Cute Boys!

My good friend Lindsey came out last week for a visit. We had a really fun time doing hair and running errands. I forgot that I had pictures though, and these ones are ADORABLE!

Hey Chase, move the toy so we can see your cute smile!

"Chase, my mom said we had to smile and look this way."

"Oh Zeke, you're so cuddly in these soft coordinating pajamas! I hope our dads never see this!"

I guess this is as good as it gets!

We've got SPROUTS!

That may sound gross. It's not. They're radishes! I have been dying to buy a house for the sole purpose of having a garden. We moved in last April, so I was hoping I could get one in then, but alas being 7 months pregnant doesn't agree with yard work. Not for me anyway. A friend told me about "Square Foot Gardening." Apparently you're supposed to be able to grow in 20% of the space of a row garden. So, I bought the book, and enlisted the help of my two friends Kim and Susanne. They also want gardens, but don't have quite the yard that I do. I got SO lucky with this lot. it's over 5,000 sq ft. and since my house is tiny, it leaves a good back yard. Basically you build little boxes and all of your plants get a designated square foot. I'm doing 1x7 foot boxes along my fence for climbing plants, and then some 4x8's and a 4x4 in the grass for the rest of them. I know the grass is going to die under them, but then we're going to have delicious produce. Berries, corn, tomatoes, potatos, (sp?) RADISHES, beans, melons, squash, peas, lettuces, spinach, PEPPERS! YAY? So on Saturday, I began seeds indoors so that we can get an early start and not have to buy plants later. It's only TUESDAY, and my radishes are already sprouting. Kim's little boy Kayden planted those, so he must have the green thumb, because it's NOT me! I'm just hoping to not kill my garden this year. This may be the theme of my summer of blogging. Oh yeah, and I have a really cute baby too. He actually LOVES being outside when i'm working. It's really cute. I'll have to get him a kiddy pool to play in whilst we garden.

These are our seedlings that we started last Saturday. The red cups are the radishes that are already sprouting. They're supposed to harvest in 22 days, so I'm excited for a quick return!

How do i even survive!?

Yesterday was a pretty fun day. I went to Costco with Kim and then we met Susanne at the park. Zeke LOVED the swings! I LOVE Macaroni Grill and Kim had a gift card that work there and a few other places. I told her to give me a call when she decided to go because the chicken florentine is one of my favorite things in the world. Pretty much as soon as we got home from the park, she called to let me know that her Father in law was coming to watch her kids, and we were going out! I'm doing weight watchers and I had like 15 points left for the day, so I went online and calculated that I could eat half a chicken florentine and half a loaf of bread. Which is a ton! I knew I was golden. And this is where my day turns bad.

We google mapped the nearest Macaroni Grill. We found one at Arden. Not far. The other two are in Roseville and then Elk Grove. Both about a 20 minute drive, but it's 6pm which means traffic would be HORRENDOUS. Well, in my search for nutritional information, I noticed that the Arden one wasn't listed on the actual website. So when we got in the truck, I called, and the number had been disconnected. Sucky! We live on the apex of I-80 and I-5, and either alternative was either direction, so I had to call my friends super fast and figure out where to go, and Josiah was driving in circles wondering which on ramp to get on, and he was already annoyed about the key incident (details to follow...) and instead we decided to go to Chili's. Not my very favorite place.

So before we even left the house we were going to take the Jetta. We have my set of keys, and then a replacement key. Josiah keeps the back-up in his nightstand, but a couple of days ago I took the initiative to replace the batteries in the clickers. The batteries came in a two pack, so I just replaced both keys. And I didn't put the back-up key back. So we're searching for like 15 minutes, and I'm feeling like a total jack-a because I can't find EITHER KEY!!! So we take the truck.

Then we have Chili's. Zeke pulls josiah's ENTIRE Diet coke onto my lap. Thanks Zeke. and then I pay. We go to a new yogurt place called Yo Go's. Self Serve and DELICIOUS. It has fresh chopped fruits and berries along with EVERY candy topping ever invented. Kristin, it's like yog yog quality but really close to my house. Next time you come, we're eating lunch there. But I paid cash there because I had a bunch of cash.

Then I go to the Gym and I can't find my card in my wallet because I had used my membership number online. Then on the way home from the gym it's past 10 and I HAVE to stop at the store for some essentials. I go to pay, and I DON'T HAVE MY DEBIT CARD! I must have left it in my jeans. And, they don't take my checks because they still have a Boise Address. LAME. So I have enough cash for like half of the stuff I wanted.

So needless to say when I got home from the Gym I was FRAZZLED. My debit card wasn't in my jeans, so I called Chili's and it is there. I have to go pick it up. And that's right next door to Yo Go's so I might need another. I put my gym card back in my wallet, and I got it a little sheath thing for the gym so I don't lose it. Josiah found the missing back up key on top of his night stand. Not where it goes, but come on, I was CLOSE!

Here's the good part. I made a new year's resolution to be more spiritual. I'm not very. I decided to just try to pray daily, and go back to reading scriptures with Josiah. I'm MAKING IT HAPPEN! I even set a calender appointment in my phone so it reminds me daily. So, we lay down to read scriptures but first I say the prayer. I say all the regular stuff, and I also bless us to find my keys. I have been a long advocate of praying for lost stuff. I guess I lose stuff a lot. But I remember praying when I was like 6 to find a lost remote, and praying to find lost shoes in the morning whilst trying to catch the bus and what not. I really have faith in the power of prayer to find lost stuff. So I pray to find my lost keys. We read our scriptures and we even read two sections because they were short. We're serious over-achievers. After we finish, I get up to get up to get ready for bed. At this point I have torn my house apart to find my keys. I've looked in the fridge and cupboards. As I was getting ready for bed, I had a clear as day revelation. When I got home from Church yesterday, I did the responsible thing and walked straight to my closet and took off my shoes, and hung up my dress. But I had my keys in my hand, and I had to set them down to hang my dress. So I walked into my closet, and there they were on the shelf! My shirts totally cover the shelf, so I NEVER would have found them! So my blessings for being more spiritual have already begun! Yeah, I'm in it for the blessings.

Now it's a new day, and Lindsey is coming to visit from Petaluma! YAY! and Zeke just fed himself his whole bottle in his swing behind me. How cute is that. Oh yeah, I quit nursing. It just wasn't working. I gave it the old college try, but now that I've stopped, I'm so relieved. Now I can lose some weight!

Tricks are for kids!

This is Zeke's new trick. He's been doing it for a couple of weeks. It was really cute at first, and funny, but now it's getting old. He does it a log when he's eating. I think it means he's full. It's especially nice when he has a mouth full of squash, as you'll see here. He had apricots with mixed fruit the other day and he spat them all over my pants. Thanks baby.

It's been a while since my last post, but really, nothing exciting has happened. We did have Christmas and New Year's, but the three of us made it a family affair. We have made some new friends in the ward, and we spent New Year's Eve with those two families. Here is a Christmas picture.