Baby Wish List

So here are some items I found that I thought were really cute. If we have a girl I might try to make the bedding like the one I found below....I just love it!

Tea on the Thames Backpack Diaper Bag

Flax Gwen Baby Bedding

WallCandy Arts Chalkboard Animals Wall Sticker

Queen B by Bumbleride in Lava

Great Friends & Good Food

My friend Monika had some of her family visit, her mom is an amazing cook and shared some of her recipes and skills with us. It was delicious food and I had fun to see how the authentic food was made. Some of the dishes were, mabodofu, sweet and sour chicken, seasoned eggplant, egg rolls, fried rice, gyoza, veggi delight...and more.

March 10th - Grandpop's 90th Birthday

Both Brett and I were able to go to Sacramento to celebrate Grandpa Green's 90th birthday.

I got out there a little early and grandpa wanted to go run some errands. We get in the car and then it hits me.......the driver is 90 years old. I said "Gramps do you want me to drive?" he said "do you trust me to drive?" I said " should I?" he laughed and told me that he was fine driving as long as he didn't drive at night and didn't take the freeways. Truthfully I was really amazed at how well he did. I payed close attention and he was doing a great job! It was so good to see him doing so well!

Brett flew into Oakland on Friday, so Megs, Miss & I drove out to get him and then made a quick stop in San Francisco. That is a fun city. We ate lunch on pier 49 and I got some delicious clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl. We got attached by all the seagulls that were hovering around to eat people scraps. They got more than half of miss's food before we even sat down...... needless to say we had fun!

It was so good to be able to get together with all the family. Brett had not met Dave and Les's family and so it was good he could meet some of them. We did a lot of hanging out and visiting, which is what we all wanted to do.

Baby Chase

In February I was able to go out to Gilbert Arizona to see my newest nephew Chase, Chad & Katie's first child. I loved seeing him he is so adorable!! It was fun to see the difference between Chase (two weeks) & Aiden (nine months). Both under 1 year and yet such a difference. Chase just ate and slept he was so fun to hold as he would snuggle up to you and be content. Aiden was so fun as he showed so many expressions, you could get him to laugh and smile, I loved seeing his reactions. the last time I saw Aiden he was two weeks old just like Chase. Needless to say I love being able to see and spend time with my nephews!!

Maya Papaya

Miss came out this weekend and we had a blast. We went to Galveston and went crabbing, went to Kemah and rode the bullet (the coolest roller coaster), Ate out, saw a Astros game, shopped, played games, Ate out, went to a RS activity where all the RS sisters fell in love with Maya. and more....Thanks Maya for coming out we loved every minute of it.

Grandpop, Liss, and Katie

Ride On!!

This is Mike's dirt bike that he has had for over 25 years. Brett was stoked to ride it. I jumped on for a little spin around the block.

The Talbots

The Boyz Jammin at the Cabin

My favorit shot of the trip is Brett and Ava......(how cute are they...)








We were able to hang with the whole family at friends cabin in Sundance, lets just say amazing!!! We had so much fun exploring the cabin and being with each other seeing our new nephew. We played lots of games and had lots of food...so you know I'm happy. Thanks Lisa & Mike for the great trip.

Baby Aiden

We loved seeing baby Aiden. He is so stinking cute!!! I couldn't get enough. We love going to Utah to be able to be with everyone. I was able to take off a week of work and we had a blast seeing family and friends.

Sunnyside Baptism

So today we had the privilege to addend the baptism of Lanetta Marie Houghton. Brett had the honor of baptizing her. It is so fun to see missionary work going on here in the Sunnyside Barnch (we have amazing missionaries) and get to be a part of it. LOVE IT!!!!

