Food, Family and Fun

At least once a month my family gets together for Sunday dinner. I look forward to spending time together. Last week we celebrated my Mom's birthday ( a little late) and my Nephew In Law ( is that such a word) Clay's birthday. My sister and I decided that a Taco bar sounded tasty. We wanted to try out my new tortilla maker my sister bought for my birthday. Dinner was delicious as usual. For dessert I decided to make a Fruit Pizza. My Mom helped me decorate it and Jason decided to whip up a fruit glaze for the top. Doesn't it look yummy? It must have been okay because there wasn't a crumb left.

After dinner I decided to set up the pool for Alex and Shae to play in. The two of them have so much fun playing together. The rest of the family either enjoyed the sunshine or played Bocce with Clay's new set.

Although Alex was tired from swimming and no nap ( not because I didn't try) it was time for his 4th haircut, yup I said number 4. Aunt Kim gave him a cookie and went to work. She said it was the easiest haircut she has given him because he kept nodding off. Jillian was nice enough to bath him and get him in his jammies after all was done. No pictures this time...my family was nice enough to watch Alex while Jason and I went to see WALL-E. I don't know if I had too high of expectations but I didn't love it. I liked it but won't be dying to see it anytime soon. It may surprise many of you but I am quite the talker. I guess I like my movies to be the same way. There wasn't allot of talking in the beginning and I felt like it dragged at times but overall had a good message. Either way it as nice to take a small break from parenthood to just be a couple. I miss going to the movies with Jason.

Enjoy your 4th of July, I will be back with more pictures soon.

Oh what do you do in the summertime...

What a great song! It's crazy the songs that stick in your head from your childhood. Summer is officially here. To make the most of it Alex and I have spent the week swimming at the Draper pool, getting frozen yogurt with our Moms Group and enjoying the finest Red Vines one could buy. Here are just a few pictures we took. Have a great weekend!


Pictures from the pool. Thanks for spending the day with us Natalie, we had a great time. Thanks for taking some pictures for me Emily, you're awesome!

I had a hard time picking out just one or two red vines pictures to share so here is three or four.

Happenings @ our House

I just wanted to give a quick birthday shout out to my Mommy. Her birthday was Friday but our computer was out of order. I feel so blessed to have such a strong amazing Mom. I love you so much! Here are some pictures from the past. Happy Birthday Mom!

My sis, me, and our Mom when I ran the torch for the Paralympics.

Mom, cousin Jes and many years back at a my Aunt's house.

Mom and I in SF for my CA wedding reception. Not a great picture but it sure brings back some memories of fun times we had.

What else has been happening around our house you might ask. We have been hanging out and enjoying life.

Thursday was Mom's group. Here is a picture of Sami in the tree. I took a few other pictures but hated them all. It was a nice day to spend at the park.

Saturday we broke out Alex's new pool and went for a splash, he loved it.

Later that night we packed a picnic and headed back to the Draper park to hang out. Jason was able to get Alex to brave the grass for the first time. He usually cries when he touches it. We also went on the walking trail, ventured the swings and tried out the slide for the first time. Sorry no pictures of the slide, not a great sight of me on a kiddy slide. It was allot of fun!

Sunday Jason and I attempted to make a Captain Crunch french toast we saw on TV. I say attempted because it was a trial run but not to shabby. We topped it with strawberries and homemade whipping cream. Alex like his mother loved licking the beaters. What a smart kid now if only I could feed him cookie dough, DARN!