Shiho's Visit

During my Junior year in high school, my family had a foreign exchange student from Japan come to live with us, Shiho. She shared my room and we pretty much did everything together. This last week end she came to visit me after not seeing each other for 10 years! She looked so different I hardly recognized her. She and her husband moved to Texas the same weekend that we moved out last summer and we've been planning to get together ever since. While she was here Shiho cooked us a huge meal of authentic Japanese food, we drove the Alpine loop, and visited Temple Square. We also managed to fit in eating out, chic flicks, and some shopping. Thanks for making the effort to come visit Shiho...it was lots of fun!!

Viva Las Vegas!

Last week, we went on a family vacation to Las Vegas. We stayed at the MGM one night and then the Venetian for two nights. Our hotel rooms were pretty much free because we got lots of perks booking our rooms so far in advance. Free food, Phantom of the Opera tickets, and Players Club with money in free slot play just to name a few. We took advantage of the food and the Opera, but never made it to the casino slot machines. There was a descent amount of things to do having Whitney with us. There was a dinosaur exhibit, swimming, the water show at the Bellagio, and a wax museum. When Brig and I went to the Opera, we left Whitney with Andy and one of his friends to babysit. The MGM hotel room was nice, but when we got to our room at the Venetian...wow it was amazing! I recommend it to anyone going to Vegas on vacation. Even the elevators to the parking garage were luxurious.
I got to meet up with an old roomie from Ricks(yes it was still Rick's when I went there)who now lives in Las Vegas with her family. It was like old times, Emily and I laughed and talked about what had happened in the 10 years since we'd lived together. I meet her adorable little boys too, and Whitney enjoyed watching them.
We got to meet some famous people while we were there too. It was really cool, they were going through the wax museum at the same time we were!

Naughty little Naked

This afternoon I went in to get Whitney from her nap....this is how I found her!! Maybe I shouldn't let her play in her crib for so long (5 minutes) after she wakes up.


This is my solution for now, but if it keeps happening, then I will have to make sure she wears a onesie under every outfit!

5 Things about Whitney

1. Whitney is now officially walking, and now trying to run. At her 18 month check-up she was average for her head size and height, but in the fifth percentile for her weight. She eats so much that it’s hard to believe. She has insisted on using a spoon by herself from about 14 months old, so now she's a pro at eating using her own spoon and she rarely spills.

2. Whitney is starting to talk a lot more. She has learned some new words recently for example: more, ball, blanky and baby. There are so many more it is hard to think of them all. It seems like her vocabulary has thripled in the last month.

3. Her hair is starting to grow...finally. The other day I put a clip in it, but she kept taking it out, but then wanted it back in again and again.

4. I think Whitney is almost ready to be potty trained. She tells me when her diaper is wet or poopy(or when she's about to poop) and leads me into her room so I can change her. She's scared of the big potty, so I'll have to get one her size. Any advice from those of you who have potty trained already?

5. At our new house we have an inground trampoline and Whitney loves to "Jump Jump" on it. I was able to get a video of it:

Moving: Home Tour

We moved to Orem, about 20 minutes north of where we used to live in Springville. We made the move because we wanted a more central location to everything. The move was hard because we have a lot of stuff, and being pregnant…my back hurt for a week!! Our house is about the same layout and size as our old house except we don’t have a bonus room which is why it's been hard to fit all our stuff. I am having a garage sale asap to make room for Brig’s car in the garage!
A little about our house…the kitchen is updated, the carpet is decent and I like the two-tone paint on the walls and trim. There is a full bath off the master bedroom, and off the hall there is a half-bath which can connect to the full bath through a door. Our guest room is quadrupling for an office, craft room, and exercise room because we don’t have a bonus room to put the office and exercise equipment like we did before. We also have a mother-in-law apartment in the basement. We are renting it out to a few of Brig’s friends. They are nice guys, and so far good renters. I would share pictures, but you all know what a pigsty looks like :)