Swimming Class...

Tuck and I joined a infant/mommy swim class at the Y with our friends Carly and Cherie. Our husbands kept on telling us that they were going to come and watch/take pictures on one of the Saturdays; but the 6 weeks came and went and flew by so fast that we never got any action shots. So, I had to take some pics in the locker room when the class was over-- so this exciting adventure didn't go undocumented! They were both really excited about this locker room photo shoot! :)

These two crack me up together! They both make the funniest faces (and are a little dramatic if I do say so myself).

Girls, Girls, Girls...

I just came across this picture, and even though it was taken a while ago, I had to post it for memory's sake...but this is how it was for a long time...

We have awesome friends in our ward right now, whom we love so much, but seriously, they ALL have girls!!! Its crazy! Poor Tucker, when we all get together, he is definitely the odd man out, literally! I have never met so many families with ALL girls in my entire life! One of their daughters took this picture when she was baby sitting them all for us for a ward adult activity, and you can see, I'm not joking! I love how Tucker is just staring at all of them like they are crazy...

...there are even a few girls missing in this picture!!!

Since this picture was taken, we've had move in, some good BOY families--Thank you Cottons!!!(you have really evened things out for us) :) And now I can rest at peace knowing that when Tucker goes to Nursery next week, there will be some manly influence for him! :)

Spring has finally Srung....

After a dreadful and LONG winter, I do believe that Spring is FINALLY here! Yeah! Unless Mother Nature is playing a cruel cruel joke on us, as she already has a few times these past few months. But I think that its safe to say that Spring has arrived and I've been busy this week....gardening! Yes, that's right, I started a garden! It was something that I really wanted to do last year, since we had just bought the house, and it has a beautiful back yard. But with a 4-5 month old, and working full time last spring, it just didn't work out. I really wish I would have taken pictures of the whole process, so you could really see how MUCH I have been working on this thing, but let me tell you:

• 2 weeks ago my dad and I built a garden box- 6x10 feet. And when I say my dad and I, I really mean, my dad. I would jump in every now and then and hold something for him, so he could hammer or saw. But I did do all the weeding and clearing out of the area!


• Then, I borrowed their truck, went down to the dirt store and bought a yard of dirt. Since our fence doesn't have a gate into the backyard, I had to haul the dirt by little wheelbarrows full into the garden box, from the truck in the garage. (this was Tuckers favorite part)
  

  

  
  
  

  I meant to take a picture of the box at this point, when it was half full, but I must have forgotten!

• So...finally on Saturday, I went to the garden store and bought:

A Tomato Plant

Cilantro

Red Onions

Walla Walla Sweet Onions

Green Beans

Sweet Peas

Baby Carrots

Corn

• And Woala...Here it is... my beautiful creation! :) If you can't tell, I am very proud of this! :) I have about two rows of each veggie and I'm going to put the row of corn in that little space between the box and the fence, I just haven't done it yet!
  

  

• So then on Sunday, I made these cute little cards to name all of the veggies I had planted:

I forgot about the fact that once I watered the garden, which was immediately after I put the name cards up, that they would get destroyed. I will have to make some more and laminate them:

So that's the story, it might not seem like much to you domestic divas/gardeners, but I have to say, that it was a lot of work, and I'm so excited for the fruits (or veggies in my case) of my labors. Lets just hope I don't kill off everything in the garden, and come up empty handed.

In other yard news, the beautiful flowers that bloom every spring have finally come up and they are so pretty! I love them because I don't even have to do anything, they come up and hide, well distract from, our hideous fence! ( You would think that since my husband works for a fence company, that our fence wouldn't be such an eyesore.... but we're working on that, and hopefully this summer, we'll be getting a new one installed.)

Ok, one last pic of Tucker. I had to share this one, because its so cute of him. Note the car in hand... Anyway, yesterday we were off to a 'cinco de mayo' fiesta and I was in the bathroom getting ready and Tucker walks in with Bens shirt on. He was literally running all over the house in it, and it was hilarious, he looked like a little Oompa Loompa just floating over the floor because you couldn't see his little legs going, just him gliding. :)

A new chair and a new do...

