Kyson took 4 steps!

Our little boy took 3 steps, then turned around and took 4 steps. Ken and I were sitting on the floor passing the ball between the 3 of us and he was up and walking with the ball to hand it to the other. We went to grab the digital- but the battery wasn't charged. So- when it's charged and he decides he wants to try this walking business again- hopefully we can capture it on film. YAY!! Our baby's walking... sort of!

Just time for some updates

So it's been a little while since I last posted... We are pretty sure we are moving to AZ this fall. We will know for sure after we: 1. Go to the temple 2. Apply for a few jobs to test the waters of job prospects, and 3. Sell our condo (which went on the market today just as a FSBO). We found a house we love and it's only 2 miles from my parents in Mesa, has 5 bd,3 baths, a pool, a lime tree, 3 palm trees... and did I mention a pool. Ah yes, I did. If we are going to live in a HOT desert... we better have a pool! :o) My mom went and looked at it and told me it looked like it was in great shape. It is priced EXTREMELY well... which makes me very nervous that it will sell very quickly. We shall see. If we are meant to live in that house- things will work out.

We are still getting out and about. We went hiking again, kayaking at nearby lake, and still enjoying dinner with Ken's family once a week. So far, it's been a great summer (well, spring). It's hard to think it's still spring when it's light out for almost 20 hours!
Kyson is 10 months old now and growing, crawling, getting into anything and everything and even took 2 steps walking without hanging on to anything a few days ago. It won't be long before he's walking and really getting into everything. He is eating so many new foods and seems to enjoy that. He loves brushing his teeth (and only by himself) with water. Whenever I go to take the toothbrush away he cries. He still only has 4 teeth, but two more on the top are coming in slowly. He is more easy going with new faces now, but always prefers his mom when he's tired or hungry. I still take him swimming about once per week to get him more comfortable in the water. The gym Ken works at has a smaller, warmer pool than your average gym, so it makes it perfect for Kyson.

He got his first ever haircut (by me) last week after we decided the almost-mullet was time to go.

My calling as a Sunday school teacher is going well. I am really enjoying it actually. More than I thought I would. I am learning more than my students are probably, but they are great youth.

Work is also going well- both at the VA in surgery and Avante. I haven't told either workplace about the possibility of us moving, as I want to make sure we are moving before I say anything. Because I am an intermittent staff nurse at the VA, I may actually try to stay on and work there when we come back to Alaska once or twice a year to visit. We will see if that's a possibilty or not. We are playing with the idea of coming back every other summer (as that is the best time to be in Alaska)... so if the VA is okay with that- we would sure be happy!

Enjoying summer!

We are still enjoying fairly nice weather. Yesterday was Anchorage's 7th annual Oceans Festival so we took Kyson and enjoyed music, good food, and fun. They had several educational booths about sea life and preserving wildlife/land/sea. Although Kyson was too small, we enjoyed watching and thinking about Kyson in a few years enjoying the huge jump castle, inflatable slide, and kayak demo pool- where they put as little as 3-4 year olds in a kayak in a pool to learn how to paddle... it was super cute. We bought our typical Kettle corn... can't seem to go to any outdoor events that sell the stuff and pass by that booth! It's too good. We sat in the grass to enjoy some live music while Kyson crawled all over the place, trying to pet people's dogs and see other little kiddos. It was very cute.

After loading the jeep and about to shut the door- Kyson was cracking up. Too cute.

We have also been trying to get out on a hike each week. Last week we lugged our heavy Canon camera with us only to find out that we left the memory card at home. Fun times. We still got a good workout out of it, as well as enjoying the beauties of Alaska. We just found and bought a baby backpack to carry Kyson in. Certain hikes we have survived with his 3 wheel baby stroller, but it will be nice to get out on steeper, more mountainous hikes. We are trying to see all we can, especially if we move to Arizona in the fall. We are still not 100% sure if/when we are moving... but things are still looking that way. It's a matter of selling our condo (which will go on the market in the next 2 weeks, and finding jobs in AZ). Time will tell.