high chair

Eddie Bauer has this really great high chair that I had been eying for quite some time now. It's wood, it's fabulous, and matches our table. One down side was that fewer and fewer places were carrying it, and they places that did only had it on their websites. Another down side was that it was a little more than we really wanted to pay for it, even with coupons and sales. So we started looking on Craigslist, and behold...a Craigslist miracle!

Isn't it great? Graham and I went and got it yesterday from a nice lady who only used it for one kid. It's in really good shape, and cost us a third of what we would have paid for it if we ordered it. I scrubbed it down with some Clorox water and now it's germ free and ready to go.

Graham is still just a hair small to sit in it...but I think he likes it.

fifty-five

fifty-five is what Sammy Hagar can't drive,

But it's also the number of packages of pasta I got at Fry's this week.

Now I'll answer the first questions that come to your mind:

Q: How much did you pay for all that?

A: I actually got paid to take these out of the store. I made 5 dollars. : )

Q: What are you going to do with all that pasta?

A: Um...I have no idea. : ) Food storage? Carbo-load? Anybody hungry?

Q: Is that who I think it is?

A: Yes, that's the cutest baby ever there behind that pasta. Don't you love his little round head? He says, "My mom is crazy. I can't eat all this pasta."

go byu!

not-so-enthusiastic gardening buddy

When I go work out in the garden Graham likes to come keep me company. But sometimes I think he's less than amused.

st. patty's day treasure

A very secret leprechaun left this gold treasure at the end of a rainbow. I think Graham knew it wasn't real gold after about 3 seconds. : )

Graham's very first library books

This week Graham and I went to the library and checked out some books. Previously, I was a little disappointed with our library-it didn't seem like it really had that many books. But I had never been to the children's section. They had tons of books! It was a lot of fun. The best thing about books is when you read them to Graham, he looks at the pictures and quietly listens! Super cute.

I also checked out a few books...

This books is a lot of fun! Each recipe has pureed vegetables in it, which is a genius way to get more nutrients into everyday food. The other day I made chicken salad that had cauliflower puree in it. Sneaky.

This book has tons of bread recipes in it...hence the name. I made focaccia bread this week which was pretty amusing. The dough has a lot of water in it, so it starts out as a pancake-batter consistency. Then you beat it in the Kitchenaid for half an hour! At first it sounds like shlopy batter and then all of a sudden it starts to get stringy, and then magically turns into a smooth, shiny ball in a matter of seconds. It's about the texture of melted cheese, but when you bake it it makes really yummy bread. Pretty amazing.

I also checked out this one. Sleep training? Yikes. Graham sleeps really well at night, but sometimes refuses to take a nap or nap longer than 20 minutes. Let's just say I'm not a fan of nap training right now. I'll let you know how it turns out. Any suggestions?

never fear, cheese fondue is here

Have you heard? April 11th is National Cheese Fondue Day! Doesn't that sound fabulous? Well, here's the deal: Have you ever eaten at The Melting Pot? If you have, yay! If you haven't, you should! It's delish and way fun to eat a full meal fondue-style. Matt and I went on our 3rd anniversary, and it was a lot of fun.

Anyway...on to the point of this post: On April 11th through the 14th, you can get FREE CHEESE FONDUE at the Melting Pot! Woo hoo!

Click HERE to go to the Melting Pot's cheese fondue page and to make a reservation! I made my reservation today and I'm pretty excited to go. I highly recommend the spinach artichoke cheese fondue. It's heavenly.

spring break

Doesn't this boy look ready for spring break? Sunglasses, baseball outfit... Could it get any better?

Graham and I were pretty excited to have Matt home for a whole week. We tried to take advantage of our time and do some fun things as well as taking some much needed days off (for Matt, anyway).

We started by going to a spring training game. It was the Padres and Mariners. Matt even caught a home run ball.

Good thing we brought our hats.

Graham had fun just hanging out in the shade.

On our way to church we drive past the Peoria museum. I've wanted to see what it was all about, so we went there one afternoon. It is a small museum with some facts about old Peoria. Did you know that a man from Peoria, IL, was given a grant to farm in Peoria, AZ, so the people he sent to farm here named the city Peoria, after Peoria, IL? Bet you didn't. : )

We also ventured out to another baseball complex in Glendale. This is where the Dodgers and White Sox practice. While we were there we watched some practices and open tryouts.

Graham and I sat in the shade and enjoyed the warm weather.

And Matt got Laser Vision! I joked with him all week that he was going to get laser vision. I thought it was hilarious, but maybe it wasn't so funny to anyone else...

Matt spent a lot of his years wearing glasses or contacts. Here's his last moment of wearing glasses.

The operating room (if it's even called that) was a fishbowl type room. We could watch through the glass windows. Sorry about the glare...the glass was pretty shiny.

Now I've never had to wear glasses or contacts, and can't imagine what it would feel like to have your eyes lasered off. The Dr. doing the surgery and his staff said it would feel like having sand stuck in your eyes. I don't know if that's what it felt like, but I don't envy Matt for having to eye pain. But here he is taking a nap afterward.

And I planted my garden! (This picture was supposed to be sideways...I'm still not sure how to make blogger not turn my pictures.) This year we're trying a few of the same things, and a few different things as well. This year we planted some beans, cantaloupe, asparagus, corn, squash, and zucchini. (Don't worry, this year I planted fewer zucchini plants and I plan to thin them when they come up like I was supposed to do last year.) Hopefully everything grows well and doesn't burn up in the heat.