Sliding through September

September passed us by just as fast as August did....

We spent Labor Day having breakfast with the fam,





and then playing some Rock Band....we are naturals!


Even mom and dad got into it....

Notice Livvy rocking out next to her dad, she loves music and starts to bob her head immediately after the first note....



We turned in the Jeep and (are you sitting down?) I became a "van mom"! Here's the beauty....

Livvy loves all of the space she has....

And so do I....


We also had lots of family time, attending wedding showers for Carlye, attending Women's Conference at the Conference Center with all of the "women" in the family, and attending the temple with Carlye for the first time. It was the first time that all of my family was in the temple together! An experience I will never forget; it just felt "right". And maybe gave us a small glimpse of how Heaven will be: together, forever.

August Rush

I'm back from my blogging hiatus...and ready to catch up. We have had a busy summer and time has flown by!

Here are events from the rush of August:

***We went to Bear Lake for the annual Thompson family vacation. We had a wonderful time of boating, sun, four-wheeling, sun, good food, games, more sun (love it!) and some greatly needed R&R.


Livvy and her cousin Carter....did we leave any sand at the beach? Not with these two!

Daddy and Livvy......she loved the four-wheeler, it was hard to get her off and a few tears were shed after each ride.

Beach Babes.....Carlye, Mis and Jill
Livvy playing ball with her daddy. Yes, she gets this excited about most things!

Mom and Livvy....she did not want to pause for a picture, too many things to see and do.
Thompson Family

Glancy Family

Cutest Bum! Livvy had no fear, out of my hands and down to the water. See ya later!



Kirk dug Livvy a little hole to play in, she loved it. She even drank the water from it and tasted the sand. Her face was priceless when it wasn't as tasty as she had imagined it being!

***I cut my hair....FINALLY!

***Kirk took Carlye and Jacob's engagement pictures....





***The Thompson family biggest looser ended and the results were announced at Bear Lake. I met my goal of loosing 28 pounds.....Yipeeeee! plus surpassed it by 4 pounds. (yes, boasting a little, just taking a moment!) All together the family lost about 360 pounds!

***I started a new job checking at the local grocery store by our new house. I work 15-20 hours a week. For some odd reason.... I LOVE IT! I'm beginning to think its the "people watching" that I love, but I really do love the actual work that I do. There's something about that "beep, beep" as I slide goods across the scanner...hahaha, geek, I know.

It has been good for me to have a little break, the extra money is fabulous (of course) and it has been a good "break" for Kirk. He is able to see Livvy during the week, get a little homework done and maybe squeeze in a nap:)(more on this adventure in a later post)

Can you believe that summer is gone?

Garden Fresh

Today for lunch, Livvy and I had fresh tomatoes from Grandpa's garden, fresh corn from Grandpa's garden, fresh cucumbers from Grandpa's garden and a fresh avacado, not from Grandpa's garden, but so good it could have been.

Thank-you Grandpa/dad for all of your hard work in the garden so we can reap the benefits! We love this time of year, there is nothing like fresh produce.

My body cursed you the day after I helped you plant 63 tomato plants and 30+ green/red/jalapeno pepper plants. It hurt in places I didn't know existed. Up, down, up down, up down. But today, my body thanks you with EVERY juicy bite! Yum!

Birthday Bash!

Kirk is the big 2-9 today!!! Yes, 29! Today is the big day that makes us the same age and ends the teasing about me being an older woman for another 6 months until I indeed become "older" again!

Here are 29 things that I love about the fabulous man that I call husband:

1- He is a wonderful daddy! Livvy adores him. Her face lights up when he gets home.

2-Kirk is good at everything, I haven't found one thing he can't do.

3- Broken? He can fix it! He is so handy! (good thing with a klutz as a wife)

4- Kirk loves his Heavenly Father and stands firm in his testimony of the restored gospel.

5- Kirk has a magnetic personality, he can talk to anyone for any length of time.

6- He is adventerous....even crazy at times.

7- He laughs at my jokes, even when no one else thinks they are funny

8- Kirk is a researching fiend....when he wants more knowledge about something he studies and researches until his thirst is satiated. This includes any subject from wiring a house (his current project) to fly fishing and new technology. A few days after putting an offer down on our new house, Kirk came home with 2 bags full of books, pamphlets and videos from the library on "How To's". We spent many nights watching videos on refinishing floors and tiling bathrooms. This is impressive to me, I get impatient and just want someone to show me how to do it. Kirk is usually that person, since he's researched it already.

9- He loves me no matter what...fat, no makeup, morning breath, cranky, cranky and even more cranky, he loves all of me!

10- Kirk is really easy going, he has helped me to relax a little and enjoy life more.

11- He is a good cook. He makes a mean guacamole and is great at the Bar-B-Que. And even though I am not a fabulous cook, he never complains, he is just grateful to have something to eat.

12- Kirk is very smart with computers and technology, he always likes to have the latest and greatest because the things they can do amaze him

13- He is always good to help others when they are in need.

14- Kirk is very creative, I wish he had more time to take to express it.

15- I appreciate how hard he has worked to be more sensitive, I know growing up in a house full of boys he didn't have to be so much, but he has been when I've needed him to be, he's getting good!

16- He is so competetive (sometimes great and sometimes not), but it pushes him to be better in all things.

17- He loves my family just as much as he loves his. We are truly one big family, not mine or his.

18- He gives wonderful back rubs

19- I love watching him whisper sweet nothings in Livvy's ear when he gets home at night and she is already asleep. I know she knows how much he loves her, because he tells her every night without fail.

