Just Walking Around

I realized I haven't posted anything about McKinley walking yet. She's been taking steps here and there for a little while, but now she travels a little further each day. I think pretty soon she's really going to have the hang of it! She's even figured out that it's easier to bring something with her if she walking (rather than crawling with it in one hand)! My little girl is growing up!

It's funny because when I watch her walk I flash back about 9 months and think about how unstable and slow I was when I got rid of the walker. I'm pretty sure if you took me 9 months ago and her now, she would beat me in a race! :) And yes, I am apparently one of those parents that says things in a weird voice to their child and lucky for you, you can hear it in the video, thank heaven for the mute button!

Camping

Ok, not really camping, but we bought a new tent this weekend. Our 2 man was just not big enough anymore and I'm willing to admit that our 9 man tent is overkill in most situations!
REI was having their garage sale, so we got this really awesome Marmot 3 man tent for a steal.
I was also at Joann's fabric store this week buying some fabric for curtains when I stumbled across the cutest little camping chair I've ever seen, and it was on sale, so I bought it for MK.
We're so excited to go camping this summer, but we're trying to wait until MK is proficient at walking so she isn't crawling on rocks. So, unable to hold out any longer, Sunday afternoon we set up "camp" in the living room.

Robbie and I even took a Sunday nap in the tent!

I can't wait until we get to take this crazy little girl camping, she's going to love it!

Tarps, Cars and Driving

Yesterday I was driving home from work. I was on Bangerter Highway when I came across a small tarp in the road. Traffic was pretty bad, so there was no way to go around, so with much anticipation I just drove over the tarp. I checked in the rear view mirror afterward and saw the tarp floating away, I was relieved. You may be wondering why I was a little nervous to drive over the tarp or when this actually becomes even slightly funny, well, let me tell you. It all started in the fall of 2002….
I was living in South Jordan and driving to the U for school almost every day. The route I found to be the quickest was to take I-15 North to the 215 belt and head East. One nice sunny morning I was headed to school, about to merge on the 215 belt, when I saw a tarp off the side of the road. I thought nothing of the big black construction tarp until I was about 5 feet from it. Just then a gust of wind picked up the tarp and it landed on my window and it covered the whole thing! I was going 65 down the freeway with no way to see. I panicked, it was probably the longest 5 seconds of my life…driving blind on the freeway in traffic, I was so scared. I decided to throw on my windshield wipers and see if that would move the tarp, luckily that did the trick, the tarp went flying.
So, I continued to the 20 minute drive to school without a care in the world, assuming everything was fine. Once I arrived, I parked, got out and noticed the big black tarp was STUCK to the bottom of my car! I was running late, so I had to get to class and figured I would pull it out later. After all my classes were over I headed back to my car, put down my bag and crouched down to pull the tarp out. As I gave it a tug, I realized it was stuck. The stupid tarp had melted to my car! I pulled harder and harder, I couldn’t believe how difficult it was to get off. Finally after several minutes of trying and pulling with everything I had, it came loose and I went flying backwards into the car next to me. I hit my head on the side view mirror of the truck fell on the ground laughing and rubbing my head. This kid came up to see if I was ok, noticed I was laughing and holding a huge, dirty black tarp and I’m sure he thought I was crazy.
And that’s why I’m a little nervous when I see a tarp on the road and check my rear view mirror to see it floating behind me as I drive by!