Our Anniversary

August 10th was our 4th Anniversary and it was my turn to plan something. Kevin always makes elaborate and fun plans - last year we went to Lagoon and spent a night at the Anniversary Inn. My first time planning was 4 weeks after Emery was born and we were in New Mexico. I made meatloaf and baked potatoes for a candle-lit dinner on a card table in our studio apartment...that was it...I figured this year I needed to redeem myself. I'm still not sure it was complete redemption, but it was a definite improvement. We went up to my parents house to see the South Weber Days parade and left the girls with them to go eat lunch at Roosters and to go "Geo-caching". What a fun new hobby we've discovered! For those of you who don't know what it is, it's a high-tec treasure hunt you can do pretty much anywhere with a GPS unit. (For more info visit: geocaching.com) Basically you look up online where you can find some geocaches searching by the zip code or city you want to look in. Random people place their geocaches in sneaky places and leave you with the coordinates to type into your GPS. There can be many different things inside of a geocache. One of the ones we found had some DVD's in it. We took a DVD to exchange if there was one that we wanted to take. (If you take something from a geocache, you leave something with a similar value.) We had so much fun - even though we only found 2 of the 4 we went for. Here are a few pictures of us trying to find one of the geocaches:


Along the way we passed my Grandma and Grandpa's old house in Uintah that my family lived in for a few years while my grandparents were on a mission. The family who lives there now invited us to take a tour. It was so fun to see what they've done to the place as many childhood memories flooded my mind. After our geocaching adventure, we headed back to my parents' house to rescue them:) For dinner, we all headed down to the South Weber park for a hamburger and Emery played on a few of the attractions:
This is Emery in the bubble machine - every time she got some bubbles on her face, she'd try to wipe them away, only to find that there were more bubbles on her hands.


Emery has found a new liking to all the Disney Princesses. She can say all of their names and it's really cute. This picture is us in front of a big blow-up slide thing that she LOVED - can you tell? We had to have the worker drag her out when her time was up:)

Later that night, we returned to the park for the annual fireworks presentation. I think they are the best around because you sit right across from where they set them off. We were having a great time when about half-way through, the sprinklers turned on! My dad got soaked 'cause his blanket was directly over one of the sprinklers. It was definitely a night to remember. Emery loved it and talked about fireworks for a few days after. Anyway, we had a glorious time celebrating and remembering our 4 years together. What fun adventures we've had! I love you Kev!

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Bugged

I'm the first to say I'm grateful for insurance, but isn't their billing completely confusing? And I have a college degree! Since we had Jane we have had a myriad of bills sent to our house (I'm sure many of you can relate) that say we owe WAY more than we ever thought we'd have to pay. I have spoken to 4 different people today about 4 different bills and we only really had to pay one of them. I think that the snail-mail system, the insurance claims department, and the doctor's offices need to get on the same page! This is sooooo frustrating!!! I hate the feeling of owing money...

Anyone else in the same boat, or am I really as dumb as I'm feeling right now?

Blessing

We blessed Jane last Sunday. It was a beautiful occassion and a perfect day to remember. Kevin blessed her and others in the circle included: Grandpa Bob, Papa Mark, Great Grandpa Barnes, Uncle Ryan Lundgreen, Uncle BJ, Uncle Kris and Bishop Bowen. Jane was given some great blessings including the fact that she will have a happy life. We are so blessed to have her in our home - she is a very happy baby and I know she will do amazing things some day. What a great blessing it is to have the Priesthood in our home. Kevin is such a wonderful husband and father. We didn't get too many pictures of Jane in her dress... I hope to get better ones soon. Her dress was one made for me when I was a baby. We can't remember who made it...oops! Oh well, it was really cute on Jane! Happy 2 month birthday today! We sure love you!

Silly Sisters

Well, I guess we don't know how silly Jane is yet, but she started smiling at us at about 5 weeks. We thought that was early considering it took Emery over 2 months and even then, they were a little half-hearted. Jane smiles all the time and I thought I'd post some pictures to prove it! Also below you'll find some great takes of Emery and Jane together!

