Another Nephew

I'm kinda late in blogging about this one, but Bryan's sister Kristy gave birth to the cutest baby boy this last Wednesday! His name is Spencer. He was a big baby weighing 8 lbs. 14 1/2 ounces and 22 inches long. Now Tate will have a boy cousin on that side of the fam. Congrats John & Kristy!

Label Cloud Instructions

Don't you all love my new label cloud that is on the side of my blog? It took me forever to find some GOOD INSTRUCTIONS. Once I found them 5 minutes was all it took to put it in the HTML code. It was VERY SIMPLE. If you want one for your blog then click HERE.

New Carpet at Last!

Back in January we had a little accident happen one night when Bryan & I went out- that had to do with smurf blue paint and a bottle of bleach on our family room carpet. (No details here-I promised the guilty ones that they would remain anonymous)

Well, I'm very happy to say that our problem area is now fixed and I am a very happy Mom once more. Now when I clean the house, it might actually look clean :)

52 Blessings-Week 8

My blessing this week is my raised garden! For anyone thinking about planting a garden, this is the way to go. It not only looks pretty along the side of the wall, but it takes up less space and it is very nice to be able to have somewhere to sit while gardening. For a small family, it gives us just the right amount of produce plus a little extra to share with family and neighbors.

I can't tell you enough how important soil preparation is when it comes to gardening. I've posted soil instructions on my blog twice before, but it never hurts to do it again. Click HERE for AZ garden soil prep.

Memorial Weekend Happenings

• Helping my parents refinish their kitchen cabinets (a.k.a. Bryan helping and Tate & I playing with the cousins and cooking lunch)


• Going to the park to fly a kite & eating homemade pizza while on a blanket in the grass


• Bryan & I singing a duet in Sacrament Meeting (SCARY!)


• Playing soccer in the backyard with absolutely PERFECT weather


• Hiking Monday Morning and making echoes in the canyon (Tate LOVED this so much)


• Watching the entire Star Wars Trilogy (Can you believe that I had NEVER WATCHED Return of the Jedi?)


• Harvesting a ton of veggies from the garden/shredding & chopping zucchini to freeze for zucchini bread and zucchini pie (I have enough frozen now to make 12 loaves of bread and 2 pies)


• BBQ with Bryan's Family (We stayed till really late visiting :)


• Tate sleeping over at Grandma's House (YEAH!)

If only it was a HOLIDAY every weekend. I know that I would definitely be in Heaven!!

Just FYI

My bro Thomas just graduated from MHS last night. They had an indoor graduation because of the rain. He told me it was pretty crazy; they split the graduates into two groups and held one in the auditorium and the other in the gym. Each graduate could only have 2 guests, so we didn't get to go :(

52 Blessings-Week 7

I've been slacking majorly with scrapbooking lately, especially with the journaling part. Every time I sit down to scrap it seems like I haven't been able to come up with anything or it takes me forever to think of something. I'm hoping that it's just a fluke thing and that it comes back to me. Anyways, my blessing this week is GOOD FOOD! What would I do without it?