Cousins, cousins, we love our cousins

Julie, Brian's sister, stopped by with her three little girls on their way to Grandma and Grandpa Adair's house. We had such a good visit with them. We were able to see Baby Ava for the first time in person. She is such a sweet baby! I have also never seen so many rolls on a baby!!! I love it!!

It was so hard to get Austin and Ava to look at the camera at the same time. This is the closest I got!

I LOVE this picture! Austin and Ava were born only 10 days apart from each other. They are going to be such good friends!!

Ava's not too happy in this picture and Austin's not sure what to think about another baby crying. He soon joined in.

Paige, Natalie and Lauralee LOVED playing together. Here they are having a tea party. So fun!!

When Julie and the girls got to the house, we gave them a special treat...Pudding Pops!!! The girls loved to eat them while swinging. I can't imagine a more perfect thing to do with cousins on a hot summer day, can you?!?

Pioneer Day Parade

We went to our first Stake activity on the 21st of July. The Stake put on a big Pioneer Day parade and afterwards provided food for everyone. It was so much fun! Paige loved being allowed to step into the street to get the candy. :0)

Brian and the kids getting ready for the parade to start. As you can see, Paige looks a little excited for the parade. She kept saying, "Mommy, it starting now!" every time a car would pass by.

We ended up with so much candy! We forgot to bring a bag so we started putting the candy into Austin's hat. Once that was full, we dumped the candy into the back of the stroller. That's what Paige is doing in this picture...all the while eating an otter pop without her hands. Now that takes talent! :0)

Gifford Reunion

We were able to go to the Gifford Reunion (my mom's side of the family) this year. It was so fun seeing so many family members, especially my cousins that I haven't seen for awhile...it's been years for some. We ate some really good food and had fun playing games. Brian and I won the "couples potato sack" race. (Sorry, my mind just went blank and I can't think of the actual name for the sacks we used. Is that bad, or what?!?!?) Oh well! :0) If any of you can think of the name, let me know!!! :0) Anyway, Brian also won the Disc Golf tournament AND the longest drive, so we have 4 new discs to use when we play at the disc golf course here in A.F. (Yes, they do have a course here!! Can you believe it?) Paige loved playing with all the kids there but her favorite thing was her Great-great-Aunt Tiny's dog. She played with that dog for hours!!! :0)

Here are the three March babies and they're beautiful moms!! :0) Kelsie was born on March 1st, Austin on the 8th, and Tyler (on the left) on the 23rd.

The proud grandmas with they're March grandbabies!

Here are all of the Nebeker grandkids from left to right: Austin, Challis, Paige, Preston with Kelsie on his lap, and Wyatt. We're so excited because there will be 2 more coming. My sister, Kandra is due on the 16th of August and my sister-in-law, Julie, is due the first part of October. I can't wait!!! ;0)

All of the kids were able to make a little animal with pom-poms, googly-eyes, pipe cleaners, etc. Paige decided to make a caterpillar. She was so proud of it. She actually put almost the entire thing together herself. (I put the little antenna and the glue on for her.) She was very proud of it as you can tell and she still gets it out and plays with it.

Pudding Pops

Paige and I decided that we needed a cold treat since it's been in the high 90s and even in the 100s the past few weeks. So, I looked in some of my cookbooks and found a recipe for homemade pudding pops. They are sooooo yummy!! As you can tell, Paige loved them, also! :0)

Paige thought she'd be funny and try to spray me with the sprinkler. She's quite the jokester now! I never know what she's going to say or do next. (That can be both good or bad!!)
Austin was outside with us and was being so funny. He loves to be outside when it's not too hot. I love this picture of him!! :0)

Ricks College/BYU-ID Intramural reunion

A few weekends ago, I was able to go back to Rexburg, ID and attend the first ever Intramural/Rec. Sports reunion. It was so good to see some of my Intramural buddies, even though I was hoping more would be there. The best part was seeing Coach Schiess again (he's the one in the middle in the bottom picture). He is such an amazing man and I learned a lot from him during my years at Ricks College. For those who attended Ricks College (before it became BYU-Idaho) and haven't been back since, you need to visit again. Campus has changed so much and there are so many new buildings, playing fields, etc. It's going to be a beautiful campus once all of the building projects are finished. I was so glad I was able to go to this reunion. If any of you ever worked with Intramurals or Rec Sports, we'll have a reunion every 5 years...so come next time!! :0)

Squirrels

So, I have to tell you about the squirrels here in American Falls. They aren't like anything I've ever seen...or should I say heard. During the first week here a big windstorm passed through and we realized that we needed to trim the big willow tree in the front yard because the branches kept hitting our bedroom window. Brian got out the wood cutters (or whatever they're called) and cut down several branches closest to the house. The next morning at about 6 o'clock we heard the strangest sound. Brian and I looked at each other with questioning looks. He got out of bed and looked out the window. And what did he see?!? A squirrel sitting on the "stump" that was left from the trimming. He looked Brian in the eye and then down on the ground where the branches were and back again several times...all the while chewing him out. I'm serious, this little squirrel was furious that Brian cut down his branches and he was speaking his mind. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen and heard for a very long time. And this hasn't been the only "incident" with these "Mighty squirrels of A.F." There is an apricot tree in our neighbor's yard and this is a favorite feeding ground for them. They pick the apricot from the tree, chew through the fruit to get to the pit, eat the pit and then throw the rest of the apricot into MY yard. They could just let them drop in the neighbor's yard since that is where the tree is, but no. Seriously, these squirrels have attitude. If you don't believe me, come visit sometime and I'll show you. It's crazy!! :0)

We went up to Meek's Cabin in Wyoming the last time we were there. Dad Nebeker took Kandra, Brandon, Kolby and his family, and the kids and me there while my mom was at Girls Camp. We had a blast fishing and roasting hot dogs.

