Car Wash

Today I decided to have the boys help me clean the car inside and out. We first vacuumed the car and wiped down the dash and doors, then the real fun started as we soaped up and rinsed the outside. Luckily there was two hoses so the boys each got to use their own. Afterward, we stopped by the BYU creamery for a little treat.

Book Mania!

Lately, Julien and Logan can't get enough reading into their days. I happened to walk into their room earlier this week to them quietly reading books. Since then, it seems that it has happened more and more. As a matter of fact, today as I was getting ready for church, the house seemed a little too quiet. Worried that they were doing something that they were not suppose to, I rushed into their bedroom to find the boys once again engulfed in their books. And actually, Julien read the Old Testament Stories during all of sacrament meeting. I hope this reading mania lasts!

No more clip ons!

It has been a couple months now that Julien has been able to tie his Sunday tie on his own. Jon taught him, and he picked it up in one day. He was so proud of himself to be able to do that. Here are pictures of him tying his tie.

Julien showing off his amazing tying job.

Boys hard at work!

Now that the arrival of the baby draws near, we are doing some adjustments and moving around furniture to prepare the baby's room. I bought a new shelf from walmart so the boys could have a shelf for their books, and the baby could get their old one for her books and toys and miscellaneous things. Jon did not hesitate putting the boys to work and having them figure out how the build the shelf. Julien and Logan got their tools out and went to work. They loved it!

Baby Shower!

Kailee and Cassie, two girls I work with threw me a baby shower. It was so sweet of them to do that for me. It was a lot of fun to socialize and hang out, a couple of girls whom I work with came, and a couple of my old students came too. It was great to see them and catch up. I got a lot of cute things for the baby.

Cassie made the announcements.


Cute little decorations.

Jess, one of the supervisors where I work made this amazing diaper cake. It was so cool. I had never seen one before. I think it was a brilliant idea.

Belt Promotion!

Jon, Julien, Logan, and Miki Lawrence (their karate instructor)

Jon, Julien, and Logan tested for their new belts yesterday. They all did so well. Here are a couple of shots, along with videos of the form they were testing, and their favorite show time kick combo.

Julien is our highest ranked belt.
He is now a Brown Yellow belt.

Julien's form

Julien's show time kick combo

Logan is our second in rank.
He is now a Blue belt.

Logan's form

Logan's show time kick combo

Jon is now a Purple belt. He can now spar. He is so excited.

Watch out opponent, Jon is fierce and powerful.

Jon's form

Jon's show time kick combo

Midnight Cravings

Well, I must say I haven't had many cravings so far during this pregnancy. But when they do arise it is always during the middle of the night. Somehow, I wake up starving around 12:00 or 1:00 am needing food. Two weeks ago, it was a peanut butter jelly sandwich on Whole Wheat Great Harvest Bread. Luckily I always have a loaf of Great Harvest bread on hand. So Jon nicely got out of bed to make me my sandwich.
However, yesterday I was craving a fruit salad. Jon and I were up watching the Bachelorette (poor guy). So we got out of bed (midnight once again) and fixed up a mighty good fruit salad, all from fresh fruit, not canned or frozen. It had so much goodness in it, just thinking about it make me hungry. Mangos, pineapple, kiwis, oranges, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, bananas. Oh so good!
My fruit salad was accompanies with a slice of whole wheat Great Harvest toast of course.