Sprinklers in October

The sprinklers came on in our courtyard the other day and Talmage wanted to run around.

Yes, it's mid-October, but it was also in the mid-80s.

I love California. I love California. I love California.

Lately, I have to say a lot of no's. More on that later, but T and I have been in semi-war almost nonstop. It's been exhausting, and it's hurt my feelings.

BUT...

when he asked to run in the sprinklers, I got to say YES. And it felt so good.

He had fun running, I had fun watching, and by the smile on Evie's face I think he enjoyed himself as well.

It was a moment. And I loved it.

Two more reasons why I love Stanford:

1. Mr. HorsefeatherStanford put on a magic show for all of the student families and it was so hilarious. Mr. Horsefeather entertained the audience of young children for nearly an hour, and Talmage was laughing out loud he was loving it so much. His favorite parts were when Mr. Horsefeather fell (purposely, repeatedly, hilariously) and when he made balloons come out of his mouth and then made them animals. It was great.

2. The Stanford Wives Club

The madness of it all! All of the women in our ward with husbands at Stanford got together for the first party of the "Stanford Wives Club." It was supposed to be a gorgeous day so an outdoor brunch in the courtyard was planned. Unfortunately, it was raining cats and dogs and we ended up squishing into a small apartment. It was hilarious and I think it's safe to say that poor Nicole's carpets will never be the same again. I can't wait to get to know these girls better and play again soon!

Auntie Care and Uncle Bryce

Care and Bryce took a little Babymoon to Santa Cruz and visited us on their way home. It was so great to see them, and of course I was SUPER excited to get my hands all over Care's gorgeous baby bump. She is having our first niece (and the boys' first Wiggy cousin) in December and I honestly couldn't be more thrilled. I'm sure this precious little girl will be beautiful, fun and amazing--how could she not be with parents like that? We love you Care and Bryce...see you again soon!

Bathtime on a Skateboard

About a month ago I started bathing the boys together. They both love a nice, warm bath at the end of the day (and our eldest NEEDS one for sure) and it was just too dang crazy trying to fit two baths into our schedule. My sister bought us this baby bath chair that folds up super small and it has been PERFECT, I highly recommend them. T calls it Evie's skateboard ( I have NO idea where he got that). You should hear his squeaky voice saying, "Evie, you just wuv your skateboard in da bafftub." Priceless.

Stalking Daddy.

Sometimes this little man misses his Daddy so much during the day that he begs to go to "da wah (law) school to wait for Daddy." I'm pretty partial to the man myself, so I totally get where T's coming from. Sometimes we set up a lunch date, sometimes we just meet up for a quick hug, and sometimes we have nothing planned at all and the boys and I become Daddy's stalkers! This is when we just sit outside of the law school and wait...and wait...and wait until we see Daddy. Sometimes we do see him, and sometimes we still don't, but for some reason it always makes T feel better knowing that we tried.

And while T plays cars on his favorite bench on campus, I cuddle this cutie and consider myself a very blessed person to be at such a gorgeous school with such great guys!

On this particular day last week we didn't catch Daddy, but we did come up with an incredible idea to go home and have caramel apples! T loved it (although after a few failed attempts to bite it I decided to cut it for him). At church on Sunday I pulled out his apple slices and he said, "Uh, mom. I want the caramel," so I might have ruined him though!

And this was that same night while eating dinner. He is pretty much the cutest, feistiest kid ever and I just l.o.v.e. him.

Could I be any more blessed?

Doubtful.

Uncle Jordan

My brother hooked one of his favorite mission companions up with one of his really good friends and guess what? They got married! Woo-hoo for the newlyweds and woo-hoo for us because that meant Jordan came back to Sac-town and we got to spend a day with him!

Jordan and my parents came to Stanford for the day and boy did we have fun! He got to meet Evie for the first time and I think it was love at first sight! Everett is such a gem of a baby and Jordan loved getting to love on him!

Talmage adored all the attention he received from his Uncle Jordan. They made up a secret handshake where they slap each others hands and then run their fingers through their hair. T ate it up. So cute.

He also thought it was so fun to ride on Uncle Jordan's shoulders. Days later, he is still talking about how he "wuvs to pway with Uncle Jordan at da park." Needless to say, Jordan won him over!

Mema is so good with the boys and they love her to pieces. Here she is flirting with Evie, who is definitely flirting right back!

The funniest part of the day just might have been when my dad found this "baby" carrot and demanded a refund. The look on his face was priceless (and I'm so glad I caught it!) In the running for hilarious comments was when Jordan was teaching us where a jack rabbit got it's name (it's a rabbit that looks like a donkey), and that it was a better alternative than calling it a bunny - @$&. It was so dang funny!

After a long day of playing in Stanford we headed to SF for a food truck night market. The car trip there was super stressful (screaming baby, lots of traffic, SF crazy roads, etc) but once we started eating the trip was SO worth it! We had korean bbq, empanadas, green thai curry, lumpia, cilantro/chicken dumplings and strawberry nutella creme brulee. Holy goodness!

T chowed down on kettle corn and Ev, well, he might not have been thrilled by the whole thing but he was a pretty good sport.

Me and my brother. Don't tell him I told you but I am definitely bending over so he can be taller than me! I love that kid.

It was so-so-SO much fun to have family in town and to spend the day with them. I am one lucky girl.

Before we left I risked my life (kind of) and climbed a ladder so I could take a picture of the market. This is only half of the place, but you get the idea. When I got down Talmage was sobbing because he was so scared I was going to hurt myself on the ladder--cute kid!

Thanks for visiting us Uncle Jordan...please come back again. Soon. Really soon.