Spencer & Karen's Little Universe

Vacation!

2009-10-13T21:04:00.024-06:00

Thanks Chelsea for the great pictures!

Legoland

Ethan in a nutshell.

One of the few times we were actually able to get Ethan to sleep.

He played so hard it eventually caught up with him.

Here are a few pictures from our trip to Chicago. We had a lot of fun! Thanks Evan, Chelsea, and Emmy!

Pictures

2009-05-10T22:39:00.010-06:00

Here are a few recent pictures.

I've been tagged!

2009-03-09T21:07:00.003-06:00

So Aubony just tagged me to post the sixth picture of the sixth folder on my computer. Here it is! Not a whole lot to explain here. This is just me and baby Caleb hanging out in the rocking chair when we were living at our old apartment. He was almost 2 months here. Doesn't he just look so cute! I must say this is actually a mildly flattering picture of me as well, which is more than I can say about most of the pictures posted on my blog. You can tell it's usually not me posting them.

2009-02-22T22:11:00.002-07:00

What we're up to

2009-02-22T22:03:00.001-07:00

What makes you stretch?

2009-01-11T18:47:00.005-07:00

So I get this call on the phone from a member of the bishopric yesterday and he says he wants to meet with us after church. I somehow was led to believe it pertained to him home teaching us or thought he might set me apart for my new calling as a member of the Enrichment Committee. So when I get in there, he's all mysterious, as they always are, and he wants me to accept an assignment. So in case you're wondering, yes, I'm the new YW basketball coach! YIKES! Any advice?

CRUISE!

2009-01-10T15:24:00.012-07:00

Here are a few pictures of our wonderful cruise to Mexico!

More pictures of our house

2008-11-29T09:43:00.003-07:00

So I guess I can only post five pictures at a time. Here are some more. There may be more to come still. Enjoy!

The House

2008-11-29T09:32:00.003-07:00

Okay, so I'm finally posting a few pictures of our house. There may be more to come if you're lucky. Most of these are just of the living room and there are a couple of the kitchen/dining room area. We are absolutely LOVING it!

Recent Pics

2008-11-22T15:23:00.005-07:00

Here are a few random pictures of the boys. We didn't get any Halloween pictures because our camera wasn't working, but there are a couple of Ethan on his actual birthday opening a present and some from his party the following weekend at least! Thanks, Mom & Dad Baum, for the b-day party pictures! Caleb just started solids last week, and he is loving them! He is growing up way too fast!

2008-08-28T22:16:00.007-06:00

It's been a while...we never knew how busy 2 kids under 2 would keep us! Here are a few random pictures. Crazy how the picture taking tapers off so much for the 2nd kid.

The boys

2008-07-09T21:28:00.009-06:00

The top two pictures are of Caleb smiling when Spencer was making noises and tapping Caleb's hands quickly. He LOVES when daddy gives him attention! The last four are some adorable pictures that Chelsea took of Ethan and Caleb while they were out here visiting in Colorado. Thanks, Chelsea, for the cute pics!

Welcome Caleb!

2008-06-15T18:47:00.009-06:00

Caleb was born at 2:13 AM on Father's Day at 9lbs
and 22 inches.

2nd son of a 2nd son of a 2nd son of a 2nd son
of a 2nd son...we named his "2nd name"
Ephraim after another 2nd son.

2008-05-29T23:23:00.003-06:00

2008-05-21T21:14:00.002-06:00

1 month to go!!

Father & Son campout

2008-05-17T21:16:00.004-06:00

2008-05-11T19:37:00.001-06:00

Pictures

2008-04-19T18:37:00.002-06:00

2 months to go!

Baseball season

Recent pictures

2008-03-16T17:07:00.009-06:00

Crazy kid makes this face because he knows it'll get a laugh.

Every time he eats something lateley, he says, "Mmmm!!" I was blessing the sacrament today and I heard Ethan in the back saying "Mmmm!" when he ate the bread and drank the water.

2008-02-22T21:22:00.004-07:00

Lately Ethan has loved everything to do with basketball. Seems like he plays b-ball all day long. He is always running around the house carrying his ball saying "ball-ball."

