Isn't He Wonderful!!!

My little guy, he isn't even 4 yet and his favorite thing is to write letters. He sends me "emails." He'll write random letters on a paper and bring them to me. Lately he's been really into writing out the alphabet, this is the best he's ever done. He definitely gets the smarts from his dad - thats for sure...
The "o" is there it's just really small...

His smile looks pretty goofy here but at least he let me take a picture, he's into making faces during pictures or running away.

This is my brag moment:) My little boy is so smart!!!!!!!!!

(he'll be 4 in the end of August)

In My Mommy's Shoes...

My kids LOVE wearing my shoes, but only my heels. Pretty much every Sunday and a few other times a week I'll find all the shoes from my closet strewn over the floor and my babies clomping around in 3 inch heels. Don't tell my husband, Dillon does it too... :)

Forever and Always a Book Worm...

I love books, they are like air to me. How silly:) I am in a constant search for the next book or the next series so I thought others might be also. Here is a compilation of a few of my favorites - only a few because to create an actual list of all the books I've read would more than likely be impossible. They are not in order, I don't think that's possible either:)

The Sisters Grimm (series) Michael Buckley
These is my Words Nancy Turner
Amelia Peabody (series) Elizabeth Peters
Princess Academy (and others) Shannon Hale
Stephenie Meyer, though I will be very upset if this last book disappoints me as much as the 3rd did.
Hannah Swenson Mystery (series) Joanne Fluke
Diane Mott Davidson (series) These last two are a similar style, a chef with mysteries to solve - my favorite part about these is that they include recipes... yeah! Thats another thing I'm always hunting for.
Mrs. Pollifax (series) Dorothy Gilman
Oh, a big duh... Harry Potter - all of them.
Anne Perry! Both series - Pitt or Monk are wonderful!
I do so enjoy those LDS romances - yeah I know... :)
Last but not least, The Persian Pickle Club Sandra Dallas

You might wonder how I read so much and keep a (relatively...) clean house - books on CD - they've saved me. They feed my addiction and keep me motivated to clean the kitchen because I can only find out who did what if I am in there working. I bake a lot if I have a really good book going...

Side note, if you read and enjoy any of my suggestions, you are now obligated to suggest a book to me:) Happy reading!

5 Years - Who'da thunk?

We just celebrated our 5th anniversary - who knew?!?!? 5 years has absolutely flown by, I can't even believe it! We went on a date to Seattle (a million thanks to Brittney for watching our kids for sooooo long!!! She wouldn't even let us pay her - a round of applause everyone, thanks...) We went to Pikes Place Market and had so much fun! A word of caution, never take a stroller there! We were grateful we didn't go with children, it's insane! It was jam packed and 90 degrees, bad combination. We parked and walked down 5 flights of stairs, than found out we needed to walk right back up 5 flights of stairs to get to the market - oops. Nice and tired after that one. Another note - if you go BUY CHEESECAKE! We got a tiny little single serve Raspberry White Chocolate cheesecake at a place called The Confectional ... so amazing. This cheesecake will be in heaven so if you never get a chance you can try it there. :)


We were going to go also to the space needle, but does anyone have any idea how expensive it is??? It was a minimum of $10 just to park, then of course you have to pay to go up - you all must know how cheap I am, right? Then of course there is the tidbit I discovered walking down the creepy old winding staircase 5 stories above the city - I'm pretty scared of heights - why would I pay $50 for an outing in which I may or may not wet my pants?!?!? So we drove around exploring the city and then went out for the best Chinese food I've ever had... sauteed green beans ... yum. Such a good day! I think these years have gone so quickly because I'm the happiest I've ever been, ahhhhh:) My husband is beyond wonderful. He is so patient with me, when most of the time I don't deserve his sweetness! Even though he never looks at this - thank you honey. I love you!

SDS & dodging a bullet!

We had a fabulous night out with a few girls from our ward, it was such a blast! Please check out my friend Jessica's blog (cause she took pictures:) also on her blog go down, past her adorable little girl to the Heavenly Hash Brownies recipe- AAAAAAmazing.) One of the best things about this move has been the friends we've made here in Kent and how quickly we have been able to adapt.

http://www.jessandjaron.blogspot.com/

Within the last year a ton of young couples have moved into our ward and it's perfect! Most of us live in The Lakes and a few across town. We get together a few times a month for playgroup, scrapbook night and my personal fav!!! Simply Doing Something!!!

Well folks. It happened again. I got called in to receive a calling and they changed their mind. I made the mistake of leaving during Sunday School and ran into the 2nd councilor while in the hallway at church and he asked to meet with Brandon & I after church. He wanted to get to know us and what callings we'd previously had etc. He mentioned that he had a calling for me but he had changed his mind. I was going to be put into the nursery (AHHHHHH!!!!) and at some point during our conversation he decided against it. (breath, phew) He did get a glimmer in his eye when I mentioned how much I love young womens ... he said he'll be in touch:) The last time this happened I was called to be the ward chorister and instead ended up being the Beehive adviser... As Brandon says (as an answer for just about EVERY question I ask) "we'll see..."