Ode to a Milestone

We're bidding the highchair farewell as Mags takes his spot at the table on a big boy chair!! I have to make a booster now because he's just short enough but he does great. He started climbing off his chair this morning and I thought he was going to start the battle of "i can go wherever I want because I'm not strapped in" but he was picking up a piece of cereal that fell to the floor. Then he climbed up and put it back in his bowl. He's all about putting things back where they came from...even boogies. :) Hoo-ray for my big boy!!! I'll get a picture up when I get a memory card back in my camera.

yay

I got a job. It starts in the fall I get to work in the daycare/ preschool at snow college. It means I get to take Mags with me to work everyday and that when school is out I'm out too. I'm super excited. I get to work with the infants.

Window Garden

If you know me then you should be able to guess what the string of pictures is. My love for Mod Podge+ Mormon Tupperware+ some seed packets= My lovely window garden. You can do one too it's not too late!!! I used some old 16 oz Cool whip containers and covered them in mod podge and craft paper for the "pots" that are going to stay in the window all summer, or at least the plants that are staying in the same pot all summer. I used other containers to start my seeds in, sour cream container, the bottom of a milk jug, whatever you have really. these were for my tomatoes and peppers who get to move up to a bigger pot once this snow stops. grrrrrr!my cilantro is doing GREAT! as are my tomatoes, 2 pepper plants and my sunflowers. my parsley and spearmint are being shy, and today we planted some dahlias and african daisies.
I also got 80 onion bulbs for a $1.50 which I will plant outside once it warms up. the weather is still being so wish-washy. It makes for a grumpy toddler too!
so next time your at the store buy a large container of cool whip, (the GV brand is like a dollar) some seeds and some modpodge and have some fun!

All caught up!

With my scrapbooking anyway!!! I officially finished our family photo album through March of this year. Considering I had ZILCH of it done when I started this project almost 3 weeks ago, I'd say I did pretty good. I will also have to say that we are not very good at taking pictures, which is probably why it didn't take me very long and why I only spent 40$ getting almost 300 pictures printed (and shipped). But now I can move on to yet another project that is taking up space on my table. Raise your hand (or leave a comment) if you have at least 2 projects going at once. Me, I'm broken I can think of at least 6 projects that I have started that need finishing. don't believe me? baby blanket for Kellie (need to fix sewing machine first), Fix sewing machine (?) dishcloths for fellow man (4 out of 6 complete), afghan for ugly green couch (3 measly squares to finish the corner, 3! That would only take me like an hour!), baby decoration with his name on it (printed out the page), table cloth (sitting under scrapbook supplies). I know I have more, they are just in hiding so I don't have to feel guilty. I'm a broken project finisher. I can only start them. Anyone out there good at finishing things want to come to my house? :)

May I just express....

My frustration at the complete paradox of the credit report and score. I have recently checked my credit score to find that it was satisfactory to me and that I haven't done any major damage to myself by going into debt, something that we have been taught. DON'T GO INTO DEBT!!! ok fine, so I don't. I pay my bills on time and I clearly, don't go into debt. However it is becoming more and more apparent that I need a half decent credit score so that one day I can buy a house or a nicer car, if the need arose. So I thought, Why not try to build a really solid credit score and report? We went to a class and we were told credit cards are a good idea to help build that-sadly- much needed credit score. So I have now applied for a loan, and at least 2 credit cards only to be told that "I have insufficient Credit history to allow them to approve" What the heck? How am I supposed to open an account open to build my credit if no one will approve me for one without me having one already open. It's upside down and why can't we just live in the times where you traded jam, milk and chickens to get what you need?

12 WEEKS!!!

Surprise! we went to the Dr. yesterday and got our 12 week ultrasound! We're so excited, due in February! (sorry about the picture I had to scan it in and it didn't work really well)

More Spring Break

So we had a fun week for the rest of our spring break. On Wednesday we had a pot luck with some of the international students in our dorm and their friends. It was so much FUN!!!! Mags has some new girlfriends, they love a cute little white baby!

This picture is my favorite one, She actually ate her entire donut with chopsticks. Love it!!

We had dumplings, sushi, krispie kremes, chinese pizza, eggplant, wontons and white ball dessert. Most of it was pretty yummy, I'm not very brave with new foods, but it was good!
Then on Thursday, We drove up to Lehi and watched Alice in Wonderland, which I wasn't expecting to love as much as I did. It was GREAT!Last Saturday we drove up to Ogden and got our new Mini van! well, it's not new, it's a 2002, but it's 10 years younger than our other car and it will take us up a mountain so we can go camping this summer. We're so excited!!! Karen and I also got to help Rachel get ready for her 9th grade night dance which was fun. She looked adorable!
This Saturday we did our first family fun run! The Badgers Against Alcohol and Drugs hosted a 5k and we did it together! Magnum could've finished in half the time but he stuck with me and my slowness the whole time! Mags fell asleep in the stroller, but we both got T-shirts and it was a lot of fun.A few girls from our dorm did it too!
It was a really bumpy ride around ephraim, but he slept through the last 10 minutes!

Ready to Run!!