You know its been a slow week when I start blogging about a chair! :)

But its just so dang cute...whenever I tell him to go relax in his chair, he knows exactly what to do, he puts his head back and just sits there for a few seconds! :) Its really cute! Sometimes it amazes me that he understands so much! I will say something, and he either does it, or kind of does it, but knows what I'm talking about, ya know! In the picture, he got distracted by something (which happens quite easily, hmmm... I wonder where he go that from) and had just started laughing! He is such a happy boy! I am so grateful for his little spirit in our home, he is SO much fun and just at that stage where everything is new and exciting and he wants to get in to it all!!! Oh, and he never goes anywhere without a ball or a car in his hand.

I also chopped my hair off! Its that time of year again! I swear, it is the cycle of my life. I have always had pretty short hair, and whenever I get it cut, I think, I'm going to grow it out this time. It gets right about to my shoulders and I just get sick of it, so I chop it, and then want to grow it out again and... you get the point. Anyway, I don't think that my hair will ever be too long, but a girls gotta have a dream...

Thanks Jenna, you did fantastic!

FHE in style...

Theres nothing like 'Family Home Evening' in the hot tub!

(its not like we can even have too many spiritual FHE's with Tucker anyway...)

Saying goodbye to Pa-pa...

My dad is a commercial fisherman in Alaska, so he goes up to Alaska a lot and is usually there about 4-6 months out of the year. Obviously, I have learned to deal with this and it doesn't really affect me anymore (although I still hate to see him go every time) Anyway, I can totally tell that since having grandchildren it has been SO hard for him to leave and say goodbye. Well, he just left for Alaska on Sunday and since the weather was actually nice, we decided to have a little family get together to say goodbye. My parents live right next door to an elementary school, and the boys sure had a fun time.

I love the difference in their faces. Keyton loved the toys...especially the slide. His look is like pure joy, he was having so much fun and has such a cute little smile. Tucker on the other hand was scared to death as he was going down and didn't want to go back.

Even with Pa-pa; he wasn't liking it so much....

And another concerned look. What is wrong with this child?? :)

Why, you might ask, is my child playing in the rocks with so many fun toys surrounding him? Yes, that was his favorite activity. His second favorite? Just running aimlessly in the soccer field next to the toys. My brother had to chase him down a few times.

And here is a cute shot of Allen (brother), Kelli (sis-in-law, obviously)and Keyton (being so serious). I try to be a photographer, sometimes... luckily I had some Guinea pigs on hand that day.

My dad also decided to bust out the fire pit for her maiden voyage this year. Of course, s'mores were involved. Tucker wasn't too interested in actually roasting the marshmallow...

He really just wanted to shove it in his mouth...

until finally, his Auntie Angie let him taste the goodness of the s'more and then he didn't want it to end...

hmmm....I wonder who gets that from???

After that, I couldn't get a marshmallow away from him. He wanted to put everything over the fire.

Good Bye Pa-pa, we will miss you this month!

Just one of the big boys...

It was FINALLY a half way decent weekend weather wise, and Tucker got to go with Pala and Papa (my mom and dad) to my brother Nathans soccer game. (Ben and I got to go on a date! yeah!) They said he had so much fun. (I kind of wish I could have been there with the weather so nice and all, but it was REALLY nice to be able to get a way with my hubby, since that hardly ever happens anymore.) :) Anyway, they said that he really wanted to be a part of the game and took every opportunity to run out on the field to be with all of the players and play with the soccer balls. This child, I swear, is a boy through and through. He loves sports, balls, cars and dogs. Does it get much boy than that?

Look at him, thinking hes just one of the players!

He wants so badly to be a big boy. My favorite is when he laughs when all the adults are laughing, even though he obviously has no clue as to whats going on. Its so cute!