My Baby is Home!

 Aunt Jenny took Cortney to Nana and Papa Kinville's house to spend the weekend so Chris and I had a 2 1/2 day date!  We had a lot of fun!

Friday night we went to a sushi place called Red Ginger Bristo, that was very yummy and affordable - would be more affordable if we went with more people though.  Anyway then we saw the movie Unknown with some gift certificates we got for Christmas.  It had a couple twists to it and it ended up being better than we thought it would.

Saturday morning I went to Chris's basketball game - which turned into two games in a row, he was really tired afterward.  But he played really well and never missed a free throw!  On our way home we wanted to stop by walmart but on the way there we saw an accident that was only about 3 cars in front of us.  It was crazy - we saw the wheel that flew off and bounced past us.  Chris got out to help because at one time he was an EMT, and he also taught CPR.  So as I was sitting there waiting for him - I saw 2 other cars run red lights - driving right past the accident.  Those people were crazy.

At walmart we got some amazing deals - I got these outfits for 1 dollar each!  Only one dollar it was amazing so I got one of every color that had it in Cortney's size:

 Then I found these jackets for Chris that were only 3 dollars apiece!  Too bad they didn't have any of the sale items in my size!

That night we went to Trafalga in Orem with Chris's Sister Kim and her date Jon.

 When we first got there we saw a worker throw a whole bunch of tickets away in a garbage can so chris went dumpster diving and got the out.  We got 37 tickets out of it!

 We went mini golfing a whole lot!  We probably golfed the equivalent of about 6 or 7 games!  We got pretty good at it by the end.

 This is a picture of all of us together - Kim and Jon are on the left, it was a lot of fun!

 Chris and I played Area 51, and you will never guess who won...me!  I kicked trash, it was pretty much amazing!

Chris really liked playing the Deer Hunter Game, and he was pretty good at it too!  The next picture is the loot we got with all our tickets, we only got 239 so it didn't get much, but candy is always good!

 We got the package that comes with dinner and everything so we got dip n dots to go with it!  Chris got the rainbow kind and I got cookie dough...

 While golfing hole 9 I found out a secret about it by accident but it is actually pretty cool.  I'm not going to say what it is, but when Chris used the secret he got a hole in one, so not bad.

 This is what hole 9 looks like...

We ended up staying out late, we didn't get home until 1am this morning.  It was the latest we have stayed out in a long time, but it was a lot of fun.  As much fun as we had though I am so glad my baby is home!  Nothing is  a better sight to me than her little smile!

PS - I almost forgot to tell you the best part!  When we played our last game of mini golf I decided to play left handed - and I was pretty good at it!  But the best thing was that at the end when i golfed left handed and got a hole in one and won a free game of golf!  They had ran out of tickets so we just got a whole bunch of tokens instead.  I was so excited that I did it!

Yes! I'm Hiding!

Today we were playing Hide 'n  Seek with Cortney.  Lately she has really liked hiding under blankets.  One time when she was hiding I asked:

"Where is Cortney?  Is she hiding?"

And of course she replied:

"Yes!  I'm hiding!"  then popped out of her hiding spot with a big smile on her face!

PS - I love how her hair is finally getting long enough to look messy!  About time already!



Family and Friends!

Yesterday we had a fun day!  After Church we headed down to Spanish Fork to visit Chris's Grandpa and Aunt Jo.  It was a surprise visit for them, but it was nice to talk and catch up.  Of course Chris and Grandpa discussed BYU's football schedule next year.  Grandpa Nield (Cortney's great grandpa) had a lot of fun giving some M & M's to Cortney.  He just sat back and chuckled as Cortney's little checks got fuller and fuller.  We also had a small visit from Chris's cousin Hailey and her family, it was good to see them again.

