Photoshop is so cool!

I was reading Rachel's blog and was so impressed with her pictures. She has a link on her most recent post to make your pictures look better. I tried it and here's what I came up with...check out Michael's eyes! Steve said they looked a little posessed, but hey--I'm just practicing!Anyway, that's how I spent my Saturday morning.

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After

Memorial Day Weekend

We started our Memorial Day weekend with a visit from my sister Natalie on her way home from ISU. It's always fun to have her around. She was telling me about Lori & Todd's blog with Brooklyn dressed in her camo pants in the tent they set up in the house. That just sounded like so much fun, so we decided to give it a try too! Kaitlyn loved it! She slept in the tent every night during the weekend, and took naps in there too!

On Saturday my parents and my brother Jon came to our house and we decided to go the Hill Air Force Aerospace Museum. I had never been, and everyone else hadn't been for a very long time. We had only been there a few minutes and were admiring the large aircraft named after Jake Garn when my dad pointed out that the man standing very close to us (taking a picture of the aircraft) was Jake Garn!! My dad started talking to him and we enjoyed a few stories from this former Utah Senator, Pilot in the Utah National Guard and Astronaut! He was super friendly and pretty funny, too! He said he had never taken a picture of the aircraft that was named after him so he decided to do that today! He was also hosting a reunion for a bunch of fighter pilots that day.

The aircraft in the background is the one named after Jake Garn.

Jake Garn showing us pictures of the plane he flies now.

Uncle Jon and Kaitlyn

President Reagan's Air Force One. They just got this a week before we were there.

Kaitlyn in the ejection seat!

Aunt Natalie & Kaitlyn

After church on Sunday, we went to the cemetery in Bountiful. I couldn't believe how many people were there and how beautiful it was with all the flowers. Steve wanted to go take a picture of us next to his younger brother Michael's head stone. We brought the camera, took the picture of Steve and the kids, downloaded it onto the computer, wrote "I LOVE YOU MICHAEL" on the picture (using my nifty digital scrapbooking skills), printed it in the car using a power converter and set it next to the stone.

Our little Michael is named after his uncle Michael Terry who passed on in 1997. I am sad I never got to meet my brother-in-law. I know he was a wonderful person and had a great impact on so many lives at the young age of 17. I'm glad that we can carry on his name in our son.

Steve's parents met us there and we walked to some of Steve's other relatives' stones.

Grandpa Terry & Kaitlyn

Monday we were planning to go to the zoo, but it ended up raining pretty much the entire day. We did have fun going to Carl's Jr. with some friends and letting the kids play on the playland. Then we had dinner at Allison's house with some of the Terry family.

Too Much Digital Scrapbooking???

I (Steve) had a funny experience last night that I thought would be appropriate to share... a couple of days ago I injured a rib and for those of you who have never done this it is quite painful to breath or move... so it has been fun! Last night as I awoke in pain from trying to roll over I let out a bit of a groan, Heidi replied in a really snotty voice "Oh What" I say "it's my ribs" she rolles over with a loud "AUGHH" I say "What's wrong?" Her reply... "I need to make more pages!" "What?" I say, very confused! "MORE PAGES!!!!" She rolls back in a huff and continues her digital scrapbook slumber!
When digital scrapbooking takes over your thoughts even when asleep, I think it might be time for a break! Heidi is a bit obsessed with digital scrapbooking!

What a Nice Saturday!

I think I must have said, "What a nice Saturday" at least five times today. We got our yard looking nice again (although there are still more weeds to be pulled) by spreading wood chips in our flower garden and in our strawberry patch. Steve planted the garden with tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, zucchini, and cilantro. I planted some flowers that Steve gave me for mother's day, and then we decided to play in the water. We turned the sprinklers on and then filled up the baby pool for Michael and Kaitlyn to go swimming--or splashing. It was Michaels first time in the baby pool. He loved it! Kaitlyn loved jumping up and landing on her bottom to make a huge splash! We topped the day off by going on a bike ride and then roasting marshmallows with Troy & Sarah Parkin. What a great Saturday!

Lunch With Steve at Temple Square

I took Michael and Kaitlyn downtown to have lunch with Steve today. He wanted us to come see all the beautiful tulips and other flowers on Temple Square. We ate in the Church Office Building Cafeteria. After eating we took pictures of the Salt Lake Temple. The flowers were
so beautiful! They were already beginning to take the tulips out...I thought they still looked really nice! Come to find out they take out the bulbs EVERY YEAR and plant new bulbs. They said they do this because they look the best the first year, and the beatiful flowers are a great missionary tool. I guess they used to give away the bulbs but it became too much of a hassle because so many people wanted them. Now they just compost all the bulbs every year!!

The Mess of Baby Food!

I wonder why I hate feeding Michael baby food???

I tried giving him squash and every time I put a spoonful in his mouth he would spit all over the place! It's a good thing we were eating outside.

Update on Michael's Ear

I took Michael to the E.N.T. the day after we got back from our Disneyland trip for a scheduled hearing test. I went about a month ago to test his overall hearing and he wasn't too interested in responding to the testing. He also had fluid in his normal ear and so that can affect your hearing. On this trip to the specialist he looked in his normal ear, and it still had fluid. They tried the hearing test in the booth again, but he still wasn't acting interested. The doctor decided we should probably have a tube put in his ear to keep the fluid out. He wants to be pretty aggressive with his left ear, since he doesn't have hearing in his right ear. He was born with an undeveloped right ear, so it looks a lot smaller than it should. They still aren't sure if he has a developed ear drum, but they will do a ct scan when he is 4 or 5 to see if he does. If so, they will be able to go through his ear and open up the canal so he can hear. We also have the option of doing some plastic surgery on his outer ear when he is around the age of 5. The great news is that I know he can hear out of his left ear because he reacts to sounds all the time!

So on Monday, May 19th we will be going into the Davis Surgical Center to have the tube put in his ear. The only bummer is that he said we won't be able to immerse that ear in water at all...that'll make bath time and swimming interesting for the next year or so!