Idaho Trip

Isaac Sawyer Walker

September 20, 2010

7 lbs 15 oz

My brother Sawyer and his wife Maddie had their first baby last week. We decided to join my parents for a quick trip to Rexburg to meet the adorable little guy. It was fun to stay with Tommy's sister's family in Idaho Falls, Tommy even entertained them with a salsa lesson made with vegetables from our garden.

While in Rexburg we ate lunch at Craigos (so not the same as back in the day but was good), saw the temple, walked around the gardens, and ate ice cream.

Rexburg, Idaho Temple
Learning to roll down a hill

I loved seeing this as we walked back to the car!

Playing with grandpa at the gardens, lots of fun fountains
Of course, with grandpa anything you want goes so she ended up IN the fountain
The cute family
Maya's first, very own, ice cream cone

Thanks Jen, Trent, Saw and Maddie, it was quick but great to see you all!

That's how you eat an olive!

Maya's aunt Jackie taught her to eat an olive off her finger, she is now OBSESSED! She definitely is a Jensen, loving olives, pickles, cucumbers and tomatoes!!!

Choo Choo

Tommy took work off last Friday so we took Maya on a train ride (Frontrunner and Trax) around downtown.

And we're off!

The first stop was shopping at the Gateway, somehow I ended up with a few bags. She loved watching the water dance to the music.

Next stop, Temple Square. We enjoyed seeing the Salt Lake Temple (she is familiar with Angel Moroni and kept pointing at it), looking at the flowers, and the Reflection Pool.

This is the face you get when you ask her to do a "pretty smile," lovely.Attempted family shot

The final stop was Market Street Grill for dinner and caught Trax/Frontrunner in time for bedtime.

Maya's Playhouse

Growing up I remember loving to play in a house that my mom made us using a card table. With help from my sister and mom, we were able to make Maya one too. We looked on the Internet for ideas and copied a picture of one that we liked.

Getting carrots from the garden:

Picking apples off the tree:

Corner view of the tree:

This is how the girls spent their time while we sewed:

Thank you mom and Erin. We love it!

Family Gathering

While in Cali this past week we met up with my dad's side of the family, at Leatherby's for ice cream of course!

The kids took advantage of grandpa and his quarters again. Here they are with their prizes and goodies.

Classic picture of Payton, love it!

We had two rows of tables for our crew, chatting before the good stuff arrived.

Maya loved my aunt's!
I got to meet my newest nephew, Drake (4 weeks old), on this trip. He was totally digging my aunt's kisses.

Ouch!!

Maya tripped and fell on the rug by the front door last night. She fell right on her face, her cheek getting most of the damage. Unfortunately, rug is scratchy so it roughed her up pretty good. A neighbor's dog came by for a visit soon after so luckily the tears didn't last long.

Her cheek and bottom lip are still a little swollen today but, it is looking better!

New Discovery

Today I looked over and witnessed Maya discovering how to take her pants off! Here's a video of it, please excuse the mess, she was clearing out all the computer desk drawers.

A few other things Maya has been up to:

She still loves the water, she usually ends up soaked before bedtime (with daddy's help).

She is climbing up on everything and loves to get in things.

She loves to pick things from the garden, even when they are not quite ready, and asks to go out there every day.

She has become a good little helper.

It seems like she starts saying a new word and animal sound every day. We love this beautiful, smart girl!