365 Days: Week 23

This week four of my seven pictures were of food. Not sure why I was so obsessed... Maybe after our extended separation I was excited to remind Scooter that I can cook? 

Look at that smile! I wish you could hear the adorable laugh that goes with it.

Some nights are just pizza nights. Why is it that some days putting dinner on the table just seems like an insurmountable task?

I made jam. I made the classic strawberry but also tried a new flavor - strawberry/blueberry. Yum!

This kid is growing teeth faster than a shark! We were trying to check and see if his second front tooth had broken through - it had, but Scooter also noticed that the tooth next to his froth tooth had broken through as well. So, we thought he had one more but it is actually two more!

I spent some time at Kinko's today working on an anniversary present for Scooter. 

Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries were all on sale - hallelujah! 

A lemon cheesecake for Father's Day. I was proud because it didn't even crack! I hoped the oven bag would protect the springform pan from leaking, but a tiny bit of water still got in somehow. I guess I should have used foil plus the bag...

365 Days: Week 22

I am still taking pictures every day but just getting really behind on posting them, but I will try to do it when I can find the time.

This week kicked off with Brad, Rachelle, and Avery coming to St. George for my last few days and me going back home to my much-missed husband. My mom and I didn't tell my dad that Rachelle, Avery, and Brad were coming to St. George so it was fun to see the look on his face when they all walked in. 

Rachelle and Brad are such darling parents. Brad is so proud of her and loves to be really involved. She is really a beautiful baby and super alert all the time. It is so fun to have a baby girl in the family now - just look at that bow!

It was too windy to go boating, but I wanted to go to Sand Hollow one last time before I went back to Kansas. I sure love that place. 

Scooter and Lincoln were sure happy to see each other. It had been three weeks! We were kinda testing our limits on this trip and we decided that two weeks was definitely our limit. Scooter is so sweet to let me leave for such long periods of time, but we figure that if we are spending all that money to fly there I may as well stay long enough to make it worth it. Lincoln had gotten much more wiggly since Scooter had last seen him and he was amazed at how impossible difficult it was to diaper and dress him. Lincoln was so happy to see his daddy that he was super hyper which didn't help the situation. 

More Scooter and Lincoln re-connection and bonding time. We did almost nothing after Scooter got home except play together. It's so fun to be together. No one is better at getting Lincoln to laugh than Scooter. 

I decided to paint the back of my bookcases. I tried out three colors. Which one do you think I chose?

Love this kid. 

Lincoln's first real swim. I had been looking forward to this for months. It didn't disappoint. Lincoln didn't love his hat, but at least he didn't get a sunburn!