We are counting down the days here in Tulsa. We are selling off our furniture and starting to pack boxes. Our home is in disarray. We are in this weird transition period for the next few weeks before we settle into Provo.
The weather here certainly changed to summer. It seemed like the wind suddenly stopped blowing and the humidity arrived. We got a lot of rain at the beginning of the week. There was a huge storm on Monday; it was the heaviest rain I have ever seen!
On Monday, we made the two-hour drive to Lucien, Oklahoma, to visit the McGuire Cemetery. This is where Kassie's Grandmother Burnside (her dad's mom) is buried, and many others from that side of the family. We took photos of the graves so that we can use them as sources and post them on familysearch.org. It rekindled the fire to do more family history! We even found that some of these relatives were Vietnam, WWII, or WWI veterans. It was a great way to spend Memorial Day!
Awkward "selfie" with Hinckley's head cut off
Instagram filtered pic of photogenic baby
Hinckley continues to scream. The beginning of the week was a nightmare; Hinckley woke up for about four nights in a row, screaming at the top of his lungs for about forty-five minutes to an hour and a half. There was seemingly no reason and he would not be comforted by anything we could do. Luckily, it was a short-lived phase and on the fifth night he decided to go back to sleeping through the night. We still have no idea what happened. Now his screaming only happens during the day when he is upset or wants attention.
What it looks like when laying in bed while listening to screaming baby.
H also learned to shake his head today. He does it all the time--when he is happy or excited or bored or just wants to look cute. We can tell him, "Shake," and he does it. He acknowledges three words now: shake, clap, and no. Yes, he does know what "no" means; when we say it, he smiles and continues to do what we don't want him to do. Sometimes he actually heeds the word--it depends on how much he really wants to do whatever he shouldn't be doing. (Isn't agency wonderful?!) We just can't help but laugh all the time because of this little boy. The joy he radiates is contagious and we can't stay mad at anything he does once he flashes his smile.
October 4, 2026 This last week was a full one and was quite eventful. Monday Desi cut his chin open again at daycare, I accidentally drugged addie with the "drowsy" allergy medicine instead of the other one so she needed to come home early from school and slept for 5 hours, and Greyson was sick in the morning but good enough for me to take him to school before lunch time. Tuesday, I had a wonderful hike with Hinckley in which we summitted Mt Nebo in less than 5 hours. It was a stunning day and the colors were out and we had just perfect weather. Thursday Addie and I got to go to a Daddy/Daughter dance our elders quorum put on at the church and it was amazing! We had a lot of fun dancing and grooving to the tunes and enjoyed the treats as well. Friday Hinckley had a swim meet in Provo and beat all his times by at least 2 seconds, and also got a state qualifying time - not bad for the first meet of the season! It was my last week with McKinsey and that went well. I'm gratef...
It is that time of day when the house is quiet, the table is half covered in pots, pans, and tuber ware with food scattered across. The car isn’t in the garage and the dog lies sleeping on the blue blanket. The sun lies somewhere back there, behind the cloud over those mountains. It makes some nice gold colors on the rocky face of the mountains outside of the window. I guess it is so nice because at this time of year there is a lot of plants and flowers in the back yard so the gold makes it seem sort of dreamlike. Yeah, I’ll do em I guess. Call it being nice or being bored. Does it matter? Approaching the sink I am nipped by the denting smell. The eggshells, scraps of mango, carrot peel, and chunks of tofu drip in my fingers. Oh yes, the trash is under the sink these days. Drip once, drip twice on the floor. The water in the frying pan trembles, shaking the crusty flakes of burnt egg. Yogurt and peanu...
Tomorrow is our baby's due date! We don't think he will come tomorrow, but one never knows. Here are some pics from this week. School is going pretty well for me, though I transition to writing/reading from doing math for the past two weeks so I am a little nervous about that. The view from the bus just before I get off and start teaching for the day. Usually I am barely awake at this point. Awesome panorama of our classroom. It has taken a lot of work to get all this stuff up, but it could still use lots more! Here is a view of the front of the classroom, along with our space ship behavior chart and so forth. I decided to see what would happen if I didn't shave during the week This was the result. Kas is feeling quite big, and ready for the man child to come out! This week Kas learned how to make homemade yogurt - or at least how to extend the yogurt you already have. The latest creative masterpiece from Kassie is this littl...
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