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| we dressed them in their Halloween costumes. |
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| This was right after Max fell down and smacked his head on the floor. |
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| We decorated cookies at Nate and Cait's house. |
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| Max and Mya enjoyed a bath together. They looked so cute. |
The Brooks
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Mid October
This weekend was jam packed and went by way too fast. During the week Max was upset cause he was having some problems.....well some male problems, and so he and I hung out alone on Friday minus Jack. When he's angry he takes out all his anger on Jack so it was best that he didn't come over. On Friday we went to Mom's to work out and then came home to finish cleaning before the Gardiners arrived. It was Erinn's Birthday so they came down to Salt Lake City to do some shopping, hike the Y, and go to the BYU vs. ISU game. We went to Red Robin on Friday night ( A Brooks' family favorite) and then walked around temple square. It was nice to stay a little late, or at least after dark. Saturday morning Erinn and Patrick left early for Provo. Jake and I just worked on Homework and Max and I spent all morning playing his little alphabet games on the computer and playing outside. On Saturday night we went to Nate and Cait's house in Lindon. Originally we had planned to carve pumpkins, but then we decided not too. Instead we just decorated cookies and ate pizza. Max fell off a chair and hit his head so hard, I was worrying he was choking on some food. I think Erinn had a pretty good birthday, I mean her husband took her shopping and that's always a good plus right? Erinn and I had both picked out the same costumes for Max and Mya, so we thought it would be funny to dress them up and take pictures.
Sunday was nice and relaxing. We went to church. I really needed it. I've been having some frustrations lately and sometimes it's nice to go to church and feel a little closer to the savior. In a conversation that I had with my Bishop, he reminded me that sometimes you just need to be patient and let time heal all your wounds. My Mom showed up during Sunday School and then she stayed with me during Relief Society. I'm excited for 6 30 to come because then Jake and I can enjoy the pot roast I prepared at 8 30 this morning.
This was a blog I wrote on Mother's Day but forgot to post....oh well.
My last final was on Tuesday. It was an extremely relaxing week once that was over. I was sad to say good bye to my professor Rosalea. I enjoyed having her and her husband as professors and will miss them. Today is Mother's Day. Sitting in sacrament I was reminded about how excited I was as a missionary on el dia de la madre because we were able to call home. I remember I couldn't get through and was sad the whole night, but I called again the next night and had lots of time to talk to Mom and Dad. Today all the Giometta kids went to sacrament with Mom. It was nice having all of us together. We took a family picture also(our last one before my Dad died). Then I went home and fell asleep. My allergies were so bad last night that I couldn't breath through my nose at all. I think I whipped out the nettie pot like 4 times through out the night, but I was so clogged up that hardly anything came out.
Jake took really good care of me for mothers day. He bought me some new tennis shoes, Reebok simply tones. I couldn't believe how much they cost. Yowzers! When I woke up he made me pancakes and cut up strawberries and bananas to top them with! My favorite! Then he catered to me all day. I made dinner though. The idea of doing nothing all day was too boring for me. Last night the Priesthood had a dinner for the ladies of the ward. It was a nice little dinner and Jake even mad his famous sour cream apple pie. Max ran around the gym and tried to escape any chance he could. Max's new thing is trying to ditch us whenever he can so he can do his own thing.
Yesterday was laura's baby shower. She got so many cute little things for baby beauregaurd, or whatever his name will be. I think it's going to be a little girl! It's hard to think that the baby will be here in just a few weeks. Laura and Nathan asked Jake to help them set up the baby crib and drawer set. Jake loves doing that kind of stuff. That's why I think he would have been a great engineer.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Jacob and Maximilian's adventures in Oregon!!
So, it is not often that I, Jacob, will be the one writing in this blog, but as Rachel so kindly pointed out, she cannot write about this adventure, because she was not there.
This whole adventure started about a month ago, when we were looking into buying tickets to fly to Oregon to visit my parents, while it was still free for Max to fly. Upon looking at the prices, we decided that only I should go with Max, because we just did not have enough money for the two of us to go. As the month dwindled away and as I finished my mid-terms in school, Fall Break finally arrived and Max and I were finally ready to leave. We left on Wednesday, October 12th, at about eight in the morning. The first obstacle that we had to face was getting through TSA. The only incident that happened there is that after making me take of my watch, ring, belt, shoes, take apart Max's stroller, run his bag through, and holding a screaming child, I was tasked with putting that all on again. While trying to do that, TSA kept pushing more and more bags and shoes through, eventually knocking my stuff to the floor, which quickly prompted me to yell at them to wait. They didn't, but a nice lady behind me helped with Max so that I could get everything together. Soon as that was done and after lodging a complaint, Max and I made our way to our gate, at the farthest point away from the entrance in the airport. We finally arrived there, whereupon I had to entertain Max while we waited for the plane. Fortunately for us, a man had a heart attack and the paramedics kept Max entertained until the flight was ready to leave.
