A YEAR

Call it what you will, but I call it 

AMAZING

FANTASTIC

WONDERFUL

We've been in our house for over a year.  FIRST time in our marriage that we've stayed in one place a full year!!  How crazy is that.  We moved in mid July 2013 and so far we are here to stay for a while.  Can't believe we finally made it this far!!  

YIPPEE!!!

Garden - ish

This last spring Brian and I planted our very first garden.  I was so excited when little things started sprouting up everywhere and couldn't wait to get vegetables from it.  

The 1st box on the left has our Green Beans.

The 2nd from the left has our Corn plants.

The 3rd box from the left, the one that looks like a bush, that's our Zucchini, box. 

The box all the way over to the right, that has our Peas and Carrots.

 So far, this is all we've got from our plants.  1 large zucchini and a few pea pods.  I've seen only one carrot plant growing, our pea plants look like they are dying, the zucchini plants are going crazy, but I've only seen one other zucchini.  It's too soon to know if we'll get any corn, and our bean plants, well we're wondering if they are bean plants or weeds since there are no pods on the plants.  I feel sad about my lame garden, but hopefully we can do better next year.  

In other news:  Kenya lost her second tooth...

 ... and Ian built this cool plane out of Lego's ... 

 

 ... and Kenya falls asleep in the funniest ways. 

Puppies

I've been itching for a puppy for months.  It's been killing me.  But Brian said we couldn't get one till the fall.  So I waited... and waited.  

We got home on Thursday from our Vegas excursion.  Friday I was on the KSL Classifieds looking at puppies.  I was puppy hungry.  I found the most adorable puppies online and begged Brian to get us one or two.  

He came home from work and agreed we could get a puppy but was concerned about getting two right now.  He'd read an article stating that two pups the same age can have some very difficult aggressive problems toward each other as they grow.  I thought he was being silly, so we got two.  

The light brown pup is Enzo, an Australian Shepherd / Blue Heeler mix.

The black Pup is Ash, a Blue Heeler / Lab mix.

I should have listened to Brian, but I'm too stubborn.  He's usually right and I usually regret not listening.  Silly me.  When will I ever learn.  

You're probably wondering what I'm talking about.  I let you in on the story.  

We brought Ash and Enzo home the same day.  They were so stinking cute and we loved having them in our home.  Ash was much smaller than Enzo, but she seemed to hold her own just fine when they were playing.  

A few days after we brought them home we realized that Ash was being super aggressive toward Enzo, biting him, pushing him around, and Enzo was actually running away from her scared.  I didn't like what I was seeing, so Ash was given to a nice family.  

Now it's just Enzo, but we'll get another pup soon enough.  I was sad to let go of Ash, but I couldn't handle seeing her hurt Enzo.  Totally not cool.  We sure enjoy our little Enzo though.

Las Vegas Strip

While we were in Las Vegas we ventured to the strip to show the kids the Bellagio Gardens and Fountains.  Sadly the fountains weren't working, but I got some cute pictures of the kids. :) 

Independence Week Activities #3 - Cedar Breaks

When we finally made our way back north we stopped off in Cedar City for the night.  We decided that we'd try and go hike around Cedar Breaks on our way home.  It was GORGEOUS and perfect weather for hiking.  It was quite the site up on top of the mountains.

 Kenya insisted she take the family picture. :)

After all our hiking we headed back to the car to grab our lunches and picnic there.  We set up our cooler at the nearby tables and then Brian asked me for the car keys.  I realized at that moment I had locked the keys in the car and I'm not sure why, but I found this hilarious.  After a few minutes of laughing I began to think of how to get into the van without it costing a fortune.  I then realized that the back windows were popped open and I proceeded to yank on the attachment, breaking it from it's socket, so that I could pry the window open about a foot.  I shoved Ian up into the window and he opened the door for me.  So it didn't cost us anything, but now I feel like my van is falling apart.  Oh ... and Brian didn't think it was to hilarious.  

 Apparently we sufficiently wore out our kiddos, cause they crashed the rest of the way home.  :)  Cuties aren't they?!