A Good Day

Today was mostly a good day, minus the time when we were at the store and the kids were crazy. Wes and I did crafts all evening and he was loving it, it's fun when you can see your child learning. Then all three of us jumped, wrestled, tickled and ran around the house just having fun before bed. Wes ran and got his blanket and asked "Mom, can I snuggle in your heart?" Oh my goodness, I'm not sure I have heard a sweeter more sincere thing come out of his mouth, I melted, and we hugged and bear kissed. Then after I put him to bed he came and asked me if he could turn his light on and read a few books, Im glad the books we got him for his birthday are getting well used.


also notice his favorite robot pajamas have gotten too small and we have had to cut open the toes, he wants to wear them every night

I'm Lucky

I am really glad that John made me be his girlfriend when I didn't want a boyfriend. I am also glad that he waited a long time to tell me that he loved me because he knew I wasn't ready, and I wasn't. Now six years later I'm glad that John drags me all around the country moving from place to place without a real home because I secretly love it. We have a lot of fun together and I certainly have a greater life than I could have ever dreamed up on my own. Life is coming at us pretty fast and sometimes it is hard to keep up but whenever we can find a quiet moment together we always end up amazed at all the blessings we have been given.

I think in the past year and a half we have really been able to figure out how to work together to make the things happen in our lives that we really want. I think there is a lot to be said about vizualization and making goals. Goals and future planning are a big part of our relationship and I feel like we have a lot of power to achieve the things that we would like to see happen for our family. Of coarse really our relationship is three people including our Savior, and when he is involved that is really when we see amazing things happen. We both have this scary but exciting feeling that we have some big and unexpected things ahead for our family, and I think that as long as we are open to the risks and opportunities that come our way then we will be ready for them. I guess risks and challenges might be similar but I look at them more as risks. Both can have a positive outcome but I think you can choose risks and challenges are sometimes just given to you. Anyway, I think that John and I have been able to take on some calculated risks in our lives in the last little while that have really turned out to be very big blessings, and sometimes it's fun and exciting to take on something new and unexpected. Well I guess I better stop before this gets too long. Here is the first picture ever taken of us, john is so darling (not so cute of me) his smile kind of reminds me of Mae's.

stairs and stuff

There are the most beautiful blossoms and flowers everywhere here, it smells so wonderful outside. I found some lilacs in our neighborhood and I had to bring some home, they remind me of spring at my parents house when I was young, we used to pick them for my mom all the time. Last night we were walking and there were white blossom petals all over the ground, covering the sidewalks and the grass, Mae was excited and said "No!". It really did look like snow.

We have a two story apartment and the kids have the best time playing on the stairs, it's kind of like having a built in jungle gym. I don't know why these stairs are so much more exciting than any other stairs but they love it. The stairs are open so Wes can slide in between them, which kind of scares me a little but he is pretty careful.

Yesterday we went to our ward here and it was Mae's first time in nursery, she did great, my kids don't really care if I'm there or not which makes my life pretty easy as far as church goes. She was a little sad toward the end because she hadn't had her nap yet but it went pretty good. I think it's so cute that Wes and Mae will be in nursery together for the rest of the year, although I don't think Wes pays any attention to Mae while he is there. This is the sixth nursery that Wes has been in since he started and he will probably be in at least one or two more before the end of the year, kind of sad but he doesn't seem to mind, he looks forward to nursery all week.

Chicostco

We are here and it's beautiful and its spring! Wes was getting confused as to whether we were going to Chicago or Costco. We went to Chicago, and then when we got here we went to Costco. We drove for about 2.5 days, stopped in Denver to see Nathan and got to drive through all the beautiful farm country. John drove the van with the trailer and the kids and I drove the Acura ... poor John. Really though, the kids did pretty good and the weather was great.

I pretty much listened to Apologize by OneRepublic the whole way. Am I the only one who thinks he sounds like George Micheal, when I firsts heard it I thought is was his comeback. John thinks Im crazy.

Play Time

John has been letting me run errands a lot lately by myself since his schedule has been pretty flexible. I came home from the grocery store and I found him and the kids playing on the playground that is right outside our door. It is funny because Mae loves slides and will go down the ones that Wes won't go down, she is our dare devil.

Also my favorite words of Mae's:

Bobbie = Bottle
Robbie = Strawberry

Reference of our Food Habits

I really like having a big salad for dinner with any veggies, fruit, cheese and nuts I can find, but the kids won't eat salad. So this is what they have when we have a salad. I really liked using the muffin tins for plates for the kids but I wanted to get a whole set and they were expensive. I found these little plates for a dollar and got a bunch of them, they are great. Wes ate all his dinner except his nuts and most of Mae's ended up in her lap.

So I have been looking for a good home made salad dressing recipe but all the ones I have tried were not impressive. I found this one and have really liked it, much better than store bought and goes with every kind of salad, definitely a keeper.

Vinaigrette

1/2 T honey
1 T dijon
2 T red wine vinegar
1/4 c canola/olive oil (or less for stronger flavor)
salt and pepper

Wes insisted that his feet be in this picture

Egg Hunt

Our ward had a little Easter party with an egg hunt and treats for the kids, Wes did really well for his first time, we are having to ration out his candy from all the eggs he found.