Our Friends in Logan

We had a lot of fun in Logan visiting Melinda, Jacob, Dessie, and Andrew. Our family became friends with the Christensens when we both first moved into Wagon Wheel in August/September 2007. Sebastian and Dessie were just 9 months or so but they've always played well together. I love this hug!
Sebastian is 2 weeks younger than Dessie.

And here is Andrew adn Paige. Andrew is just 1 month a day younger than Paige.

If either of the girls decide to fall for the boy, they'll have to deal with the fact that they boy is younger...oh well =)!

Anyway. I had a nice visit with Melinda and her family. It was fun to help them as they are renovating their house. I can't wait to see what it all looks like when it's put together. Is the laminate in? baseboards, etc?

The faces of Paige

Chris took this picture of Paige today and really liked it
Last night with Sebastian

She is such a happy girl! She loves her toys!

Cheeser!

Always eating nowadays...she loves it!

Visiting Temple Square

I took the kids down to Utah this past weekend while Chris went to a GSA conference (Geology) in Portland. In anticipation of going to Utah I decided that I wanted to take Sebastian to temple square. I knew he would love to see the statues of Christ and the big temple. We went with Tom, Sara, and Kyler and my cousin Kelcie met us there also. It was a beautiful day...in the high 70's, low 80's and was just perfect for some good pictures.

The reflection pond.....I can never resist taking pictures of Sebastian. He is always so photogenic.

Sebastian wouldn't come pose with us, but atleast he liked the Christus

Paige and I...once again, Sebastian did not want to be photographed...he was running around pushing an empty stroller.

The end...Paige is sleeping and he is minutes from sleep!

Sitting Up

I started trying to work with Paige sitting up at the end of September. On September 30th and October 3rd she was sitting up for long enough to get pictures and for me to think she was getting pretty close and by October 5th I would say she could sit on her own and I didn't surround her with pillows =)! The pictures go backwards in time with the ball popper being the first day I got pictures of her sitting (notice the pillows)

CAUGHT IT!!

Well, we caught the mouse. Chris and I met with the manager Monday night about some things and I remembered to mention our mouse. He offered to bring over a mouse trap...so we said, sweet! Yesterday I got a knock on the door at like 2:30 and it was him with the trap. So much better than what I was thinking he was going to bring. No poison, nothing to harm a little child if they accidentally were to touch it. he set it up in the corner of the kitchen and in less than 9 hours we caught it!
My sister Angela had been over and we were just chatting in the living room. I started hearing this odd noise that I couldn't place. It sounded like the mechanics of a baby swing. I guess Angela had been hearing it too but she just thought it was the dog eating (No, we don't have a dog...but Angela does and so it made sense in her head). Once she stopped talking I kind of cocked my head to where she noticed that I was hearing it to; at once she realized it wasn't the dog and then decided it must be the mouse! We jumped up and checked...sure enough the red bar was on the "mouse caught" section. The noise we had been hearing was either it "scratching" or it moving the trap...it was super creepy! Angela was brave enough to set it outside for me so that I didn't have to be haunted by the noises until Chris got home. So, if you need to catch a mouse this was an amazing mouse trap, and the bait: peanut butter!

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie...

Last week sometime I was just home with the kids when I first saw the mouse. I was in the living room, Sebastian was in the hallway and started to freak out right when I saw the mouse scurry on the floor at the back edge of the table. I couldn't focus on it because Sebastian was screaming. I think he did see the mouse though. After Sebastian calmed down for the next hour I heard: "where'd mouse go? where'd mouse go?" and i had to explain that "he's all gone" but maybe he'd come back.

Well, I hoped maybe it was just a freak thing. It had just gotten cold the night before it must've found solace that day...not lived here forever. But I think I am wrong.

I just walked into my kitchen and for a split second I saw a mouse scurrying on top of my stove, and then it was gone. If I hadn't seen it last week I'm not sure I would have known what it was. Where do they go??? I think it might live in my oven...is that possible? I titled the post thus because there was one last cookie sitting on the countertop and I looked at it and the mouse at the very top off. So, that proves it: Mice like Cookies!

Any ideas of what I can do to get rid of it??