On the couch:


Jane's Smiles (2 month birthday):



"Just the two of us":

Emery and her noodles - she "just can't get enough" (I hope you're all singing now:)

Red

I have a few pictures I wanted to post and realized they all have red in them...Enjoy!

Emery at Ryan and Julie's wedding - we LOVE this picture of her:)


Jane at Ryan and Julie's wedding - we used this one for her baby announcement - only 8 days old here. Ahhh...


Baby booties I made for a friend in the ward. I made the box too and Kevin gave me flowers for our anniversary - so I thought it was a perfect chance for a photo shoot. I call this picture "Domesticating Erin Part One". I have a friend from a previous ward who has a website called "Project Domestication" and it is awesome! If any of you would like to see it, it's really fun and she is amazing! (Look to the left of this post for her blog under "Friends and Fun")


Red rose from the 24 Kevin sent me - he's such a sweetie! Happy Anniversary Kev!

Random Catch-Up

Well, again it's been a while and I appreciate every one's patience with my neglect. I don't think that it's been that I don't have time...I usually have time to check my email several times a day. I think I'll blame it on the fact that once I sit down and start to organize my pictures, Jane is hungry again or Emery has taken off her diaper again. I know, probably lame excuses, but some of you may understand!:)

Random quick comment - Is anyone as excited as I am to watch the Olympics? (I just heard a commercial for the opening ceremonies tomorrow night - YAY!)

Anyway, we have had a fun few weeks and I'll do my best to recount the comical and hectic two nights the Lundgreen's spent the night in a tent and the first annual Mark Hamp reunion (I think I might be the only one calling it that, but that's a good way to describe it).

First, camping. Sadly, those two nights were so hectic I don't have a picture of it. The first night was in Diamond Fork canyon with our ward. Kevin put up our tent and cooked hot dogs, we sang camp songs around the fire and were in charge of the 'Sm ores. Emery was having a glorious time being swooned over by the older kids. She ran around for hours with water balloons in her hands and dirt all over her clothes (not to mention the little bit of throw-up on the cuffs of her pants from puking the second we got out of the car). Everything was "Hunky-dory", to mimic the girl's camp song, till it was time for bed...DUN, DUN, DUN... I stayed by the fire to feed Jane around midnight while Kevin took Emery to the tent to start going to bed. I got there about a half hour later and Emery was just playing and jumping around on the air mattress. Kevin was not amused. This continued till 1:00 when Kevin finally took Emery to the car to strap her in her car seat. She fell asleep in 2 minutes and Kevin tried to sleep in the drivers seat - until 3 when she woke up so disoriented that the only way she slept the rest of the night (till 6:00) was on Kevin's chest. Meanwhile, back in the tent, Jane woke up at 3:30 to be fed. I got her out of all the blankets we covered her with and fed her while sitting on the air mattress - it would have been more comfortable to feed her standing up! She also desperately needed to be changed and with 50 degree weather and 40 degree wet wipes, you can only imagine how pleasant that was! As my parents say, everything is better when the sun comes up - we survived the night and created a great memory for our family to always remember. In case you're wondering, the second night in the tent was a week later at a family reunion in Tremonton. We put Emery in her car seat to make her fall asleep and 2 minutes later we took her to the tent to sleep. She and Jane slept through the whole night! YAY! You learn quickly when the success of your much-needed sleep is in jeopardy.

Now for the Hamp Reunion. My great Aunt Phylis owns a cabin up Provo canyon near Sundance and let us take advantage of the beautiful retreat for a little family get together. It is a perfect little A-frame cabin built in the 70's complete with a hammock and kiva fire place. The Hamp kids have many great memories of the place. Many of us spent time playing games, hiking, eating and floating down the Provo river.


Emery and Will holding hands - AHHHH, cute!



Cascade Springs




Emery Hiking with my Siblings

Memories

Here is a fun little game... leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time or a long time, anything that you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It is pretty funny to read the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you are playing and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. On your mark... get set... blog those memories!