pumpkin patch

last friday we visited the local pumpkin patch. we had a lot of fun taking pictures of jorgen but we soon realized that we wouldn't be purchasing a pumpkin from this posh patch. the cheapest pumpkin was $1 and was the size of my fist...all the other pumpkins ranged from %25-$40 depending on the size! can you believe that? for a pumpkin!!!! people think they can charge so much here in palo alto! it is almost funny!




these last two pictures are my favorite! jorgen loves to tickle us and every time we say tickle mommy or daddy, he puts his hands in front of him like this and scrunches his face and makes a squealing sound. it's funny how he mimics us-that's exactly how we tickle him!

more park

i think it's pretty apparent that we love going to the park! every once in awhile i take my camera because it is so fun seeing jorgen play. he loves playing there!

random games

jorgen has a few new games he like to play. the first isn't really new but it is worth noting. he gets his favorite blankie and puts it over his head and walks around like a little ghost. he tries to go into his room and then out into the family room. when he's in the family room surrounded by his toys, he tries to play with the toys while he is being little mr. ghost. i caught him with my camera finally and he was trying to read while under the blanket. so funny!





just yesterday he figured out that the hutch doors open! he usually just spins the knobs around and around. since i don't let him open any of the kitchen cupboards i figured it would be fun for him to have one that he can play in so i took out all the breakable items and not he throws his toys, my water bottles, and anything else he can in there. he even gets inside it...the problem is he can't get out....hence the whiny face.

I've been 'tagged' a few times to fill out different questionnaires and I never did them so when I got tagged again, I decided to give it a shot...here are the results...

1. Q~Best thing you cooked last week. I've been living off of these mock-pizzas the past two weeks. You get a wheat tortilla, put yummy spaghetti sauce on it, fresh basil, mushrooms, tomatoes, peppers, even some spinach is good and then grate some cheese on it and put it in the broiler and in a few minutes you have a yummy, pretty healthy personal pizza! You've got to try it.

2.Q~ If money and time were no object, where would you go and with who? Probably at this point I would go to Samara, Russia to visit my parents and I would of course go with Justin and Jorgen (plus since money isn't an object, I would fly all of my siblings and their spouses and kids with us...get ready mom and dad!).

3. Q~ When was the last time you cried? I think last week. Can't remember the particulars but it doesn't seem to matter lately, my emotions have been riding a roller coaster--though not as bad as last pregnancy...thank goodness!

4. Q~ 5 things you were doing this month 5 years ago. Hmmm, that's hard. I was at BYU enjoying my crazy roommates, studying hard, trying to figure out life and being guided to send in mission papers. I think I was sort of dating this funny and yet random kid (named Justin but with no relation to my wonderful hubby). That's about it. Oh, and probably driving back to Salt Lake a lot to spend time with my parents. I love them!


5. Q~ 5 things on my to do list. Buy a black bunk bed (any leads?), go to IKEA to buy organizers for Jorgen's closet (with the new one coming we need something to put the clothes in...i like the hanging organizers ikea has), blow dry my hair (happens once a week), organize our book shelves, clean out our car.

6. Q~ 5 favorite snacks. That depends on what kind of mood I'm in, healthy or not...raw macaroons are my favorite health snack and so is carob, if I'm feeling more pregnant then I like crackers (tomato basil whet thins..mmm mmm good), candy and randomly enough...celery.

7. Q~ 5 bad habits. Spending too much time on the computer, letting the car get dirty, asking too many questions (ask Justin about that one:D), picking my lip (gross)...I have many more but my brain is freezing up right now.

8. Q~ 5 favorite foods. Any delicious raw meal, sushi, ice cream, nachos, my yummy morning green drink (spinach, romaine, apples, carrots and sometimes lemon and ginger all juiced to perfect yumminess).

9. Q~5 Places I’ve been. Ukraine, Fiji, Australia, Japan, London and many more...thanks mom and dad for taking us so many places!

