My precious baby wearing her (clean) panties on her head, and taking a rare nap in the car. She also got a kick out of drinking "without" hands, for the most part. She is just too cute!

In other news, Devin is leaving for basic training in January. We don't know where he'll be going for that,after that we do know that only certain bases have certain jobs, and the selection is smaller when you're new. We will either be in Neveda, California, Nebraska, Florida, Virginia, or even outside the states in Germany or Korea! We'll keep you updated as we get updates, but for now this is all we have!

The Spokane Song

Apparently, Jewel visited Spokane and was so impressed, but who wouldn't, with all Spokane has to offer, so she wrote a song all about Spokane! It's called, The Spokane Song. So funny and raw! Enjoy

WAAAAAAAAAAAY BEHIND

So much has happened since I last blogged! We took a week and a half off from work towards the beginning of July for family vacations. We started with a week of camping in Challis, ID. We went with Devin's brother, Dominic and his family. It amazes how you can be unbearably during the day, then at night you sleep in the car with the engine running to avoid frostbite at night! We ate so much junk food too! S'mores, candy bars, chocolate milk, pop, it was heaven! We spent a lot of time in Challis, the city not the campgrounds, wandering and exploring. We saw the missionaries all over the streets of Challis, and we also went into a bed and breakfast where the owners were melaleuca customers and we saw melastuff all over! Devin and I did some fishing too, and one day Devin caught (and kindly released) 6 fish! That prompted him to take up fishing here at home, and he caught us trout for dinner! After camping we drove up to Spokane to see mom, dad, brady, jordan, ginanne, and emily. We had a lot of fun swimming, going to the mall, playing five crowns, and just relaxing with the fam. I wish I had pictures, but I forgot to bring a camera on our first real vacation! But we look forward to many more spent with family! Love you guys!

The Fam

What a great weekend I had! It started with a trip to the zoo courtesy of melaleuca, and a cool classic car show. Then we met my parents, Brady, and Becky at the Idaho falls temple visitor center, where they had a collection of enlarged and enhanced photos from the Hubble telescope! They had fun fawning over Courtney, but we were only able to visit for a little bit because they were taking Becky back to Provo. They stopped by yesterday for a while on their way up to Spokane. The battery in my camera died after one not so great shot, but she definitely was being her cutest to impress! We went to DI and Pizza Hut before they had to depart again. Tomorrow Devin and I are going to see Brian Regan live in Blackfoot, should be an awesome show!!!!!!!!!!!

Becky is in town for a few days WOO HOO!!!!! Today while i was at work she took Courtney to the park and they had a fun time watching people on the carousel and sharing a lunchables. I was let off work early, so went back to the park and rode the carousel too. Becky took Courtney on a bench and I took her on one of the horses! She had a death grip on me the whole time. It was cute though. We also played on the swing and slides, but she always grabbed the sides and tried to climb back up before she got very far!! On the way to the park we stopped off at a farm where we saw two llamas!! Devin even got to pet one before we scared them off! Courtney broke Becky's sunglasses, so we went to wal mart so she could get new ones. We also took the time to buy Courtney her pair of tennis shoes and church shoes! She'll definitely need practice because she tripped all over the place! More pics and videos to follow.

Curb Appeal

We've finally done it. We painted the outside of our and it looks so much nicer! We did several layers of primer so the wood looks smoother and newer, and the color scheme is so cool and modern. We're about ready to paint the garage to match, and with the new roof on the garage, it's like a whole new home!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all the fantastic mom's, especially my own mom, who aresuch a great influence on my life! And another special Happy Mother's Day to Carol Tartini, affectionately known as Llama for being a mom to my Devin! I had a great celebration yesterday. We went to Fong's, a little chinese restaurant that we love and visit all the time, with or without cause for celebration! Then we went to Idaho Falls and Devin let me wander the mall and buy whatever I wanted. I got a sugar scrub from Bath & Body Works; it's been a long time since I was there, and I forgot how much I love it! While at the mall we sat down to take a little rest, but the Fetus was restless. So we put in her a toy bus and she loved it! What you can't see on the video is that when it stopped, she shook it to try and get it going! She is also walking all over the place! She still gets tripped up, like by clothing laying flat on the ground :) but she has improved so much!!