A Great Break, Even If It Wasn't Too Springy

We had a wonderful spring break this past week; it was hard to see it end. Garrick only had to work one day, and we were able to just relax and enjoy the rest of the week. We went to the gym together in the mornings, we ran errands, we played cars, trucks, dinosaurs, and trains, and we had a great time. Logan LOVED playing with his dad so much that he started saying things like, "Not you, mom. Daddy." Gotta love the honesty of the 2 yr-old!

We did take one little vacation and had a great time. We went to Price, UT, where we toured the dinosaur museum, swam in their wave pool, and explored the petroglyphs of nearby Nine Mile Canyon (which is in reality more like 45 miles long). We stayed in a motel the first night and headed home after seeing the canyon the following day.

Unfortunately, we paid our museum entrance fees at the gift shop. Logan was so distracted by all of the toy dinosaurs, that all he could talk about while we looked through the museum was how much he wanted to buy a couple of the dinosaurs. Oh well. Again, that's life with a 2 yr-old. We planned on buying one of the dinosaurs for him, and we finally realized the sooner we bought it, the better the rest of the museum would be. We're learning. Slowly, but surely.





The rest of these pictures were taken throughout Nine Mile Canyon. You can see some of the petroglyphs, lots of cool rocks, and how much Logan likes playing with his dinosaurs. Let's just say that our hiking speed was SL-OOOOO-OOOOW. There was so much to explore and so many places to look for dinosaur food. Speaking of looking for things, along one trail we saw some deer poop and pointed it out to Logan. His new favorite thing was then looking for more poop. Kind of funny!

I just wanted to share one more thing, which isn't even related to this trip. Logan has some pretty cute phrases that he says. When you ask him something like "Do you need your diaper changed?" or "Do you want to eat lunch?" he'll often respond with, "No, I'm good." If you ask him a question to which the answer is yes, sometimes you'll get, "Why of course, daddy (or mommy)." I think that one is my all-time favorite.

I guess that's it for now.

Out with the Old, In with the New

This isn't a great picture, but I am glad that I remembered to snap it before this old light fixture made its way to the trash can. This fairly good-sized basement bedroom had 2 of these light fixtures, but only 2 of the 3 lights worked in each one. The fixture was ugly and the lighting made the room seem just a little dingy.


We recently had recessed lighting put in, and the room is so much brighter and better! Again, not a great picture, but you get the idea. The guest room is back in business and is better than ever!

A Muddy Mess

On Saturday between conference sessions, Garrick and I decided to get a little gardening in. We had purchased a nectarine tree at Costco the week before, and we were ready to get it planted. You might ask what we know about growing fruit. The answer is: NOTHING! But, we love to eat it, and the tree was only $10.99, so we thought, "Why not?" Anyway, we made a muddy mess, got the tree planted, and even planted a few rows of peas and onions.

We were excited to have Logan help us out in our garden this year, and Garrick was particularly thrilled (and I'm not being sarcastic) to see Logan get muddy and enjoy it. (He tends to freak out a little at the dinner table when he spills stuff. He's a, "wipe it, mommy" type of guy.) Hooray for Logan and his mess!

Yummy Soup Recipe

Just wanted to share a yummy Sweet Chili Tortilla soup recipe that we had for dinner yesterday. You can find it by clicking on this link:

http://sisterscafe.blogspot.com/search?q=sweet+chili+tortilla

Give it a try! It's even fairly healthy (depending on what you throw on top of it).