Power Outage

Last week our power was out for 5 hours. I missed the brunt of it because I was at a church activity. Tyler and Brooklyn had a fun time at home bathing in the dark with flash lights. My boy scout even pulled out his grill to warm up Brooklyn's bottle for her! What a good Dad! After I got home he grilled up some chicken for us. I got marshmallows out to roast, but the gas had run out by then!

It really made me think if we would really be ready if a natural disaster struck. I used to think we'd do pretty good, but after this little outage... I think we'd be in BIG trouble if we didn't have electricity!

Since we've been back

Ok, so I'm not very good at updating the blog. But here are some things we've done since we've been back in Michigan (almost a month now!)

Tyler has started school again. He seems to be liking it. He says his classes are a little tougher this semester than they were last year. His schedule is quite a bit different now. Two nights a week he has class until 7:15pm. Both Brooklyn and I are anxious for him to be home on those nights. But, he has Fridays off! Wahoo!! Too bad he has to study :0(

We took Brooklyn swimming for the first time! She was a little timid at first because the water was a little cold. But once we showed her she could splash, she didn't want to get out!

Brooklyn and I have been going on walks with some of our friends. It started with two of us and now we have 5! It's fun to talk to our friends in the morning and get a little bit of exercise in while we do it!

I went to the Farmer's Market for the first time. It took forever to get a parking spot, but once I finally did, it was really cool to see all the local vendors and all the stuff they had. I bought some sweet peaches, perfect apples, deep red tomatoes, corn, and green beans. I was really impressed with the quality of produce.

Brooklyn had a "Fisher-Price Play Date" last week. A friend in the ward entered a contest and won all these Fisher Price toys that we got to go play with! She had a blast.

And... Tyler had a Birthday! We weren't able to do much because he was feeling kinda sick. We were able to get the important things in though: presents, cake, and ice cream. He got a BBQ grill set (spatula, tongs, brush, and other BBQ gadgets) and a meat thermometer.

Finally... an update

We've been super busy this summer and for all of you who have just been dying to see what we've been up to ;0) here you go!

On the way out to Denver we stopped at Winter Quarters in Omaha




Shortly after we got to Denver Grandma and Grandpa Gibson came out to see their grandbaby and said, "Mindy and Tyler are just a bonus." (Or something to that effect!)




Tyler took care of Brooklyn at night while I went to work.



Usually, when I got home from work in the morning, I would stay up with Brooklyn until she went down for a nap. People have asked how I stayed awake. Well... let's just say, I loved my Cherry Pepsi and Dr. Pepper!

Our friends babysat once a week for half the summer. Brooklyn loved playing with Lydia.

Tyler got to go to a Rockies game and watch it from a suite!





We got to go out to Utah for the Forth of July and have a big family party with my Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and Grandma



Brooklyn liked the fireworks... as long as she was watching from inside the house!

After our Fourth of July Party we headed out to Bear Lake for a Woodworth family reunion. Unfortunatly we forgot our camera and don't have any pictures of that outing, but we had a blast! Brooklyn and I played out on the beach with the cousins and Grandma & Grandpa. Tyler spent most of his time out on the lake on the wave runners.

Four Generations Pictures



Tyler and I didn't have a lot of time to see what Denver had to offer. My family came out to see us again and we were able to go to the Denver Zoo. Brooklyn was more interested in all the kids that were walking around than the animals, but we still had fun. As you can see, she was spoiled and never sat in the stroller the whole time we were there!


Tyler also went to an amusement park with my brother and sister. They had fun, but didn't get me any pictures!



Brooklyn had her first Birthday right before we left. She wouldn't get all into her cake like most kids do. She was being very dainty and wouldn't eat it until I gave her a spoon!



She got lots of new toys to play with. (We were hoping they would occupy her for the road trip back to Michigan!) Take a look at the middle picture. She got a pair of car keys and was just amazed when she found out they came out of the box! She sat there with that face the whole time I was getting them out.



Grandma and Grandpa Woodworth came out to say good-by and to help us get all packed up and out the door. I am SO glad they did. We wouldn't have been able to do it without you. THANK YOU!!



That is our summer in a nutshell. We were glad to be closer to family and happy to see them as much as we did, but we are happy to be back in Michigan- back to our apartment with all of our stuff.