MOVING DAY AND PLAYING IN THE PARK

Dear Kurt,

Today we helped our friends Jill and Jedd move to Pocatello.

I'm sad they are moving. I love hanging out with them and how having them over for dinner always turns into talking for hours and hours, sometimes with the car running the whole time.

I know Pocatello is only an hour from our house but it lets be honest, an hour might as well be five. We rarely see our friends that don't live in Idaho Falls.

Anyways... I'm done with the "poor me".

Back to today. Today Brooklyn wasn't much help with the moving. The unpacking thing, on the other hand, she was good at. Actually it more of the pulling things out of boxes and throwing them on the floor thing that she was good at. Either way we had to get the kids out of the house for a while.

JAXTON OUT PLAYING IN THE PARK.

So we headed across the street to the park. It was such a nice day and there were tons of leaves to play in and lots of hills to roll down, or in Brooklyn's case, scoot down.

BROOKLYN SCOOTING DOWN THE STEEP HILL.

At one point Brooklyn walked up and put her arm around Jaxton's waist and they just stood there like that for a while. It was adorable. They are such good friends. I hope we still get to see them often enough that Brooklyn will still feel comfortable enough to put her arm around him when they are just standing there.

BROOKLYN WITH HER ARM AROUND JAXTON.

So after a long day of moving and playing in the park I can honestly say I am ready to curl up on the couch with you and watch the history channel or whatever else we find on tv.

Sincerely, Lori

SECOND BEST FRIEND

Dear Brooklyn,

A million apologies to you because it's been forever since I have written my sweet baby a letter.

First and foremost: I love you, I love you, I love you.

Second: I want to tell you that you are my second best friend (right after your daddy, of course).

I love hanging out with you all day long. You follow me around the house while I get stuff done. We read books, sing and dance, eat, and play games.

Today you learned how to play peek-a-boo with your hands. Before you would put a blanket over your head, pull it down, and I would say "Peek-a-boo!" Now you put your hands over your eyes to play. For some reason it is so much cuter. Especially when you will peek to make sure I'm looking before you pull your hands down.

You are so adorable.

Again I have to say I love you, I love you, I love you.

Sincerely, Mom

GOOD OL' UTAH

Dear Kurt,

A quick trip to Utah for work reasons turned into mostly eating, swimming, and shopping with our good friends Jedd, Jill and their little one, Jaxton.

I like taking trips with you. Even though we had a few "musts" to take care of, the trip still felt carefree and fun.

Sometimes it's nice to have a planned trip but there is something to be said about spontaneity. Doing whatever we feel like doing at that moment. Eating whatever sounds good at the moment. Stopping if someplace looks interesting while driving down the road.

My favorites from this trip: swimming with Brooklyn for the first time, eating at Rumbi Island Grill, surfing, and snuggling with you in our freezing hotel room.

Sincerely, Lori

YOUR FRIEND JAXTON

Dear Brooklyn,

I love when you and your bestie, Jaxton, get together.

You love to talk, laugh, poke and hold hands.

I can't wait till you both are a little older and you can really play together.

Sincerely, Lori