Enjoying Spring

Jake is growing up so fast. He is all about Star Wars, Ben 10, and the Wii. But every now and then he can't help himself and he recreates things he used to do "when he was little". He decided to get out the Webkinz and his dog from Build-a-Bear and have a little picnic in the back yard. I was of course invited and I accepted as long as I was allowed to snap a couple of pictures. He agreed and it was a fun little "snack picnic". Jake is a big fan of making umbrella tents too, that is why he has out an umbrella on a sunny day.

St. Patty's Day traditions

We always wear green and eat green at our house on St. Patrick's day. And I of course take pictures! Unfortunately I slacked this year and only took them in the morning. It has also been a month since then and I can't even really remember what we ate for dinner...But any way the tradition continued and here is the proof!
Jake's green lunch! It looks really nasty but Jake and Aaron like it. It is a can of chicken, bacon crumbled up and ranch dressing. They like to eat it on ritz crackers. It doesn't look quite as gross when it isn't green.

Dinner by Jake

I have recently become slightly obsessed with a show on BYU TV called "Food Nanny". It comes on Thursday night and I have the DVR set to record it every week. (We are actually getting Direct TV for free right now-it will be coming to an end soon. I called to cancel it and they said they would give us the basic package free for 3 months because we shouldn't be without any TV...I guess they are hoping after the 3 months we will change our mind and keep it...but any way that is a whole other story...) This extremely perky grandma (she drives Aaron crazy) is on a mission to rescue dinner and she suggests you have theme nights to get everyone excited to be around the dinner table. Thursday is Mexican night and one of Jake's chores on Thursday is to help with dinner. He is loving this idea and was excited to make the whole meal himself (with my supervision). I even taught him how to cut everything with the sharp knives and he is such a pro. We also like to pretend we are doing a cooking show when we cook together. We talk to the audience and have commercial breaks to set the table and everything. It is amazing how much more kiddos will eat when they cooked it. To mark the occasion I had to take pictures...Naturally that was met with some resistance. Just a warning as to why these pictures are so...good.
Jake totally excited to eat the soft tacos he made.

Not sure as to why the sign had to be in the picture...

Jake enjoying his awesome cuisine. Good job Jake-it was delicious!

First meal outside of 2010

I am trying to catch up on all that happened since I have been able to upload pictures and I am having to go back to the beginning of February...So, needless to say the next several posts will be in no particular order! This is a picture of our first outside meal of the season. This was a couple of days before St. Patrick's Day and it was beautiful out! I am glad we eat outside then because so far it isn't happening in April with all the lovely yellow pollen every where! Aaron rinsed the cars off one night, only to wake up to a brand new layer of yellow!

Upward Basketball

Aaron had a great time coaching and Jake had a great time playing Upward basketball this winter. It is great to learn how to play a new sport in a Christian environment. The score wasn't officially kept...but Aaron had me keep track and they won all but one game. I loved watching them kneel down to pray before each game. These are a few pictures of the dinner and awards ceremony. We will definitely be doing it again next season!

What does it say about me?...Chapter 1...

I have been concerned about myself lately. I have just realized that my favorite books are...teen and younger books...I am 33 (almost 34. I may just skip this years birthday) and my favorite books are for kiddos. Harry Potter-read them all as they came out and read Jake the first 3 before he was able to read them himself. The Twilight series-read them all...Twice-besides the last one, I have started reading it again. Sad right? And now I am starting a new series...I just finished reading Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightening Thief. It is really good and I am excited to get the next one in the series! I am heading to the library on Monday...but wait..didn't we get this book for Jake to read (he is half way through it and loving it too! He had been devouring books lately. He just finished the 2nd Harry Potter. That's my boy!!)? Wasn't I just reading a head of him to make sure it was okay for him to read?...Oh right. I am just going to continue reading them to make sure they are all okay for Jake to read...right? What does that say about me?..

This is a test...

These are (hopefully )just a couple of random pictures. One my sweet boy and the other my sweet dog. I am just trying to see if I can upload pictures again...I really want to get back into blogging but you all know how I am with pictures! I hardly ever blog with out them...I am keeping my fingers crossed...YIPPPEEE! It is official: I am back to blogging!

This is Jake...I know it was after I gave him a hair cut...I think it was Feb...Who knows really! Could he be any cuter?

My sweet Emily. This was in February when we finally got some snow here in Monroe. She had a ball playing in it...I miss her...(have mentioned how much I love my camera?)