Rodney's Birthday

I have a little catching up to do. So Rodney's Birthday is in April, yes we celebrated it in April.  Realizing it is now July I felt it only necessary to post this.

We had a great dinner, we grilled hamburgers.  I tried to make them a little bit more gourmet then just your average frozen patty.  We ate them so they must have been ok, right?

Mine

His

After dinner we opened presents, I didn't get him much because he bought himself a gun.  It was what he wanted, and since I know nothing about them he bought his own birthday present. 

See that look on his face doesn't he look like he loves it?  Well he didn't, we returned it.  I did a really good job.

After dinner we had a yummy ice cream cake from Cold Stone.  That was a success!

I love my husband very much, I hope that he enjoyed his birthday.

 

 

 

Lincoln's Milestones

This one is not like the other for sure!  Lincoln is now crawling, going up stairs and pulling himself up onto everything.  It's funny, because Rodney and I will tell him no or call his name to stop him, he'll turn around and look at us, and give us a little grin.  What a stinker!

We went to the doctors for a check up and this is what we found out about Lincoln at 9 months.

Length: 28.5 inches
Weight: 20.61 lbs

He also now has four teeth and is getting two more on top.  The doctor told me that he is now free to eat anything that isn't a chocking hazard or honey.  We have recently had some luck with food, but he is not nearly as good as an eater as his brother.

One last little thing, he's a tummy/side sleeper like his Mommy!

I love his personality and so happy that he is part of our family, trouble maker or not.

He's asleep

Landonisms

I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed watching Landon grow and learn.  He is always surprising me with the things that he is saying, and for a while now I've wanted to preserve some of those here.  I've missed out on doing this early on when he was first learning how to talk and what to say, but here are some of the ones that I remember:

Goke = water or milk, maybe even anything in liquid form

And that's all I got, from this fabulous memory of mine.

Some of the things that he says now, that I love:

Alligator = Elevator
Bastic = Basket
nola bar = granola bar
Wandon = Landon
Wincoln = Lincoln

That's Beautiful, I love you, You're my friend, I'm so proud of you.

About two months ago we were driving and he said "I'm so proud of you Mom!"

Last week we were at Costco and they were handing out samples, as we passed one he asked if he could have some, the were out so we kept walking.  The next station was sampling Folgers Crystals coffee, he asked for some and I told him that we don't drink coffee and that he probably wouldn't like it very much.  He proceeded to say "I LOVE COFFEE Mom!"  I just smiled and laughed a little and said "oh yeah?"

The other day we were going to an appointment and He said "Mom my egg hurts."  He was pointing to his throat.

He also loves to play video games on the computer, as soon as I get it on he tells me to go away, that he is working.

I love him so much, and am so blessed to have such a sweet little boy to spend my days with.

Easter Fun

Playing a little catch up here...Easter was fun.  I found something for us to do on Pintrest.  It ended up being mostly me, but it was still fun.  We just made a salt dough, rolled it out and used an Easter egg cookie cutter.

Landon took this picture

He was so excited to get them out.

I guess I didn't take any other pictures of the eggs, We just painted them and hung them up on our tree in the front room.

Let me just say that what was posted on Pintrest was a little nicer, they had a vase with some branches and the eggs were hanging from the branches.  If any of you have been to my house you know that the trees we have, do not have branches strong enough to hold the weight of the egg, so I improvised.  Landon told me it was Beautiful!

For the Actual day of Easter, the Easter Bunny hid eggs for Landon. (Which he filled back up with candy for days after and re-hid the eggs.)  We headed to my parents after church for a nice dinner.  My Grandparents and two of my cousins were in town.  So it was nice to visit and catch up.

St Patrick's Day

I'm not one to get into all the little holiday's.  But for some reason I felt it was important to celebrate St Patrick's Day this year.  I told Rodney on Friday that I was going to make corn beef and cabbage Sunday for dinner.  So Saturday I set out to buy all the ingredients necessary to prepare, said meal.  I got to the main ingredient corn beef and I just couldn't do it.  The back story to this is that my Mom would occasionally make this and lets just say I always thought it was gross.  I have had it once since my childhood, when I was a nanny in Massachusetts and it was fabulous. However, as I was holding the meat in my hand I just looked at it and thought, huh maybe this isn't a good idea.  So instead of corn beef we had steak instead.  I must say it was a much better choice.

 Next I had to make dessert, Landon and I made a Grasshopper Cake. 

It turned out pretty good, a little too minty, but it was still tasty!

Overnight Getaway

We had the good fortune to get invited to Rodney's cousins wedding, in Twin Falls, ID.  We saw this as our opportunity to head out of town for the night.  The drive up was great Lincoln slept the entire time and Landon watched a movie or two.  We arrived a little early, so after we got dressed, the boys took a driving lesson from Daddy.

I guess I didn't get one of Landon driving.  Maybe, I was too terrified, Rodney wasn't holding the wheel at all.

Finally we headed to the temple for the sealing.  It was very nice, her Great Grandfather sealed them, and we were so glad that we could share in this very special moment with them.

Memories always flood my mind, when I go to a sealing, of my own wedding day and how amazing it was.  I am so grateful to have Rodney as my Eternal companion.

We ended up staying at La Quinta Inn, it was a very nice hotel.  Can't say that our night sleep was all the restful.  But the breakfast was good, and we took the boys for a swim before we checked out.

Apparently I took too long to get ready, because when I came out of the bathroom this is what I found.  Too cute  for words!

The snake river runs through Twin Falls, or at least I think its the Snake.  Anyway, it's at the bottom of a gorge, and to get over the gorge is a beautiful Bridge.  It was kind of cold and windy so Lincoln and Rodney stayed in the car.

We had a great time, I can't wait for more fun adventures to come!

Old and out of shape

After having baby number two, at the age of 32.  I started working out as soon as I could.  I've always enjoyed running and an occasional workout video to change things up.  However, I still have this nice spare tire situated right around my mid section.  I gotta say, I'm not loving it.  So in order to find out how to get rid of said tire, I found myself googling info on how to get rid of this horrid thing.  While doing this I stumbled upon the most amazing app called Nike Training Club.

 It breaks it down into categories, for what you are focusing on in your work out.

 

 From there you can choose beginner, intermediate or advanced.  Once you select your level of intensity you can choose your workout.  The other feature that is really great, is that they show you how to do the moves.  The list goes on and on about how great I think this app is.

I've always thought of myself as a somewhat fit person.  After using this, I now think otherwise.  I was so sore the next day, and two days after using it I had to force myself onto the treadmill.  I'm so excited to be challenged and even more excited to be able to feel like I have been.  I realize that I probably won't get rid of my demon tire, but now I feel like I can shrink it...a little.