After awhile, we were finally able to board and seeing as it was an empty flight, Max was able to have his own seat on the plane, right next to the window. He had so much fun sitting there during take off! He kept looking out the window, then would look and me and yell "whoa!!", then he would look out the window again and get all excited.
The flight was uneventful, with Max falling asleep and not ever really having any of the problems associated with the changes in cabin pressure. We got to Portland at about 10:45, got our luggage, and at about 11:15 we concluded that our ride would not be getting us, so we had to set up a base camp. To do it, I had to move a few rows of chairs in front of a window, then barricaded it at both ends so that he could have a place to play and not get away. In front of the window was a clear view of a train, so for the next five and a bit hours, I got to hear Max talk about the choo-choo and imaginary helicopters.
When my dad was finally able to get us, Max was so excited to see him. He must have remembered him from the summer, cause all he would do was look at him and go "wa-hoo", something they did during our Spotted Bear trip. And, as luck would have it, right as we were walking our luggage to the truck, the stroller breaks and the wheel falls off. I was really glad that it did happen then and not when we were in the airport, otherwise I don't know what I would have done.
When we finally got down to North Bend, it was late at night and Max was so tired, but he just did not want to go to sleep. He tried sitting with my mom, but it just was not working. But, as always, he finally passed out and got a good nights rest for our next day. That day we were able to see my parents at work, got to see Ashley at school, saw a couple of deer and petted them, saw some of my old teachers, and just hung out. It was on Friday that we were able to hang out with my parents, because they both took the day off. We were able to go to the beach and have fun there. Max loves the water and throwing rocks into it. If he could have his perfect day, it would be sitting on the beach, throwing rocks in the water and watching helicopters fly by. Later that day we went out to the North Spit, to the site where the New Carissa crashed a long time ago, to look for sea shells. After that, we had to go get Ashley and Tyler from the Middle School, but by then, Max had enough of driving around and got car sick, spewing his lunch all over the back seat. Fortunately, he did it next to a gas station and I had extra clothes for him, so it was real easy to clean up. Also, as we drove off, we saw that the fire station was doing an open house, so we stopped there for dinner to refill Max's stomach. It was about this point that my dad taught Max to say "whatever", which he is now using all the time.....
Finally, on Saturday, our last day in Oregon, we went to Bandon and had a great time, taking lots of pictures, eating lots of samples from Cranberry Sweets, and getting some awesome clothing souvenirs. Max just had a final fun day spending time with his grandparents, just enjoying being with them. He was loving it so much that he tried to stay up as late as he could, so that way he could delay saying goodbye.
Then, early Sunday morning, we began the trek back to Utah. We had to leave North Bend at one in the morning, which made the rest of the day very long for Max. He had a rough time sleeping in the truck on the way up, didn't really sleep on the airplane, then when we finally got home, he didn't want to nap because he was so excited to see his mom.
All in all, it was a really fun, relaxing trip to the Oregon Coast. Now, it is back to reality with school in the morning and work in the afternoon..... stupid reality.
This whole adventure started about a month ago, when we were looking into buying tickets to fly to Oregon to visit my parents, while it was still free for Max to fly. Upon looking at the prices, we decided that only I should go with Max, because we just did not have enough money for the two of us to go. As the month dwindled away and as I finished my mid-terms in school, Fall Break finally arrived and Max and I were finally ready to leave. We left on Wednesday, October 12th, at about eight in the morning. The first obstacle that we had to face was getting through TSA. The only incident that happened there is that after making me take of my watch, ring, belt, shoes, take apart Max's stroller, run his bag through, and holding a screaming child, I was tasked with putting that all on again. While trying to do that, TSA kept pushing more and more bags and shoes through, eventually knocking my stuff to the floor, which quickly prompted me to yell at them to wait. They didn't, but a nice lady behind me helped with Max so that I could get everything together. Soon as that was done and after lodging a complaint, Max and I made our way to our gate, at the farthest point away from the entrance in the airport. We finally arrived there, whereupon I had to entertain Max while we waited for the plane. Fortunately for us, a man had a heart attack and the paramedics kept Max entertained until the flight was ready to leave.
After awhile, we were finally able to board and seeing as it was an empty flight, Max was able to have his own seat on the plane, right next to the window. He had so much fun sitting there during take off! He kept looking out the window, then would look and me and yell "whoa!!", then he would look out the window again and get all excited.
The flight was uneventful, with Max falling asleep and not ever really having any of the problems associated with the changes in cabin pressure. We got to Portland at about 10:45, got our luggage, and at about 11:15 we concluded that our ride would not be getting us, so we had to set up a base camp. To do it, I had to move a few rows of chairs in front of a window, then barricaded it at both ends so that he could have a place to play and not get away. In front of the window was a clear view of a train, so for the next five and a bit hours, I got to hear Max talk about the choo-choo and imaginary helicopters.
