Mariners Game

So for Father's Day I (or I guess Carter and I) told Bo I was going to take him to a Mariners Game this summer. He loves the Mariners! We decided to go last night because today Ivin was getting eye surgery and needed us to watch Ivie. Since we had to go to Seattle, we decided to go to the game. It was sooooo much fun. We had the best seats in the house. It was hilarious. We decided to buy tickets at the game instead of online, so after buying them we headed for our section. We climbed stair after stair after stair. When we finally found our seats, guess where they were. The very LAST ROW!! It was sooo awesome. We were right behind home plate. We were laughing so hard. We actually had a good view of both the game and the city, so we decided to stay where we were, even though there were lots of seats closer up. THey played the Red Sox and won 8-7. It was a great game. The best part about going to the game was that we didn't have to drive all the way home. We stayed at Ivin's for the night and then headed home in the morning with both Carter and Ivie (they watched Carter during the game). We are watching Ivie for a couple of days so that they can have a break and so that they can also paint their house. Anyways, that was our fun outing. It was great.

Pictures!!!!

Here are some pictures from our trip, or is it better to say the last 3 weeks instead of a trip, since there were actually a couple of trips. Anyways. . .
I forgot to mention that Carter is no longer taking a pacifier. Not a happy time. We were down to our last pacifier because the others had gotten worn, and I kept procrastinating buying a new one (don't worry, I washed the binky like crazy). Well, the last one was looking bad and worn out. I bought him a bunch of new ones in various sizes, the same ones, bigger ones, whatever. He wouldn't take them. We were in Hershey at a restaraunt when I accidently left it there on the table. Bo refused to go back and get it. It needed to be thrown away, but I couldn't bring up the courage to do so. The restaraunt solved the problem for us. It was miserable the first couple of days, but I'm proud to say that my son is now binky-free!


A fun game of mini golf with the family. I'm happy to say I didn't come in last place!!

Here's an Amish man in Lancaster, Pa. I showed the picture to Golden, and he made the comment that the man was cheating. I still think it's cool.

Chocolate World in Hershey, Pa. My favorite place!!! They take you on this little ride (for free!!) that shows you how they make chocolate. It was fun. At the end we got free chocolate!

This is a memorial at the cemetary in Gettysburg. Behind it and surrounding it are gravestones marking soldiers who died.

This is us in the museum at Gettysburg.

FINALLY. . . and update!!!!

So I don't have pictures to put on yet, but hopefully tomorrow I'll put some on the computer. Our trip was fun, busy, and at times stressful. It was GREAT!!!!! We left for Hershey, Penn., on Friday, the 25th of May, at like 2 in the afternoon (we wanted to leave that morning, but yeah right!). We drove to Little Rock, ARK, and spent the night at one of the nicest Days Inns ever. I swear, they must hide all the nicely kept cheap ones in places no one visits. The next day was crazy. Bo, Emma, and Whitney all got the flu. I ended up driving the whole time, while Bo and Emma took turns passed out in the car. Poor guys. I didn't get sick because I had it the week before. Anyways, we drove to some random town in Virginia and spent the night at a Best Western, defineltly not the best, I can tell you that. Anyays. . .we got to Whitney's new house on Sunday, and by that evening Bo and Whitney already had the upstairs bedroom painted.
The next week was spent painting, taking off wallpaper, painting some more, and doing all other sorts of odd jobs to fix up the house. During the week Bo, Carter, and I stole a quick trip down to Gettysburg and Lancaster (where the Amish are). It was fun. We also went to Chocolate World, a free tour ride which explains how they make chocolate, which was way fun. My brother Golden and his wife, Julie, also came for the weekend to visit and play. It was great. We went mini-golfing and to Chocolate World again.On Monday, the 4th of June we went to Palmyra and Niagra Falls. We had a blast. I can't wait to post pictures. We also took a drive to Lake Erie on Tuesday on our way home. Wednesday we found out you can get into Hershey Park (an amusement park) for free the last half hour, so Emma, Bo, and I got to go on some roller coaster rides before flying out on Thursday.
Friday and Saturday we were in Moses Lake for a Baker family reunion which was great. It was fun seeing all of my family and cousins. Sunday we took off for Utah for the Beus family reunion. So as you can see, we have been going non-stop. We were in Utah till Friday evening. We stayed at cabins/condos up in Ogden Canyon. I'd have to say the best part of the reunion was the indoor pool and hot tub. Friday we went to Lagoon and it was so FUN. Carter loved the rides. Our kid is fearless. We got back to Moses Lake on Saturday, and have been helping out in the house ever since. Sorry this blog is long. I'll post pics soon and funny stories later. I hope everyone is well.!!!!
Cassidy

