Awkward!

Yesterday was just really awkward for me. First of all, I had to teach in Sharing Time in Primary. I apparently thought I would go over on time but ended up with 15 minutes extra! SOOOO embarassing! To make matters worse, the Stake Primary Leaders were there! I was so incredibly nervous! I wanted to crawl underneath one of the big rocks that were brought for my lesson and hide until it was over. I actually felt like I was so humiliated that I was having an out of body experience. I was looking down at myself just laughing at myself. I don't even really remember everything a was rambling about. I was told I did a really good job, but come on. I really think they were just being nice.

After my humiliating experience at church it didn't end when I went visiting teaching. My companion couldn't go with me because of other obligations, so I was pretty much flying solo. It was my first time visiting this person at her house since I received a new VT list. I know this sounds so dorky and a little ridiculous, but have you ever been around someone or a group of people and felt totally out of your element? Yeah that was me. Brian says I have social anxiety. Now, I'm kind of thinking maybe he was right. The whole time I was visit teaching this person, I was really nervous. I couldn't think of anything to say and kept rambling, repeating myself. At times I was wishing I could either hide or just hit myself up side the head and tell myself when to shut up. Oddly enough this person is also one of my visiting teachers. She's an awesome person and everything, but for some reason I get really intimidated talking to certain people. I like to think of myself as a pretty social person, but for some reason I get really nervous around people.

I really am trying to get out and do more things with other people. I would really like Tali to be able to hang out with kids her age too. Which reminds me, I am hosting a Mommy & Me play group at my house on July 16th at 10:00 am if any of you mom's are interested in getting together while letting your kids play with other kids. If you're interested, just let me know.

First family camp-out

This last Friday and Saturday was our ward camp-out. We went up Big Cottonwood Canyon. It was so much fun! It was our very first time going to a ward camp-out together. Here are some pictures from the camp-out.

This is Tali's friend Audrey with her Papa. I thought it was really cute! I especially loved the hat.

This is our good friend Scott. He's so silly. He actually wanted me to take this picture. He is quite the character! It was quite interesting though when he decided to make a hamburger smore. That's right. He put hamburger patties in with his smore.

The men had fun making cars out of potatoes and then racing them. It was like the pinewood derby. You should have seen it. I wish I would have gotten pictures of them. It was priceless!

Talitha was really loving the whole camping outdoors thing. She was able to get dirty without any complaints from Mom or Dad. What an adorable little girl!

Here is Tali with her friend Audrey. She loved playing in the dirt. I had to keep an eye on her though because she would try and eat the rocks and dirt. I don't know what looks so appetizing about rocks and dirt to her. What can I say? Like father like daughter. Just kidding.

If you notice, she's got a piece of bark in her hand. Luckily she didn't try to eat that. She loved walking around and playing with Daddy!

Our Second Counselor in the Bishopric has a son that is a few months younger than Tali. Apparently he and Brian thought it would be fun for our kids to play "chicken fight." What a couple of weirdos!

Tali's favorite part was the smores. She loved every minute of it!

Nighty night, Mom. I really love this picture. She just adores her daddy. I was really concerned Tali wouldn't stay warm enough, but she slept better than both of us. In fact, I ended up climbing into her sleeping bag with her.

Morning came way too fast though. I ended up staying awake until around 2 a.m. I was just talking and playing catch phrase. I ended up waking up at around 7 a.m. The weather was supposed to be in the 80's, ended up raining. I had to wake Brian up around 8 a.m. so we could have breakfast and go home so we weren't in the rain as long. He wanted to stay in the tent and wait it out.....finally coming to the conclusion it wasn't going to stop, he decided to wake up.

Oh my! Doesn't she look mischievous? "Will I get in trouble playing with the flashlight....?"

"Hey Dad! Look what I can do! I made light! Oh yeah! I am so totally awesome!"

"Peek-a-boo!"

Good times. Good times!

Father's Day

I know I'm a couple days late with this post. I've mainly just been too lazy to update it. I hope you all had a wonderful and fabulous Father's Day.

Our Father's Day was pretty fun.....depending on who you are. After church, we had gone over to Brian's parent's house for dinner. Let's just say I was a little shutter bug. Brian was getting sick of all the pictures, but I told him "hey, one of these days you're going to thank me for taking so many pictures." Brian got a computer game (which I'm already sick of) and chocolate so he it made taking all the photos bearable. Here are some pictures from Father's Day!

