Trees

So Tad started school yesterday. I kind of was being a baby about the whole thing because he helps out so much with Logan and now he'll be gone 3 nights a week. It also means I have to step things up around our house so when he is home we can play rather than do boring things. I mowed the lawn yesterday. I want to see if he even notices but I doubt he will until he reads this. Hee!

I'm so sad that all the tv shows are going away because I love them all. It's also good because now I won't be a couch a potato. Also did anyone watch American Gladiators. I know it is so trashy but I love it, especially Titan.

I can't post without pictures so here is a picture of our house before we got rid of our trees. I can't tell you how much better I sleep now that they are gone and I don't worry about them falling on our house or our neighbors. Also the mini van isn't mine it's Teisha's.
Here is a during photo. There was sawdust everywhere. I can't do an after because our house is still just as gross with all the construction on our street, there is dust everywhere. Gross.
I'll try to have a more interesting post tomorrow. Tonight is YW/YM so that is always interesting and I'm sure I'll have something funny to share.

Project of the Week

Okay so before I started blogging I thought of doing this. It probably won't be each week but it sounds better than Project Whenever I Can Get Around To It.

I made this banner around Valentine's Day. I wanted a cutesy not too overused statement and I watched Across The Universe the night before so that inspired me. There are tons of banners on 2peas if you need further inspiration or Flickr. Also Pottery Barn has done some cute ones too. I'm totally going to do one like this in the Fall.

Candice Stringham has also done some cute ones.

Also some other things that I'm inspired by are these.

Love these camera cases

Skip the banner and just take a picture of what you want to say. Love this.Anything is better scalloped. You can get these on Etsy.

So just go out and create something or go buy something that just makes you happy. Speaking of buying things - EmilieJayne in NSL has everything 25% off for the month of May. I bought 2 antique windows.

Utah's Sweet 16

On Saturday I had the opportunity to hike to Ensign Peak. Anyone who knows me, knows I hate hiking but I do it anyways. This hike isn't long but it is steep. The view at the end makes it so worth it.

I got to hike this time with Lindsay. Lindsay loves seeing herself on this blog so I took lots of pictures. Hee!

I also got to go on this hike with these two hoodlums C & T.

In January there was an article in Salt Lake Magazine about the 50 places to visit in Utah if you're a true Utahn. Well I made a goal to visit 16 places that are well known to Utah this year. Why 16? It's a significant number to our family and a lot less than 50. So far we haven't done any of them and we don't quite know all 16 of them yet but hopefully we'll get it all done. Here's my list and if you have any suggestions let me know.

1. Ensign Peak
2. This is the Place Monument
3. Silver Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon
4. Spiral Jetty
5. Kennecott Copper Mine
6. Golden Spike Museum
7. Cascade Springs
8. Red Butte Gardens
9. Antelope Island

Also let me know of any fun unique places to visit that are a quick weekend getaway. We're doing our annual Yellowstone trip but I'm hoping in the Fall, Tad will want to go to Moab.

The Numbers Are In

Logan went to the doctor today. He now weighs 18 lbs. 9 oz. He is 26 3/4 inches tall. I guess it's not just his kankles that are growing. We're thinking he'll be crawling by the end of the weekend.

Here he is with his crazy cousin Savannah. She chat your ear off but unless you speak what the aliens do in Mars Attack you can't understand her.

Every Morning

This is what I see as I get ready for work. Logan just plays with all his toys and watches his mom get ready.

When Logan gets fussy and is tired of playing on the floor (or mom is tired of propping him back up) he sits on the counter in his Bumbo* and plays with the toothpaste. Toothpaste is probably his favorite toy. He's played with that the most and still loves to play with it every time I give it to him.

*Yes I know his Bumbo shouldn't be on the counter but I don't leave the room and I'm standing right there so I can grab him if he tries to tip over. Never had a problem because he is too busy working with the toothpaste.

Nerd Alert

So I've been super sick. Sunday I had absolutely no voice at all. That has never happened. Not even a hoarse voice, nothing. It's still not back, well I have a hoarse voice now that cracks and squeaks like I'm going through puberty but I'm still sick.

Well ever since that garden class all I can think about is gardening. Well I was sick Sunday and I can't do yard work on Sunday anyways. Well this is what I did instead.

Yes this drawing is to scale and it also has a vellum overlay that is the legend to what each of the flowers are. Yes I am a total nerd. I'm hoping I'm feeling better by Saturday so I can start making this drawing come to life. It will involve plenty of manual labor so if anyone wants to do some serious digging show up at our house.

Here is that picture I wanted to post of Logan that looks like Acelin is pinching him. Or maybe he's just realizing that both of his parents are total nerds.

Busy Weekend

So I've decided I'm going to be the coolest 80 year old ever. I all ready love doing genealogy and gardening so I'll totally be the coolest. One of the lectures I went to I was the youngest one there by 40 years.

I went to two different garden lectures this week. One was super depressing and on ponds. If you don't know we have a 1/2 acre lot and we found a pond in our yard (it was buried). So we dug it out and never filled it with water. Well I thought this would be the year. After going to this class it's in the worst possible place (shade and below trees) so I've decided to bury it. :(

The second lecture was with Joy In the Garden. I loved it. It was so fun to go to a garden lecture and everyone knew a ton about gardening so it wasn't you basic beginner questions. This one was also depressing because I thought I could take our huge pile of tree mulch that is probably 10'x4 and 4 feet high and mix it into our clay soil. Nope, if I do that it will turn our plants yellow and probably kill them. But still I'm totally on a gardening kick and that is all I want to do this weekend. I'm also hoping to go organic because I never knew all the damage that Miracle Grow does.

Then while looking at Joy's site I saw something called a CSA (Community Share Agriculture). You pay money now and then each week (for 18 weeks) you get a box of vegetables. I think I'm totally going to sign up for it because last year my goal was to go to the Farmer's Market all the time. Yea, I never made it. Also I found that my friend growing up does this and his is the most reasonably priced one. So check out East Farms.

Tomorrow is National Scrapbook Day and tons of sites are having crops on their website and free kits and classes and tons of stuff. I'm also having a crop at my house that I'm excited about. If you aren't going to my crop (or before mine) you should check out Heartland because they have some make n' takes. Also check out 2peas because they've got different things planned for every hour.

Also for those outdoorsy people out there that most likely aren't reading this. There is a kayak swap tomorrow (5/3) from 9-1. It's at the Open Classroom at 134 D Street in the Avenues of SLC. We're going to check that out.

Now for some terrible news. For Tad's upcoming birthday his mom got him a cell phone. Some of you might not know that I totally hate cell phones so I keep teasing Tad that we might have to go through marriage counseling to get through this hard time.