It was so nice outside today we felt like going for a walk. Kody has always wanted to get to this bridge because we see people fishing off of it. We finally found it going a really obscure way and then found out it is right off of Fairview!
This is the fallen firefighters memorial. It is pretty cool.
This is the happiest picture we could get of Trace considering it was his naptime!
Last night Lisa and I did something we had never done before. Country dancing! We both had gone before we met but this was the first time we had gone together. We had a good time.
They even had door prizes. Lisa won a weeks worth of tans.
Trace LOVES being outside! He is a big explorer.
Kendra is getting bigger every day. She even slept through the night (once) this week. ;-)
We tried something different with dinners this week. We tried to not use any pantry food (like the nearly 3000 mg of Sodium we used to eat in just one of our stuffing chicken meals) ;-) So we decided to get our vegetables at the market and try and turn over a new leaf.
The burgers were my favorite of course but we used wheat buns and Lisa made oven sweet potato fries. We also had Chicken with Thai peanut sauce & brussel sprouts, asparagas, squash, green beans, home-made spaghetti sauce, and one I missed was Chicken with apples & cider. They were yummy! except next time I want more sweet potato fries! I had no idea vegetables can actually taste good with the mystery of what Lisa calls “camelizing”. Sounds sugary!
What do these three things have in common? Not much actually.
5 random Stories
1. When we came home from the hospital last month, our mailbox was found in a million pieces on the road along with a black tire mark on it. It was a sad yet not surprising sight. Our rickety mailbox never was that secured to the post and we actually were warned by our mailman to secure it. It finally fell and I guess was ran over. ;-) Two days later there was a brand new mailbox there (even secured with precarious wiring)! We have been trying to figure out who the kind person was and haven't figured it out so to whomever it was that replaced our mailbox, thank you! I wonder who it was..... the mailman? ;-)
2. Someone put a large rock behind the back wheel of the Scion a couple days ago. I noticed it when we pulled into the driveway in the Explorer. I was glad I saw it because it probably would have damaged something since the car is so low to the ground and it was a huge rock. How weird! My dad is sure that it was some punk kids playing around. I told my dad (a retired police officer) that I would have liked to have been there waiting with my paintball gun when they came but he insisted that wouldn't be a good idea. lol.
3. Lisa bought a container of hummice the other day and insisted that I would love it. It looked odd but it tasted so good (at first). I began to eat and eat. I even posted on facebook about how delicious this new treat was. Then Lisa showed me the container and I realized hummice is made from garbanzo beans. Sick!!! I couldn't eat another bite. Just the thought of it made the flavor somehow change to something gross. I will return to regular chip dip instead.
4. Trace fell asleep in his little toddler bed tonight! This is the first time he has ever showed interest in that bed so we were pretty excited. He did of course fall out of the bed since then and now is asleep on the ground so we’ll have to figure out what to do with him before we go to sleep tonight.
5. Its time to hit the sack and I can’t think of a 5th thing to post so I’m going to skip it and just share 4 random things. Hope you aren’t too disappointed. But if it makes you feel better we have a half a bowl of hummice over here. The first one to come over and pick it up gets it! ;-) Good night!
Are we in Washington DC? Nope! Good ole down town Boise!
Posing in the center of the state!
Today we decided to go take a look at the Capitol building. Neither of us had ever seen it and it was so cool! Can you see Trace and I down below? If you look closely you can see a tiny pink blanky covering Traces legs. We had an accident so we were glad we had an extra blanket to cover his bare legs. ;-)
We figured that our tax dollars were spent on souping up the place so we might as well go get a good look and see how it turned out. They spent millions on restoring this. It was quite impressive!
I hereby pass a law in all Idaho lifting the sales tax on hamburgers everywhere! No more taxes on burgers!
Here we have Lisa by George Washington. Actually I’m not sure who it was. We quickly snapped the picture and didn’t think to look at the plaque that explained who it was. lol. Gotta keep that stroller moving!
Here is Trace sporting his new habit. His lip is ALWAYS like this! I wonder if means he is on the road to lickity lips (pink licking circle around his mouth)! I had it once when I was little... not fun ;-)
Kody locking up the joint (or pretending to anyway). I wonder how many nickels you would have to melt down to make this door.. Probably a lot more than I have!
For a building well over 100 years old, this place is pretty dang nice!
It was fantastic weather today so we wandered around afterwards. Thank goodness for two strollers!
Historic SUV!
Trace & Kendra were both great! We’ll have to come back again when they are old enough to actually remember some of this!
Today was Kendra Sue’s baby blessing! We had family in town! It was so great to see everyone!
Lisa made a cake to celebrate Kendra’s blessing!
Big brother Trace holding Kendra. Some people say they look alike. What do you think?
Kendra is getting bigger every week! She loves her mommy!
Trace sitting on dad’s lap.
We got a new wagon today! Trace loved it! Here he is climbing up onto the tongue of the wagon. I guess he didn’t notice the door. ;-)
Oops! In he goes! Ha ha. This was very funny, he happened to fall right when i snapped the picture! But no tears. He was glad to be in.
This turned into a new playpen. He sat on one side, then moved to the other, then back again, opened the storage area and closed it several times and opened the door, got out, then opened the door got in (repeat 10 times).
Now that we are a family of four, things are a bit different. Here are some of the things we have learned in the past couple weeks!
1. Strategically plan all activities when you leave the house. Kendra’s bag, Trace’s bag, car seats, diapers, wipes, etc.
2. Don’t forget to pack the extra stroller!
3. Do you remember that puzzle where you have to figure out how to get the three people on the boat and across the river and there must be an adult with each child every time the you go across and no child can be left behind. Its kind of like that! ;-) Probably gets more complicated when he have 3 kids!
4. Don’t change the baby on your bed… Even if it is the middle of the night otherwise you get to wash all the sheets in the morning.
5. Plan on buying diapers and wipes every week for the rest of your life!
6. When you look at the clock and realize it is naptime. Its sometimes just about like Christmas morning! ;-)
7. Big brother immediately becomes “The Giant” when there is a new chic in town.
8. Don’t forget you have a pet that needs walked, played with, fed, and patted on the head too!
9. Laundry is twice a day instead of twice a week.
10. Go on a date!
