On our way back home we decided to stop off at a little drive through fast food joint, Dairy King in Payson, that sold fish and chips. We pulled up to the window and the girl took our order. It became apparent very early on that she was new because she kept asking us stupid questions. One in particular was if we wanted French fries or English chips with our fish. Aaron asked her what the difference was and she replied, “duh, French fries are this long and come from France and English chips are this big and come from England.” Aaron looked over at me and I just burst out laughing. We got English chips and when the girl returned with our credit card payment she told us she had to charge an additional 50 cents to the bill because the chips were extra. Aaron leans over to the girl and asked, “Is that because there’s an import tax with the English chips” The girl looked at him confused and just shrugged her shoulders and said, “I guess.” I was laughing so hard I could hardly breathe. Seriously, with this economic depression, how does a girl that stupid get a job?
April 4-5th,2009: This weekend is General Conference weekend. After the Saturday sessions, all the girls on the Gunn side were invited to Beth Mason’s baby shower. She is having twins in June. We went over and had a great time. On Sunday, we celebrated Paige and Cierra’s 17th birthday. We had dinner and gave them their presents. Jade is also 11 months old today. She isn’t quite walking yet but sure is close. Aaron also left for New Jersey this afternoon. Jade and I ended up spending the night over Grandpa and Grandma Gunn’s house.
April 6th, 2009: Cierra and Paige’s 17th birthday! We took the girls out shopping for their birthdays and then went to Italian Village for dinner. We stopped off at Leatherbee’s and had ice cream and then after went back to my place. Dad helped us by installing our new sound system we got for our entertainment center. Afterwards everyone stayed and we watched a movie. It was a nice time and I think the girls enjoyed their birthday.
April 7th, 2009: Today is a red letter day! Jade took her first real steps today! Jade and I went over to Grandma Gunn’s house to hang out while Aaron is still in New Jersey. While mom was getting ready for the day, Jade and I were sitting in her room playing with a hairbrush when suddenly mom came over and grabbed the hairbrush and Jade walked after it. She took several steps and then fell down but she kept doing it over and over. I was able to get her taking some steps on video and I sent them to Aaron. He felt awful that he missed it.
This is video of Jade walking to Austin and Hudson on Easter. Unfortunately I can't find the original footage of her walking with Grandma Gunn and I.
April 9th, 2009: I have the cutest picture of Jade sitting in front of our new entertainment center watching her Little Einstein’s video. She is fascinated by the tv. I don’t want to get her in the habit of being a couch potato but it sure is nice to put her in front of the tv for a few minutes and get some stuff done.
April 11th, 2009: We had an Easter egg hunt over at the Sorensen’s house. Grandma Sorensen went above and beyond and created a wonderful egg hunt with character eggs and toys hidden all around the house. Jade didn’t get the concept at first but it only took her a couple of times until she understood that if she found an egg there was candy inside. Afterwards we went outside because the weather was so nice and Jade discovered that Grandma Sorensen has a swing set in the backyard. We put her in the infant swing and she loved it. She didn’t even mind being pushed really high. The higher the better for that girl! We let her swing for a good 20 minutes before we were tired of pushing her and still she cried when we tried to take her out. That night we got together with Jen and Jeremy and their family at our house and we played Guitar Hero and had pizza. Jade and Boston play together really well. Boston seems to adore Jade and so he just follows her around where ever she goes. It’s really cute.
April 12th, 2009: This Easter I ended up being in charge due to mom and dad being out of town. They took the girls to California for Easter break. So Aaron, Jade and I headed down to Orem and I cooked Easter dinner for the boys and Grandma Bills. We even had our own little Easter egg hunt. I have the cutest picture of Jade stuffing an entire Reeses Peanut Butter cup into her mouth, wrapper and all. That night jade started running a fever. I hope she’s not getting sick. I sent her to bed with some Tylenol and am praying for the best.
April 13th, 2009: Jade woke up with horrible diarrhea. She’s still running a slight fever but now the diarrhea is so bad she is getting a horrible diaper rash. Poor girl! However, she still is a happy girl. She has started doing this thing with her head where she cocks it to one side and gives the cheesiest smile. It is so cute. I sure do love that kid and all of her corkiness.
April 16th, 2009: Today was my Relief Society presentation of the Ten Virgins. It went well. I was really nervous because I haven’t sung a solo in front of a crowd in a very long time. I was afraid I would forget the words or be so nervous that my voice would shake uncontrollably. But it didn’t and I remembered all my words. Afterwards people asked me if I had been in drama or other plays before. It went well and Aaron captured it all on video. Yeah!
April 24th, 2009: I called Aaron at work today due to extreme boredom and convinced him to meet Jade and I for lunch. We went out for JCW Burgers and ice cream and then I was able to convince Aaron to take a couple of hours off for lunch and we went up the canyon to play. It was a beautiful day and so we walked around Tibble Fork Canyon. Jade played at the edge of the water throwing rocks while Aaron and I just enjoyed the warm weather. It was a fun day.
April 26th, 2009: It was Great Grandpa Bill's birthday so we went to his grave and decorated it with flowers.
April 27th, 2009: Today was our first Co-ed softball game for the season. We are once again the Ro’s Rangers. Aaron is in NYC so he missed the first game. I did alright out in right field. Luckily I didn’t have any pop flies out my way. My batting skills need some significant improvement though. Roanne watches Jade for me while I play ball. There is a small playground at the ball field and Jade loves to play on it. With some help, she can climb up and go down the slide. She loves it. I swear that girl has no fear. It’s amazing to watch her climb and explore new things. She is very adventurous and very courageous for her age. I love that about her.
April 30th, 2009: Aaron and I took Jade to the post office to turn in her pass port information and get her photo taken. She looked like a complete rag-a-muffin but it’s funny to see my little girl with a passport. We need the passport because we are going on an Eastern Carribean cruise with the Sorensen family in October.
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You sounded great on your singing!
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