Then we headed over the the Stevens house to have dinner.  Growing up I spent a lot of time with the Stevens because my best friend was their daughter.  Even though Brittany wasn't there it was still fun to catch up with everyone else, and the food was great!  Cortney had a fun time playing with Ryan and Emily.  She barely ate a bite all night because all she wanted to do was play.  And I even got to read a letter Kenzie sent home from her mission, I love the way she writes - just like she talks it was very entertaining.  And we had some very funny conversations!

I love spending time with family and friends!

Play Your Guitar With Daddy!

Ever since Cortney was little she has loved playing guitars.  We got her this guitar at DI ans she loves it!  She loves it even more when Daddy bear plays with her with his guitar.  This morning they decided to play together so I took a couple pictures.

Cortney was so excited to play with him this morning, Daddy sat down in one of her princess chairs and Cortney had to put her chair right next to his.

She watches him very intently to make sure she is doing it right.  When they play together we sing "Play your guitar with Murray" from the wiggles but say daddy instead of Murray.

In this one Cortney looked away really fast, but I like how both of them are smiling!  When she gets a little older Chris wants to teach her the Ukulele, so it will fit her hands well. 

I need a Harry Potter Potion...

First off you should know that I am prone to weird dreams.  I have had them for a very long time, and sometimes they are so realistic that I think they actually happen.  for example one time in high school I think I was doing this project with Brittany where we bought all this fruit for our presentation. One of the pieces of fruit included a pineapple.  I had a dream the night before the presentation that I cut up the pineapple before the presentation and messed everything up.  I woke up worried because I thought I had ruined everything until I went downstairs and saw the pineapple on the counter uncut.

I am sure this is due to all the stress I have been under lately but I have been having the weirdest dreams ever.  I have even stopped eating after dinner to get rid of them but they just wont go away.  I think this week alone I have had dreams that include but are not limited to: joining the army, going back to high school, chasing some kind of glowing magic person around a huge house, and the worst was last night - I was dreaming that I was trying to fall asleep all night.  I'm pretty sure I was awake about half the time too.  So when I was not dreaming about falling asleep I was actually trying to fall asleep, and now I am exhausted.

This is why I need that potion from Harry Potter that makes me have dreamless sleep.  That would be the most wonderful thing ever!  I even looked it up to see what it was called, and this is what I found:

"The Dreamless Sleep Potion is a purple medicinal potion that is used to induce dreamless sleep in the drinker"

I guess also the more you drink the longer you sleep.  I would drink a whole gallon of this purple goodness if I could!  Unfortunately it is just wishful thinking...

There, all better!

Lately I have been trying to teach Cortney the magic powers of kissing things all better, and it is really working!  But tonight she did something that just made Chris and me laugh out loud.

When we were newly married our car was having problems starting - add on to that a Rexburg winter and sometimes it took about 5-10 minutes to start the car each time - since then we have had it fixed.  Anyway when Chris would be the one in the drivers seat and the car wouldn't start after a few minutes he would blow on the key, then try it again.  The first time he did this it actually worked so we did it all the time after that.  I think this comes from having to blow on old nintendo games to get them to work.

Seeing it work so well on the car Chris uses when I say I am not feeling good.  He did this a lot when I was so sick while pregnant.  I would tell him to make it go away (the sick feeling) and he would say, "Do you want me to blow on it?".  He also uses it when I have a bruise or a cut or something like that. 

So tonight i showed Cortney my owie - on my finger, and don't worry it does have a Dora bandaid covering it - and asked her to kiss it all better.  I'm not sure if she has been watching Daddy or what but instead of kissing it she blew on it.  Not sure if this was a one time thing but i just had to write it down on the blog - I don't want to forget this one.

Cortney's First Prayer!

Today Cortney was playing with Eve.  They were "eating" their fake food at her little table when she folded her arms and said a prayer!  I'm not sure what all she said but the first and last part was pretty clear - I know because that is what we always say at the beginning and end,

"Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank you for this day.
blah wheico soiwoijsdfl woiulskd. (Not sure what she said during this part)
Amen."

This is the first time she has said a prayer all by herself without me helping!  My little baby is growing up!