)


Avril in her happy place- the changing pad where she gets clean diapers, yay!


This is how she fell asleep on grandma's lap while we were watching the American Idol season finale. She is dreaming about Kris Allen and hoping he has a cute little baby boyfriend for her someday.


And this is right after bathtime... all clean! At least for the next 30 seconds that statement should ring true.




Avril's got some serious talent. If anyone is looking for a bubble blowing, drooling, kicking cute face... she's your girl :)


Uncle Jared and Avril watching TV. I love it!!

Climate Change Rap

So Jesse just finished taking finals not too long ago. He was taking a climate change class and finished his final very quickly so he decided to kill some time and make a rap about what he learned in class. He then emailed it to his teacher. I hope it earned him some bonus points... we'll see!! I thought it was so clever so I'm posting it :) Hope he doesn't mind!

Fossil fuels, atmosphere and Earth’s positions,
Melting ice, rising oceans and greenhouse gas emissions
Hearing all these terms randomly may be strange,
But you’ll learn ‘bout them all in a class called Climate Change.
It all started a long time ago with a firey birth
Not with a person but a planet called Earth,
It was just too hot for people like you and me,
The coldest days flared to 130 degrees C!
Despite the odds, life arose from the temps from hell,
They were tiny microbes that only had one cell,
Out of these microbes, many things began to appear,
And to make a long story short, now people are here.
Everything was just fine and on life went,
Until we got cocky and tried the big experiment,
About 1880 we started to release too much CO2,
It stayed in the atmosphere and hotter and hotter it grew,
If that weren’t enough we now cut down forests,
That’s a decision that is up there with the poorest,
Anyway, now the carbon emitted hangs out in the atmosphere,
Water vapor comes to the party and brings the beer,
Together they wait for infrared going toward space,
They collect lots of it then scatter it all over the place!
Some returned to Earth and since infrared it hot,
Guess what happened when that’s what the surface got.
This could quickly become a more serious scare,
If we don’t stop releasing carbon into the air,
Models say 3 more degrees by the end of the century,
So we need to quickly find a carbon penitentiary!
All I have left are these two simple tips,
Go green and take Climate Change from Dr. Hipps!

Just some cute Avril pics

Well, we are in the process of moving back in to our townhouse in Logan and it is quite difficult to get all unpacked and organized with the cute little distraction we now have. So... needless to say, I don't have much time to post new blog entries. I will try to take some pics of the place when we get all set up. I'm especially excited to have our nursery for Avril. Enjoy the pics of our sweet little angel. :)

This is for my cousin Robert :)

Check out my cousin Robert's family blog for further explanation:
http://robeandkris.blogspot.com/