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What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

TAGGED

I have been TAGGED. The instructions are to go to your 4th folder in your pictures file and post the 4th picture. This is the day Carter was born and so precious with Nate holding him. Oh how Carter has changed.

I TAG anyone who wants to do it!

Silly Boy

BANANA or Doodle doodle do

Carter dose not say it much any more, but when I would ask him in he wanted a banana or if he say one he would do the sign for it and then say doodle-doodle-do (that was banana for him). Nate got these pictures of Carter while he was eating a banana. The last picture he got a little bit of the peel.

JELLO

Well today Carter tried something new and he liked it. He had JELLO. I did not think that he would try it since it was a bright color and jiggled, but his mouth was wide open ready to try and he got this cute little smile afterwards because he liked it.  

18 Months

I can't believe that Carter is 18 months old and I can't believe that he is old enough to go into nursery. I have not really been with Carter during church for the last 8 months since I have been in primary, so Nate got the privilege of dropping him off. Nate said they walked together down the hall and then stopped at the door to the nursery. He just stood there and stared. He walked in a little more and just watched everyone. Then Nate walked away Carter was on his own. I was conducting in Primary, so during singing and sharing time I snuck out and poked my head in to check on him. I did not want him seeing me, so I only cracked the door open a sliver. Each time I would see him, he was just wandering around kind of observing everything. Nate had a presidency meeting next to the nursery room and heard him cry a couple of times and then hear a teacher say, " Tommy, please say sorry to Carter." I think he got pushed around a bit. He is so small and never really played with other kids, that they just ran over him. He looked exhausted when Nate picked him up. It will be interesting to see how next week goes, now that he knows what to expect. Nate said it could not have been from nursery, but Sunday night carter went to sleep with a runny nose and did not sleep well all night and definitely has a full blown cold. I just wish I could teach him how to blow his nose and it would be so much better.

Weekend In Mexico

We have lived in AZ for almost 6 years and have finally taken advantage of the beauty that lies only 4 hours away. Yes it does come with its precautions, but overall not as "scary" as I thought it would be. Nate's fly fishing club was doing their monthly fishing outing in Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point), Mexico. It is located on the Western coast line of Mexico. I was a little nervous with taking Carter, but had heard from everyone else that has gone, that I had nothing to worry about. We really had no problems, however driving was interesting. You definitely have to be watching or you will miss the tiny stop signs (ALTO) or damage your car on the giant speed bumps. We definitely watched our speed limit too, because we did not want to have any problems with the law.

Anyway, we stayed in a nice condo at the Sonoran Sky resort. People own each individual condo and just rent it out. Ours was decorated nicely and quite child proof. We were on the 9th floor and had a great view of everything. Thursday night we drove through town to go and find Nate's fishing buddies that were staying at an RV/Camping ground across the point. I am really glad we were in a resort. Nate would be driving to meet them early on Friday and Sat, so I was praying he would remember which way to go. They did not have to many street signs and was quite easy to get lost.

So Friday morning Nate got up early at 5:30 to get ready to leave and guess who else thought it was time to get up? So Carter and I waved good bye to daddy and then tried to fall asleep watching some cartoons. That just made him more excited and clap and giggle. So we ate breakfast and headed out to the beach. Carter had his shovel and bucket in hand ready to play. We had fun walking the beach and looking at random rocks, sea shells and tied pools. Everyone walking bye just thought he was so cute. The water was shallow on the long shoreline, so when the tied would go out, it really went out. So we had plenty of beach to play and walk on. Since Carter got up so early he got tired pretty fast. I put him down for a nap and then was able to read and do somethings that I have been needed to get down. It was nice. After lunch we headed to the pool and swam until we got pruny. The resort had 3 big pools, a water slide and 3 hot tubs. We loved the pool that had the negative edge. It was so pretty.

When Nate got back he did not have the happiest look on his face. He had a good time and caught some fish, but on his first cast out he got a snag and broke the rod in half and it was not his rod. So he had to paddle back to shore (while the tide was going out) and get his rod and then paddle back out just in time to ride the tide back in. So frustrating.

Here are some of his fishies!

When Carter got up, we headed out to the beach for a family walk and pool play. Pretty much this is what we did each day. The only things that we did not do this time that Nate wants to do next time is go to the fish market or got a taco from a taco stand. The only thing that we bought was some Tortillas from a little girl at the border. He had a fun time.

This is our nice kitchen

There was a wall of windows that opened up so you just had a big opening out to the patio. It was great!

This is the view from our room of the town and the Point!

Carter does not like to wear hats, so this was so cute to see him walking around in his hat. It only lasted like 2 mins.


Don't Drink the Water!!!

Carter and Nate's footsteps in the sand

This trip was very fun, relaxing and beautiful. It did make me thankful for all my blessings, for all I have and for growing up where I did.

Happy Halloween

Dr. Green would like to wish you all a happy halloween!

Sigh of Relief

Well I got home from Church last night with a weight lifted off my shoulders and 2 major projects behind me. The primary program went great. The kids did awesome, they did their parts, sang well and were pretty quiet and wiggle-less. The teachers did great on getting their kids to were they needed to go. This was quite an adventure to say the least. I know Nate is probably most excited it is over.

X-Diamond Ranch

The weekend after mom, Aimee and Tuscanee left our little family headed up to Greer Arizona for a weekend of cooler air, beautiful mountains and fishing for Nate. We went up with some friends and had a great weekend. I dropped Nate off at the river at 2:30 on Friday and I did not see him again until Saturday night around 7. OK not really, but he was basically fishing from sun up to sun down. Carter absolutely loved being outside and running around. It was so nice to be out doors in the fresh cool air. We were able to venture down to the river with Nate and watch him fish for a bit. It was so exciting to watch him land a fish. Saturday night we were outside talking and Nate looked up and about 30 feet in front of us in our front yard was a huge Elk. It was so amazing to see it so close. We had a great weekend!












On our way back home we stopped at a creek that Nate had heard about to check it out. Nate was only planning on fishing for an hour or so. We got there at about 1:30 and did not leave until 5:15. He was having an incredible time and caught some great fish. Carter and I had a great time watching him and playing by the creek. I am so glad Nate has a new hobby he loves, but I am afraid I may have lost him to a trout.

We were throwing rocks in the creek.

Listen to what he says at the beginning!

Happy Boy!