Retiring the Old Header

This picture was taken during Christmas-time. As it's the first day of Summer I'm grateful I have a new family picture.

Of Course!

We made watermelon sorbet. (Yummy!) Wouldn't you know this is what M decides to do.
No it didn't stick.

Birthday Presents

More birthday gifts for F. He loved the buttons on his new phone and the yippy, battery powered doggie. Mommy loves his new cool weather jammies!

Linus

I promise I'll get a better picture of this soon but I just had to tell you all about our little Linus. Recently, F LOVES his blankie. He drags it around to the point that he trips on it because he's got it over his head and can't see where he's going.

the Next Project

So now that Daddy's finished the "playground" he's moved on to staining our deck. It looks beautiful, still has a lot more to go but will be well worth the effort (and the second coat). It's a brown-red solid stain. We went with the solid stain because there were so many different kinds of wood in the whole project and we want it to look cohesive. Wonderful thing about this project is M can help! Daddy was skeptical at first but she's been out there with her brush hard at work. It's great if F is down for a nap and M's outside helping Daddy. It means I can get some work done or even go out and help stain myself!

Swing Set

So, this was Daddy's project for a couple of weeks. Nani Kim let us have her old swingset. We dug it out and transported it to our house. Daddy's vision is amazing. He figured out how to get free mulch on Craigslist and we bought the edging. We already had the stain but we did buy a new swing seat the conforms to tiny bums. After some work it was in. The kids love it. Although the spiders do too. So we have a permenant broom by the swing set so we can brush it down before they play. One day M was out playing and I hear these blood curling screams. She was trapped up on the slide deck by a spider. She was terrified and didn't know what to do. So we've been memorizing Joshua 1:9 and we talked about how when we see a spider we have to "Be Strong and of a Good Courage" and STOMP the spider (or get the broom and brush him off). She's still terrified but not so much blood curling in her screams and she does know how to stomp the spiders. Reminds me of the heeby-jeebies I used to get when my dad gave me scorpion squishing lessons on the back porch. I hated doing it because for some reason I thought they could get me through the bottom of my shoe. I'm glad he did it though. Anyway, that's our swing set. Definitely a majority of the work by Daddy but the Team pitched in on various parts. Even Aunt Ruth helped us unload a trailer of mulch and lay the landscaping fabric. You should of seen us getting the first trailer of mulch. F was attached to my back in the Ergo Baby Carrier while I shoveled a bit. M had her own little shovel which at one point she asked if we could do "Nephite Fights" with them and she also figured out the when we clanged two shovels together it was like "Chairs", I mean, "Cheers".

Happy Birthday!

F turns 1! So one of his very favorite things are doggies. So our friend found this awesome dog cake and we thought it was perfect for him. He wouldn't touch it though. It was amazing. He didn't want anything to do with it. So funny. I wonder if he thought it was a real dog. He LOVED the ice cream though. We had a great time celebrating with our friends (whose Daddy happens to share a birthday with F). So we had sushi, tempura, crab rangoon, & potstickers for dinner. We also enjoyed Uncle Bob & Aunt Toni too. They got F a tractor that lights up and moved. He thought it was great!

Memorial Day

I NEED YOGA!

So I've been trying really hard to make it to Saturday morning yoga. After being away for what was probably months I realized how much I NEED yoga. Just going once a week is so good for my sanity. I love seeing how I can push my body and what my body can do. (In this pose I'm the bottom-right down dog.) Not to mention that I feel so energized and better when I do it. I can't go every week but we've made it a priority for Mommy. So if it's possible I go. Even at 7:45 on a Saturday morning.

Getting So Big

I know! It's been a gazillion years since I updated. Life's been busy. F started walking at 11 months and climbing about 2 weeks after that. Needless to say our super cute & super tall boy has made me move the couch in a foot away from the railing in our split foyer home for fear that he might try to dive over. Did I mention he's super cute? I mean, just look at that smile...and those dimples!