Exciting Ikea trips and more...

We moved to our house with pretty much no furniture.  We had sold/DI all our furniture (it was mostly DI and Walmart furniture anyway) when we moved to Virginia and had furnished apartments while we were there.  Logan and I left Jack and Char with Grandma K for a night and moved all our  boxes in.  We also did an Ikea run and grabbed what we could.  But we still needed more things so a few weeks later we went back.  The plan was to run in and grab a few things and then go to Seven Peaks for the day.  To our surprise, the kids thought Ikea was the greatest place ever.  We ended up spending three hours there roaming the place and then eating lunch.  We never made it to Seven Peaks.  

We have become fans of hiking.  There are a few fun trails around here and we still have more to explore.  We have also loved having a backyard and a hose (the kids love the hose).  We got a little pool  for them to play in when we don't want to make the trip to the public pool.  Staci and Scott and the kids have been able to come up a few times to stay with us.  We love having guests.  Jack especially loves it when cousins come to visit. 

My sister's birthday and Bruce's birthday fall in June, along with father's day.  We were able to have a birthday/father's day dinner for Bruce and I made a cake for Staci's birthday.  I made her a Barbie cake which was our favorite birthday cake childhood memory.  I never got one, but one year Staci did and I still remember it. 

I signed Jack up for an Iddy Biddy Ball Camp.  He seemed to mostly enjoy it, although he would get a little distracted at times and would rather just run around and play. 

My dad is a KSL classified addict.  And now that I am up north, he will take any opportunity to have me go pick something up for him.  I told him he is limited to one KSL run a month.  He had us pick up a power wheel for him.  We couldn't arrange a way to get it to Gunnison for a few weeks so it lived at our house.  Jack and Char loved it and were sad to see it go.  It makes me want to get one for Christmas....  

Ikea is basically a giant playground in my kids eyes.

A little Sunday evening hike.

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Sometimes you just have to each lunch on the floor tea party style.

He's just the cutest.

Stretchhhh!!!!

Goggles, Ipad, and legs crossed.  Oh I love this boy.

Staci and Scott came to stay.  We played in the pool and watched movies.  Char was too timid to get in the pool at the same time as the rowdy boys.

Popsicles.  Char and Will.

Watching a movie.

Craigy!

How to Train a Dragon 2 in Gunnison.  Jack loved it.  He was sitting in front of Logan and I during the show.  The whole movie he kept turning around and practically yelling, "Did you see that??"  He hasn't quite figured out movie theater manners yet.

Trying to take more pictures of the family.  A picture with dad on Father's Day.  A tad awkward looking... Affection is not a Pickett trait.

Took a pic with mom too while I was at it.

Father's Day/Birthday dinner for Bruce.

Alice.  This woman could cook for herd of people.  Always delicious.

Snuggling baby Holden.

Hugs for Grandpa.

I am forcing picture taking on everyone...

Staci Binks!  Happy 30th.  Such a wonderful sister.  The Barbie cake I made.

Jack engineering something.

Chatting with mom.

Bear.

Grandpa's power wheel.

Can't leave pup behind.

The Christenson Car curse can't be escaped.  We passed it onto our kids.

A day of power wheels, swimming in mom and dads giant tub and snuggling to a movie.  #thegoodlife.

Playing army with dad in the treehouse at Grandma K's.

Jack at Iddy Biddy Ball Camp.  110% effort.  Haha.

Summer is here!

This was summer was different but we still managed to have our fun.  So we had just gotten to Utah and Bar study began.  The bar is the worst.  Our house was a mess but between bar study and the new baby, it pretty much stayed that way for most of the summer.  Logan was working part time for the first month and a half too.  So it was a big adjustment for us all.  But we worked things out and got into a schedule and still found time to play together.  We loved being closer to family and spent some time in Gunnison.  

Kitties at Grandma Alice's

A "pink" kitty in a pink stroller.  She is so happy.

Holden meeting Grandma K.

At Madee's graduation.

Dreamy smiles.

Char loved the playhouse.  Chatting away with dad on the phone.

I found my childhood prized possession, the super soaker 3000.  Jack had a great time with it.

5 weeks old.

Eating lunch with Will and Jake at grandma K's.

Water balloons with Alli.

Lunch with Christian.

Steve and Jenni Guynn gave some farewell toy to the kids.  So nice.

Reading books at Grandma K's

Holden and his cousin Adelle.  She is two weeks older than he is. 

Mmmm!  Things we have missed!

And of course Cafe Rio.  yummm.

Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear...

Just a little a anatomy lesson on sharks and shark poop.

Belly.

First smiles for dad.

Holden was mostly a toy to Char at first.

Our backyard.  We have a large common area the kids love to play on.   Here they are pushing trucks.

Another favorite spot for some reason.  

We attempted to have a family home evening and plant flowers out front.  It wasn't very successful and we randomly have two flowers in our flower bed.

Story time at the Centerville library.  Jack loved this.

So cute.

We tried out a soda and cookie shop called the Fiiz.  Big mistake.  Jack and Char talk about it ALL the time and are constantly begging to go there.  Their favorite is to get a drink called Sharks in the Water.  Gummy fish in soda.

They love washing stuff.

We love having our own yard.  Jack riding his bike through the sprinkler.

My load as I try to exercise and go for a jog.  A car seat, a baby, a toddler, a boy, and a bike.  125 lbs.

Washing again.

More playing on the stairs.

Such a happy boy.

We made a trip of Farmington Canyon for some dinner.

I love this picture.  Jack's proudest moment.  We had to take the leaf home.