The Newman's

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Rub a Dub Dub-Carter's in the TUB!

Carter is almost 5 months now...my how the time flies!! And he obviously doesn't fit in the sink for his little sink baths anymore :( which part of me is really sad about. The other part LOVES seeing him in the bath in his little bath chair! He'd gone through that awkward phase where he didn't fit in the sink, but was still too small for the tub...but now he's graduated full throttle to bath time in the tub! Have a look!

In the beginning...

And the present.....

He looks SOOOO different!! But what a little SWEETHEART!

The BUMBO

So I had never heard of a bumbo before, but apparently it is like a marshmallow seat that helps your baby learn to sit up. Our friends Dan and Anna got one for their little Susie, and they let us give it a try with Carter Moo to see if he liked it. Success I think! There was something so funny to me about seeing Carter sitting up like a normal person in his little body. Loved it :)

I secretly wish I had a bumbo to call my own...

Monday, October 3, 2011

Newman G.N.O.

While all of our men were off at the General Conference Priesthood session, my mother-in-law, sister-in-laws, and myself had a really fun G.N.O. (For those not accustomed like nate, this means girl's night out.) We went to Thanksgiving Point for some dinner, and shopped around the Emporium. Window shopped of course :) Then we went back home and played with little Carter and Miss Kiera, my little niece. Here are a few photos of the fun evening.

Poor Carter. Had to be the only boy on girl's night out.

My cute family

This is little niece kiera.

We were fortunate enough to see this beauty on the drive home.

Then we took a little photo shoot of Kiera and her mommy for the fun of it. She had some rockin' boots!

Nothing to make your day bright like spending quality time with the girls!

The Harvest

Gardening is an art. Normally, to be so accomplished, you must have a garden. But for us Newman's this is simply not so. All we needed was some soil, seeds, boxes, and a little T.L.C. So long ago, I made a post about Nate's urges to have a garden. Those planter boxes we invested so much time and love in paid off!! Well...in a way. My beautiful flowers took a turn for the worst week two that they were planted. My younger brother Dylan and his lady friend knocked the poor thing over. Then, in angst to cover their tracks, they poured the rest of the seeds in the soil and replanted over the top of the first seeds. Obviously this was a horrible mistake, because all my little flowers choked each other to death. All but one...

This single dried up gem could not be taken so easily. It persevered through thick and thin. Even when I did not love it like I should have. We prevailed. We did everything to kill this little flower, and alas, with so little effort, we are STILL too good of gardeners for this to be so. I walk past this every day, and it makes me smile :)

The peppers we were so hopeful to harvest turned out better than planned! Only a third of the plants survived, but still. Coming from a seed, that was pretty impressive I thought! Nate was VERY pleased. here are the little sweethearts.

Look at the size of that guy in Nate's left hand!! Prize winning pep!

I had to take a similar photo with our award winning masterpiece.

Woohoo!! We will never go hungry!!

The four survivors that made it til the harvest. So impressive.

Here's the papa, pleased with his accomplishments and glad he can bring home the bacon!

Monday, September 26, 2011

At Last I See the Light!!

Confession: I am obsessed with "Tangled". Disney was extraordinary before, but I sincerely think that Tangled holds a spot on my favorites top five list right now. Nate, who can barely convince himself to watch the same movie twice in two months, finds it almost impossible to understand how I can watch the same movie two to even three nights in a row. This doesn't happen with all movies I like, only the selective few. And lately Tangled is the only movie that I want to watch on my shelf. A few things I admire about this show-
1. GREAT music. Way catchy, upbeat, and something you find yourself humming frequently.
2. Romance! Hello, Flynn Rider is a VERY attractive animated character, not even second to dimitri from Anastasia (who we young girls were all in love with). AND the floating lights scene? Brilliant. Makes my heart very warm.
3. Clever humor! There are some really awesome lines and funny moments throughout this entire movie. I get a kick out of it every time :) Even the freaky Mother Gothel is hilarious. However, Maximus the horse holds a special place in my heart. As does Pascal. Moving on.
4. This movie makes me feel like a young girl again! (In my old age ;) But serious. It makes me feel creative and imaginative and it makes me feel giddy and happy :) Like a REALLY good movie should. The kind of movie that makes you want to play dress ups again haha I love it!!

So I could rant and rave about how much I love this movie for ever, but I think this'll do it for now!

I hope there will still be good classics like this when my kids are older!