The Monson boys minus one. We miss you Mitch!

Brian's brother-in law and nephew came over a little later.

I thought this picture was so funny. Tali was fussy and wiggling...alot! It kind of looked like they didn't know what to do.

Three generations. She's got both of them wrapped around her little finger.

Oh how she LOVES her Daddy!

Brian, I hope you had a wonderful Father's Day honey! I love you! Thank you so much for being the wonderful, loving father that you are to our little girl.

GET AWAY FROM MY MOMMY!!!

The last couple of days I have been having some physical issues. Today I had called the doctor to see if I could get in to see him about it. I just wanted to make sure that my diagnosis was correct which it was....I'm pregnant! HAHAHA! Just kidding.

After getting there and waiting for about half an hour or so, the doctor finally came in. Then he asked for the symptoms. Tali was flirting with the doctor at first and then the doctor wanted me to get up on the table so he could check all the typical stuff. As soon as the doctor asked me to lie down, Tali started screaming and crying. My only assumption is she was under the impression that I was going to get a shot. She now knows that that is what happens when she gets onto the table at the doctor's office. It was so funny and yet so sad to see her cry and yes, I was a little proud and happy that my daughter loves me enough not to want to see me get a shot. It was so funny, I couldn't help but laugh. It's a good thing I only needed a prescription.

Brian and I are looking forward to our ward camp-out. We even started dehydrating fruit for the trip. Which reminds me. Those of you who wanted to know where and how much I paid for the dehydrator, it was $40 at Walmart. This will be our first time going as a married couple let a lone with a child. My only concern is what the heck do I put Tali in so she stays warm at night? They obviously don't make baby sleeping bags. Our sleeping bags are mummy bags and don't provide a lot space for an extra person. We plan on taking blankets, but will that be warm enough for a one year old??? What have you done when going camping with a baby or little person? Any suggestions?

Week of walking, geniousness and herbing awesomeness!

On June 7th, my little Talitha started taking off walking at Nanna Monson's house. I could not believe it. She had taken a few steps here and there, but she was actually walking! I have proof!

This is the first video we took of her walking. I didn't have my camera with me, but luckily Brian's mom let me use her camera to record this incredible milestone. Thanks Ma. I couldn't have gotten this without you. Tali has since occasionally tried to stand up on her own. She's done it twice already, but I think she still might be a little scared of falling.

Tali has also adopted a new toy Brian brought home from work. It was a little wooden massager that has four wheels on it and Tali likes to act like it's a car. What an imagination! In her defends I guess it kind of looks like a car. She will even make car noises. It's so funny! We now call it her "vroom vroom." She is getting to be so smart! She now can distinguish between her "vroom vroom," bunny, doggy, ducky, & her monkey.

Last night after Brian got home from work, I was working on organizing my karaoke Cd's. I had all my karaoke stuff out and set up and Tali grabbed one of the mics and started making noise into it. It was so cute! She's such a smart girl!

Today was pretty awesome! Last week Brian had bought me a food dehydrator. I was really excited to start using it so we decided since we have so many herbs we should dry some of them. I have never grown herbs before nor dried them or anything, but today I dried my first herb.

Yes, I am quite proud.
We had dried some fresh cilantro from our garden. I know. I know. We are basically totally awesome and amazing! Hahaha. :D
I was actually kind of surprised at how much we got. It was basically an entire spice shaker full. We still have more cilantro too.

Temple open house & a fat lip

This morning Brian, Talitha & I went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house. It was really pretty. As we were taking the tour though, we kind of felt like a little rushed. As we passed pictures of Jesus, I tried to show Tali the pictures and tell her about them. She was so cute! She really liked the baptismal font though. She thought that was pretty cool.

It was a really good day today. I was so glad I didn't have much of a fat lip anymore....especially for the pictures.

