My All-Time Fave Photos of the Weekend

Hey, Britt. Don't bust a gut with the effort!

Sweet Baby, Sweet Grandpa

Rexburg, ID

For those of you asking, "Where the heck is Rexburg, ID?" I don't blame you. It's a fairly out of the way place, unless you're heading to Bear World or West Yellowstone. Or unless you're a student at BYU-Idaho, which my sister and brother-in-law are.

Anyway, it's a tiny little place, but I find it rather quaint. Brittany and Brian took us to a public park with its own water park and carousel. What a fun time!

Grandpa & Nora discovering new things.

Wow! Where's all this fun water coming from?

Nora was trying to grab handfuls of water.

Um, you think she likes the swing? ;)

Doesn't she have the most precious smile?

Meeting Mason

We took a little trip last weekend to see Brian and Brittany up in Idaho. Dad was visiting too, so he got to meet Mason, grandchild #9.

Aunt Katy and Mason

Mason & Daddy

Mason's Milk Coma

Nora: Buckeye fan through and through

4th of July Fireworks

Quinn and I debated the whole day about whether to keep Nora up past her 8:00 bedtime for fireworks. In the end, we settled on waking her up around 9:30 to go to Grandma & Grandpa Foote's house. There we set off fireworks in front of their house with Uncle Jarum & Aunt Michelle, and cousins Amber, Megan, Jenna, and Andrew. We were a little nervous as to what Nora's reaction would be to the loud noises and bright lights.

See for yourself...

Hi. My name is Nora Foote. I'm a trouble-maker.

Cute? Yes.

Smart? Yes.

Good crawler? Yes.

Energetic? Oh my, yes.

Good-natured? Yes.

Trouble-maker? YES!!

Exhibit A:

This is where I go to hide. Hee hee! Mama can't find me!

Exhibit B:

Hey, can I climb up this blanket onto the chair?

Nope, turns out all I can do it pull stuff down and knock stuff over

and make messes in general.

Exhibit C:

Wow! Look at me! I can climb up on a basket of DVDs and

turn on this light all by myself.

Exhibit D:

Ha ha! I just splashed Daddy!

Phew! Turns out all this mischief-making really

tires a girl out.

zzzzzz.....

Father's Day

This year Father's Day and Katy's birthday fell on the same day. We got together at Grandpa Allan's house on June 21st to celebrate Father's Day, the birthdays of Katy, cousin Jaime, and Uncle Donnie, and the Summer Solstice. Yay, longest day of the year! Nora had so much fun and played so hard that she wouldn't even slow down to eat.

Nora with Great Grandpa Allan

(We love this little nose-wrinkling thing

she's been doing lately.)

Great Grandpa Allan, Grandpa Joey, Daddy Quinn & Nora

Grandpa Joey, Grandma Karen, Quinn, Katy, GGpa Allan & Nora