FHE Swimming 2

I took a LOT of pictures on this vacation but for some reason I can only upload four pictures per post, so it is causing me to be very selective and even break it into different posts. Hence, the second swimming post.

I promise Paige really enojyed the water, it just doesn't look like it in any of these pictures. =>

Like I said before, BJ is very protective of Paige. He would constantly come over and lick her and make sure she was ok. I am not an animal person, I think licking is gross and would try to stop it, but there are some times I just didn't move away fast enough. And it really doesnt hurt anyone, and is kind of cute BJ liked Paige so much, it is just gross to me. haha

Pappa sure loves his little Paige girl! And she loves him so much! She is always so smiley and happy when ever my Dad (Pappa) and my Mom (Granny, or any other name we think of) come around. I really don't know why she looks so unhappy here, again I promise she really was happy haha

The pool started getting too cold, but Paige still wanted water (this girl never wants to get out of the water) So Granny drew a warm bath in their bath tub and they had a little pool party in there!

I LOVE swimming! And I love being down here, and I love Paige getting to know my family more! We are having a blast!

FHE Swimming 1

For Family Home Evening (FHE, or family night) we went swimming in my parents pool!

There was an ongoing battle between the boys of trying to push eachother in the pool. Trey mostly won, until my Dad came along. Trey had been particularly picking on Caeron and pushing him in a lot, probably because Cam always tried to push Trey in. So when my Dad came along and flipped Kaden in Trey never suspected Cam and Dad to gang up and get him. But get him they did. haha

Hanging out with Paige on the beach step. The pool really was very cold and none of the girls really wanted to get in. =>

But we did eventually get in a little bit. And Paige loves the water, even when it is freezing, athough she extremely loves warm water =>

 

Family Night

So, it has been a while since the last update and I have had many requests for belly pictures and updated photos of Jared. But sorry to disappont, this post will contain none of that. => Yes I am vain enough to not take a picture unless I feel at least a little cute, and I just haven't taken any updated pictures of Jared, so those will have to wait for next post.

As for this post...

Jared and I have a difficult time doing family night. Its not that we dont spend time together, its the planning and lesson and all the preparation (ish) that go into having a "family night". But last night we succeeded! We had family night! => Yay us! And our activity was picture exposure. I have decided that I really want to be a photographer. I love taking pictures, and I take them all the time. So I figure if I could get good at taking pictures, my memories and decorations can be better, and I can even make a little money on the side as a mom if I choose to. And being in my beginner/novice stage my husband is teaching me the basics (he took some classes) and then I can move on to studying with a professional photographer.

But back to family night. Jared taught me about photo exposure, and how to set different exposure times on our camera.

He would get various light sources and I would capture the movements he made with them. Then I had an idea to make our name out of it. I think it looks pretty cool, and I can say I am proud of it! => Yay for family nights and knowledgeable husbands!!

I Conquered The Wall!!!

I don't have a muscle in my forearm. My palmaris longus is missing, ok not missing, its just a genetic defect so I never made one....i guess this makes me a freak. => Not having a prominent forearm muscle puts me at a slight disadvantage, you could even say handicap, for some activities. Rock climbing being one of them, since this muscle is used heavily in climbing. But I dont let that stop me! I love to rock climb, I just dont climb hard runs or I can only do half of them before my arms give out (yes and a big part of that is lack of strength in the other muscles that I do have => ) Jared and I brought back our gear from Idaho and went to a rock climbing gym for FHE two night ago.
Jared and his friend Jermiah were climbing routes with colors, like only step on pink, or only step on blue, etc.... I was climbing just to get up the wall => I am not that rock climbingly advanced/experienced yet => haha
One of the walls Jared did had two overhangs and it was a 5.10 (which is apparently pretty hard, but the whole way they rate the routes is pretty sketchy to me)=>. It was way fun to watch him scale up that thing!! After the boys climbed a time, it was my turn again!
After looking at the different possibilites or routes to climb, I wanted to do the one Jared did. Not for any other reason but that that had more pink tagged rocks than any other run, therefore it was cutest. Foolish I know. =>
As Jared was pep talking me for the climb I was wondering if I could even get past the first overhang! He said it was alright if I didn't make it to the top, and that he would still love me (I had to ask just in case => ) So I started making my way up... and let me tell you, I just about quit after the first overhang!! I was dying up there!!! =>
But I pushed thru and made it!!!! Yay me!!! => I was so proud of myself!!! => And no, my techique is non-existent so I looked like a little wild money climbing up the wall, but who cares, I conquered that thing!! And stayed mostly on the pink!!! Oh yeah!!!! (Can you tell I am still beaming about it?)This is a picture of almost the whole wall, and you can even see the pink tabs!! I love rock climbing, not as much as Jared does but I am gettign there!

Family Home Camping

I just had to tell how cute my husband is! For family night he took me "camping". => We roasted marshmellows and told stories! => Even though it was 18 degrees outside, he made it work => He is so cute!! I LOVE him!!

Family Home Hunting

For FHE last night, Jared took me deer hunting for the first time ever!!! And Jared called it "family home hunting" I thougth that was so cute! => We went with his friend Jed to hunt some white tails => It was an interesting experience => The boys loaded me up with warm hunting gear making me like 6 times my size! And I am bummed I didnt get a picture of it, but you will have to take my word for it, it was comical. lol It was a little shocking to be walking out into a feild and having snow scattered here and there => I couldnt believe that I was going to go and sit in the snow, not as a punishment but for fun! => That was interesting. lol We didnt actually get a deer because there were other noise and distractions to keep the deer away, but it was fun! And we are planning on going again, and that time I will remember to take pictures! =>