Mostly Ruth

Ruth has a new thing: these pink boots.

She loves them because she can get them on and off without help, they're bright pink, and stomping around the house is way more fun.

The above picture depicts her entire wardrobe one evening. She had a bad rash on her bum so we were airing it out. Happily she went potty on the toilet and had no accidents for the 3 or 4 hours that she was diaper free!

Ruth and Boudicca = usually friends:

Yes, that's salad in her bowl! And yes, she asked for it...and yes, she wanted seconds!

Oh, and much to my dismay, she can now open doors :(

Will has gotten really good at jumping in his chair, he loves that thing!

Ruth Gets a Haircut or Can You See the Dog?

Updates

I lost 2 more pounds, beating my goal to weigh 185 by October 7th!

Ruth taught herself how to jump and now says "Cool!"

Will weighs more than 15 pounds, can sleep anywhere and giggles when he's tickled on his ribs

And I nearly burned the house down by making zucchini bread. I was trying to memorialize our trip to Craters of the Moon and in the process I created this:

Which looks a lot like this: (actually hardened lava from Craters of the Moon)


I wanted to carmelize cinnamon sugar on the top of the bread, but the top rack was too close to the broiler, so after setting the one minute timer, I opened the oven and flames came shooting out at me. Literally, flames were flying out of the oven. So we cut the top off the bread and ate the rest, which was really good.

William's Blessing

Today William was blessed by Brad at church. Asa and Paula were here to attend. Lots of other family members from both sides wanted to be here but were unable to get here. He wore the outfit that Brad was blessed in when he was a baby.

Above is Asa, Brad and Will; 3 generations of Laws men. The next pictures are cute ones of the kids. Will is so patient with Ruth.

We were in a rush to get to church on time, so Ruth had to eat her banana while I did her hair.

"The North Idaho" Vacation: Day 7

Today we finally made it home! On our way we saw a Nez Perce national historic site as well as a Sacajewea site.



We also stopped and walked around Craters of the Moon, which we're excited to go back to one day.





We had so much fun and are so grateful that Paula and Asa took us along on their 34th anniversary trip, we love you!

"The North Idaho" Vacation: Day 6

Today was clear again, which meant I could go do the activities at the lodge I had been anticipating.


They didn't open until 11am so we bummed around the lodge and playground until that time.





Then I jumped on the bungee trampoline and climbed the rock wall.


When I was done climbing, I didn't know how to get back down, so I just let go of the wall. Obviously I was hooked to the harness so I didn't fall very fast, but Ruth was watching and started shouting because she was worried about me.



As soon as I was done with that we got back in the car and started on our way home. We drove through Montana and ended in Hamilton. Here we at at the "Coffee Cup" which had great home-made food.

"The North Idaho" Vacation: Day 5

It was stormy and yucky today so we spent all morning inside. So I had time to play with Ruth's hair:


It cleared up in the afternoon so we went up to Bonner's Ferry which was only 20 miles or so from Canada! We walked around the town, which was cute and then saw Myrtle Falls.

"The North Idaho" Vacation: Day 4

Since we were staying at the top of Schweitzer Mountain it took about 20 minutes to get into town. Ruth was generously sharing the beautiful view with her Homba. On the way down the mountain we stopped for a photo session.


Today we spent down in the town of Sandpoint. We saw a really great Antique store.



Brad, the kids, and I spent time at the city park:





And we did more window shopping.


We thought the name of this women's clothing store was hilarious!