Chuck Norris

I saw this parked outside the library the other day and had to share.  Hopefully it brings a smile to your day, too.

Missing

MISSING:

For my birthday, BJ got me Lego Harry Potter for our Wii.  That was less than a month ago.  Today we went to play it again and it has gone missing.  We have the case, we're only missing the disc.  Please help us find it!

Reward:

Dinner.

Unless you maliciously* stole it.  In that case, we'll give you our full and complete forgiveness.

Seriously.  You can even leave it anonymously on our doorstep.  Or lie through your teeth about how you got it.

Please?

*If you accidentally stole it, the reward of dinner still stands.

Birthday Cake

While in Riverton, we had a birthday party for Kessa.  BJ's parents came back into town, my parents came to Utah that weekend, so we took advantage of it and had a party.  I had a fun idea for a cake and my mom helped it become possible.

Stage one ended up with a pocket of missing frosting, making it look like a mouth.  Maybe a side view of Pacman?

Here it is all frosted and put together.

And with all the accessories.

Bad Mom

Sometimes I am a bad Mom.  I see Kessa doing something she shouldn't be, and instead of stopping her, I take pictures.

Like eating rocks.

Or…

Eating cheerios...

Feeding them to Jax...

Then grinning mischievously when she realizes she's been caught.

A week in Riverton

Remember how we went to Idaho for a week?  Well, soon after we got back (like two days) we went up to Riverton for the rest of the week.  BJ's family was vacationing in Vancouver and Teresa came home early for a summer gym class (so that she can take more electives during the school year).  We went up to stay with her and to transport her to and from class.

Here she is when we picked her up from the airport.  Turns out it was bad shot. Oh well.

One morning Teresa made her own breakfast.

 And made it all fancy schmancy.

Kessa loved to explore! So many new things?  She especially loved looking under things.

Her favorite spot was looking out the window in the door.  She would go there at least 10 times every day and just stare.  You can also see Jax and his ball here.  Kessa is his arch-nemesis.  He gets markedly less attention when she's around and he is Not OK with that.

We had lots of fun with Teresa that week.  I'm glad we got to spend so much one-on-one time with her.  And Kessa loved the extra attention.  Thanks for playing, Teresa!

Garden Update

Previous posts: Garden, Garden Part 2

All in all, I am quite pleased with the garden.  We had to replant some stuff, and the beans aren't doing so hot, but overall, it's doing fantastically.  We've already eaten a bunch of lettuce, spinach, cauliflower, broccoli (note: never plant 6 broccoli plants), zucchini, peas, tomatoes, borage, cucumbers, and a few carrots, beets, and yellow squash and a bean.  And now Travis is leaving for a month, so I get a month of harvest all to myself.  Mmmm.  Zucchini bread, here I come!  :)

Alright, here are some before and after shots.   (Some stolen from those previous posts.)

Front Garden:

Before

After

Back Garden:

Before(ish) (We didn't get a picture when it was a weed patch)

After

Close-ups

And… the hammock.  That was supposed to go in the back garden, but it was too big, so it's in the back yard instead.

First ice cream

Kessa's birthday was June 6.  Travis and Andrea came over for dinner that night and we made ice cream.  Mmmm.  So tasty.  We decided that Kessa should have her first real taste of sugar to celebrate.  I think she liked it.

At first she was timid about taking little bites.

But after she tasted it, she ate it ravenously.