Our week and orange paint

Wes got caught up on some immunizations on Wednesday and has been having fevers for several days. He spent most of his time in my lap or on my shoulder for most of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We started wondering if he was ever going to be back to his normal loud, destructive self until he started throwing ketchup covered french fries at Cari on Saturday and running away in the hotel. His fevers are gone now but he still has been a little more mellow than normal. He has had a slight rash today which hopefully will be gone when he wakes up tomorrow.

We got to visit Rose, Josh and Grace on Wednesday. Friday we had Leah (who just got back from her mission) Sarah, Josh, Rose and Grace over for a little while to play, it was super fun. Saturday we met up with Cari and Alec in Salt Lake for lunch and then came back to Provo to hang out with Nathan and Chelsea for a BYU football game bbq. Such a fun week.

Today I finally got an art project going for Wes. We picked some smokebush leaves and made pumpkin cards and played with paint. Wes had a pretty good time and surprisingly didn't make too much of a mess. He usually just eats crayons so the paint worked out quite a bit better.

Nursery

I would like our baby's room to look like this:

Some things I found

These are all either from the farmer's market or DI (and all under $4 except the dress): rain boots, little italian shoes with bells (well, they both had bells when I bought them, then Wes ripped them off of one shoe when we got home), freshwater pearl bracelet, red girl shoes, pillowcase dress and vintage patterns which I am excited to make.








I love Wes' cute chubby legs in these pictures!

Millcreek Canyon

All the Petersens came to hang out Saturday and we went up to the Salt Lake farmer's market, which I always enjoy. I picked up a darling little baby bracelet and a vintage pillowcase dress for baby. I also got a small bag of granny smith apples which are pretty much like candy, I should have bought a box instead, I only have one left.

We had a bbq up Millcreek Canyon afterwards with delicious hamburgers and a rootbeer keg. Wes really liked throwing rocks and pinecones into the fire and sitting in the camping chairs. John and Emily tied the board game and we had pizza for dinner. We smelled like campfire for the rest of the day and went to bed early, it was a great way to spend our Saturday.

House

Here are the outside pictures of our house, with finished landscape and all, although you can't really tell much by these photos. So if you know anyone who is looking for a house in provo spread the word.

Party in the Park

After dinner at Mimi's we headed over to Rock Canyon Park and had some delicious carrot cake. Wes gave John a soccer ball, which he picked out, and all the boys played soccer for a while. Wes got stung by a bee on his hand but wanted to keep playing so he was running after the ball half crying and half laughing. It was a fun night.

Happy Birthday John!

This post is dedicated to John.
Happy Birthday to the best husband and dad in the world!



I found this picture of John when I was looking through some old files, he did it as part of a campaign when he was working for BYU, it's hilarious.

Semi House Tour

Well we put our house up for sale this week so here are some pictures we took. Some didn't turn out so I will have to post more later. So for those of you who have never seen our house, here it is.

a lot of little things

Mel sent this to me and even though they are kind of cheesy I always like reading them, feel free to post one about yourself.

