Kason is going to be
1 year old in 4 days! It is hard to believe he is going to be a 1-year old.
Kason is walking lots more. He often walks across the room taking 5-10 steps at
a time.
He is good at walking while
holding onto one hand. He is an active kid and always on the go.
He is always talking and squawking which is
quite a scene at church.
He loves being
outside, rain or shine. He is a total boy, loving rocks and dirt.
He likes riding horses and thinks he needs to
ride every time he sees one. His favorite toy in the toy box is still any
sports ball. He is good at playing catch with others.
He eats all the time and never thinks he is
full.
He says Mom, Dad, and sometimes Grandma
& Papa.
He is a pretty good sleeper;
he sleeps best in his crib and usually sleeps ‘til 5 or so in the morning and then
takes 2 shorter naps in the day.
He
loves his binky.
He is quite a Mama’s
boy which we are all hoping he grows out of soon!
Here are the highlights of the past month:
My mom and I finished our training at the Post Register and are
in full working mode. My mom works morning,
and I work a 12-5 shift. We are still
working on splitting the new duties, but now are doing a good job of
communicating each day and making sure we are on the same page. Kason has spent
lots of time at Aunt Shauna & Uncle Landon’s house. We are so grateful for
them always being willing to take Kason. They took him to the cow sale and the zoo one
day. He loves being with them and
joining in on their activities for the day! I really enjoy what I’m doing at the Post
Register in the Accounts Payable area and the new Accounts Receivable
area. I do miss having days when I get
to be home, but Kason and I have good mornings together, eating breakfast and playing.
Kolt started his job
at the Behavioral Health Center at EIRMC.
He loves it. He always comes home
with interesting stories and often sad stories, but Kolt loves working the younger
kids and helping them. He has started working
several one-on-ones for those with severe issues. He did several weeks of training in the first
weeks of June. During one of the
training weeks, he worked 75 hours. It was a busy week for him and for Kason and
me at home! He trained mostly 12 hours shifts 7 am-7 pm or 7 pm – 7 am. Now that he is on his own, he is working a
mix of 7-7s and 7 am-3 pm shifts which are a nice relief too. He gets weekly emails with a list of open
shifts. He could work 24 hours a day if
he wanted. It is nice to know there is always work if he needs it. He is working about 40 hours a week for
now. We are grateful for this job that allows
him to have patient exposure hours that he needs to apply for Physician
Assistant School. He sends in his
application in the next week.
In the end of May, we celebrated Memorial Day. We started with the Annual Milo Ward
Breakfast at the church. Afterwards, we
mowed lawns out at Piquet’s and then went to visit Kolt’s niece Brylee’s
grave. We missed doing our usual
Memorial Day activities in Utah with the Lindley’s, but are grateful we got to
visit the Ucon cemetery this year.
On the 30th, we celebrated Shauna’s birthday at
Sizzler. We missed Kolt at work, but Kason and I went and had dinner. We gave Shauna some craft supplies and an
Exacto knife that I think she liked!
Kason was quite the handful at dinner.
He likes to make sure everyone knows he is here! After dinner, we picked
up a Redbox movie The Host that my mom and I watched. My mom had never seen it
before and really liked it.
On May 31st,
Kason and I attended the EIRMC NICU Reunion Luncheon while Kolt was at
work. We met up with Shauna, Landon
& Paisley for lunch. It was a nice
lunch with a huge turnout. They had lots
of activities down at Snake River Landing and lots of food. We took pictures in the photo booths and
walked around the river. Kason and Paisley
were both featured in the March for Babies walk they had earlier in the
evening. They made a nice banner that we got to bring home with us. In the
evening, we went to Heise Hot Springs to celebrate Rope’s birthday. Kolt came swimming with us before he went
into work that night. Kason wore his new
swimsuit from Jeanna Hill, with a floating device sewn into it. I think it’s great! Kason had just woken up and
wasn’t a fan of the cold water in the outdoor pool, but he had a good time in
the hot pool. Rope had a fun time with
his friends. We got home some fishing
equipment to go with his new fishing pole. Rope got ordained to the office of a
Deacon in the Aaronic Priesthood on Sunday after church. Kolt and I are always grateful to live close
by, so we can be part of special events like these. Afterwards, we had dinner at Piquet’s.
Kason went to his 1st Fathers & Sons outing with
Kolt on the 6th. They had a great
time. My dad also went with Nathan and
Evan, so they had a fun time with the boys.
Kason loves his Grandma’s Day with Grandma Piquet. They ride on the 4-wheeler and play
outside. She always gives him a warm
bath and puts him in pajamas, so he is ready for bed for the night. Last week, Grandpa Piquet and Rope gave him
his bath! He loves being with his grandparents.
My mom and I went to see Divergent at the movie theater on
the 7th. She was waiting until she read
the book, but I still haven’t. She loved
it, and I loved watching it again. Kason
went shopping and to the zoo with Grandpa Lindley during the movie. Kason is not a movie-goer anymore, so it was
nice to enjoy the movie!
Sundays have been
busy days for us! I have been helping a lot in the Primary, which I love.
I sub in as a teacher in the sunbeams, as the
chorister, and as the pianist.
