Found this the other day while looking for a good picture to put on my new debit card (not sure which one of my kids lost/ate the last one).... Hmmm this could make a good debit card don't you think?
We have a garden this year! No pictures sorry. We planted summer squash, onions, cucumbers, and green beans. So far the onions never came up, a few of the cucumbers died and none have born fruit... or vegetable for that matter. The summer squash has a few baby squashes one we ate yesterday, and the green beans have been harvested 3x already! Also, I found a neglected (I hope its neglected) plot that was popping up volunteer veggies. It needed attention. So I watered it and replanted the vegetables in rows. Now I really hope it was ignored, because I may have just messed up some free style gardeners hot mess of a plot. I got dirt under my nails and up to my elbows and I LOVED IT! I didn't know I liked gardening. I do. I wanna go read a book and figure out why our plants are not growing well and how to better prepare the soil and when to water... My adopted garden has tons of tiny baby carrots, tons of radishes, a squash of some sort I think, what looks like lettuce, Something else that I don't know what it is, and a dead onion that I wonder if I can bring back to life. As you can see, I'm really enjoying it.
I taught a water aerobics class today! I think I fumbled a bit but luckily I only had 3 or 4 attendees and 3 of the 4 were under 12 yrs old. So I think they were mostly excited to be at the pool.
Anne has woken up dry from nap time for so long I can't remember the last accident. Today she even woke up dry in the morning! I told her maybe she should start wearing panties to bed... she said she needed to be bigger. She loves to mother Dallas. Frequently I will say something to him and she repeats it word for word but louder and cuter and with poor pronunciation. So helpful. She is getting better at tolerating me doing her hair everyday. I'm getting better at doing hair. She loves to talk. I love to listen. She is shy of new people. She wants to be a fix it guy and fix elevators and light bulb when she grows up.
Dallas talks a lot... I don't understand 30% of what he says. He is nervous of most things that could be slightly dangerous like going up ladders... not at all shy about jumping off the couch and landing on his bum hard. Go figure. He loves to go for walks. Anytime we ask what the kids wanna do before dinner "Go for walk!" He also like to eat every meal while standing up in his booster at the table... we are working on it. He loves Walter. I came to pick Dallas and Anne up from Grandma's after a Dr appointment with Walter and the first thing he did was pull up the car seat cover and woke up sleepy Walter. Then he proceeded to cuddle/crush him with love. Did I get any I missed you Mom or hug or anything? No.
Walter weighs 15 lbs! He is just the smiliest happiest little guy ever. Except when he is hungry... don't mess with him when he is hungry. He is an expert roller! I think he might end up being our earliest crawler... but i don't remember when Dallas started. He won't take a bottle to save his life or a binky to save my sanity... but he sure loves sucking his toes or anything else he can get in his mouth. He loves Andrew and smiles at him any chance he gets... even when Andrew isn't paying attention. He also loves to pull Anne's hair and eat it.
Andrew, painting away his summer as always. He has painted every summer since he was 16 except the two years on his mission. I think he is ready for school to start. He is also training for the St George Marathon this October. He misses a few training runs here and there mostly because we stay up to late watching So You Think You Can Dance after the kids are asleep. Last night I had was doing something away from home after the kids were in bed and he did the dishes and tidied up and read his scriptures before playing Civilizations on the computer. He said he figured he should be useful before sitting down and doing nothing. WHAT?! I love him. He does not play computer games often, but I'm totally down with it if the house gets cleaned first! What a good guy.
Whelp, that's it.
