Not exactly a green thumb!

This weekend we planted a garden. I have always had a garden growing up but never my own and Lance has never had a garden at all so we are both pretty new at this. We planted squash, zucchini, watermelon, pumpkins, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers,onions, strawberries, and rhubarb. I do not have a green thumb and have never been able to make things grow, but I am committed and optimistic about this garden. Lance rigged up a nice watering system for me that I can either do manually or on a timer. Hopefully this will help me out. I'll keep you posted on how it works out. :)

We also got our swing set and sandbox all put together and finished. Layton really loves being in the backyard especially when friends come to play!

Bunco!

Last night I was invited to a Bunco game to be a sub for a member who couldn't make it. I hear about people playing Bunco all the time but I had never played before. It was a lot of fun, and I was even invited to be a permanent player in their group. So of course I accepted. Anyway, it was tons of fun, I loved having a girls night and I think I will really look forward to it every month.

2nd Anniversary!

Yesterday was our two year anniversary. Lance gave me these beautiful roses. We didn't do anything very exciting. We left Layton and Parker with my parents (my first time leaving Parker!) and just went to dinner here in Fillmore, then came back to our house and had ice cream and watched a movie in PEACE & QUIET, best present ever! I wish we could have done more but that is about all there is to do in Fillmore. :) It was a great anniversary, I love Lance so much and I don't know what I would do without him.

One Month Old!

Wow, where does the time go? Parker is one month old today, I am sad but excited at the same time to watch him grow!

He had his umbilical cord stump for an unusually long time, it finally fell off just two days ago (on his 4 week birthday) revealing a perfect little bellybutton. I thought he might have his stump FOREVER :)

Parkers Blessing

Parkers blessing was on Sunday. Lance gave him such a sweet and perfect blessing. It was such a special day. We loved having a lot of our family here, and after church everyone came back to our house and had a lunch, and let the kids play. It couldn't have gone better, we had such a good day!

Photo Shoot

Last Monday April 28th we made a trip to Tooele to get our family , Parker's newborn, and Layton's 18 month pictures done. Our very good friend Jamie Broderick is a photographer and did a great job. Layton didn't have a nap all day, but he did really well, considering.

Thanks Jamie!!!

Snow Day

This is what it looked like outside my house today. Booooo, big bummer.

So we decided to do a fun project, I have this really great book.

We decided to make finger paints, Layton really loved it.

And here is the masterpeice.

The paint is super easy to make, here is the recipe.

Finger Paints:
3 t. Sugar
1/2 c. Corn starch
2 c. Cold water
Food coloring

Combine sugar, corn starch, & water in sauce pan. Cook over low heat stirring constantly untill mixture turns clearish and goopy. Remove from heat as soon as that happens, divide and add food coloring.