Weekend Camping

Last weekend we headed to the mountains for the annual

Walker Reunion. We decided that it would be much easier to just spend the day rather than try and sleep in a tent with Olivia.

 

We enjoyed visiting with family, eating yummy food, playing with cousins, and the fresh/cool mountain air.

 

 

Work

 This month in Relief Society I taught the lesson,

"Peace and Contentment through Temporal Self-Reliance".

I have really enjoyed studying and preparing each month, but this lesson in particular hit home for me.

 

President Hinckley stated,

"Children need to work with their parents-to wash dishes with them, to mop floors with them, to mow lawns, to prune trees and shrubbery, to paint and fix up and clean up and do a hundred other things where they will learn that labor is the price of cleanliness and progress and prosperity."

 

As a mother I feel like I'm failing miserably in this area.

I know it is super important to teach children the value of work, but at times I find it so much easier to just do it myself than taking the time to teach and have them work along side me.

 

 

Kyler is at an age where he resists and complains any time we ask him to do any sort of work. Khloe on the other hand always asks if she can help. One of the things we were excited about when we moved to our new home is that we could have a BIG garden. Pulling weeds, picking produce, and helping irrigate has been a good opportunity for Kyler to learn to work.

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Grandma

We celebrated Grandma Patti's birthday

with a fun pool/pizza party at Kami's house.

 

I'm not sure what the kids enjoyed more: swimming in the pool, having a water balloon fight, or getting to play all afternoon with cousins.

 

 



 

 

 

 

4th of July

 

I LOVE everything about the 4th of July.

Dressing in red, white, and blue.

Singing patriotic songs at church.

Small town celebrations.

Family BBQ's.

Fireworks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This year we kept it pretty simple.

(The story of my life right now:)

We attended Honeyville's celebration, played in the water during the afternoon to keep cool, enjoyed a family cookout at my grandparent's (didn't host my annual 4th of July party) and ended the night with a few fireworks.

 



2 Months

 

At 2 months old Olivia

Weighs: 10 lbs 1 oz. 13 percentile

Height: 23 inches 64 percentile

She is still very fussy, especially after her feedings.

She's on an acid reflux medicine and I'm limiting my dairy intake to see if either of those things will help her little tummy.

She is either eating, sleeping, or crying.

 

Thank goodness she is a good sleeper.

Most nights she will go for a 6 hour stretch or longer.

I'm still trying to get the hang of the nursing thing and mostly pump and then bottle feed her. We've started adding some formula to the milk since she isn't gaining much weight.

 

Mornings are still my favorite time of the day with her. She is always happy right after waking up and will coo and smile with me.

I'm hoping that we can soon figure out what is making her tummy so upset. She has the sweetest personality when she isn't in pain:(