Paige was so funny eating her hot dog. She said she wanted a bun but she just ate the hot dog right down the middle while the bun flared out to the sides. You can kind of see it in the picture. She's such a funny eater. Austin did great also. He loves the great outdoors, just like his big sister!

Paige and Challis had so much fun playing together. Paige definitely looks up to her cousin!!

Here's the whole gang fishing. We were completely skunked this fishing trip. Preston had a couple bites, but there was too much slack and the fish swam away with the worm. Oh well. It was still great spending time together. I love Kandra's profile in this picture! :0) She has almost 4 weeks left and then we'll have another cousin to add to this picture!!

Uncle Brandon was a very good sport showing Paige how to fish. Paige LOVED reeling the line back in as fast as she could! :0)

On the way to Meek's Cabin, we stopped by a little monument that shows where Fort Supply was in the late 1800's. One of our ancestors was sent there by Brigham Young to organize it, John Nebeker, I believe. It's pretty neat seeing how families are connected from generation to generation!!

We went down to Salt Lake a couple weekends ago for Baby Jane's blessing (our niece on Brian's side of the family). It was so good to see so many Adair family members!!

Here's Jane and Austin. Jane is such a good little baby. We love having another cousin to love and play with!!

Austin is such a happy little boy!! He has started to roll over now. The instant I lay him down, he's on his tummy. He still needs to work on rolling from tummy to back because he doesn't like being on his tummy too long at a time, and I'm tired of having to roll him back over just to have him roll BACK to his tummy!! :0)

We stopped by my parents' house in Ft. Bridger, WY on the move out for a day. It was so fun! We were able to get Austin and his cousin, Kelsie, together for the first time. Who do you think is older? Take a guess. If you said Austin, you're wrong! :0) Kelsie is a week older and quite a bit smaller as you can see. I guess it's just the difference between the Adair and Nebeker genes! :0)

Hello, "Heed"!!! Austin definitely has the "Adair Head". :0)

Can you tell Austin is a little bit of a spitter?!? We tried so hard to get these two to look at the camera while they were standing, but I guess they were fascinated by seeing everything from this angle! :0)

Austin's face tells it all...it was a very long week of packing and traveling! :0)

A few pics from Nauvoo, IL

We made it to Nauvoo our first night on the road. We did a session in the Nauvoo temple the next morning while my mom watched the kids. (Thank you, Mom!!!) It was so beautiful! Paige had a lot of fun walking around with Grandma!! After going to the temple, we had lunch at Emma's Pantry, which served "heavenly" sandwiches. They were sooooo yummy! The next time any of you are in Nauvoo you HAVE to eat there. It's just across the street from the parking for the temple, inside of the Inn at Nauvoo.

Here's Paige on the steps of the temple. She was being a cheeseball for my mom when she was taking pictures, as you can tell! :0)

OK, this isn't Nauvoo, but it's still in Illinois! Stuart, IL to be exact. We stopped here for a dinner break and Paige loved chasing all of the lightning bugs! They were everywhere and Paige couldn't get enough of them. This is the closest any of us will get to them in a very long time, I'm afraid. :0(

Paige and her Ohio buddies

Paige sure loves and misses all of her buddies from Ohio, so I thought I'd post some pictures of most of them. We're sad that we couldn't get pictures with all of them, though! (If any of you have pictures of the kids, especially from playgroup, send them to me and I'll post them!)

Emalyn and Paige

Zach and Paige (If I could get the video to upload, I'd put the video of Zach and Paige kissing goodbye....very funny!!!)

The optometry kids!

Paige and the Passey boys (or are they the Lost Boys from Peter Pan?!?) :0)

The girls: Paige, Kate and Halle

Graduation

Here's Brian's graduating class. The Ohio State University College of Optometry's Class of 2007. (Try saying that 10 times!) :0)

Congratulations, Brian! He graduated Magna Cum Laude. He worked so hard throughout his schooling and we're all very proud of him. Now he's "Dr. Brian P. Adair". :0)

Here's a picture of all of Brian's Optometry buddies. (I could also add Halo buddies!) :0) Don't they look so happy to be done with their schooling?!?!

Here we are, the Adair family. Paige was so tired during and after the ceremony (as you can tell from the picture). It was a very nice ceremony... not too long and the speakers did a very good job.

We loved having so many family members at Brian's graduation. Brian's dad and mom and my mom and sister came out. We loved having their help with packing everything up and moving all the way to Idaho.

We Made It!!!

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we're alive and well. We pulled into American Falls, Idaho on Saturday, June 16th at about 1 p.m. It was a long trip but the kids were troopers the entire way. We are renting a house right now and, boy, do we have some stories about this house already! (Here's a hint....plumbing, plumbing, plumbing.) We're just glad it's a rental and we don't have to worry about the cost of it all. :0)

We are loving being so close to family again. We've already been able to go to Wyoming, Utah and Eastern Idaho to see lots of aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents. It doesn't look like it's going to slow down a whole lot either. We have 2 reunions coming up, Brian's brother is coming home from his mission, babies are almost due, etc. It's definitely crazy, but fun!

I'll post lots of pictures every time I get a chance. Sorry...I'm probably going to have to work backwards just to make sure I get you all caught up on everything! :0) Just be patient with me! :0)