Another First!

For the first time ever in nearly 9 years of marriage, I am sleeping alone. Dave started his new schedule this week. He left last night at 8:30 p.m. and got home this morning at 5:30 a.m. Surprisingly I slept just fine. There are a few good things about him working this shift. 1: He gets to be home in the morning when the kids go to school, 2: He gets paid more :), 3: He does homework while we are all sleeping, 4: He gets to put the kids to bed before he leaves. The bad things, 1: I sleep alone, 2: He drives early in the morning and I am worried about him, 3: Weekends are going to be rough, 4: Trying to be quiet during the day. I think we will be okay, it's about 6's. I need to find some curtains for the bedroom so that it is dark. Today he slept with a bandanna over his eyes, but so far so good we haven't woken him up.

And today I ordered my second blog book. I wanted to get it done today because I would save myself 7 bucks. I am really excited, but I didn't notice that in the cover picture I am missing a leg, ooops. Oh well we can't all be perfect.

I'm Old!

I turned 30 two days ago. I am okay with it, it was turning 29 that threw me for a loop. I had a good day, filled with very lazy moments and very frustrating ones too. It's a good thing the frustrating moment was just because it took me about a half hour to figure out how I could set up WIRELESS Internet without having to plug it in. Yeah I'm an idiot. All I needed was my router plugged into an outlet that wasn't in the way of the carpenters. It's those old brain cells that weren't working so great. But once I figured it out it was a great lazy day. There was much green involved with my day. It started with green eggs and ham with green orange juice. Then a box of somoa's holding my green iPod my family got for me, I also had my green and gold candy basket from sweet Lizzies, and Bugs brought me green wrapped Reese's Buttercups. And my bestest friend Liz brought me purple tulips (they are mostly green), and a big cupcake (it was pink though). Sister Dawn gave me a much needed gift card to Kohls, and my mom gave me a cute little basket with cross stitching on it for my kitchen (which is also not green). So all in all it was a fabulous day.

Leprechaun Trap!

We made a generic Leprechaun Trap this year. Dave and I were busy getting the house ready for carpet so I just quickly made the trap. It's a sorry excuse for a trap, but it's the thought that counts and Cait was happy with it so does it really matter what it looked like?

And the aftermath of trying to catch a Leprechaun. Don't mess with Leprechauns they can get nasty. Last year one wrote all over the kids heads with a green pen, telling them "NO, NO" for trying to catch him. He also toilet papered Cait's room where the kids were sleeping, but they rolled all over it so the pic was lame.

PI Day

I celebrated Pi day this year, probably only because I was in a serious mood for some pie. I invited some friends over, but they ditched me(yeah, you know who you are). So we enjoyed an apple and a pumpkin pie as a family. The pic of the apple pie (which was so delicious) was right after it came out of the oven and I needed to give a couple of pieces to my great neighbors because they gave me a can of evaporated milk so I could make the pumpkin, and I never did take a pic of the pumpkin pie but it was pretty too.

New Adventures.

Today was a day of a few firsts.

I signed myself and my mother and sister-in-law up for Bountiful Baskets. Our cousin told us about it just about two months ago. It is a Co-Op of people that contribute $15 and get a basket full of fruits and vegetables. This week we got: Bananas, Strawberries, Apples, Blueberries, Kiwis, Radishes, two heads of lettuce, a head of cabbage, celery, an acorn squash, cucumbers, and asparagus. I was excited but Dave is like a kid in a candy store. Fresh fruits and veggies and you would think it was the best thing that ever happened to this family. While I was gone he was looking on the Internet for recipes, nutritional value, and showing the kids how the foods we eat other then fruits and veggies are not so good for us. Anyway, it was great and we are excited to get new stuff every week.

And the other first was Sweet Lizzies. I knew there was a new candy store in town but Dave did not and we were killing time while we had people looking at the house, so we went to the candy shop. I could have lost my mind in there. I have a definite sweet tooth. I wanted some of everything. BUT, being that Dave spent half the morning schooling our children on good foods, we opted for one, one pound bag of chocolate toffee. Which is delicious. But don't tell Dave I plan on going back and getting a bunch of Jelly Bellies and letting the kids pick out a few candies of their own.

Fun Week

We had a lot of fun and got very tired from our fun too.

Tuesday we went to the zoo. The perfect day for the zoo! I took Cait out of school early which she was so proud of. There was no one there and the animals were so active. I haven't been that amazed by the animals and my children's reactions as I was Tuesday. It was a great day. And the baby animals were so fun. Why do we grow out of being fun?

Yes that is one of the three baby tigers. They were just born this summer and look how big they already are?

After the zoo we stopped at my Grandparents house. It was my grandma's birthday Monday so we took her a big cupcake. My grandpa has Alzheimer's but he was very cheerful and even knew who I was when I got there. He told great stories of his days in the navy and those Sea Going Bell Hops - marines :). It was great and I am loving all the visits I have made to their house lately.

Thursday we went and hung out with Aunt Heather. Uncle Eric was having a bachelor party and Dave wanted Dawson there so I had to drive up after achievement days. But it was a very nice and relaxing visit.

And Saturday we had weddings all day! My cousin Sara got married at 8:45 a.m. in the Bountiful Temple. And then Eric (Dave's brother) got married at 12:20 p.m. in the Salt Lake Temple. Both were wonderful and I love being reminded of the blessings of the Temple and eternal families. I don't know Sara's new hubby, but Eric's wife Alison is great and we are so happy they found each other. It was a long day and I wore the worst possible shoes so my feet were sore, but it was worth it. Plus I got a really pretty tulip center peice from Alison that I love so it made it even better. Congrats to both the new happy couples.

And today, Cora was playing with some hand-me-down decorations I got from my sis-in-law and got the bucket stuck on her head. Her fat lip makes the pic even better.

Miss Attitude!

Cora was dang funny yesterday, at David's expense but dang she was cracking us up.

First: Remember back to the PEE post, Well Miss Belle sometimes leaks just a little bit before she realizes that she needs to go potty. Well it just happens this time she was sitting on David's lap. He didn't notice until he stood up. This was the conversation.

" Cora did you pee your pants?"

"No."

"Yes you did, look at my pants, they're wet. You peed your pants."

"No I didn't you did."

"No Miss Belle you peed on daddy."

"You peed your pants."

And the battle for who actually did it ensued. David against Cora. It was dang funny because Miss Belle was not backing down that it was David who peed his pants, not her on him. :)

Second: Miss Belle was sleeping around 11 p.m. when she started to cry. David was still up so he went to console her, he came back a minute later and said she wanted me. So I went to get her and brought her in our bed. David didn't know I had and came in with his text book to study. The argument then ensued. Cora kept telling David he couldn't sleep in the bed, and she even grunted and pointed to the door. So much for being a daddy's girl.