New Experiences

Mack has been trying out a few new things lately and is discovering others. It's fun to watch his excitement and interest in the world around him. These are a few of the things he has been introduced to lately. First...biter biscuits, Yummy!

I'll let you interpret that look.

Balloons, and more importantly balloon strings, Super Cool! The balloons were for my students' piano recital...happy to report they all did famously! I love my piano kids and wanted to get a picture of all of them, but was busy talking with parents and kinda forgot.

Pens. It's hard to see, but Mack managed to write on his face (on the right side of his mouth) You can't see it better because by the time I grabbed the camera his never-ending faucet of drool had washed most of it off.

FOOD!! Yes it's true. My little boy had his first experience with baby food this week. It was delicious sweet potatoes, one of my personal favorites. He has already had rice cereal a few times, but we didn't get a picture of that.

He LOVED it! Such a boy, all he cares about is his food.

And last but not least, he discovered Daddy's mouth! I think he is a little confused as to why Daddy is eating his hand, apparently it is only okay for Mack to eat his own hand.

This week was also a week of discoveries for Clint & DeeDee. We cleaned out our garage, which I've been begging Clint to do since March 2006, and found a treasure!

These are very cool "loops" that they give to the students leaving Dental School. Needless to say, Clint had never seen them and they were unopened, but we thought they were pretty funny. He obviously has a nice pair at the office, but decided to keep them for when he works on small objects, since that happens all of the time (wink, wink). Notice how the tip of Clint's nose is magnified...I thought that was funny!

Me being myself...a weirdo with big Eyes.

That's about it for the month of May. June is super busy too. Clint has a scuba diving trip. DeeDee is going to Utah and possibly Idaho and of course, we have lots of exploring to do with Mack around here. We sure do love this crazy life!

A Month's Worth of Memories

It seems the insanity of the last month has ended and I can finally update. A lot has happened in the last month. It started out with a little visit to see Clint's brother Scott and his wife Allison and new baby girl Madeline in Dallas, TX. Clint's sisters Andrea and Christy flew in from Boise and we had a fun family get together for Madeline's blessing. Baby Mack had a grand time meeting his extended family.

Baby Mack & Little Madeline playing on Madeline's floor-mat. Mack will grab a toy and never let it go, even if he is asleep!

The mommy's sporting the Moby's from our sweet Mother-In-Law. She is great & the Moby's are too! We wore them on our walk to the canal to see the turtles & the ducks. Mack got all tuckered out. Ya gotta love Madeline's bonnet!

Aunt Andrea & Aunt Christy holding the new babe's!

Uncle Scott, Aunt Allison, and Little Madeline on Madeline's blessing day.

We also went to visit Clint's best friend Tim who is in Nurse Anesthetist school in Dallas. He has a beautiful wife Melissa (who is expecting a little girl) and a little 18 month old boy, Cade. He is one tough boy, that kid is 28 lbs. of pure muscle!

Playin' with the dog Toby and Little Cade

This is in their backyard...isn't it gorgeous!

These are just some pictures of Mack in the past month that I love. It is crazy how big he is getting. As Ty Ellis, a little 5 year old boy in our ward puts it, "Mack's brains get bigger everyday".

I love those big blue eyes!

This is Clint's invention, and was Mack's favorite way to hang out for a while, straddling the pole of hid floor-mat. You can't see it, but he has barf down the front of his face. He doesn't seem to mind it too much.

All worn out from playing with his toys.

Mommy & Mack were dancing, boy was that fun!

Then over Memorial Day weekend we went camping past Goldwater Lake with some families in our ward. We had a grand ole' time and Mack did fantastic on his first camping trip. He is going to be one great Boy Scout!

Mack loves sucking on his lower lip!

He fell asleep on Brianna! Mack is absolutely into cuddling.

Lounging around the campfire. (Thanks Abby Stilson for the hat =) )


Part of the camping party!

The camping men. Glenn Stilson, Stacey Stine, and Clint

A family picture in front of the beautiful scenery. I think we could be the model family for Trailer Life magazine...we look a little trashy, but hey we'd been camping for 2 days!