Vote YES on Prop 8

Casey and I have both felt very strongly concerning this matter, and have put our best efforts forward as we try to protect traditional marriage in California. We feel that this is one of the most important things that we will ever vote on. This morning we had the opportunity to stand on a corner during traffic and hold up signs encouraging people to Vote Yes on Prop 8. Right when we got there a woman yelled at us with expletives and I almost cried, but I held myself together and held up my sign with pride. I encourage anyone who reads my blog and lives in California to Vote Yes on Prop 8. If you don't live in California, but have family or friends that do, encourage them as well. This is one of the most controversial propsitions I've ever seen, but also the most important. I don't like to think about what will happen if it doesn't pass, but I remain optimistic that our donation, walking for Prop 8, our calls to encourage people to vote, passing out literature, standing on corners with signs, volunteering at the polls tomorrow, and our prayers will bring about the desired result. Please Vote YES on Prop 8 on Nov. 4 and help protect marriage in California.

Pumpkin Patch

A couple weeks ago, Melody, Ashley, and I took our kids to a pumpkin patch. We basically wanted an excuse to hang out, so we are doing a play group thing once or twice a month. The pumpkin patch was pretty fun, but we'll have to go earlier in the season next year because the pumpkins were not very plentiful.

Weston posing with the pumpkinsAll the kids. It took some effort to get them all to look :)

I just love my little man!

BYU Homecoming

We had the opportunity to go to BYU Homecoming this year. Casey went up for a recruiting event and Weston and I tagged along. It was a really quick trip. We flew in Saturday morning, hung out a bit (Weston and I took a nap), made a necessary stop at the bookstore, went to the recruiting event, went to the game, and we flew out Sunday night. Our friends Richard and Rebecca were able to get some tickets for us and Casey's cousin and my brother, Jonathan, came too. Weston was super good even though it was a little chilly and slept through a lot of it. It was a pretty boring game, but we're glad we got to go to at least one home game this year.

On the walk to the game, Weston fell asleep. My brother Jonathan. Weston kept looking at his reflection in his sunglasses :)

Richard and Rebecca. They also let us stay at their house Sat. night. Thanks guys!The four of us
Our little BYU family

Stick a Sock In It

For some reason our little man loves to suck on socks. If he sees one on the ground, it's done for, so I have to make sure I keep all of Casey's dirty socks in the laundry basket.

Laundry

Weston enjoying being buried in our clean clothes by Dad. He thought it was so funny and I thought he was so cute! :)

Computer Time

Jason came over one night while Ashley was out of town and all the boys spent the night on their computers. It was too cute to pass up!

Half a Year!

Better late than never is my motto :) So this is a little late since he is 7 months today, but this is what was going when our little man turned 6 months old:

* If I hold him facing my arm, he'll suck so hard on my bicep that he'll give me a hickey. It's kind of funny.

*He is scooting like CRAZY, goes up on all fours, and has taken a few crawls forward. Anytime now!

*Likes to take showers. When we first did it, we sprayed it right on his head hoping to get a reaction, but he just sat there. It didn't even phase him.

*Likes to drop things on purpose and watch us pick them up.

*Loves his rice cereal and I'm excited to start him on baby food.

*Loves to play with paper, keys, highlighters, and Casey's phone charger (which no longer works, oops!)

*Will scoot and follow me around the apartment.

*Can stand up against table, chair, the sofa, etc. unassisted.

*At his appointment he was 27 1/2 in long and weighed 17lbs 7 oz

Picture time!

I love this picture

Getting into trouble at Casey's work. When we take Casey lunch, we sit near this fountain and Weston LOVES it. Now that he can move and climb up on a few things he would play in the water.

His mischievious smile

Rockin' out! Actually, he was just listening to Casey's CPA review lecture :)

Chewing on the phone charger. After he broke Casey's, we gave him an old one to chew on.

San Francisco

There is a lot of pictures from our trip to San Francisco for our Anniversary, but we had such a good time. We walked around a lot and saw everything we set out to see, but we'll need to go back to see some of the other sights we couldn't fit into our day trip. Enjoy!

The San Francisco Bridge. We got there early enough that it was still foggy.

Just the three of usLombard Street-The Crookedest Street. Since we got there early, there wasn't a line to drive down.Pier 39 Seals Just a cute picture of WestonWeston and I riding the Pier 39 carousel. He loved it!
Eating clam chowder in a bread bowl. Casey said it was a must, but I think it was a little too expensive for what we got, so we'll just go the In-N-Out from now on :)

Ghiradelli Square
Casey's Peanut Butter Fudge Sundae. I got a strawberry shake.

Apple Hill

Nate and Misty came through Sacramento on their way to Misty's brother's homecoming and were able to spend a few days with everyone, so we took the opportunity to go to Apple Hill (after watching the BYU game of course).

They had a lot of different apples to choose from

The beautiful lake
My strong man :)
Adalei enjoying her apple doughnut

Ashley and I showing off our tongue skills

My two men. How cute are they?
Misty and Brielle
Flying high

Yeah for Rice Cereal!

At 5 1/2 months we started Weston on rice cereal to get ready for veggies and fruits. He wasn't too sure about it after the first few bites, but he was loving it by the time we were done. We tried to feed him in his rocker, but he kept wanting to sit up, so we set him on the ground. We have since gotten a booster seat, which he likes a whole lot more and makes it a lot easier to feed him.

Casey giving it a go

This is what happens when Casey feeds him and it proceeded to get worse after each spoonful. There was cereal all over, so I had to take over again.He even wipes his own face : ) He was a fan of the bowl as well

He Passed!

For the last few months since Casey graduated, he has been studying for his CPA exams. He took his first one in July and his second in August. I'm proud to say that he passed both with flying colors. He's been studying really hard, so he deserves it. Congratulations! 2 down, 2 to go!

Casey studying away

The Circus!

One of the benefits to Casey's company is that they have a box at Arco Arena, and if there aren't too many clients going and you sign up on a list, you can get tickets to almost any event except King's games. Casey signed us up for the Circus because I had never been and we took our good friends the Nartkers. It was fun, but we decided that it would be ideal for the 5 to 10-year-old range. Now I can say I've been, but I don't think we'll be going back anytime soon : )

Just the three of us

I know this picture is blurry, but it reminds me of the chaos before the show started and during intermission.

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

Right now is one of Casey's busy seasons, so he had to go into work last Saturday for a couple of hours, but it was worth it because one of the partner's told Casey to take me out to dinner and he would pay for it. I was looking at all the places to eat in Roseville, when I saw that there was a Ruth's Chris in the mall next to us. Because Casey gets a little spoiled in his line of work, he had been twice for lunch when he interned in San Diego, but I had never been and always wanted to go. Two nights ago we all got dressed up and had a delicious dinner, and I got to check one more restaurant off my list of places to eat :)

I was just a little excitedWeston was really good. He got a little tired with his toys so Casey held him, but then we gave him some paper and was good to go while we finished dinner and ate our dessert.

Man Overboard

Weston is now on the move and slowly scootin' towards anything he can get his hands on. He really likes paper, so anytime he sees Casey's magazine, he automatically scoots towards it. It is usually by the side of our bed and we have yet to get a bed frame, so it makes for one little obstacle for Weston to overcome to reach his target. He does this almost every morning.

Just For Kicks

This is the new favorite thing that I mentioned in Weston's "5 Month" post. He does this in the water too. We were at our friends', the Griffin's, house when I took this.