Just Stuff

Hey! So I just wanted to update everyone on what we have been up to. Sorry...I get so busy that I forget to blog. It's really relaxing and replenishing to me though, so I need to do it more often. It's like venting or taking a long, nice jog through town. It just clears your mind.

This is what our little family has been up to lately. Wes is currently serving as first counselor in the Young Men presidency in our ward. He is pretty busy with teaching lessons and Wednesday activities. He took the boys shooting the other day and let's just say it freaked me out! Not one of them (besides Howard, who is one of my students too!) had ever shot a gun. I kept picturing Wes coming home with bb holes in him from the shot gun. He even called and teased me that he was on his way to the ER. (That didn't go over too well.)

I am serving as the second counselor in our Young Women presidency and I just love the ladies I work with. They are such faith-filled women, who truly love the girls. Let's just say we are all opposites too. Our secretary (who isn't pictured) is so uptight and O.C.D. Our first counselor is a free-spirit woman with a relaxed personality. Me and Natalie (the pres) fall in the middle. We are a perfect match. We have a tiny ward (6 girls--3 from the SAME FAMILY!) But the girls are darling and they are good girls.

Cache is talking up a storm, kicking, laughing, and cooing! I just love playing with him. He can hold his head up and he likes to talk to anything moving or belching sound, including the computer, ipod, and tv. Wes has mastered the bird call that Kevin gives from the movie "UP" and Cache gets the biggest kick out of it. He laughs and laughs when Wes "calls for his babies." This Kevin, is not a girl though. :)

Love you all! We are so Thankful for you and hope your holiday is bright. Happy Thanksgiving!

Quick

I had to say something great: Cache has slept through the night for two nights in a row and we are in heaven. Now...just because I publicly announced this, he will probably be up all night. But I don't care. He is such a good boy!

This is Halloween

Hi Everyone!

Sorry it has been such a long time since I have posted anything. Life truly is out of control right now. I teach part time, go to school part time, LOVE baby Cache full time, and then serve in the young women presidency. Wes works full time, tends 1/3 time, and is serving in the young men presidency. Let's just say, we never see each other and we are so slammed with things to do that it is definitely time for THANKSGIVING BREAK! :)

Here are some darling pictures of Cache at Halloween. Please note that he has gone from a gangly 5.5 lbs to almost 15 lbs and his chunky rolls are so cute. He laughs, coos, and smiles like a fiend and we can't get enough of him. Cache hates being alone and he is very smart. Somehow he can always tell when we leave the room. The other day I had to lay him down for a second to get my shoes on, so I propted him up in front of the HGTV channel for a minute. I came back to him staring contently at the screen and (so it seemed) taking vigilent mental notes on how to dress up windows with curtains (see the picture!).

We went to my work's Halloween trick or treat with Cache and I got a bag-full of candy that Cache cannot yet gum through. Being a mom is so rad (in more ways than one!). My good friend Mandy dressed as a whoopy cusion and rocked my socks off with her cleverness. She is so cute. Anyway....take luck.

XoXo

New Pictures

Hey!!

I just wanted to add some cute pictures of the Cache man. He is getting so chubby and cute and big. He is starting to smile and coo at us too. Oh I love it! :) (Sorry about the quality of the pictures! They are all from my iphone.)

Wes and I are keeping busy. I am still teaching part time and staying busy with student government and 8th grade English. It is fun, but I miss my bubby boy. Wes is working on the farm still and golfing like crazy. He picked up the sport again from his friend Mckell. They like to go at least once a week and get their game on. It's very nice and relaxing for Wes. Sweet.

Blessing Day!

Today was such a beautiful day! Wesley Cache was blessed in our ward today by his daddy. It was a really special meeting because my grandparents from Arizona came up to be a part of this. Wes did such a good job on the blessing too. He had really thought about what Cache needed and the young man that he will be one day and he gave a beautiful blessing. I must say that this little guy looked very handsome in his white suit too (we just kept praying that he wouldn't poop through it!). Then he was passed around all day long to various loved ones and friends.

Wes and I have been so blessed by good friends and family. They support us in all of the things that we do and we love them all so much (that includes the Condies, Petersons, Williams, Olesens, Lewis' fam (I can't make that plural), Crandalls, and Chandlers--just to name a few. We honestly love and appreciate everyone..we just can't name you all! :) ). We love all of our friends so much and we appreciate their support. Our family is by far the best too. We love them and appreciate the hours of service they give to us. We are truly blessed. We love you!

Update

This is Grandma Nila (my grandmother) with Cache.


Cache is getting so much bigger and I just love staring at him (and kissing him and snuggling him etc etc etc). I just wanted to post some more pictures of all that he has been up to. You will see that he has plenty of admirers from both sides of the family. It's funny because we can't decide who he looks like either....one day he is like me, the next like Wes (he can also change in a few moments time). :)

The Adventures of Mommy and Cache (and Dad)

Hello. This has been quite a week of adventures for the Crandall Clan. One day, while Wes was at work, he found a dead cow in the field. This is the 5th dead cow in 10 days, so Wes and his dad needed to take it to the lab to see what the problem was. So Wes came in and asked me if I wanted to go on a little ride. I'd been in the house all day, so I said YES!! Little did I know he was recruiting me for corpse duty...

So we pack Cache into the truck and we start down the road. Then Wes starts explaining that he will get in the tractor and I'll follow in the truck and he'll just load the cow up and we'll be on our way. Ok...I thought we were just getting out of the house--but this is the way most of our adventures start.

Well, we finally get to the field where the cow is. Cache has been snoozing peacefully. Wes hooks these enormous chains to the dead cow's legs. Now mind you, this cow is bloated!!! He heaves the beast into the air and proceeds toward the truck that Cache and I are in. This huge, dead, dangling cow is bobbling towards us and I just kept thinking, Please let this fit in the back of the truck. Wes lifts the cow up and tries to get it into the bed. Her limp, dead head keeps whacking the tailgate and I am dying. I just know she won't fit and her head is going to get stuck somewhere on the top of the truck.

Finally, Wes succeeds in getting the cow into the bed of the truck. Let me remind you--she is bloated and all of her legs are poking out in different directions from the bed. So here is a mother and her child barreling down the road, with four giant legs and hoofs wobbling at passerby's. People are gaping as we drive past. This is just the beginning my friends... Now, the stench is quite remarkable. So much so, that Cache starts screaming his head off and I am gagging. Now I am trying to balance a tippsy bloated cow that is rocking back in forth like a turtle stuck on her back, and shush the baby. I can't wait to get out of the truck. So much for "getting out of the house." Now do you see how tough we are? We are cowboys and we start our kids off early. :)





Then....we went to Wyoming for the first time with Cache out of the belly. He did really well for a long car ride. He slept the 3 hours (with a brief pause for nourishment), and then just chilled up in the beauty of the ranch. It was a good week. Cache has started doing this hilarious face as he looks around and tries to figure out the world. In this picture, he looks like mini-me doing his little face. :) We love this little guy!