Kim and Derric!

We have been busy the last week or so with some house guests...they left a couple days ago, but I am not used to writing on the blog I keep forgetting to get on, but we did take some great pictures!

This one is when Cort, Kim and Kim went to Panda Express for lunch!

Here is another one, later that night we went to How to Train Your Dragon 2...somehow kitty was sneaky and got into the movie theatre :)  she thought it was pretty funny!  She is also wearing a skirt Kim made for her!

One day we took them down to Ashland, and went into some of the shops, Cort was having a ton of fun trying on some masks!

And hats...

But she only wanted to try on the pink hats!

Here are a couple of me and Cort :)

We stopped and drank some of the Lithia water, supposed to be healthy but doesn't really taste so good...this is how we felt about it

We took a walk in the park,

Derric climbed pride rock (he was very proud of this accomplishment - he climbed it from the side he is sitting closest to),

And we ran into some deer!

We also stopped by this theatre, where they filmed part of Arrested Development inside!

 Cort also wanted to pose with this statue

Cortney and Derric had a dance off, they were moving so fast it was a little blurry, but it was awesome!

As you can see, awesome.

And finally...the last pose!

Kim, Kim, and Cort went shopping at the mall.  Cort found this shirt and ran over to us giggling to show us, so we snapped a picture of her in it.  It is a picture of Chuck Norris and it says "Curls Bring the Girls".  Love the face!

We also went the farmers market where she enjoyed a yummy donut! We also went on the Harry and David tour here in town that was pretty interesting the same day.

And Cort is starting soccer next week so we got her some soccer clothes, she is pretty excited about it!

 This picture is a little bleached out by the sun but they wanted to make one more silly face before they left

It was great having them come and stay!  The last couple of days we have just been resting and enjoying life!  We also invited some people from the ward over and had an ice cream party, it was pretty fun!

Summer Day 5 / 6

Today and yesterday has just been nice and relaxing!  Yesterday Chris took Cort out to have some fun while I got a little quiet time, and then last night Chris's sister Kim and her husband came and they get to stay for a couple days!  We went to church today, went on a walk, and just relaxed, we will be a little busier tomorrow and I will get some pictures up then!

This is the best picture I could get of Cort - she just is always moving - of being Twilight Sparkle yesterday, she has a pony thing going on :)

Summer Day 5

Here is my little "Apple Jack" today!  So far it has just been a nice summer day.  We cleaned a little, played games, read books, watched a movie, went swimming (well just dad a cort - still a little too cold for mom yet).  Watch the video below to see Cort chattering away!

 Cort loved being thrown up in the air, there is nothing more she enjoys than being able to scream and squeal!  Summer is going nicely so far :)

Day 3/4 Summer :)

Summer is nice.  We have been just chilling out most of the time, which is really nice.

We have been playing games - here is one of the math games we play.

 We have been playing with our guinea pigs - Oh!  I don't think I have even put that on the blog yet!  We have two guinea pigs this one is Ana

 And this one is Elsa :)  Someone is obsessed with frozen!

This is the playpen we use when we take them out of their cage to clean it.  Cort LOVES guinea pig play time.  She is totally their little mama!  When she hears them squeaking she will stop what ever she is doing and run to help them with what they need.  We have had them for a couple months, so we have had some time to get to know them.  Ana is dominant for sure, she always gets her way, but she is also very calm and chill.  Elsa is crazy - she is hard to pick up - that is why Cort is just petting her like this.

We have also been going through the house and de-junking.  Today we went to swim lessons again, and then afterwards everyone in our swim class - there are 4 all together had a lunch play date at one of their houses.  It is nice not having to run everywhere all the time and always having somewhere you need to be.  Looking forward to tomorrow!

PS - update on the video camera: still not showing the movie.  I think maybe tomorrow I will take out our old laptop, dust it off, and see if the movie will upload on that.  We don't take it out much because it has a nasty habit of smoking when it is on for about 20 minutes.

Day 2 - Epic

Day two of summer!  Today Cort and I went to the car wash

Cort's favorite part of the car wash is sitting in the front seat and screaming the whole time.  We are also taking advantage of a local summer movie deal, where we only paid 5 dollars each to see a movie once a week in a movie theater.  This week we saw Epic, we had a good time!

I have been trying to upload the video of the ballet recital to the computer and for some reason the camera is only letting us hear the sound and not the picture part.  Maybe I will try again tomorrow and it will work better.   That is technology for you :)  Part of my last semester in school I co-taught a junior level educational technology course at SOU twice a week.  Which has taught me more than ever that technology does not always work when you want it to.

Luckily we are not really in a hurry.  Hopefully there will be another post tomorrow!

Ummmm...It's Been a While / Day 1 Pinkie Pie

Um, yes, I know it has been months since my last post.  I have been super busy with my school.  Because my undergraduate degree is not in education, this year I have had to take some pre reqs along with my graduate classes and it has been tough.

But the good news?!  I made it through!  Last semester was 17 credits - about 1/2 were graduate level.  Yeah...bit off more than I can chew.  But I got all A's except for an online biology class that was just difficult to follow and had impossible tests, so I am thinking a B in that class is pretty good!

So let's start new.  I know I have missed tons, which is why this summer every day I want to try to post something.  I might not get something everyday, especially if we go out of town but here is Day 1

Today was amazing!  First day of summer break!  I am still adjusting to not having something to do every second of every day.  Having withdrawal of homework is a little unsettling, but spending my day with my mini me (not so little anymore!) made it better!

Today she decided she wanted to wear all pink and be Pinkie Pie.  She has been hopping around all day!  We went to swim lessons, and then ate a picnic at the park for lunch and played for a bit.  Here is a picture of my Pinkie <3

No,  I have no idea what she is doing in this picture :)

 or this one...

But there she is!

Here are some other random updates!

Favorite quote of Cort lately: "It is usually dad who drives lostly".  I was driving and trying to find the place where we did her ballet showcase.  I was not sure where I was going so I was looking around a lot and that is what Cort said.

Speaking of ballet recital:

 Here is the one picture I took on my phone:

From left to right: Mikaia, Cortney, Chloe.  This was while they were waiting to go on.

More pictures from my camera and a video coming soon (maybe tomorrow)


Recently we went to a birthday party for a boy named Oliver in Cort's school class.  It was Star Wars themed and awesome.  Here is a pic of Cort!

Darth Vader even showed up!  But I think those pics were on Chris's phone so I will have to have him send them to me.


Oh and one more thing!  Every year I take first and last day of pictures of Cort for school this year I cannot believe how much she has grown!  Ready for Kindergarten next year!

So here is the first day of school (Cortney being Cortney)

And here she is now!

I cannot believe it!  Mini me is not so mini any more!

(Cortney being Cortney again...no matter what I try I cannot get her to pose for a picture)

Anyway she is getting way too big!  Love her so much though and am excited for the summer that I get to spend with her!

That's all for today, more to come tomorrow!