Everytime the TV is on, he says "ball ball?" When there is a game on, he goes crazy. He gets a kick out of going with me to the YM basketball games. He makes a great 6th man.

Walking

2007-12-09T22:36:00.000-07:00

Birthday

2007-12-09T22:35:00.000-07:00

I've been tagged!

2007-11-13T21:36:00.000-07:00

Rules About Being Tagged:
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
I was tagged by Peggy Olson.

6 Things About Me:

1. Yes, this is going to sound much like the other people who have been tagged, but I do love being a mom and a wife!!! It’s definitely what I was made to do, and is the most fulfilling job I’ve ever had. Ethan is such an affectionate, sweet little boy and he loves to hug and kiss me and lets me cuddle him when he’s tired. I love him sooo much!!! I also love Spencer very much and really appreciate all his help with Ethan every day. I’m so glad he loves being a dad and is so good at it. I honestly wouldn’t be happier doing anything else, and if I weren’t able to be a mom, I don’t know what I would do.
2. I enjoy being an artist in many different aspects. I consider cooking to be an art, and enjoy trying new meals, especially with lots of fresh herbs and produce. I love foods with a lot of different layers of flavor and color. I also enjoy home décor, but I haven’t really had much opportunity to develop that yet, but I do like to watch shows on TV about home décor and design every once in a while and am getting some good ideas for our future house. I also enjoy being artistic with myself and the way I put myself together. I like to look nice, when I can. I love to scrapbook and organize and beautify everything around me.
3. I love languages, and enjoy learning new languages and new things about language. Grammar is definitely one of my passions. Yes, I’ve been known to be the grammar police around my house. This love affair with language apparently began in elementary school when I wrote in my journal that my favorite subject in school was phonics. Being that I am a very lateral thinker, and tend to use both sides of my brain pretty equally, I enjoy the left-brained activity of fitting words into the organized pattern we know of as grammar, but I also enjoy the artful translation of a good piece of literature, particularly from English to Spanish, as it allows me the opportunity to use my imagination and knowledge to access the perfect language to communicate the same idea an author expressed into another language in a manner just as beautiful as it was communicated by the author.
4. I'm somewhat of a technology-phobe. Though I'm intrigued with all the things that technology allows us to do, and like having it around to make our lives easier, I'm always a bit nervous about learning new things associated with it and how to use new devices and services. I guess it's not so bad, though, once I learn.
5. I always have to be doing something. It drives me crazy to just sit around and be idle, at least for too long. Sure, every once in a while I’ll enjoy a good movie or a cooking show or something like that on TV, but I can’t sit around for too long or I get restless.
6. My most cherished sense is the sense of taste. I really enjoy tasting things, whether it be a wonderful home-cooked meal with fresh herbs, or the taste of words in my mouth as a render a beautiful translation. I do believe that different words have different flavors, and appreciated the fact that my trainer for the Courtroom Interpreting I was doing a couple of years ago expressed this same feeling to me about words. I was pleased to know we had both come up with that same concept. Even sounds can be tasted, I suppose, as us linguists talk much about tongue positioning in the mouth when different phonemes of a language are pronounced.

I tag Spencer, Lars, and Evan.

HALLOWEEN

2007-10-31T20:46:00.000-06:00

I think he's already part lion anyway.

I don't know what's scarier, the lion or that freaky Joker smile!

Don't mess with this hot hick!

Mini Me

2007-10-31T20:37:00.000-06:00

I have met my match. I should have known all that teasing would catch up with me. Ethan has really become quite the teaser. I think he has already teased me more than I ever teased Evan or Lukas!

Funny face

2007-09-30T20:19:00.000-06:00

Leopard

2007-09-30T19:08:00.000-06:00

Zoo

2007-09-20T20:18:00.000-06:00

We took Ethan to the zoo for the first time. He had a good time, but seemed more interested in the other kids than the animals.

Everyone thought it was funny when he tried to pick a fight with the tiger. His growling was out of control, just like it is everyday all day long!

The family

2007-09-20T19:44:00.000-06:00