Brock's Adventures

Brock is having a wonderful time with Fall. Here is what he has been up to lately~

Raking and playing in the leaves! We have tons in our new house!

Painting pumpkins. I figured it was safer then carving, Much, much more messy though!

Making new friends at the zoo.


Playing with Daddy,
And, hanging with Memaw and Papa. Brock was so excited to have them come visit. I don't think he let Alaina out of his sights for more than 3 seconds! We decided to go feed the ducks. It was so fun, but be careful! The geese literally flocked over. There had to be like 100! It was fun!



So that is what Brock has been doing lately. Tomorrow we are embarking on the journey of Potty Training. I'm sure it will be an adventure. We bought some undies today and Brock insisted on wearing a pair and then putting a pair on his bear, Beast. He didn't understand that undies go UNDER your clothes, however and was positively heart broken when I made him put his pants on. Anyway, wish us luck!

Catch Up!

Yes, we are still alive! We have a had a busy month. We moved to Boise 2 weeks ago and are settling in just fine. We are enjoying Boise so far. I like that it is a bigger city, but not too bad, I don't feel completely congested all the time like I did in Seattle. Tim is so far liking his Internal Med rotation, even though he has to be on 36 hour call every three days. But, he had Columbus Day off, so we had some fun. We took Brock to a pumpkin patch/corn maze in Meridian called Linden Farms. It was a ton of fun. Here is a little bit of what we did~

Brock and Tim went through the straw maze. Brock got lost a few times.

Rode the hay ride. Brock LOVED this. He is into tractors.
We found a great little pumpkin. I asked Brock if he liked and and he just grabbed it and gave it a big kiss! So I guess he liked it! It was funny.
Just sitting in a pumpkin patch.
Giving the pumpkin a little bit of love!
Brock found a pumpkin just his size. He was so proud of it!
Sitting on his pumpkin and guarding the other ones we picked.
We got a Daddy, a Mommy, and a Baby.
They had a little train ride there that Brock rode on. He was in heaven. He LOVED it.
And here is what the maze looked like. We sure love our BSU here. We didn't make it into the maze, but we want to go back because Brock had so much fun!
All you Boise Peeps should definitely check this place out. It is great and pretty cheap. For 3 pumpkins, dinner and the train ride it only cost $15. It was a great way to spend the afternoon.

Love These Days

I just love my little boy. Sometimes we have so much fun just hanging out. Lately we have really been into Country music. We will crank it up loud and dance around the kitchen. It is a lot of fun. I tried to take a picture of him dancing with his Churro because it was just too funny. But he wouldn't let me. So here were are just being our goofy selves and having a great time!

Another thing Brock really likes is to talk to his Daddy {or Tim as he affectionately calls him these} days on the phone. I thought this picture of them on the phone with each other was too cute.

SYTYCD?

Tim and I are super excited for the return of So You Think You can Dance tonight. Not to mention GLEE!!! So, we have prepared a little dance for ya'll! And yes we really are that good at costume changes!

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We Did It!

Saturday was a fun, yet bittersweet day. We {Alex, Lachelle, Brenna, Lachelle's sister and I} ran the Pocatello 1/2 Marathon. It was so fun! I am so glad I did it. I ran the first 8 miles with out walking, then walked through the aid stations that last 5 miles. I finished 161 out of 355. Lachelle kicked everyone's trash and finished 80th! It was a little bittersweet because I was originally training for the marathon. I was a little bummed to watch the full marathoners cross the line, wishing it was me, but injury, illness, and moving just made it impossible. I will run one someday though!

Running in a big race is so fun! Anyone who needs a confidence boost should train for a race. It was a great feeling to train then have complete strangers cheer for me the whole way. Anyway, here are some picture from the big day!

That is me in the grey pant behind the gal in the blue.
Alex, he ran the whole 13 miles. Didn't even walk to take a drink.
Here I am waving to Tim after running up a killer hill! And yes I am still running in this picture!
The after shots!

The whole crew Jennifer, Lachelle, Alex, Brenna and I.
The Ham Fam
Brock was very happy to have his momma back. He didn't like it too much when I ran right past him instead of stopping to pick him up! This was such a good experience, I can't wait to do another one!

Lagoon~ Take 2

Tim and I went to Lagoon again yesterday. This time we left Brcok with Grandma and pa Ulrich for the night. I must say, he did spectacular and did not miss us one bit! Here are a few pictures from Lagoon~

Me and Tim right after arriving.

Ma and Pa Kettle
The Ham Fam {aka the Hamiltion's} before Rattle Snake Rapids, where Tim got soaked. It was great.
Me, Shayla, Shelby, Mom and Tim on the swings. I love this ride. It is a classic.
Tim talked me into riding Re-Entry in the dark, let me just say this ride is way scarier at night!
This time we got Old Time pictures taken. It was so fun. Tim was an outlaw and I was a saloon girl. I think Tim's beard fit nicely with the ambience.
Didn't you know? Cowboys don't smile.
Here is the professional shots. I love this one. I am shooting my mom for the money! LOL
And here is one where we are all smiling. Isn't Dani the cutest little outlaw?

We spent Sat night, then got up early to go to Temple Square to hear music and the spoken word. We had never been before and it was really nice. All in all it was a fun weekend. Until we went to pick Brock up and he didn't want to come home with us! I don't think he missed us one little bit! I guess Tim and I should be taking more weekend get aways! :)

Boating and Birthday

Yesterday we went to Twin Lakes with Tim's parents. Twin Lakes is about an hour from Pocatello by a dinky little town called Clifton. Heard of it? Didn't think so. Non the less, we still had a great time

I think Brock had the cream from about 10 double stuff Oreos for dinner. Thanks Grandma Ulrich. :)

Brock is such a master of mischief for sure! He does obey well, but case in point~ He was taking handfulls of sand and throwing them into the lake. No biggie. But then he takes a handful and looks at me and then at Alaina. I just know he wants to chuck it at her. I Say "NO Brock we do not throw sand at Grandma" So what does he do? Well, he doesn't throw the sand, but he walks up to her and wipes it right on her leg. What a little turd. At least he obeyed I guess!
Here are Tim and I in front of the boat. Brock wouldn't join us for the picture.
Me being tough. This is why Brock is so obedient. I lay down the law.
White-eee and Brock. What a cute pair.
Brock loved to drive the boat. Thank goodness Jay is a patient man. Brock kept hitting his hand away when he tried to steer the boat. It was pretty funny.
Tim, uh, enjoying the Lake.
Driving with Papa.
Playing in the lake. Brock had a ball.

Brock and Papa Jay Bird
Before we left. Brock Loves the "Truck". Bye Momma!
And Tim is turning into an old man. He recently turned 28!!! I Surprised him with a new set of irons for golfing. It was really fun because he had no idea and was really excited. Tim generally doesn't get too excited about presents, but he was like a little kid, couldn't wait to get the bow off of them and play! It was fun.