Outside with Our Little Walky-Talky

We have had some awesome weather this last week, and Conner has loved it.  We have spent a ton of time playing outside.  Year-round warmer weather in California will definitely be fun for him!

We took several trips to the park and went on a lot of walks.   I don't have very many pictures of our outings, but here are a few.

Conner and Dad going to check the mail.  This was not one of our nicer days, but it was impossible to convince Conner that 40 degrees and semi cloudiness meant no playing outside.

We went on an evening walk to get some of Conner's wiggles out.

He is a very opinionated kid, and he is only 14 months!  I love hearing him tell stories and explain things in his little chatter y language.  One day maybe he will realize that no one else understands his language and decide to learn English.  For now, we get to enjoy a lot of this.

Here is a little more of him walking and talking.  I am pretty sure he was asking me what I was doing and telling me to hurry up and follow him and Dad at the end.  :-)

Conner's new thing is that he likes to hold onto our fingers.  He will stand outside and hold out his hand waiting for us to provide a finger for him to hold.  :-)  This is great on the sidewalk and driveway, but on the grass we often make him walk by himself and practice his balance.

We walked out in a field by our apartment.  Love this picture.  He has no idea where he is even though he walked the whole way.  :-)

Yesterday was a beautiful day.  It was 72!!  We went on the trail by Shoshone Falls again.  This time Conner stayed awake and even walked part of it.

We only took 2 pictures, and neither of them are great. Conner looks a little angry or something in this one, I am pretty sure he was making noises...

We sat on this bench after our hike and ate oranges and cookies, two of Conner's favorite snacks.

This week is Spring Break for Daniel.  Hopefully we have some more nice weather!

Next Stop: California!

We have been waiting for March 15th with a lot of hope and anticipation.  In January Daniel had an interview at Western University of Health Sciences for their DVM program.  They told him that he would get an email telling him whether he was accepted or not on March 15.

We have done a lot of praying and hoping and speculating the last month and a half, and finally today around 11:00 (when I checked the email for the 5th or 6th time...) Daniel received the email from the admissions office accepting him to the class of 2016!!  Hurray!  After 4 years of applying, waiting, rejection, applying, waiting.... we are finally going to vet school!!  Thank you for all of your encouragement and prayers!

Daniel will start school on August 6th in Pomona, California.  We are so grateful for this opportunity that he has to earn this degree and work towards his career of choice.  If all goes as planned, in just over 4 years Daniel will be a Dr. of Veterinary Medicine!  Yuppee!

It will be so fun to live close to Daniel's family.  This fall we will be living with Daniel's Grandma in Pasadena.  We will be minutes away from Daniel's parents and a short 2 hour drive from his sister's family.

I have never lived outside of Idaho, so California will definitely be a new adventure.  I am so proud of Daniel and all he has accomplished and super excited to embark on this new adventure.

Spring At Last!

Yesterday was a beautiful spring day.  It was over 60 and sunny with no wind, crazy!  We celebrated by spending a lot of time outside.  Conner spent the morning walking around our front yard pushing his wagon.  It was very cute.  Sorry, no pictures.  

The combination of this physical activity and skipping his morning nap made him a pretty tired little boy, but we decided to go visit Shoshone Falls and hike a trail that starts there before his nap.

As usual, he refused to smile for pictures in the backpack, but he definitely enjoys it.  There was a nice rainbow at the falls.  It was not running nearly as high as our visit in November, but it was still beautiful.

Conner fell asleep about half way through our hike.  He was trying so hard, but could not keep his eyes open.  I helped him rest his head and he slept the rest of the way up and down.  :-)

We are looking forward to spring.  In Rexburg and Idaho Falls we had to wait until the end of May or June to feel the sun, so we are loving this beautiful weather!

He Walks!

Ok, so he has been walking for over a month now, but I finally am posting a video of it.  He is pretty sure of himself now, but he still trips easily.

There have been several really nice days this week, so we took Conner for walks outside.  He is getting pretty good at walking on the uneven ground.