Update

WARNING: This is a really long post. It has been a while since I have updated and I probably won't do another post for a while so enjoy!

Family Reunion

A couple of weeks ago we headed up to Montana to visit Grandma and Grandpa Bassett. Alan was so excited to go see his grandma and grandpa. As we drove we explained to Alan that we were going to go to the Walker Family reunion first. We told him we would see Great Grandma and Grandpa Walker, and then we would see Grandma and Grandpa Bassett. His response to this: "So, first we will see great walking grandma, and then we will see our plain grandma?" We got a chuckle out of that and so did "great walking grandma" and "plain grandma"

A funny/embarrassing story from the reunion: Alan loves black olives so when we went to have dinner Alan noticed they had a big bowl of olives. I gave him a few and sent him to a table to eat. A few minutes later I couldn't find Alan. Then I hear some giggles and I turn to see Alan walking through the middle of the big circle of chairs. He is holding the big bowl of olives in one hand and shovelling olive after olive into his mouth using the serving spoon.

Garden stuff

We got to help Mom and Dad B. plant their garden. We loved it! I miss having a garden.

Here is a picture of their square foot garden.

Here is Alan digging in their garden with a toy excavator. He and Grandpa built a box full of dirt and rocks for the toys to work in. Alan was in heaven!

Alan poking at a roly poly bug

We got to see the new and improved pond and Alan and Grandma had fun swinging.
Alan got to ride in the Jeep which he loves.
Sick Baby

Poor Conner. When we got to Mom and Dad's place Friday night he didn't sleep well and he woke up with a fever. He also threw up once a night for 3 nights. The fever kept getting worse and worse and he didn't sleep well at night. Reed and Dad gave him a blessing one night and he slept a little better after that. By Monday morning his fever was 104 so I took him to the clinic. I suspected his ears were infected again but I was wrong - his ears were fine. The nurse said it was some kind of viral infection: they couldn't do anything for him. They said to just keep giving him tylenol and water and charged me $100 for the visit. Bah humbug! We delayed our trip to Great Falls for a day but then we took him with us on Tuesday (Mom and Dad kept Alan with them). By Wednesday he was starting to feel a lot better and he slept through the night.

Conner spent a lot of time in his diaper - just lounging around.
The poor baby just didn't have any energy. Here he is snuggling with his doggie on the floor.

Here he is: feeling much better!

Visiting with Russ and Kristie and Family

Yay! We got so see Russ and Kristie and family which means we got to see Gracie! Such a cutie - she has so much hair. It was so fun to see the kids play together.

Here we are playing a game. Boyce just threw the ball but Hudson dodged.

The kids had a sleep over in the basement. Starting at the nearest kid: Alan, Kelcie, Hudson and Boyce.

Hudson, Boyce and Alan playing together outside.
Driver Alan

Alan loves big trucks. The garbage truck driver let Alan sit in the driver seat.

Then grandpa got us a tour of the bus barn. Alan was so excited to see so many buses all together. Then we actually got to take a ride on a bus. When Grandpa first offered to take Alan on the bus Alan said "No, I can't, I'm not six". We have talked about how he has to wait until he starts school to ride a bus. I was surprised that he was a little bit nervous on the ride - not sure why.
Here he is sitting in the driver's seat of the bus.

Then Grandpa took Alan for a ride on the gator. Alan really liked that, although he held onto the side rail pretty tight.

Canoeing

The highlight of the canoe trip was seeing a beaver swim through the water, crawl through a culver and then walk across a lawn into a group of trees

So a ton has happened in the last few weeks. Reed was offered a job in Great Falls, Montana and he accepted it. He will be working as an assistant manager for American General (same company as before). We went up to Montana a couple of weeks ago and looked for a place to live. We found an apartment that is NOT ideal (not even close) but it will work for now. The 2 good things to be said for the apartment are that the rent is cheap and we can get out of our lease if we give a 30 day notice. So next Thursday we are moving...yup this is really fast. We are sad to be leaving our friends and our awesome ward, but we are excited to live closer to both of our families.