Various Videos

Here is another video of JuneBug riding the lego "car"

Playing with the kitty at Grammy's house

New Church Building

A couple of pictures of the new church building.

Looking from the back corner to the front

Something you don't see very often- Psalters in the back of pews

Looking from the pulpit to the back of the room

Elder Larson and JuneBug

Miss B and Junebug wanted to sing but never had time

It's a Boy!

The first pictures of our Little Octopus*

Our midwife who helped us have a wonderful home birth

Born at 1:05pm

9lbs 4oz

22in

*Official blog name not yet decided

Baby Belly

Thanks to a couple of friends we have the following record of my baby belly one week before the due date. Perhaps one day I will thank them...

Below you will find the guesses/wishes of many of our family members and a couple of friends as to the Birthday and size of the baby. Feel free to add your own guess in the comments.

Birthday	Gender	Weight	Length
9/30	Girl	8.0	20	K.M.
10/3	Boy	8.8	19 ½	Mrs.O
10/4	Boy	8.8	-	Grammy
10/7	Girl	8.12	21	Newie
10/9	Boy	8.4	-	N. V.
10/10	Girl	8.3	21 ½	Me
10/12	Girl	7.0	20	Jimmy
10/12	Girl	8.0	20	Pop-pum
10/12	Girl	8.7	20	S.A.M
10/12	Boy	8.7	21 ½	Ike
10/12	Girl	10.0	20 ½	Genny
10/13	Girl	8.5	20 ½	K.V.
10/14	Girl	9.6	22 ½	J.V.
10/20	Girl	7.8	20 ½	Mum-Mum
Thursday or Saturday	Girl	10.0	20	T.V.
Wednesday	Girl	1.0	Medium	Marf
Late	Boy	-	-	Midwife
	Sister	-	-	JuneBug

New Door

At the beginning of July we installed a door between the kitchen and sun-room. In the summer time it gets very hot in the sun-room. So by installing a door we were able to keep the heat in there without exhausting the air conditioner. 

Ike practicing cutting out hinges

Looks about right

Placing the hinges. Remember measure twice cut once!

Before

After

A close up of the handle and trim Ike put up

Odds and Ends

I should keep this blog better updated so that I'm not posting pictures from July in September!

One evening we were invited over to Mr. & Mrs. F's home. Here they are with JuneBug.

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The week before the Free Church Conference a few of us Vernons took some friends and went shopping at the mall. The only pictures I got were us riding the escalator because I was too busy trying on clothes. :D

Some people just don't like their picture taken.

Introducing our friends to taking pictures in the mall. Definitely a Morton-ish thing to do but it is fun!

We were getting a little crazy. Maybe N just didn't want to be seen publicly with us. :D

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An apple pie that I made. 

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One day I built a mega-lego "car" for JuneBug.

Trip Virginia: Part 2

After going to Stephen and Katie's we went to the Free Church Continuing Conference. I really only have pictures of JuneBug but you can check out The Reeder Bunch and Stefanie's Pleasant Places to get better coverage of the event. When you are done head to the FCC conference sermon headquarters to hear some great preaching.

JuneBug and Mommy on the balcony off our room

One afternoon JuneBug stood on a suitcase so he could look in the mirror and comb his hair. (I couldn't get the camera to not flash so sorry for the glare)

I think JuneBug could have swung the whole conference.

JuneBug and Hannah

Trip Virginia: Part 1

The weekend before the Free Church Conference my whole family met up at Stephen and Katie's. We crashed in on them late Friday night and left early Monday afternoon.

Katie got up on Saturday morning and made us all waffles.

A birthday gift for Junebug from Uncle Stephen and Aunt Katie

It kept him entertained throughout the weekend, especially on Sunday when everyone else was taking a nap.

Junebug never lacked for someone to read to him.

Playing on the monkey bars in the backyard.

On Saturday evening we all went over to a park near S and K's that had a walking trail. Along the route were stations to do calisthenics.

Junebug trying the balance beam.

It was a well maintained path and not too strenuous for a 7 month pregnant lady.

How many people does it take to help Junebug do a reverse crunch? Well, apparently more than 4 because right after the picture was taken he started to cry and ended up never doing one. :D

The adults trying out part of the course.

We didn't use every station exactly as we were supposed to but had lots of fun making up our own stuff.

Way to go Dad!

Junebug doing chin-ups.

Finding a chin-up bar a little closer to his size.

After these pictures I didn't take any more until the conference, which will be posted soon. You can check (eventually) Katie's blog and SAM's blog for more coverage of the weekend.

Of Sandboxes, Blueberries, and Kittens

One of Junebug's birthday gifts was new sand for Grandpa and Grammy's sandbox. Yes, we are thankful the sand stays at their house instead of ours. Although, some does get carried home in his pockets. 

All the children enjoyed playing with Junebug in the sand.

It all had to be sculptured just right to make...

A Kubota tractor. 

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This year we picked at least 7 gallons of blueberries to freeze and eat. We used frozen blueberries as a treat during potty training for Junebug and he liked them just as much as the chocolate chips.

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It was cute to watch Junebug play with the kitten. He was surprisingly gentle with it.

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For Junebug's birthday his Uncle and Aunt sent him a block set that can be used to make a barn. We set it up so he could put his John Deere tractors inside.

Our family self-portrait picture