Medicine Park

While we were in Chickasha, we headed down to Medicine Park with my mom and brother for their centennial celebration. We watched a comedy/music show, ate lunch, fed the fish and turtles, did some shopping, and bought four rubber duckies for the annual duck race. We didn't win. Oh, well. We tried to get Colton to volunteer to help catch runaway ducks at the end of race, but he was too cool so I decided I'd go do it. Apparently rubber ducks don't move very quickly (see below) but I got to cool off in the creek. All in all it was a very fun day.

Fourth of July

I know this is a little late, but July has been pretty busy. To start off the month, Ari took her first plane ride. She was perfect, of course. She continues to amaze me by how well she handles every situation. We went to Chickasha to see family. It was the first time Ari got to meet her Grandma Sherree and we had a blast. It's funny to go home now; my mom has moved to the city and my grandparents have moved back to Chickasha from Phoenix but have bought a new house. They were just moving in when we got there. I like to think I helped a little, but mainly we just distracted them! We had a great trip and I was so grateful to have the opportunity to go.

The Grades Are In!

One down, two to go! Jeremy has had, I believe, a pretty impressive first year of Law School. A letter came yesterday from the University that I figured was his official ranking. It was, of course, but he was doing some work for the Pro Bono association and was coming home late. So it sat on the end of the dining room table as I anxiously awaited his arrival. When he got home he opened it up... his official rank at the end of his first year is 18 out of 154! That puts him in the top twelve percent of his class. Not too shabby considering we bought a house, put in a lawn and had a baby this year as well. He also found enough time to complete many interviews, receive a great job at Stone and Davis, work ten hours a week at the end of this last semester and catch a good amount of fish! Most importantly, he has more than upheld his position as an actively loving husband and doting father. It has been a very full year, but he has seemed to enjoy himself and I am continually grateful for all his hard work.

"Solid" Food

Ok, so Ari has been getting bigger and learning a lot of new things. She has also been staying hungry ALL day so I started looking at the baby cereals. After reading their purposefully vague age recommendations we decided that she was a “supported sitter” and was hence ready to launch out into the exciting world of single-grain rice cereal. So we cracked out the bibs, sat her up in her bumbo seat and went for it:

I wouldn’t say she enjoyed it, but she started to get the hang of it. It actually wouldn’t have been quite so messy if it wasn’t for her new infatuation to live life with her little fingers in her mouth at all times. But she’s getting better at it and it has cut down on the number of times she has to eat in the day. Yea Ari!

Eating is hard work!

Happy Graduation Day!

Yea Kristen!! I wanted to take a minute today and congratulate my sister-in-law on her graduation. She is graduating this afternoon from Desert Ridge high school in Mesa. For the next two years she will be attending MCC with a full scholarship. Awesome! She'll be studying, at least for the time being, elementary education. We'll see what her major is in a year and a half or so; am i right? Kristen - you're beautiful and I love you so much. I'm very proud of you! So, congratulations and best of luck to the Desert Ridge class of 2008!

Just for Fun

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