Let it snow!

We finally made it to Idaho!!! We were out in the parking lot at the airport when it started snowing. It was kind of cool, and Adella loved it! It has been snowing off and on since we got here. Adella has had a blast playing in it. Poppy (Grandpa Hayes) has been so good to play outside with her.

It sure is fun, and it looks so pretty, but it is quite the change from Florida. The day before we left it was about 85 degrees! We even had to turn on our air conditioner. Hopefully we will have a white Christmas!

We had quite the adventure getting here on Friday. It actually went better than we expected. Adella was really good for the most part. Kayla only got really cranky a couple times and she got over it when we changed her, or fed her, or distracted her. Here are some cute pictures from the trip.

In case anyone didn't see this picture on Katie's blog, here it is. Kayla did this all by herself, yet she won't take a step!

5 More Days!

We are very excited that there are only five more days til we get to fly back to Idaho! We are also dreading flying with Kayla. She does not sit still for anything. We are trying to come up with ways of keeping her happy and confined. It's not that hard to keep her happy, as long as we can let her move around. That may be difficult on the plane. Pray for us!



I just have one more final tomorrow. It's in Biochemistry. Nothing like saving the worst for last. It is the test that I am the most worried about. I have studied a lot for it. Hopefully I studied for the right things. After that we have the rest of the week to clean the house and get ready for our trip. I think we're going to try to squeeze in a trip to the beach too. It might be a bit chilly to get in the water, but walking on the beach will be fun.

It is such a relief to have (almost) one semester behind us. This past week was pretty stressful. I had three finals, all of which were pretty difficult. I did pretty well on all of them. It will be nice to have a few weeks without studying. It will be even nicer to have several babysitters who will be eager to watch the girls for us. Katie and I are going to be going on several dates over the next few weeks. We also have to finish up our Christmas shopping. We didn't want to get too many things that we would have to pack and take across the country.

I took Adella to the library yesterday. She had really been wanting to go, but Kayla was asleep, then it was getting close to dinner time. We normally all go together, but Katie said to just take Adella. Kayla was really sad that she didn't get to go. I guess she was pretty cranky the whole time. As soon as Adella and I got home she was really happy. It wasn't me that she was happy to see, it was Adella. Adella started playing with her and she was loving it! It is so fun to see them playing together!

Well, I guess that's about it. It seems odd that the next blog will be from IDAHO!!!

Thanksgiving & Black Friday

As we all know, this week was Thanksgiving! We only got off Thursday and Friday. My last two classes on Wednesday were cancelled, so I can't really complain. We were going to go to some friend's house, but their kids got sick. We ended up going to some other friends. It was a lot of fun. They have a girl who is a month older than Adella and one that is two months older than Kayla. It didn't really feel like Thanksgiving because we weren't with family, and it was way too warm. I didn't know that Florida celebrated the holidays in the summer!

We also decided to set up our Christmas tree. We had the windows open to keep it cooler in the house, but I was still sweating by the time it was up. As you can see, I was wearing shorts. I'm pretty sure that was the first time I've set up a tree in shorts!

I went to Walmart at 5:00 Friday morning. They had some good deals on some movies for Christmas. I got home a little after 6:00 and tried to go back to sleep. After everyone else woke up we all went to a couple more stores searching for great deals. I went out again on Saturday and it was still really busy. We did find some deals that were too good to pass up.

Here's a gross story. This morning Adella woke up and she was unusually happy. I went into her room because she had woken Kayla up. She was happy too, but needed to eat. I brought Kayla into our room and Adella followed. The girls were all sitting on our bed and I was getting dressed for church. Adella sounded like she was choking. I realized that she was about to throw up and hurried over to get her off the bed and to the bathroom. Well, I didn't even get her off the bed in time. It was so gross. I started cleaning it up and I was doing well until I smelled it. I started gagging, but the only thing that kept me from throwing up was knowing that I would have to clean it up! After she got cleaned up she was acting fine. She wanted apple slices for breakfast (who knows why), so she was eating one and suddenly threw up again! Katie took a turn cleaning it up while I tried to keep Kayla out of it. I ended up staying home from church with the girls. Katie had to go play the piano for the ward choir.

This was her punishment for making me clean up her mess. At least this way she'll throw up into the garbage can. Of course I'm only kidding. She wanted to help peel potatoes the other day. She really is a sweet girl. She seems to be doing much better now. I can't even get her to sit still.

There is now less than two weeks til we get to go back to Idaho! We are still really excited about it. It will be fun to be with family again. I just have to get through finals this week, and next Monday. I have been spending a lot of time in the anatomy lab looking at cadavers, so I feel pretty good about that exam. The rest of them shouldn't be very bad (I hope).

This is after one of Kayla's many times peeing without a diaper on. She absolutely loves the bath, and it's even better with mommy in too!

We bought a gingerbread haunted house after Halloween and had fun putting it together. Kayla got to try some of the black icing. This is what happened when we stopped giving it to her. She throws her head back a lot. Adella says she is drama, and she really is. Everything is like the end of the world with her. Adella and I finished decorating it while Katie fixed everything by...

giving Kayla a bath!!! You can fix almost anything with a bath!

As you can see, we have reached the (back) end of this blog. Isn't that the cutest little bum you've ever seen? Until next week!

GOSH

This semester is quickly winding down. I have now turned in the two papers that I had to do, and my first final is tomorrow!!! I can't believe it's already here. After that I have three finals next week, and one the Monday following that. That is it. Two weeks from tomorrow I will be done with my first semester of optometry school. It has gone by really fast. The bonus point from donating blood will be nice also (we made it).

I have been spending a lot of time in the anatomy lab with the cadavers. Our first two lab exams for that class have been with pictures, not on the cadavers. Well, for the last unit they decided to change it up and give us a test with the gross cadavers. I think I should do fairly well on it. They are going to have a mini mock exam set up a couple days before so we know what kinds of things to expect.

Now for the reason I named this post gosh. That is Adella's new favorite word. She is so stinkin cute. She really says it all the time. If she eats something good she'll say, "Gosh, that was good." If she thinks something is funny, "Gosh, that was funny." The cutest (sometimes) is when she says it under her breath when we tell her to do something. Katie and I were talking about what people will think when we go home to visit. I mean if they will think she has changed at all. Kayla has obviously changed in the last 4 months, but we don't know if Adella has.

Kayla did the funniest thing the other day (and a couple times since then). She was sitting in the hall next to the wall. We started hearing a thud, thud, thud. I was wondering what the upstairs neighbors were doing when I noticed Kayla banging her head against the wall! You hear of kids doing that, but I didn't realize they actually did. Adella never did it. Adella and Kayla are different in a lot of ways though. Adella has always been pretty cautious. Kayla is not afraid of anything. We have had several close calls from her trying to crawl off the bed or couch. She is afraid of walking, so we're not sure she'll be walking by the time we go visit.

We have all been sick this past week. I think Adella and I got it first, then Katie. I'm pretty sure Kayla is just cranky from trying to get a tooth. We have all been miserable with stuffy (or snuffy, as Adella says) noses and bad headaches all week. Adella and I are definitely getting better, and I think Katie is too. It's no fun being sick when Katie can't take care of me. :)

Well, I can't think of anything else, and I don't have any new pictures to post, so I will say good bye until next week.