Last night I learned a very important lesson....don't roll over to get more comfortable when sleeping in the same bed as Brian. It will result in either a black eye or a fat lip. That's right. My husband gave me a fat lip. No, it wasn't intentional. What happened was last night he was sleeping on his back and just happened to have his hand behind his head with his elbow in my direction. I roll over and BAM! It felt like I took a chunk out of my lip or put my tooth through my bottom lip or something. Brian was freaking out and apologizing profusely and me, I calmly go to the bathroom to assess the damage. Luckily it didn't need stitches. It really wasn't that bad at all. I had a small cut, a bruise and a fat lip. By morning the "fatness" was just about gone. I'll bet by the post title made you think Brian got in a fight with someone at the temple huh???? Nope. I was just fighting Brian in his sleep for territory of my side of the bed. Apparently I lost that one. Brian had told me later this morning that he was afraid to move at all the rest of the night in fear that he would elbow me in the face again. I just had to laugh.

In other news, Tali is finally trying to start to feed herself! Whoo Hoo! She sure is learning so much so fast. When I took her in for her 0ne year check up the other day, she weighed 18lbs. and was in the 6th percentile! She apparently has her daddy's metabolism.

VACATION!!!

For our family vacation this year, we had decided to go to California. It was a long drive, but well worth the trip! Just so you know, this may be a long post. Hopefully most of it will be photos.

To begin our trip, we stopped in Northern California to spend some time with Brian's brother and his family. We had so much fun! The boys were so funny! Tali LOVED spending time with her California family.

These are the only pictures we took while we stayed with them. Unfortunately, Tali's cousin Eli was in bed so we weren't able to get a picture with him. Thanks Mitch & Libby for letting us crash with you guys for a couple of days! You guys are the best!

Sunday we were going to go to the Muir Woods, but due to a frustrating incident with toll bridges and time, we decided to check out the Oakland temple instead. It was really cool. It turned out to be a nice Sunday activity. Brian and Tali (of course) had never been there before. Here are some of my favorite pictures from Oakland.

Monday, we went to the Discovery of Science Center. To be honest, it was cool, but not as cool as I thought it would be. I think maybe it would have been better if Tali were a little older to be able to get a little more involved. Brian and I did lay on a bed of nails though. That was pretty cool.

Oh yeah! Living on the edge!

Tuesday, we went to the USS Midway Ship which was totally awesome! In my opinion, it was TONS better than Alcatraz. We had a lot of fun exploring the ship as well as seeing the airplanes there. Brian told me that as we were leaving the USS Ronald Reagan was pulling up. The next day on the news we found out that people were being deployed on that ship. I wished I would have gotten a picture of it. Oh well. Here are my favorite photos from the USS Midway.

I told Brian it would be fun to take a picture just like this one with this statue in the background, but he didn't want to. I thought it was cute.

I married "Superman."

Wouldn't I make a really hot pilot? Hahaha!

Wednesday, we spent the day at the Sea Life in Legoland as well as at Legoland. We had such a blast! Tali and I really enjoyed seeing the sharks and the rays. Brian really enjoyed seeing the "Lego lady."

I've been replaced! Curse you Legos!

Tali even had a good time!

Oh how she LOVED Spongebob.

Brian was so funny. He was like a kid in a candy store....

He even put on a fadora hat on top of his floppy hat to get the whole effect.

My husband is such a goofball. I LOVE him!

Thursday, we went to the San Diego Zoo. That was pretty fun with the exception of the school kids running and pushing into us. We didn't get to see all of the zoo, but what we did see of it once the school kids left was pretty cool.

I even bonded with a one eyed turtle I named one eyed Willey, an orangutan that reminded me of Brian's dad, and we saw a gorilla named Maka, some lemurs, panda bears, a komodo dragon and huge snakes that I was more than thrilled they were behind glass as well as a yucky spider that was from Harry Potter 4. I actually thought it was fiction.

See. Pretty gross!

When we were heading back to the parking lot, we saw a huge flock of seagulls that were fighting over a Subway sack. It was very entertaining.

On our way back from the zoo, we decided to stop in at the San Diego temple.

It was gorgeous like always. My only beef about our vacation was that it was overcast practically the entire time and sprinkling, so we didn't get to even go to the beach. Oh well. At least we got to see some really cool temples.

On our way back home, we stopped in to see the St. George temple which none of us had ever seen before. That was really cool. It was very pretty and the grounds were just beautiful!

I absolutely LOVE this picture!

My lovely family vacation!

P.S. Thanks Ma for taking care of everything for us while we were gone!