killer whales.

5 sleeps until matt's parents come to visit!

and 11 sleeps until we get to meet shamu!

we are all very excited for both of those things.

we have a paper chain countdown so chet knows how many more times he has to go to bed before grandma and grandpa get here.

we cut off a loop every morning, when chet wakes up.

and every morning he asks if he can cut all of the loops off, instead of just one.

'well, it just doesn't work that way..'

we have also been watching some movies about killer whales to get ready for shamu.

net flix has 2 documentaries on killer whales right now.

one of the shows portrays them as very intelligent, personable creatures.

the other portrays them as... well.. killers.

we watched the 'personalable' one.

it was super boring. and the whale dies in the end.

or, should i say, the dolphin dies in the end.

because, according to that documentary, killer whales are actually dolphins.

very confusing.

despite the lack of excitement, chet watched every minute of that show.

he thinks he loves shamu now.

but we're pretty sure chet will be terrified of shamu when we actually get to see him!

holden definitely will be!

either way, matt and i are still excited.

i've never been to sea world before.

i've never been to san diego, actually.

i hope to get to see the san diego temple while we are there.

as if that isn't everyones favorite temple. it's so pretty.

i was supposed to get married there. according to my childhood dreams.

oh well. cardston worked out pretty well for me.

it's hard to go wrong, when you are marrying such a stud.

[feel free to send me any other ideas of things to to in san diego.]

holden grew up this past week. again.

he got 2 new teeth.

now he has a total of 6.

he also started calling a banana a 'nana'.

he roars when i ask him what a lion says.
and he also likes to cuckoo every hour with our cuckoo clock.

but he never does it when i try to get him to show matt.

stinker.