EJ meets Aunt Lara and the Gofer strikes again

EJ had lots of smiles for his Aunt Lara. He enjoyed talking and telling her what was on his mind. After the ward camp out Lara, Jude, Marci, Deb / Christian, and the Mike / Tiff family came swimming. Unfortunately Lara had a car accident leaving our house... fortunately both her and Jude are alright.

The Gofer took our last pepper plant Friday. I need to find a safe place to plant these three new ones. Tiff said her dad gas bombs the gofers in his garden. I have yet to find the entry / exit to his undergrown labrinth. I need these pepper plants to produce so i can do some festive pepper spread.

I almost broke down and purchased a portable DVD player for the car. Ever since william was a babe he's despised the car rides. We picked out three winnie the pooh caricatures at all a dollar that improved the situation. He had Winnie, Ejyor, and Tiger dancing to the music. If Mark moved around and started dancing William would mimmick his every move.

We were listening to Peter Gabriel on the drive up to North Fork. His song, "Don't give up" concerned william. He dislikes anyone telling him what to do. In this case he said, "I can get up" because he thought they were singing "don't get up"

A young moose crossed the road as we were arriving the camp ground. In the upper far left corn or this picture you'll notice his nose. The sage brush is great but i was going for the moose. Mark and William saw two other big ones this morning while EJ and i were still resting.

The Russons our neighbors pitched their tent next to ours. There boy Bradley played great with William. They were so excited to be outside and have a tent up to play in. William loved to watch the stars when it got dark.

The Russons have a baby girl named Belle. Which reminds me how William has enjoyed watching Beauty and the Beast. I'll be upstairs and hear him shouting, "run daddy, run daddy, run..." In reference to the scene when Belle's dad is being chased by the wolves before arriving at the Beast's castle. After watching a movie more than once he's been quick to predict the endings and outcomes. So avoid watching a movie for the first time with him if he's watched it before.

While dad took down the tent we walked down to the creek. There was a beaver dam along with several beaver teeth prints in the existing trees. William got down on all fours and acted like a beaver. He started chewing on the fallen tree crossing the trail to the water.

I have issues with wet wipes because the dotted perferation takes both hand to separate. If I thought about removing the wipes before starting the process i could avoid this balancing act. Sometimes it just catches me off guard and i have to improvise. I've found that is i hold down the stack of wipes with my knee so i can use the other hand to keep their feet from the dirty diaper i can tear off the individual wipes.

Gratitude list:

1-took pics of white, yellow, blue, purple, and pink wildflowers

2-EJ is an angel to travel in the car with and William fell asleep on the drive back.

3-The Jones family had a couple extra PM pills that worked like a charm.

4-Mark saved me three pancakes and cantalope from the ward breakfast i missed because of the effectiveness of those pills.

5-Lara and Jude came to see baby EJ

6-Jen is quitting her job and going to be staying home with Jackson. I have been forced into retireing as a professional child care provider.

7-Mark used some squash from the garden. He added it to my potato dish and made a marvelous dish.

8-Drinking WATER and soap to wash my hands with

9-Swimming 10-refillable propane tanks