Tooth #2 and Clapping!

Paige is growing like a weed! She just got her second tooth, and has now learned to wave at people and clap her hands. She also tries to sing along with me when I sing to her. And to top it all off she just turned 10 months old yesterday!!! I can't believe it! My baby is almost 1 year old, time just goes by too fast!! She is almost crawling... she army crawls everywhere! She moves so fast. She uses her forearms and toes to push herself forward. Here are a few pictures of me trying to take a picture of her and the second she saw the camera she was off! Moving too fast for me to take a good picture of her. Just thought that it was fun, I didn't really have any pictures of her crawling yet :)

Finally the picture I was trying to take!

Since Paige is army crawling and getting into things that she is not supposed to... Like all of the exciting cords we have plugged into the walls, breakable window blinds and dangerous stuff that homes come with that are not child safe we broke out the play pen. When I am doing the dishes, cooking or cleaning and I have stuff in and on my hands it has become too difficult to try and chase after her. So we have put all of her toys into her play pen so that I can contain her and she can safely play while I am busy and unable to closely watch her. We were worried that she would hate it and think it is a prison, but she loves it. She loves to press her face against the mesh sides and make funny faces at us. It is hilarious!!! Man, it is incredible how hard you can laugh at a 10 month old! Here's a few pictures of this funny event:

Here's a video of Paige clapping. I was feeding her the other day and saying "yay!" and clapping after she took bites... and then to my surprise she just did it on her own and just kept doing it over and over! So I video taped her. Plus Scott was at work when she did it so I wanted to show him, and the next day I showed it to him and had her do it for him. He said it is one of the cutest things that he has ever seen and I have to agree with him. I think it might possibly be the cutest thing that she has done so far! I have to tell you... I was so happy when she first did it my cheeks where hurting cause I was smiling so much. What joy children bring into our lives! She definitely has brought a joy that I never thought possible into my life. She is so cute :)

Love her!!!

Did some fun stuff this past week... Dreaming mostly!

This past Saturday we went to the Farmers' Market here in Boise. Wow, this is the biggest Farmers' Market that I have ever been to! We went last summer with our friends Zach and Kimberly and it was so fun, so we decided that we would go since they just opened it up last week. We will definitely go back a couple of times this summer, especially since the summer veggies and fruits haven't even come into season yet!

Drove past our house about a dozen times... can't wait! We are getting so excited. I am sure that the people in the neighborhood think that we are some kind of stockers!!!! We just can't help ourselves. We decided that we just might wait until we get those keys before we drive past again, so it makes it a little more fun and the neighborhood doesn't think we are freaks! haha! :) It just doesn't seem to be coming soon enough, only 2 weeks left to go! We let the sellers have an additional 15 days before closing... so 45 instead of 30 days like usual. They needed a little extra time so that they could find a house, so this is dragging a little for us... Oh, well I guess we will be that more excited when it gets here!

We did get a phone call on Friday from our realtor stating that the appraisal came back and it was appraised at $5 thousand less than what we offered. So, we were kinda freaking out about whether this was going to be a bad thing for us, since a bank won't give you a loan for more than a home has been appraised for. We were afraid that the sellers would come back with an offer that we couldn't do, but we received a phone call Monday morning saying that they had lowered the purchase price to the appraisal value, nothing else changed. Needless to say it was a little bit of a stressful weekend but it ended up being a great thing for us. We get to pay $5 thousand less than we thought! Yay!

We also went to quite a few garden centers on Monday and dreamed about all the fun plants that we can have in our flower beds We also went and looked at all the "exciting and fun" (essential) equipment that we have to have to have to go along with our house... Lawn mower, weed eater, power tools, gardening tools, fridge, hose and etc. Unfortunately, we can't spend all of our extra money we have set aside for furniture, dang it!!! We have to be responsible!?!? Oh, to be an adult! We will be able to get some furniture which will be fun, but all the other things that we need outweigh furnishing the entire house. So, we will have to wait for some of our more expensive furniture dreams. Although, I guess Scott is kinda excited about the power tools and lawn mower :)

Anyway, fun, exciting things happening! Hope it goes by fast! :)

In Loving Memory of Grandma Scott

I try to journal every Sunday, well as you can see I haven't posted for about 2 weeks!!!! We have been extremely busy here lately. The past couple of weeks have been some pretty emotional ones, of both excitement and sadness...

At the end of March after waiting and searching again, we found a home located in Meridian that we really liked. This one was a regular sale, thank goodness! That other house was a mess. We put an offer on it and they accepted! We will be closing on it on May 14th. We are pretty excited.

Then sadly, I received a phone call from my parents on Easter Sunday, April 4th, that my Grandma Scott was not doing very well. I then received a phone call a few days later on the morning of April 7th from my Dad, telling me that she had past away around 7:30 that morning. She suffered from Alzheimer's Disease, and had been sick for the past couple of years. She didn't really know who any of us were anymore, so our family saw it as a blessing of relief for her. We will miss her and we love her very much.