10. Q~ 5 fave memories. Christmas in the Virgin Islands, summer trip back east to see the church sites mixed with lots of other sites (my dad is the best planner!), countless mission memories, getting engaged in Tikal, Guatemala, every day with Jorgen makes a favorite memory.

I'm supposed to tag someone else-just feel free to do it if you want to;D

play date at the park

jorgen and i went on a play date to the park with a friend, mallika and her two boys, niko and kishan (i got to know her because she was looking for someone to watch her two boys once in awhile. i still watch her boys once in awhile and we also do play dates about once a week...i love her and her boys!!). jorgen loves her two boys and they love showing jorgen around and jorgen just follows them everywhere. mallika is very good at taking pictures and is taking a class right now so she wanted to take some of jorgen...these are some of my favorites (i know, "some" you say, there are over ten! what can i say, i think my son is adorable!).



i had the great idea that the boys make a train...well, this was the ending result. jorgen looks a little confused but they all had fun.


this picture makes me laugh. jorgen is running after niko (the older of the two boys) and if you look at the different ways they both run, you might laugh too. niko's legs are close together and he's running rather normally. while jorgen's legs are so far apart and he has this wide-stance run that looks so funny. i image most toddlers run like this but i've received enough comments about his wide-stance that i sometimes wonder. he can't help it if he's built stocky like his parents...he's got thighs that prevent his legs from coming closer together. he's a solid little man!




once again, jorgen looks a bit confused..."mom, what are you trying to tell me?"


my favorite!!!! he is so adorable! i just want to squeeze him!


observing how the other kids are playing. i love all of his faces. he is so observant.


i don't like to see my son sad, but this picture captured a sad moment. look at that lip!

conference seat

conference weekend was wonderful! it was such an inspiring weekend. while we watched conference on our computer we set jorgen up to watch baby einstein on the tv(a treat for him....he only gets it so often and this weekend he got baby einstein overload i think). i set up a little chair for him with his stool, a pillow, and his lego table and gave him his blankie so he was set. how long do you think it lasted? you're right, not long. but it was fun for a bit. he ended up climbing all over it while watching bits and pieces of baby einstein and trying to distract us as much as possible. he is just too cute!

climber

jorgen has found a new love for climbing. one thing he LOVES climbing on top of is his lego table. he stands on it and often does what you see in this picture....plays or reads on top of it. i guess it is more fun reading and playing with legos while sitting up there than on the floor??? he is so funny. he loves to find the step stool and stand on top of it and he does the funniest little dance-his happy proud dance, i guess. Just today he realized that he can climb up to previously unreachable places by using the stool. he is going to have strong bicepts because he's always carring it everywhere and it is as big as he is.

daddy and the jorgs

doesn't this remind you of lady and the tramp? jorgen had so much fun! he LOVES his daddy so much and has so much fun with him! i thought these pictures were so funny:D

caterpillar on the cob

look very very closely...can you see it. if it was a video you would see it moving and eating it's way through the luscious corn ever so slowly. it looks so comfortable in there... YUCK! i go to the farmer's market every saturday and buy all sorts of yummy, fresh, organic veggies and fruit. they are so delicious....i cannot buy conventional tomatoes anymore because they have hardly any flavor. i don't know what i'll do once the market ends in december but i will survive. the only downfall to buying non-sprayed produce is that bugs seem to be more prevelant. i bought corn almost every week for the past few months but last week and this week we found caterpillars in our corn!!!! the first time we saw one justin was shucking the corn and he showed it to me and i only saw the head of the caterpillar and i thought it wasn't a very big deal and then he gave me a closer look and turned the corn a bit and there it was...it was ginormous (as kinnon would say, or used to say). i thought i would lose it right there. we didn't get a picture but this week i was extra careful while shucking the corn and sure enough, i found a few caterpillars. this one was the best, but not nearly as huge as the first one. looks tasty right?

more tub time

hello ducky!

cute face!

"i want to get OUT!" (rare occurance...usually he begs to stay in!)

can you see what jorgen is pointing at? sick and wrong, but i guess there's a first time for everything! so gross!! (but had to take a picture to mark and record)