Norman Rockwell Exhibit

Last Friday we met up with Jon's parents and sister to go to the BYU Museum of Art to see the Norman Rockwell Exhibit. First there was a short movie about the life of Norman Rockwell which was very interesting! Crew even stayed pretty quite during it (he sat on Grandma's lap most of the time). Then we went and saw the exhibit. I ran into my sister and brother in law and an old high school friend there too! Small world! Crew got pretty impatient while we waited for the crowds of people to keep walking so we could see each picture, but it was a long wait so I don't really blame him. We had a great time though. I always enjoy looking at art!

Afterwards we went to Wendys and Crew entertained us all with his constant silliness. He especially loved all of the french fries! He is really getting to know his Grandma and Grandpa and I love watching those relationships grow!

January So Far

Normally, the winter goes by so slowly for me, I can hardly stand it! But it seems like this year it's going by a lot quicker. I have been trying to keep busy, cleaning and playing and doing different projects here and there. Let's hope it keeps going by fast! Here are some pictures and videos from the past couple of weeks:

We have lots of pictures and notes on our fridge that we have collected from the neighborhood kids. I finally went through and cleaned it off but had to take a quick picture before I did to remember them.

Crew loves looking at family pictures! Every day we sit down and he pays close attention as I point out and name each family member.

Happened to snap this picture right as Cappy attacked Crew! For no reason! Mean cat.

The sunset and Crew's daily schedule do not agree with one another right now, and I miss going down to the lake and watching the colors of the clouds, but that doesn't mean I can't notice it, even without the pretty view of the lake!

We are outside people! Cold weather can't stop us when we get an urge to get outside!

Some Silliness:

When the toddler is quiet, you know he is up to no good. Apparently he wanted to help us reorganize things under the sink.

Crew loves Uncle Chance! 

He knows who the favorite Baxter Superhero is:

Provo City Center Temple Open House

Last Friday, January 8, my Dad was able to get the whole family in to see the new Provo City Center Temple! Tours for the public don't officially start until the 15th but since my Dad excavated the old tabernacle and baptismal font right next to the temple, he and his family were allowed to go early and without tickets! LUCKY US!!! We did have to wait in line for a little bit but it was worth it. The kids didn't even mind. Crew did especially well. 

All the Grandsons: Jaxon, Kannon, Britian, and Crew

Sessely, Bridger, Jasmine, and Lacee (Danielle couldn't make it and Brigham is on his mission).

The temple was so beautiful. It's a smaller one, but every detail is amazing!! Towards the end they have a bunch of displays up showing the history of the old tabernacle and stuff. It displayed a lot of the things that my Dad excavated. I'm so proud of him and all his hard work! He really is such an amazing man. To anyone who goes to the open house, be sure to check out those displays!

My Dad in front of the display.

Display of artifacts that he excavated.

Picture of a picture. He is one of those guys in a hard hat.

I feel so lucky that we got to go so early and as a family too! It was such a neat experience!

Little Bookworm

I love, Love, LOVE how much this little boy loves to read! Most days I get up, feed him, dress him, and set him free to roam around and play and he always goes straight to the books. The book basket and the toy box are even right next to each other, and he always goes for the books! He has gotten to the point where he can entertain himself pretty well by just flipping through the pages by himself, but he loves snuggling up with someone and being read to the best. 

Reading with Grandma

Reading with Mamie

His toys were blocking the book basket so he crawled into the toy box, sat down on top of the toys, and helped himself to some books.

My little Bookworm!

I'm so proud that he loves to read at such a young age! I hope this love for books never goes away! In other news, here are 3 random, unrelated pictures that I wanted to share (but didn't feel like writing a separate blog post for). Enjoy!

There is no point to this picture except that I love his outfit and had to take a picture to send to Daddy.

He's so cute no matter how he sleeps!

He crawled into the toy box one morning. All of the sudden he started complaining because he was in an awkward position and didn't know how to get out. I was a mean Mommy and had to take a picture before I helped him. If you look closely you can see his foot almost coming out of the top left corner of the box. He was really stuck!