Memories of Grandma: learning to crochet, playing Chutes and Ladders, drawing at grandma's kitchen table, listening to her toy Mother Goose tell us stories, playing with her wooden Noah's Ark, frying donuts for the boys early in the morning when they were over working at her house, one of the 2 hardest working people I have ever known (the other being my father), gardening in her flower beds, picking lots and lots of raspberries, walking through the fields and crossing canals with my brothers to visit her and grandpa, waking us extra early (like 4:30 am) when she watched us when mom and dad where out of town so that we could make it to school by 8am ;), watching "Saturday's Warrior" with grandma, watching her spend hours and hours quilting and crocheting, her beautiful graduation quilt she made me, and a rolling pin that she told me that I just couldn't live without (Because she told me that every wife needs a good rolling pin. I still have that rolling pin and it has helped make many rolls and pies! mmm...) her homemade bread, rolls, noodles, canned everything and anything!!! And can't forget my dad's favorite... raisin filled cookies! Oh... so many wonderful memories! Love you Grandma!

The following is the obituary that appeared in the April 8th Blackfoot newspaper:

Frances Ruth Scott, 88

Thursday, 08 April 2010

Frances Ruth Scott, 88, of Riverside returned to her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at her daughter's home.

She was born January 5, 1922 in Thomas, the first daughter of Francis and Genevieve Hawkes.

Ruth grew up in the Pingree area and attended her first few years of school there. She later graduated from Moreland High School. She also attended a couple of years of her high schooling in Idaho Falls. Ruth met her husband, Lamond, in 1938, shortly after he moved to Pingree with his family. Ruth and Lamond dated for about a year and were married on April 19, 1940, in the Logan Utah LDS Temple. Ruth and Lamond started their lives together farming in the Pingree area. They purchased a farm in the Riverside area in the late 40's. In 1965, they bought a small country store, "Scotties Market", in Riverside and ran it for about 30 years.

Ruth worked as a cook at the Wagon Wheel Cafe and The Thomas Merc, assisting with the finances to raise her growing family of eight children. She raised a large vegetable, strawberry and raspberry garden in addition. Her gardening skills taught her children how to work. It was difficult for the kids to keep up with her as they worked alongside of her with the harvesting and canning.

Ruth was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving faithfully as a Primary president, Relief Society president, Primary and Sunday School teacher and visiting teacher. She served a Family History Mission for the church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Survivors include four sons, Donald (Carolyn) Scott of Riverside, Rusty (Peggy) Scott of Caldwell, Alec (Joslyn) Scott of Riverside and Barry (Raela) Scott of Riverside; son-in-law, Charles Hieb of Pocatello; daughters, Patricia Pugmire of Riverside, Jeri (Dennis) McBride of Pingree and Sharla Mickelsen of Riverside; brothers and sisters, Virginia Charlesworth, Afton Shawver, Orva Nelson, Vernial (Doris) Hawkes, Jay (Joyce) Hawkes, Brent Hawkes; brother-in-law, Rayo (Doris) Scott; sister-in-law, Phillis Scott; 37 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

Ruth was preceded in death by husband, Lamond; daughter, Sandra Hieb; son-in-law, David Pugmire; brothers, Mertin and Rowland Hawkes.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 12, 2010, at the Riverside 2nd Ward LDS Church, with Bishop Williams conducting. Family will meet with friends and relatives from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at Hawker Funeral Home, 132 South Shilling Avenue in Blackfoot, and for one hour prior to services at the church. Interment will follow at the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at condolences@hawkerfuneralhome.com

Here's a picture of Grandma with Paige shortly after she was born last summer. She loved holding her even though she didn't know that Paige was her Great-grandchild. I can still remember the day and moment this picture was taken, such a cute picture. I wasn't able to make it to see her before she passed away, Scott had to work and by the time he had a day off she was already gone. So when we went to visit with the family this past week my Dad asked me if I would like to go in to the funeral home to see her before the viewing, he needed to make some last changes to the program that would be printed for the funeral. When we got there one of the workers took me up into a room so that I could have a moment with her. What a wonderful opportunity this was for me! I had felt so bad that I wasn't able to make it to say goodbye and having that moment to be there, I was able to have closure. I got her all to myself for a brief time. What a testimony building experience. Standing in that room looking at my beautiful grandmother, what a beautiful and strong spirit filled that room. I knew that I would see her again and I knew that she loved me. What a sweet moment! And oh, how thankful I am for the Plan of Salvation, for the blessing of eternal families and to know that I will continue to live on after this life. I just thank God everyday for the wonderful blessing of my own amazing family and what a privilege I have to be in their presence every single day!

The weekend before my Grandmother's funeral my niece, Makenna, was in "Oliver" at the Mystique Theater in Pocatello. We had already planned on going down to watch the play and had tickets to see the show. So we stayed in town for about a week so that we could go to the funeral. Here's some of the cousins: Mason, Skyler, and Caitlyn, Scott, Paige and Grandpa waiting to go in to watch the play.

Our seats at the show. Unfortunately, Paige didn't do so good, so Scott spent most of the show out in the car trying to get her to go to sleep. And in the process of waiting, he also fell asleep :)

Makenna did such a good job! She was one of the orphans. Doesn't she look soooo cute!?!?!

My brother, Kyle, flew up from Texas for my Grandma's funeral. It was so great to see him!

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Here's a few Easter pictures...

Paige got a book about Jesus and a Children's Primary Songs CD from the Easter Bunny. Sad, NO candy! Maybe next year Paige, when you can have candy!

Paige reading her book about Jesus. It's actually a really neat book. It came from Deseret Book. It talks about the pre-earth life, the creation, Christ's life, and his Resurrection and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ visiting Joseph Smith.

I made this really fun bread for Easter Dinner. (In our case Lunch, cause Scott had to go to work at 2pm.) I think it turned out really neat. And I think that I will make it every year. I think next year I will do lamb too... it's fun to start our own little family traditions :)