Cranes' Roost

The beginning of March, we went to Cranes' Roost park and let Laurel feel the grass for the first time. Surprisingly, she didn't seem to mind it and enjoyed moving around. She was happy to be out of her stroller. We had a nice day with the family. It was a beautiful evening when we left.

No more monkeys sitting on the bed!!!!

I was reminded of this picture from Laurel's bad Valentines when she toppled off the bed yet another time last Sunday night. I vowed I would not repeat that experience after the first time and I didn't, Daddy did. He fell asleep "watching" Laurel while I was on the phone with my mom. All of a sudden I heard a loud thump and Laurel was on the floor. Weston woke up with a "huh? Oops!" She didn't make a sound. She was just fine. We really lucked out.

Tagged!

10 years ago:
I was a freshman at Snow college living my first time away from home with a nocturnal roommate and trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was taking chemistry, spanish, music 101 and a few other "general ed" classes. I had a friend who had just left school for his mission that I was writing (nothing serious :o) . Little did I know that I would meet Weston in a couple of months. I was focused on school and meeting new friends.

5 things on my list to do:
1. Figure out how to fix my Cutco knife.
2. Cut out fabric for YW tomorrow night.
3. Write a talk in Spanish for church on Sunday.
4. Find my Talk Tools book and catalog.
5. The never ending load of laundry.

Favorite Snacks
1. Chocolate Covered Pretzels
2. Red Vines Licorice
3. Brownies
4. Breadsticks
5. Pina Colada Yoplait Yogurt
Based on that list, you wouldn't know that I prefer salty snacks over sweet ones. I don't usually have these snacks in my house, but brownies and breadsticks are definately comfort foods for me!

5 things I would do if I were a Billionaire
1. Buy a bigger home when my family grows.
2. Travel back to Argentina to see my friends there.
3. Spend more time with extended family. Go home for more family events and possibly move closer to home.
4. Take my family to see the world.
5. Save some money and donate to a good cause.

3 bad habits
1. Remembering things my husband has done that have bothered me and revisiting them when I'm upset. I don't always forgive and forget as well as I should.
2.Not knowing my limits and then getting upset when things go beyond those limits.
3. Exaggerating details when I tell stories...

5 places I have lived
Eureka, Payson, Ephraim, Logan, UT; Marshall, MN; Lincoln, NE;

Jobs I have held
pizza delivery driver, cleaner, cashier, research assistant, speech language pathologist, mommy ; )

Things People Don't know about me
1. I love to look in people's mouths and think being a dentist would be awesome!!!
2. I used to jog to relieve stress. You wouldn't know that by looking at me now.
3. You can catch me singing to the Carpenters on a Rainy Day or Monday.
4. I've eaten many unique pieces of meat including fish eyes, and chicken feet and I would do it again. Cow tongue is one of my favorites much to my husband's dismay.
5. I was a bride who wore tennis shoes that literally had cold feet (sleeping in a trailer in Utah December) the night before my wedding. My husband was nervous I was going to run before we were married. Despite all my fears, my wedding day was the happiest day of my life.

We're scratchin' in the dirt....

This may be hard to believe if you live outside of Florida but planting season is here!!! We have planted our 2nd garden. The plants are about 5 inches tall. We have beans, peas, tomatoes, squash, and cantelope. Hopefully, we learned a few things from last year, like how not to over fertilize in our sandy soil. We didn't have a very high yield last year, because of the overfertilization. (The plants expended their energy on becoming huge and not productive). Not thinking about political correctness, Weston compared it to infertile over-fed Americans and fertile under-fed Africans. We also had a problem with mold that we never saw in Utah. It is amazing how different gardening can be depending on where you live. We are looking forward to having some yummy vegetables. Weston wants to plant strawberries in the fall. I hear they require quite a bit of upkeep, that I'm not sure he's up to. We read on an email that one of you sent about putting wet newspapers down to control the weed growth. I'm looking forward to trying it out. We saw a black snake out there that slithered between my legs while we were preparing the dirt for planting. We haven't seen him again, I don't know if the newspapers would be a deterent or invitation for him to come back. I hope it is a deterent, or I may not be back out to the garden for awhile. We're not too fond of snakes. I hope he doesn't like tomatoes!!!!

My Space?!!!!

So, I've been freaked out with myspace lately. I'm going to sound really old, but as a young women president I've become curious to see what our youth are faced with. It really scared me to see how much garbage is on there. There are so many of our LDS youth who use it. It really impressed the importance of teaching values and standards, especially at home. I think about Laurel and shudder at what she will face as the world becomes increasingly more wicked. How grateful I am for the gospel and the teachings of our prophets "to guide us in these latter-days!"