Hyde Happinesses

 Hello everyone! Hope you have had a wonderful week. 

Ours has been good. A little crazy but good. Stetson has discovered the joy of fishing. Like, it’s almost a problem. He’s completely and totally obsessed. Every time we get in the car he expects to go fishing and it’s a tragedy when we don’t. It rained some this week, so instead of letting Stetson run around the house with an actual fishing pole and wreck havoc, Cam bought him his own little pole. It works wonderfully, almost like a real one and Stetson loves it. It’s the first thing he thinks about when he wakes up in the morning and from his nap. It would be adorable if it wasn’t life and death most of the time. His word for fish is “what” so that’s also confusing. We’ve worked hard to try to get him to say “fish,” but since we know what he’s saying, he just continues to say “what.” Anyway, it is mostly cute, and when we do actually take him fishing, it’s the best time of his life. He loves to yell “reel reel reel!” When the boys catch a fish, then when it comes out of the water he gets as far away as he possibly can and says “all done… bye fish.” It’s pretty awesome. He’s a pretty fun kid. He’s definitely at the age where only his parents can really understand his sentences (mostly), and I love interpreting for him. He’s jabbering a ton and takes a lot of brain power for me to keep up with him. 

As for the big news of the week, we’ve decided to move back to Kentucky. Cam and his brother have been doing really well with their business up here, but a massive opportunity out in Kentucky just kind of showed up out of the blue. It’s for a lawn mowing company and the owner is a member who has been looking for someone to take over the business for awhile now. He’s really excited to show the boys how to run it and hand it over to them in about a year. Cam is heading out to Kentucky to do some hunting and talk with the guy next month, so unless anything changes from that conversation, Cam will be moving out to Kentucky after Christmas and I will follow him after we’ve found a place to live. 

That’s all for now folks. Hope you have a lovely week! 

Every time a camera comes into view, Stetson yells “cheese!” 

Had so much fun playing with Grandpa, Grandma, and Jenn and her kids at the park the other day. 

Stetson was pretty intrigued by the witch at the pumpkin walk. She had a stuffed cat on her lap and Stetson happens to love cats.

He didn’t really enjoy the pumpkin walk, but he sure loved putting his head through the holes. 

Yes, we had to take the pole to the homecoming parade. This is a real fishing pole folks. Before the cute little one. We got some weird looks. 

We went to Tony Grove to fish and show Cams brother and sister in law the view. 

He’s just getting sooooo big! 

Hyde Happinesses

 First of all Jenn, I agree. Where did September go?? I thought I’d posted not too long ago… turns out it’s been more than a month! Lots has happened this month, but I will try to keep it brief.

We’ve had lots of car troubles this month. At one point I genuinely (and I’m not kidding) thought to myself “a horse and buggy would be a better option than this. I wonder where we can get one.” So if anyone you know happens to be selling said horse and buggy, please send them my way. It really did complicate our lives (and our wallet) but luckily I think we’re done for now. 

Stetson has been enjoying the last days of summer. It’s still pretty warm here so we go outside lots and have had lots of fun playing in water and throwing rocks all over the place. Between sessions today, we went up to third dam and let Stetson just throw rocks for an hour into the river. I was laughing because Cam also threw rocks for an hour. I guess they never grow out of it 😂 

We had so much fun on a trip to Idaho to see the parade of homes and to celebrate mom’s birthday. We invited ourselves and then I invited everyone else… so thanks to Ruth and Elise for being good sports and being willing to host and entertain all the time. We love it and are looking forward to more visits :)

We attended the baptism of my sister in law, Emily, in Evanston WY a few weeks ago. She is awesome. She met my brother in law in Kentucky, married him, and followed him to Evanston to work and is an absolute angel. It was awesome to be at her baptism and get to know her a little better. 

We just got back from a week in Destin, Florida. It was pretty fun! And I’m so glad that we’re done traveling for the foreseeable future 😅 I’m exhausted to say the least. Chasing a toddler all day while pregnant should be an Olympic sport, the gold medal going to the mama who can keep up and be pleasant all at the same time 😬😅 but Destin was fun. We played at the beach most days. Cam played volleyball pretty much all day everyday and was in heaven. The sand was white, very very fine (so fine it squeaked!), and never got hot! It was rather strange. The water was warm and delightful except for the jellyfish that stung us. Rude. We saw dolphins, crabs, lots of fish, rays, and frogs. Very fun times. Stetson got spoiled rotten and I’m still recovering and trying to instill a little discipline back into our lives 😅 

On the way to Florida, Stetson LOVED the airplanes. He couldn’t get enough and fell asleep right after take off on both flights. On the way home…. Well it wasn’t quite the same but that’s okay! He did great at one point and we’re happy for that😂

It’s been good. Conference was exceptional. I loved Elder Hales talk about “mortality works.” Sometimes I wonder about things and why they happen the way they do. But it’s comforting to know it will all be alright someday and we will understand. Love you all! Have a great week!

Celestial sleep during conference 😂