When my dad was finally able to get us, Max was so excited to see him. He must have remembered him from the summer, cause all he would do was look at him and go "wa-hoo", something they did during our Spotted Bear trip. And, as luck would have it, right as we were walking our luggage to the truck, the stroller breaks and the wheel falls off. I was really glad that it did happen then and not when we were in the airport, otherwise I don't know what I would have done.
When we finally got down to North Bend, it was late at night and Max was so tired, but he just did not want to go to sleep. He tried sitting with my mom, but it just was not working. But, as always, he finally passed out and got a good nights rest for our next day. That day we were able to see my parents at work, got to see Ashley at school, saw a couple of deer and petted them, saw some of my old teachers, and just hung out. It was on Friday that we were able to hang out with my parents, because they both took the day off. We were able to go to the beach and have fun there. Max loves the water and throwing rocks into it. If he could have his perfect day, it would be sitting on the beach, throwing rocks in the water and watching helicopters fly by. Later that day we went out to the North Spit, to the site where the New Carissa crashed a long time ago, to look for sea shells. After that, we had to go get Ashley and Tyler from the Middle School, but by then, Max had enough of driving around and got car sick, spewing his lunch all over the back seat. Fortunately, he did it next to a gas station and I had extra clothes for him, so it was real easy to clean up. Also, as we drove off, we saw that the fire station was doing an open house, so we stopped there for dinner to refill Max's stomach. It was about this point that my dad taught Max to say "whatever", which he is now using all the time.....
Finally, on Saturday, our last day in Oregon, we went to Bandon and had a great time, taking lots of pictures, eating lots of samples from Cranberry Sweets, and getting some awesome clothing souvenirs. Max just had a final fun day spending time with his grandparents, just enjoying being with them. He was loving it so much that he tried to stay up as late as he could, so that way he could delay saying goodbye.
Then, early Sunday morning, we began the trek back to Utah. We had to leave North Bend at one in the morning, which made the rest of the day very long for Max. He had a rough time sleeping in the truck on the way up, didn't really sleep on the airplane, then when we finally got home, he didn't want to nap because he was so excited to see his mom.
All in all, it was a really fun, relaxing trip to the Oregon Coast. Now, it is back to reality with school in the morning and work in the afternoon..... stupid reality.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Conference Weekend...Fall 2011
My Nephew chillin in the boppy
It was like a scene from the Birds.
In between sessions we ate frozen pizza.
Max passed out.
I can't believe that October 1st has arrived. I wasn't getting pumped for conference like many of my neighbors but after listening to the first session I realized how much I needed it. I'm always reminded of how I really need to be doing better and certain facts that I just need to remember personally like what Elder Uchtdorf said, my Heavenly Father is watching over me and knows and loves me. I think I find that I'm just like the Nephites......their downfall was that they always just forgot about the Lord and who was in charge of their success which in turn led them to get caught up in their own pride. Now I don't think I will ever fall that hard, but I tend to forget what's truly important sometimes. Saturday has just been a great day. Laura and I woke up at the crack of dawn and went walking in Liberty Park. It was nice to do something like that without the kids and to take our time, even though Jake had to get ready to go to school. Then I came home and Jake and made pancakes for Max and I. After he left for school we cleaned up the house a bit and then watched conference. Max was very well behaved, considering he probably wanted to go play outside. I know it may sound mundane to some, but it's my life, and I love it. I know there are days when sometimes the routine of being a stay at home Mom can feel uneventful, but to see my little boy grow up and to see him learning is so awesome. Also, to have Jake taking care of me and making me feel beautiful all the time is so important to me as well.
On Saturday night we went over to our friends house to hang out. Chapan and Cami just moved here from Rexburg since he graduated. Max was in love at their house since they had two dogs and a tennis court for him to run on. He was all over the place. Their little niece came over and Max was picking on her the whole time...i.e. pulling her hair, touching her toes, and steeling stuff from her. It's funny. I think Max is going to be a terrible flirt when he's over.
Jake and Max are going to Oregon in 2 weeks. I'm excited and yet sad at the same time. Why am I excited? Sleeping in, organizing my house without someone tugging at my leg for me to pick them up, working out whenever I want, going to a movie by myself.....oh the options are endless. On the other hand I'm sad cause Jake won't be around and my little Max will be gone, but it's only for 5 days, and I know how excited Jake is to take Max to Oregon and I definitely know how excited Barb is to see Max as well. I told my neighbor that my two men were leaving for a few days, and she said "Without you!????" I was like "Uhhhh yeah". And then she said, "I've never been away from kids ever, I would be sad and wouldn't know what to do". I wanted to tell her to get a life, but to each his own.
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