The Getschers: Cause for celebration

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Cause for celebration

Our vacuum, sadly, just finally gave up. We were obviously not thrilled about the unexpected purchase but still... we all got pretty excited about it. Why? 1- We actually have a vacuum that works and doesn't sound sick, 2- we got a great box!! Ethan jumps for joy when we get new boxes. He immediately claimed the box and the next morning we started making a car. I have to admit, I'm pretty proud of that car. Usually Mark is the ultimate box creator of our family but this time it was all me and I have to say, I think I did a pretty good job. We later added turning knobs, little doors with secret buttons behind, and most importantly, an ignition that turns. Yeah, I know, pretty impressive. Cute Eliza is scared to death of it.

And another very exciting thing... we inherited a trail-a-bike from someone in the ward who no longer used it. After a ridiculously expensive trip to the bike store to get a ridiculously small attachment part, we were off. He was really scared at first and almost gave up because he went so much faster and wobbled a lot more but now he's sold. He loves it. We've been on a few bike rides since we've gotten it and he is just all over it. Eliza really enjoyed the extra room in the bike trailer too.

This is the bike trail right by our house. We are NEVER leaving Colorado. :)

Hudson Gardens right by the bike trail. Took a little rest and kissed some bears. She loves those bears.

1 comment:

mistielin said...: uummmm... we might have to come see you one of these days :); 11:04 PM

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Ethan's Expressions

10/17/10 Mark came home from a church fireside and Ethan said, "How many fireworks did you see?"
10/1/10 Ethan came home from school and said they made a scarecrow but then said they didn't make it with any "scares" in it.
7/1 Ethan was playing with his good friend Addison outside. Eliza was giving Addison big, cheesy, flirty smiles and, even worse, was blowing kisses at him. I then asked her if she wanted to kiss Addison and she nodded her head yes. Boy crazy already! Ahh!
7/1 Mark was talking about Chris King hubs for your bike which supposedly are the best and, in his words, will outlast the bike rider. Ethan said, "Chris King hubs won't outlast Jesus since Jesus never dies." Smart boy.
12/29 "Eliza thinks Rudolph the Reindeer is HER reindeer." He often comes up with silly things that Eliza "says" like this. He has often told me that Eliza thinks she's a mommy and always is telling him what to do.
12/15 Mark said he would take Ethan on splits with the missionaries if Ethan ate all of his dinner. Ethan said, "Great! But I don't like it (dinner, that is)." He said this about 3:00 before I even started thinking about what we would have for dinner.
12/14 Ethan likes to get into Eliza's crib and play quite often when they're supposed to be sleeping. One night we went to check on them at 10:30 PM (!!) and they were still awake, playing. He excitedly exclaimed to Eliza as we walked in, "It's a miracle we're still awake!!" And then proceeded to ask us, "Is it morning time?"
12/13 Ethan asked me if he could draw all over his body. I cautioned him against it, saying that his body was a temple and that we wouldn't be drawing on the walls of the temple. I wanted him to make his own choice... he thought about it for a while and then asked, "Well then, can I draw a temple on my body?" Smart boy.