The Weidmans

Heidi started Kindergarten! Her first day was Wednesday, August 17 th . It was quite the process to get her all signed up and ready to go. There was a ton of paper work to do and we ended up having to go to the doctor twice to get shots since they didn't have her records the first time even though I asked for them to be sent about a year ago. Oh well. The first time we went to the doctor (about 2 weeks before school started) she was a really big girl and was weighed and measured with no problems. Then when the nurse left she asked if she was done and she wasn't. After that she got a little sad. The 3 shots didn't help either. Then after her records were finally sent to our doctor here they realized she needed one more shot. So a week later we got that shot. She was a really big girl about it and acted really brave until they set her on the table to do the shot and then she cried. But I held her and she did fine. The night before school started Daddy gave Fat...

Saturday was the first day in a while that has been really nice weather. We used it to go to the park. We haven't been there in a while because it's either raining or too hot in the middle of the day and neither of those are good for going to the park. Right outside of our house in the tree there was a beautiful big butterfly. This is always the first thing the girls run to. Hailey kept saying, "Alligator action!" I have no idea what that means but she had fun saying it and treating it like it was her pet that she was riding. The girls had fun on the swings. Heidi has refused to try and pump her legs so this is how they swing at the park. Cougar had fun at the park too. It was the first time he's been on anything there because he's pretty content to just sit in the stroller. But since Dad was there too, it made it so he could run around and play. It also helps that he can walk now. But he did a face plant into the wood chips at one point and h...

Blacksburg is such a fun place to live. There is always something fun going on and we love to feel a part of it. On August 5 th and 6 th was Blacksburg's Steppin ' Out. It includes lots of music played downtown and the streets lined with crafts and other booths. It was fun to go and see. There was a flash mob dance right as we got there. I loved watching the old lady. We walked there since it's like a mile or so from our house. We also walked over to the library to get some things I had on hold and ran into the missionaries. We found out Elder Kelsch was being transferred the next Wednesday. So we got a picture of him and Elder Huntsman. As soon as we left the library it started pouring rain. Too bad I didn't want to bring the huge umbrella and took it out of the stroller before we left. After it stopped raining we watched the little gymnasts do some tricks. Heidi had fun watching and Hailey liked watching, but she especially liked dancing to the mu...

Over the last few weeks we have kept busy by having lots of fun things for the kids to do. The first Saturday of each month there is a kid project at Home Depot. This was their first time at Home Depot for the project and they went with Dad and loved it! They made and painted pencil boxes that they use for their crayons. They also got their cute aprons and a pin saying they made the pencil box. The girls see me using the beads to make temples and they always want to help, so I told them we would make them some necklaces and bracelets. One day we made the bracelets. Heidi loved it, Hailey had a harder time and mostly ended up just giving the beads to me to put on. They each picked their own pattern and they turned out so cute! Last Saturday we did the free project at Lowe's. I took the kids because Weid was helping someone else move that day. They had so much fun making these school photo holders. They are now on top of our entertainment center with pictures of ea...

Last weekend was our Ward Camp Out . And our friends, the Daniels, came with us. It was really fun because I haven't seen either of them since my Freshman year at BYU more than 8 years ago! They only live about a 2 hour drive away in Tennessee and this was the weekend they could come so they said they would go camping with us and our ward. Cougar's first time wearing shoes (other than the ones he was blessed in). Since he's walking around we needed some shoes for him. He's already too big and has too fat of feet for some pairs that I bought for him. These ones worked though. Cougar was a very chill baby as always. He did well sitting in different places. And he enjoyed his first Cheetos. Hailey loved helping Dad set up the tent. Cougar was supervising. We roasted hot dogs and had some chips for dinner. Years ago Weid told me that we should keep our wire hangers for when we go camping. Since it doesn't happen very often I didn't listen. Well we need...

This summer has been so much fun, I can't believe it's almost over! We had a really fun week last week, starting with a great pioneer day. We went to a potluck after church that day and had fun talking to our friends. We have had a lot of fun learning about pioneers in primary and about the sacrifices they have made so we could have the beautiful temples we have. The Primary president even brought a beautiful plate and smashed it with a hammer to show them how they made the Kirtland Temple so beautiful because of their sacrifice. Cougar is getting to be such a fun little guy! He walks all over everywhere and has even attempted walking very quickly. We had the missionaries over for dinner on the 22 nd and Cougar folded his arms for the prayer (just by doing what we do). It was so cute. Since then he has continued to fold his arms for prayers, and almost any other time we ask him to. We are also teaching his how to do touchdown since football season is coming soon. Cou...

On Friday, July 22nd, I was able to get a new car seat for Cougar and a booster seat for Heidi through the Virginia car seat program. It is a wonderful program to help those with low incomes to get car seats provided at no charge. We are very grateful! Heidi now feels like such a big girl in her booster seat. We had troubles with the van the night before so I took the car to the car seat safety class and to the store that day. Heidi rode in her booster seat for the first time and loved it! Cougar wasn't too sure about his new car seat and facing forward, but I can tell he really enjoys seeing where we're going. The kids on the way to Lowe's. That Saturday I had signed the girls up for their first Lowe's Build and Grow clinic. They were really excited to go and make something with Dad, but then he ended up helping somebody move and I ended up taking them. They loved using the hammers, and Hailey was so cute and would put it in her apron every time she wasn'...