Monday, January 30, 2012

Preparing for Finley

In the run up to Mr Finley’s arrival we had to get some things arranged and sorted.  The first, and potentially most stressful, was moving Poppy from her old room into her new room, and changing her crib into a toddler bed.  After much worry and concern, we bit the bullet and made the change and she was soooo excited.  She loves her new room and bed, and we haven’t had any problems at all (although the morning we were heading out to the hospital we heard a loud thud and she had fallen out of bed – she was okay, just a little bemused).

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One of things she likes most about her new bed is that Georgie can jump on on her bed and sit with her (Georgie is undecided as to whether she likes this or not).

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Poppy got a sled for Christmas and has been so excited to use it, so the other day (i.e. the only day it has snowed this year) we headed over to a hill and went sledding or sledging if you are English.  Poppy had a blast and is excitedly waiting for the next day of snow.  On this particular day she woke up, looked out of the window and said ‘It snowed, where’s my sled?’.

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One of the many ways I know that Poppy is my daughter is her love of junk food.  Here she is enjoying (which I think may be an understatement) a corn dog – these were just too cute not to post.

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Lastly in preparation for the big arrival my Mum came into town to look after Poppy while we were at the hospital.  Poppy LOVES her Nannie Sue and has been having lots of fun with her.  Nannie Sue has been spoiling Poppy, but I think that she enjoys that as much as Poppy does.

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The other day we took a trip to the Church History Museum and little Miss Popps had a fun time, she tried some dancing, played with animals, steered a ship and planted some veggies.

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Picture Catch Up

We have been a little slack in posting pictures recently, so I (Paul) thought that as I sit here in the hospital next to a napping Anna and Finley (more on him later) that I would update a few pictures from the last little while. So here they are - enjoy!


Firstly we got a new camera in the black Friday sales, so Poppy and I headed over to Wheeler Farm to try it out. She was a fun little model and I got to play with my camera i.e. we were both very happy!

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Mini Mission Reunion

In October, we had the pleasure of seeing one of my mission companions (actually my trainer) from my first area of Charleroi, Belgium. She and her husband flew over from Salzburg to visit family in Springville. I was with Martina, formerly Soeur Kuhn, when 9/11 happened, so I have some very unforgettable memories of that time. Paul also happened to be in our district at the time, so it was a nice mini reunion for all of us, including Carrie and her husband, who were nice enough to host dinner.

Poppy will Carrie's little boy, Calan, and Martina's little girl, who doesn't speak English, but still seemed to love playing with 2 crazy American kids.





It's pretty crazy that it's been 10 years since we served together. I have to say, Carrie and Martina look awesome and don't look any different to how they did on the mission!

Lazy Sunday

Just some fun Sunday pictures. We thought we'd enjoy some relaxing park time before the weather turns for good...









Ready for the runway?


Georgie liked the slide! She did land funny one of the times, so that was the end of that, and we didn't let her go again.



Pumpkin Carving

This year marked many "firsts" for Ms. Poppy, maybe because now she's old enough to appreciate and participate in a lot more things. It's lots of fun. Here, she takes part in her first pumpkin carving experience. No, I didn't let her near the carving knife. :)