Idaho Fun!

Well we got to get away and have some fun! Russell Loved the Idaho weather we played outside almost all the time. We had fun with family and cousin.
We turned around in the car and they were holding hands and they stayed that way till we got where we were going. Cousin Megan was such a good sport she pulled him around for a long time. They play so well together.

Grandpa Johnson and Russell feeding the cows! MOOOO

We even got to feed the ducks popcorn and bread.

Russell loved running through Grandma and Grandpa Fowers vertical garden.

Russell loved running around on the trampoline, it was scary he would run really close to the edge, I was trying to be where ever he was.

Riding the tire horse swing.

We even saw rain, and Russell got to borrow an umbrella, he had a blast.

He liked to sit on this little truck and scoot around.

More umbrella.

Bugs and Birthday!

Russell loves this book that has pop-up animals and the like in it. This particular page sticks up farther than any of the others, and the bug on the end of the stick is too desirable! One day I was just joking and said "don't eat that bug!" So now almost every time he sees this page he pretends to eat the bug and then he pulls away and goes, mmmmm.
And the hat inside well lately he has been insisting on wearing it almost always. He even made me put him down for a nap with it on, and getting it off for bath has been a battle between us. But he doesn't give me trouble about it being on outside so I really don't mind. I let Russell play with my Tupperware that holds flour, sugar, ect. With supervision because he can get them open if he wants. The other day he pulled them all out and then all by himself I watched as he figured out how to stack them. It took a few minuets but I was impressed. He sat down and just admired his work. It really was amazing because it is taller than he is.

And this week was my Birthday and it was a great one. I was so busy I was almost not even home the whole day! But Chad even arranged to have some beautiful flowers secretly delivered. Both Russell and I love them, he wants to smell them every day! Chad also got me an attachment for my kitchen aid that makes noodles. I am so excited! It is going to save me so much time! Thank you hun!

But thanks to Mel, I didn't even have to make my own Birthday dinner, and she even made me a cake! Thanks Mel for all of your hard work!

Thank you family and friends I had a great Birthday!

Stop and smell the tree.

Russell never passes up the chance to stop and smell a flower, and I guess that now we can add trees to the list. Chad's tangelo is doing well, don't you think? Russell Loves his Dad, they were rolling all over this chair I really liked this picture.

We had fun at the beach, Russell thought that it was the greatest thing ever I think. He would not stay and play in the sand, we try ed to make him but he would only stay long enough for us to sit down then he would run back to the water. He would not actually get in, he would run at the waves and run away, it was hilarious. The water was really really cold. Chad got in all the way, I only got in up to my knees, I am a chicken.

One of the seconds that we got him to sit.

I asked Russell to go get me his shoes, it was time to go, I came around the corner and he was walking in my shoe only one, but he actually was able to get around the kitchen, he thought he was pretty cool. He tryed both of them to see which one worked better for him.

I was eating a plum and of course he wanted one too, he dug right in.

Because it is so cold here...

Russell feels the need to wrap up in the biggest blankets that he can find and if he sees one laying around he insists that he be wrapped in it. Russell got this balloon at the 24th parade and thought that it was so cool that if he let it go it would float to the ceiling, he would pull it down and then let it back up. I was laughing so hard that he thought that something was funny too.

If you ever have the opportunity to talk with Russell on the phone this is what I get to see. He loves to here voices on the other end. He does not typically want the phone if no one is talking. I put it on speaker so that one I can here, and because he has not quiet figured out where the sound comes from.

Bugs and more

Can you see Russell in the bucket of animals? He thought he was so funny.

And one day Russell decided to wear the bucket around and push another bucket.

If any of you really know me I am terrified of bugs, and crickets and cockroaches are in the list of creepen-me-out! So the other morning there was a cricket and I squished it with my sandal, and of course Russell was right there watching my every move. We flushed the squished remains and said by to the bug, like we always do. Then Russell went out picked up my sandal and started smacking the floor and the wall and door. He was "killing Bugs" I was so proud of him.

Roll, Roll

First Video

Ok so here is our first try at putting a video on that will really work, with sound and all! Yesterday I was driving home from the store and I heard this clicking sound coming from the back seat. I turned around and Russell was just in his own world clicking his tongue. I got him to do it when I got home. First he wanted to wave to the camera. But he was way more interested in eating watermelon. I would do it back to him and he thought that was hilarious!