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:30 
2.  Diamonds or pearls? hmm, thats a hard one, uh, diamonds, but barely.
3.  What was the last film you saw at the cinema? The Dark Knight
4.  What is your favorite TV show?  the office
5.  What do you usually have for breakfast? a bowl of cereal and fruit
6.  What is your middle name?  Mixa
7.  What food do you dislike? raisins for sure
8.  What is your favorite CD at moment?  I don't listen to cd's, just playlists, currently a book on tape Raising a Righteous Family to the Lord
9.  What kind of car do you drive? white honda odyssey
10. Favorite sandwich?  probably Hickory Kist roasted turkey, or a quesadilla (does that count?)
11. What characteristic do you despise? Someone without social tact
12. Favorite item of clothing?  right now my cropped walking pants
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation where would you go?  I'm trying to convince John to take me to Hawaii for our 5th anniversary next year, fingers crossed.
14. Favorite brand of clothing?  Gap, Banana, Old Navy
15. Where would you retire to?  California Coast or the Tetons, maybe both
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? This last one, in Arizona, with the Petersen's and Sprinkles cupcakes
17.  Favorite sport to watch?  longboarding
18.  Furthest place you are sending this? online (it reaches pretty far doesnt it?)
19.  Person you expect to send it back first? Im guessing no one
20.  When is your birthday?  May 2
21.  Are you a morning person or a night person?  night until recently, I love waking up early and going on my walk and then coming home and getting things done
22.  What is your shoe size?  8.5 or 9
23.  Pets? not yet but I think it would be fun to have a cool fish tank or something non smelly when we have more kids
24.  Any new and exciting news you'd like to share?  hmm, we are putting our house up for sale today
25.  What did you want to be when you were little? a race car driver
26. How are you today?  sore from moving large bags of mulch yesterday but excited for our camping trip on friday
27.  What is your favorite candy?  sour patch kids and bridge mix
28.  What is your favorite flower? peonies
29.  What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?  August 20, John's birthday, some fun things are being secretly planned ;)
31.  What are you listening to right now? the silent sound of a sleeping toddler
32.  What was the last thing you ate? cinnamon school house cookies from trader joe's
33.  Do you wish on stars? no, but when I was little I wished in fountains
35.  How is the weather right now? warm and sunny
36.  The first person you spoke to on the phone today?  john
37.  Favorite soft drink?  I would say root beer but I really like to stick to water
38.  Favorite restaurant? I think Los Hermanos, i crave the chips and salsa
39.  Real hair color? medium brown, what you see is what you get
40.  What was your favorite toy as a child? probably markers, the big pentel set, I would organize them by color for hours, either that or my bike
41.  Summer or winter? summer
42.  Hugs or kisses?  definitely hugs
43.  Chocolate or Vanilla? definitely chocolate
44.  Coffee or tea? apple cider
45.  Favorite color?  right now it's golden yellow
46.  When was the last time you cried? a few months ago when Wes threw a toy at my head
47.  What is under your bed? lots of dust, maybe a sock or two
48.  What did you do last night? cleaned the house, read a book, took a long hot shower, and went to bed
49.  What are you afraid of? not being a great mom
50.  Salty or sweet? when I'm pregnant sweet
51.  How many keys on your key ring? seven
52.  How many years at your current job?  1.5
53.  Favorite day of the week? surprisingly monday
54.  How many towns have you lived in?  two that I actually remember, a lot more when I was younger
55.  Do you make friends easily?  unfortunately no, but I think I'm getting better
56.  Favorite movie? a tie between Batman Begins and Casino Royale

Mommy & a Hair Cut

He did it! Wes finally called me Mommy. he has been calling me Daddy for the last six months since he started talking. John was putting him to bed and he wanted mom to tuck him in and he called out Mommy! It was so cute!

John also gave him a hair cut a few days ago, it looks so much cleaner. We thought we would try and grow it out to see some curls but it just looked messy, maybe in a year or two we will try again when his hair is thicker.



Yesterday Wes insisted on feeding himself his yogurt, it was such a mess but so cute, he kept making funny faces when I would take a picture of him. Then I stuck him straight into the bathtub.

Free

I signed Wes up to get this free lemonade stand assuming that they wouldn't pick him or send it but it came in the mail today. It's pretty cool, but cardboard, so I don't know how long it will last, plus it kind of looks like its sponsored by Sunkist or something, but it will be fun to have.

Ha Ha

John at Wes' age

Four Years

Yesterday was our anniversary so we headed up to park city for a night on the town. We stopped by the farmers market and picked up some delicious goat cheese, sweet corn, and granny smith apples. Then we headed up to Main Street and walked through the shops, it was really hard not to buy one of everything in the Chocolate Factory. Then we had dinner at Main Street Pizza and Noodle, where we went almost every weekend while we were dating but hadn't been back since we were married. We went and saw The Dark Night after dinner and then headed back to Salt Lake to pick up Wes from Emily and Tyler's. It is amazing how fast you can eat dinner and how many things you can get done in one evening without a toddler.

Thinking back over the past four years I am so glad I married John, so blessed that he married me, and looking forward to being married for eternity and all the exciting things and challenges that come with it.

Mr. & Mrs. Nethercott

The wedding was beautiful and we had such a fun time, but somehow these are the only pictures we took.

Wes' first tie