This is one of my favorites because it's me and my gal. Marie has this look of "Huh?" on her face and it must be there because of the silly expression on mine. You get a good view of the castle in the distance too.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Random pictures at a castle
It seems kindof unreal living here surrounded by all this history. Old huge buildings everywhere with more history then I ever saw in the US in one spot. So just for fun since these are cute pictures...
This is one of my favorites because it's me and my gal. Marie has this look of "Huh?" on her face and it must be there because of the silly expression on mine. You get a good view of the castle in the distance too.
This is one of my favorites because it's me and my gal. Marie has this look of "Huh?" on her face and it must be there because of the silly expression on mine. You get a good view of the castle in the distance too.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
More Randomness
These pictures are just some random fun from our recent lives. To start with- Nap time with Dad. Yup, chasing these two all day means nap time for us sometimes because we can't stay awake long enough to get them to sleep. I wonder who was more tired. Dad or Sam?
My other little escapee. He figured out that he could open the door with the right assistance of something to make him tall enough. He already rotated the handle down so it doesn't show how high he has to reach to grab the top of the handle. He's too quick for that.
And this last one is of my little clown playing and trying to eat more dirt and leaves. :) I just love those blue eyes!
My other little escapee. He figured out that he could open the door with the right assistance of something to make him tall enough. He already rotated the handle down so it doesn't show how high he has to reach to grab the top of the handle. He's too quick for that.
And this last one is of my little clown playing and trying to eat more dirt and leaves. :) I just love those blue eyes! 
Monday, October 19, 2009
Reading
I just love how much these two love to read! They both will just sit down and go through book after book. Usually it looks somewhat like this with each of them having their own books and peeking to see what the other is reading.
Sam also likes to read to or tell stories to Marie. He is such a good older brother and he learns that from watching his Dad. I love my little family!
This is what happens when they decide to read on the couch and forget to bring enough books.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Hungry?
Our little Munchkins can eat like nothing I've ever seen. It's amazing how much they eat and how much they love to eat. I'm really beginning to wonder where all the food goes because sometimes they eat 2-3 times more than I think could fit. Seriously, where does it all go?
Yogurt, bread or anything will usually do when they are hungry. Sometimes it gets pulled out before we make it home from the store.
Sam has always loved his food but Marie has this way of announcing to the world that she loves what she's eating. It's the most "I'm so satisfied with this you wouldn't believe it" sound I've ever heard. I know I have a video of that some where but today you get the monkey sounding video. It's pretty cute too. It was funny enough for me that I had to spend the whole time trying not to laugh and staying silent. Arnold just shook as he tried to film it.
Yogurt, bread or anything will usually do when they are hungry. Sometimes it gets pulled out before we make it home from the store.
Sam has always loved his food but Marie has this way of announcing to the world that she loves what she's eating. It's the most "I'm so satisfied with this you wouldn't believe it" sound I've ever heard. I know I have a video of that some where but today you get the monkey sounding video. It's pretty cute too. It was funny enough for me that I had to spend the whole time trying not to laugh and staying silent. Arnold just shook as he tried to film it.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Ode to the blender
Sanity comes in many forms. For me one of the main forms it comes in, after a few things like my religion, husband and kids, is my blender. Yea, that sounds weird but it's true. When you really haven't had ANY fresh fruits or veggies for over a year and a half and it seems like all you eat is potatoes and meat then the world starts to look a little weird. Eliminating all fiber from your diet is kinda hard especially for a dancer. But when you have to do it so you don't end up in the hospital on your death bed again, you do it, and all sanity leaves with it as you soon crave eating anything with any amount of fiber. Just biting into an apple like a normal person starts to sound like more than heaven. Captain Barbossa has nothing on a pregnant woman that is craving fresh fruits and veggies and can't eat them.