Couponing

So Monika has got me hooked! I have been couponing now for two weeks and am already looking forward to Saturday to get the paper and see what things are on sale. The past two weeks we have saved $30 or more each time and have received 2-4 Free items! I suggest this to everyone, it's quick, fun and saves you $$$$$$.

the site that makes this so great is www.thegrocerygame.com you can do a free trial, but then I think it is $5 a month (which I think will be worth it, I haven't signed up yet but plan on it)

This site lets you choose what store you want to shop at, and then will have a list of all the items that are good deals that week. It will categorize them from ok deals (might as well if your going to buy it anyway), stock up on them deals, & (my favorite) Free Items.

It will break it down to what the item normally cost, then the sale the store is having, what manufactured coupon you need (it even directs you to the date it came out and the place to find it), and what the end cost will be.

You can select items from the "Master List" that you want and then it will make a new list of just what you selected.

Anyway....All yall should try it!!!!!

Backyard Fires

This weekend we, well Brett, built a FIREPIT!!!! I love it. We, well Brett, has a little more to finish it up but we were too excited to wait to use it and so we had the gang, (Grill, Ronika, Kat and the kiddos) come over to help us enjoy it. You guessed it more SMORES and some Croquet (mom you would of beat us all). Summer Fun Here We Come!!

Smores

So two weeks ago Brett and I really were itching to go camping......so we finally had a weekend were we didn't have obligations. The only down side was it probably wasn't the best weekend to go, it was supposed to rain, but we decided to be troopers and still go. We went to Hunstville State Park and we found these camp sites with "shelters" (see below pics) so we jumped all over that!!! It was fun...but cold....we struggled to get the camp fire going because of the wind, but Brett being the man that he is got it going enough that we could have SMORES!!!!!! That's the best part of camping.

SMORES!!!!

TINFOIL DINNERS

THE "SHELTERS"

TYRING TO STAY DRY

SAM HOUSTON & BRETT (what a cutie)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY....3 YEARS SURE GOES FAST....

The Zoo with the Cobabes

NASA part 2

NASA

We went to NASA when my parents were in town! it was awesome!

Update

OK.....So i finally got around to updating the blog. All that has been going on for me is pretty work..WorK....WORK!!! (like 60 hrs a week). Brett has been a good sport. I got sick on Tuesday, I thought it was just allergies, but it turned out to be a really bad cold. I couldn't have the day off, because things are so busy with work. It was kind of rough, but Brett gave me a blessing and I know that that helped. (And Brett made some insanely delicious homemade chicken noodle soup that was so amazing that the Queen of England herself would have dumped her tea and crumpets just to smell it!!...ok that was me, brett, who wrote that). But he's right, it was delicious. And today I came home and he had the house clean. So he's been very good to me. We are planning on playing hard this weekend, since we are so busy during the week.

Jed, our houseguest, moved out. He was here for only about 2 weeks, which was shorter than we thought, but it was still good. He was fun to have around. Brett and him were Wii buddies. (More like Jed was a Wii WEAKLING and Brett DOMINATED, that was me again, sorry marn for interrupting). We'll sure miss Jed (even though he's not a "real" doctor) and Jen and their whole clan!!! But, we got a queen size bed out of the deal, so we're happy about that.

Oh, and about Brett. He just received a position to start this Fall for one year to do research and therapy at the Texas Children's Hospital. It is a really renowned hospital for adolescent research and stuff. Also, he got his own personal research project approved to start collecting data later this summer. And, one more thing, one of his professors just got a big research grant and asked Brett to help her do it (that's a huge compliment). Its bilingual research so he'll get to use his spanish. anyway, thats my hubby!!!!

Houston is getting HOT and HUMID, but we're enjoying it here, lovin our house, and each other.

We couldn't go to Utah without seeing the fellas even for a little bit! Everyone was kind enough to fit us into there schedule. We all met for lunch at Cafe Rio. Not everyone was able to make it, but we appreciate those who did. Dave and Karlie came by the house later that night and some people we're out of town. It was good to see everyone and catch up. It's hard being away from all of our friends. Dan Yeates and Doug are both engaged to great women! Congrats to both!