Hectic Life

I'm so annoyed! I just typed up this nice long good blog, and I accidently deleted it all!!! DAH!!!!!! So, to sum up, I've been busy with moving, and along with that, Whitney graduated from medical school, my parents came to visit, and I threw Bridget a baby shower, complete with a fire alarm and everything!
Whitney's graduation was fun! It's exciting to know that Bo will be doing the same thing in 4 years. Kinda sad it will take 4 years, but at least it's going to happen! It was fun having my parents here. Busy, but fun. I threw a baby shower for my sister in law while they were here so that my mom could attend. It was a hit. As mentioned, there were even sound effects, thanks to a little kid who offered to press the fire alarm button. Everyone assures me that thanks to the alarm, nobody will forget it. Comforting, right?
We are officially leaving tomorrow for Hershey, Penn. We are excited. Wish us luck with Carter. Traveling 20 hours in a car with a 1 year old is bound to be interesting, to say the least. I hope to keep the blog updated on the trip so that you all can see the many adventures we hope to have. Have a good Memorial Day weekend!!
Oh yeah, Bo's last day of work is tomorrow. Summer of fun, here we come!!!!

Teeth

Bridget, my sister-in-law, has this rocking horse, and Carter absolutely LOVES it! We borrowed the cowboy hat and some boots from my friend to take some cute pictures. I think he looks so cute! He hates hats, so this is the only picture that would turn out with him smiling AND the hat on (okay. . . kinda smiling). It was only later I realized he didn't have the boots on. Oh well. You can't win them all. :)
So I went to the dentist, and the dentist took an x-ray of my teeth again (I had gone back in Feb. for the same problem), and he told me, again, that he couldn't see anything wrong. He thinks it could be the nerve, but he doesn't want to go drilling, if it's not. He told me to wait it out. He said that it could just be my sinuses, or that I had food stuck in my gums. Who knows. I'm glad that I don't need a root canal, but at the same time. . . I don't know. I guess I'm frustrated, because does this mean every time that tooth hurts, and I mean it HURTS, that it's just a fluke? What if later something really does go wrong? I'll probably just keeping toughing it out, and not go to the dentist. I don't know. So that's the update on that.
I was wrong about Carter's teeth. He ended up having 4 molars come in in 3 weeks! Not only that, but another front tooth on the bottom broke through, and it looks like a couple others are coming up too. I guess if you're going to go through the pain of having one come up, why not 6? Get them all done at once. Still . . he's been biting and chewing everything. The other day he chewed his book's binding and was halfway through it's page before I caught him, and this was a a thick cardboard page book. It was kinda funny. There were bits of chewed up paper all over his face.
We're all moved in with Whitney. It's been fun. We watch movies at night and have snacks and talk. It's been great. I'm getting sad though, I only have 3 weeks left here, and I have some really good friends that I don't want to leave. I just have to keep reminding myself I'll make new ones wherever I am next, but really, it's tiring. I like meeting new people, don't get me wrong, but that still doesn't stop me from missing the old ones. We have high hopes of visiting them often though, and vice versa. Well that's all. I'm sorry these are so long. I need to get into the habit of writing more often then once a week. It just goes to show how much of a procrastinator I am, but you all know that too. :)

Moving

So tomorrow we'll finally be done moving. YAY!!!! Okay, when I say finally, what I really mean is, at least we'll be done officially with THIS move. We are are still going to be moving again in a month, and then again in August. BUT. . . at least then it will just be moving boxes around, instead of putting things in them, cleaning, sorting, etc.