20- He loves to gab just as much as me and is easy to talk to.

21- His "Kirkel condition"- classified as diving into a new hobby full force for a good month until he finds a new one!

22- He has good fashion sense...I have never had to "fix" his wardrobe :) and he helps me with mine.

23- He works really hard to provide for our family. I appreciate the ability to stay home with Livvy (for the most part), Kirk knows how important this is to me and tries to make it happen.

24-Kirk is so silly, we laugh a lot together

25- He takes every opportunity he can to teach Livvy something, I love watching her sit in his lap and be enthralled in the latest and greatest lesson. He is a great teacher, he is so patient and encouraging. With him as the teacher, you feel like you can do anything.

26- I love that he shares his testimony every chance he gets. I enjoy his stories of "talks" he has at work with others who are not of our faith, and sometimes are but are struggling to find their way. He is very sympathetic to them, he understands them, and they can feel that from him.

27- Kirk tries to help me get "me time" as much as possible....he knows I need it! Thanks hun!

28- I love Kirk's curiosity. He will ask question after question until he is satisfied. (this goes hand in hand with #8) Sometimes people think he is being nosy or judgemental, but its far from that, he is completely and utterly curious. He wants to know all!

29- He's my best friend



HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABE! I LOVE YOU!

I did it!

Barely!

When I was pregnant I was nervous to be a mom but especially nervous for a few specific things that come with the responsibility. One of those: cleaning up throw-up! I did not think that it would be possible for me to buck up and do this.....DID IT! And quite gracefully, I might add!

Last week (yes, I know I am way behind, but we are barely getting back on track in the Glancy household) all three of us had the stomach flu. Not fun at all.

We started off Monday morning waking up to throw-up. While I was cleaning up the crib and Kirk was cleaning up Livvy (how did that work out?), Kirk yelled my name to take over both and he ran to the bathroom. At first I thought the "job" had made him sick, but no such luck, he spent the next two days in bed with Livvy. I soon followed and spent the 24th (frown) in bed through the rest of the weekend. So sick...arrrggghhh. Luckily, the puking only lasted a day, but we still went through 2-5 outfits a day at the other end :)

On my list of "thankful things" last week, "Spray and Wash" and a washing machine were at the top.

But Yipeee! I did it! Something to be proud of eh?! Can I hope that it will be one of those things that we can experience it, appreciate it, and then hope that it never happens again? :)

What have I been doing lately?

THIS!

I got addicted to making these bows and went crazy! A little overkill? Maybe...but Livvy is going to look so dang cute in them! Now all I have to do is teach her that they are not for play, she thinks its fun to pull on them and watch them boing back! Hmmmm....

Photography

Kirk mentioned a couple of days ago that as soon as we get the house done and get moved in, he has a list of 5 things that he wants to start doing more often.

The first one he shared with me is photography. Kirk took a photography class in college and he loved it. I know that he wishes he had more time to spend tinkering around with the camera and a really expensive photo software that's on his list of "items he would like to purchase".

His goal: to spend as much time as possible taking pictures, and then taking one of those pictures each week to change and enhance in his "new" program. Of course, we still need the software :) and the money to buy it. For now Picasa will do. Here are a few pictures he took of Livvy on the 4th that he enhanced.

Awesome huh!?

Ever since we got our new camera, and every time we take it out, its a pure photo shoot. If Livvy is doing something cute, no worries, we have 50 pictures of it! Kirk loves to just click, click, click and then click some more. Granted, this camera is fabulous, but honey, PLEASE, how am I going scrapbook ALL of that? :)

Since one of my goals this year was to get all of our pics on the computer organized, I have been organizing them and then storing them onto discs. Each year since we got married has taken 2-3 CD's to store....2007 took 15! (We got the camera right before Livvy was born in May) HAHA! At least we have quite a few pics to choose from, sometimes too many.

Thanks Honey for your passion for life & everything about it! I love you! Here's to 100 more discs of pictures, and great memories!

I can't wait to hear what the other 4 items on your list will be!

America the Beautiful!

Thank-you to all those who made/are making it possible for me to have my freedom and live in such a great country. I am very grateful! And proud to be an American!

Kirk taught Livvy to "smell" flowers,
it must have smelled sooo good that she then wanted to eat it!

After breakfast, we played in the irrigation water, one of Livvy's favorites!

Splish Splash!

Yipeee!

Water Rafting

Figured out how to get the pics on my blog :)


Kirk is hiding behind Les in this one, avoiding the splash! He is the third one back on the right!


Yes, loving it! Laughing with my mouth wide open! :)

Melting in Moab

This past weekend Kirk and I had a GREAT time in Moab with some of our greatest friends. It was peaceful, relaxing, and full of great conversation and lots of laughs.

We enjoyed great scenery, great food and great company. And great weather...it was only 100 degrees! Despite the heat and the bugs it brought with it, we thouroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Arches National Park


Hiking above our campsite


Delicate Arch




Thanks to the "zoom" lense on our camera, it looks like we hiked to it....can you see Kirk under it? :)


Balanced Rock








We also went river rafting on the Colorado River. It was my first time and it was a blast. We still need to develop the water camera, but you can see some awesome pics of it here (we are #'s 67-71, 152-155 and 158-160):

http://www.moabactionshots.com/find_photo2.php?cat=R&src=&lce=346&month=06&day=28&year=2008&pm=&roll=&start_pic=67

Thanks mom and dad for taking great care of Livvy!

We came back renewed and ready to dive in again to this game we call life!