Thank
goodness I have Grandma & Grandpa Lindley to help, as well as lots of ward
members who help us all the time! Kolt has had to work a few Sundays in a row,
so I have had to ask for lots of help with Kason while I play the organ.
Grandma Lindley is excited for when she can
lift Kason again.
She is almost 6 weeks
out of surgery, and then she can lift Kason and help us on Sundays.
I have also been teaching Sunday school while
Kolt isn’t there.
I’m getting better at
it, but it still takes a lot of preparation to feel comfortable.
We have a great class though that makes it
easy to teach.
On the 8th, we went to Great Grandma &
Grandpa Piquet’s house to see Kolt’s cousin Travis Sautter and his family who
were visiting from California. It was
fun to see family. We had a great
dinner. Afterwards, we went up to Sugar
to visit Grandma & Grandpa Dalling for a few minutes. Then we went to Landon’s parents land to have
a BBQ and celebrate his birthday. We got
him a long lead rope to work with his new horse. We also went fishing. Kolt caught a fish right off the back. Kason was
pretty excited about it! It was a great night!
On the 14th,
we went with Grandpa Piquet’s on a horseback ride. Kason loved being on the horse, and was so
good. We even had dinner at Stoplight Pizza on the way home. I have been craving that place lately! When
we got home, Shauna & Grandma had decorated his office at work for Father’s
Day. He loved the surprise, and it
looked great!
On Father’s Day, we picked up Rope & Brand and took them
to Grandma & Grandpa Dalling’s for the Annual Basketball game. Not very
many people were there when we were, but Kolt and the boys played ‘til they
were good and tired. Kason was active in
the house, and really liked going outside with Uncle Rod to watch the basketball
and see the Uncle David’s dog.
Kolt and I got to
replace tires on both cars this month.
We are thankful our cars are so dependable, and are glad we only have to
replace tires.
On the 19th, my mom and I went to a Relief Society
auction. Kolt and I donated a
babysitting night for the temple and a FHE horseback ride. I bought a couple nights of babysitting and a
couple dinners. I am SOO excited for
them! A couple of the ladies bid high for the horseback rides. We are going to do that sometime in July!
On the 21st, we took the Palmer’s, a family in
our ward horseback riding. One of their
boys who was in our Sunday school class was having a birthday and really wanted
to go horseback riding. We took Brayden,
Katie, Jeff & Brenda. With my mom,
Kolt, Kason and I, we had 7 horses and 2 trailers. We took a pretty ride up by Kelly Canyon
where Kolt’s dad had taken us last week.
They loved it! Kason was a great sport too and loved riding. He loves horses.
After the ride, we
hurried down to Twin Falls for Brand’s All-Star game. We were a little late, but we made it! It was
so hot!! I was already sunburnt, but Kason was tan as could be. He did not want to sit in the bleachers, so
we played down in the grass for a while.
He attempted to crawl under a gap in a chain link fence and scratched
his head a little bit, but he survived! It was pretty funny to watch. After the game, we had dinner at Golden
Corral. Kason had blast. Thankfully he got good and tired at dinner, so he
slept most of the way home. He was ready
to be home at the end of the day!
Kolt has spent a lot of time this month riding his horses
and getting ready for Wagon Train. He
did a lot of ground work with both horses.
His Palomino horse has been doing great and has made tons of progress.
JJ has a lame foot right now, so he has been resting. Kolt has done a great job
with the ground work for both of his horses.
He learned most of it from the Clinton Anderson videos. They have a lot of good habits and do lots of
things right on the ground. Kolt is good
at working with the horses. He is pretty
patient and slow. They respond really
well to him.
This past week we
went on the Annual Piquet Wagon Train trip Heise to Green Canyon through the
mountains. We take a wagon and ride
horses for 6 days. I had to work Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, so Kason and Kolt went on the wagon trip, and I came up
in the evenings for the first few days.
We slept in the back of the pickup with the shell on, so Kason had a
bassinet to sleep in, and it stayed pretty warm and protected from the weather.
The pickup allowed us to take high chairs for Kason and Paisley and lots of
other things that were nice to have. Kason
had a great time riding in the wagon and takes naps in the bed they made in the
wagon. Wednesday evening, it started
raining and rained on and off the rest of the week. On Thursday, it stopped raining enough for us
to have a great ride to the next camp site.
It is fun to ride and visit with family all the way. It rained in the evening
and a lot through the night on Thursday. We drove up to Green Canyon to swim on
Friday, hoping the rain would stop, but it kept raining! Kason loved swimming at
the pool, and it was great to shower and get warm and clean. Kason learned how to slide off the edge of
the pool into the water. He thought that
was pretty cool! On Friday night, we ate dinner and then drove the pickup home
to sleep. On Saturday morning, we took a
couple trailers back and loaded horses and everything home. We were sad to end early, but the rain made
it too hard to camp especially with little babies!
Saturday evening we went to Josh Smith’s wedding
reception. It was nice to catch up with Josh
& the Belnap’s. On the way home, we
got ice cream at Kiwi Loco and did some shopping Wal-Mart.
Here's a collection of pictures from the month:
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