Tomorrow I'm also going to the dentist. I hate the dentist. I always get bad news. Maybe if I brushed my teeth once in awhile it wouldn't be so bad. . . :) totally kidding, I brush constantly. Anyone who's been my roommate can attest to that. I just have that sort of luck. I had a friend once who wanted to go and try out for the Amazing Race with me--or at least we talked about doing it together-- and then she told me later, "you know what, I don't think I want to be your partner, you have the WORST luck." So true, so true. It is! Ask anyone. When is the last time any of you can recall me winning something? So we'll see what happens tomorrow. I'm not having any hopes. I am expecting the worse, because time and time again I get it--at least when it comes to my teeth. Oh wow, I sound all depressed on life. So not the case. I'm happy about everything else in my life! When you have a cute husband and the CUTEST little boy, who can complain?

This weekend we might go back down to Galveston to go look for housing AGAIN. Don't ask, it's way too long of a story. To sum it up, the place we found fell through, so we get to go look for more. Bo only has 4 more weeks of work left! We are so excited. We can't wait for summer. It's going to be fun. It's our last official free summer before med school starts and life gets crazy.

It's amazing how fast Carter is growing and learning. He got another new tooth this week, a molar, and it looks like another molar is about to break through too. That will be 3 molars in that many weeks. Poor little guy. We were at the park this week and he accidently got pushed off the sidewalk by another little kid and went face first into the rocks. My poor little guy, he's got tons of little bruises on the left side of his forehead. You can see where each little rock made contact with his head. He's tough though, and after 10 minutes acted like nothing ever happened. Still . .. I felt sooo bad for the little guy.

That's about all that happened this week. Hopefully with me not having to pack or move at all next week and month, I'll be able to make more entries. Hope everyone's well and happy.

If it's not one thing, it's another

So for the last two weeks I have been sick. Nothing compared to Samantha, mind you, but still it was bad enough. It's soooooo hard taking care of a sick kid when you yourself are sick. Bo and I got sick last week, we think it had something to do with the no power and thus freezing house, and then I continued to be sick and Carter joined me this week. It was nothing too bad, just annoying. Sore throat, aching body, you know. I could have dealt with that just fine, but then my teeth started hurting. My whole right side of my mouth is in so much pain, especially when I eat. Most likely I'm going to need a root canal. I just have that sort of luck. Go me.

We went to San Antonio this weekend. It was really fun. We were supposed to help out with the our ward's youth baptisms, but that fell through--LONG STORY, so we ended up just playing the whole time. Bo's aunt and uncle live there, along with his 3 cousins. It was fun. They have a daughter that's 3 weeks younger than Carter, so it was fun watching them play together. We didn't do any sight seeing--you can only see the Alamo so many times :) --but it was still fun to just go and relax and have fun with family, we're definetly going to have to go there more often, or hopefully at least once more before we move.

So Bo got into another med school (Texas Tech) on Friday. It's over on the west side of the state, up in the pan handle. We are going to turn them down, but still, it's fun to have options!! It would be cheaper to live there, but Bo likes Galveston's program tons more, so at the moment we're still set on Galveston. We'll probably have to make another trip there though, 'cause the housing we had found there fell through, so now we get to go look for more. Bo is still on the waiting list for UT Southwestern, which is in Dallas. We probably won't hear from them until May or early June. We'll have to see.

The contract on our apartment ends this month, which means this upcoming weekend we're moving in with Whitney. Whoohoo! It will be hard, but fun. I'm excited to live with them because after May they are moving to Pennsylvania, and we'll be moving to Galveston with a 2 month break in ML first, so we'll be able to play a ton before we leave each other. So yeah, wish me luck with the dentist and packing this week!