So almost 6 months ago we got a new member to our little family and I'm introducing it today. Here it is making one of our favorites. A little bit of everything fruit drink. I don't know that you can really see what's in it because I started to add the liquid at this point before I thought about how hard it would be to see. So just trust me that there is a large handful of grapes, small orange, 3 plums, frozen pineapple (including the center), frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, frozen cherries, spinach, and I think peach. I then add liquid, usually some juice, to the amount of fruit (if you don't then it ends up pretty thick and actually ends up more like a sorbet with this amount of frozen things in it). Then turn it on and let it go for about 30-60 seconds and you get this.
Yummy fresh fruit in a drink! As Sam likes to call it. Yummy Drinks! Boy do I agree with him! It's the only way I get anything "healthy" these days and although it's not the same as biting into the apple it's pretty good. We do all sorts of variations, some more tropical or less variety of fruits but they all have one thing in common... I've had more fruit in the last 6 months than I had in over a year and a half after Sam was born.
Coming soon... Our favorite soups hot out of and ice cream cold out of the blender.
So almost 6 months ago we got a new member to our little family and I'm introducing it today. Here it is making one of our favorites. A little bit of everything fruit drink. I don't know that you can really see what's in it because I started to add the liquid at this point before I thought about how hard it would be to see. So just trust me that there is a large handful of grapes, small orange, 3 plums, frozen pineapple (including the center), frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, frozen cherries, spinach, and I think peach. I then add liquid, usually some juice, to the amount of fruit (if you don't then it ends up pretty thick and actually ends up more like a sorbet with this amount of frozen things in it). Then turn it on and let it go for about 30-60 seconds and you get this.
Yummy fresh fruit in a drink! As Sam likes to call it. Yummy Drinks! Boy do I agree with him! It's the only way I get anything "healthy" these days and although it's not the same as biting into the apple it's pretty good. We do all sorts of variations, some more tropical or less variety of fruits but they all have one thing in common... I've had more fruit in the last 6 months than I had in over a year and a half after Sam was born.
Coming soon... Our favorite soups hot out of and ice cream cold out of the blender.
Monday, October 12, 2009
The Swing
Reasonably close to the house is a great swing we love to play on some times. A few weeks ago was one of those days. We hoped on the bikes and rode over to enjoy the beautiful evening. It was perfect weather and just a gorgeous day. The swing is pretty great too.
Sam, or our little Samuel Jones (as in imagine the Indiana Jones theme playing in the back ground) loves the swing for it's possibilities. As you can see they are probably endless although usually greatly controlled.
With me in to hold them down it still gets a bit exciting but lots of fun. I must admit that the first 5 minutes when they aren't crawling all over the place is my favorite but I think they enjoy the crawling part the most.
I have to admit, I'd love to have one of these in my own back yard some day! They are so relaxing and fun! :)
Sam, or our little Samuel Jones (as in imagine the Indiana Jones theme playing in the back ground) loves the swing for it's possibilities. As you can see they are probably endless although usually greatly controlled.
With me in to hold them down it still gets a bit exciting but lots of fun. I must admit that the first 5 minutes when they aren't crawling all over the place is my favorite but I think they enjoy the crawling part the most.
I have to admit, I'd love to have one of these in my own back yard some day! They are so relaxing and fun! :)
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Preparing for General Conference
We wanted Sam to know something for General Conference so it would be more interesting to him so we tried to teach him the names of the first presidency. We were actually pretty successful.
We tried to go over their names each day and Sam got a little stuck on one a few times. I guess the name was just fun to say.
He did eventually get them all down and we have a video of that but it's a bit long to post. Overall I think it helped as he got excited whenever he saw one of them, if he sat still long enough to notice. He was very good through the whole thing and we are so glad we watched it! I can't wait to re-read a bunch of the talks and study them again!
We tried to go over their names each day and Sam got a little stuck on one a few times. I guess the name was just fun to say.
He did eventually get them all down and we have a video of that but it's a bit long to post. Overall I think it helped as he got excited whenever he saw one of them, if he sat still long enough to notice. He was very good through the whole thing and we are so glad we watched it! I can't wait to re-read a bunch of the talks and study them again!
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