Weekend Update

We went to the Idaho Falls Zoo this weekend, and I thought it was an adorable, cute little zoo. Sam was the only one brave enough to go into the petting zoo, which is amazing considering his fear of animals.

Look at this baby camel! This just sums up the whole zoo for me, so cute and calm and relaxing.

Spencer liked this fake tiger better than the real one.

You can see the real tiger was a little disappointing. He was really lazy and covered in mud.

We got to hang out with the newlyweds, Sally and Colt. Here they are riding off into the sunset on their moped. Hmmmm, where are you helmets?

Trees

We finally put two trees in the backyard. I had no idea how happy trees could make me. I would have done it a lot sooner! I was scared to get rid of our big beautiful rectangle backyard. I was afraid trees would pose a problem for our big soccer games that could happen, or the Olympic size pool we could put in. Ok, our backyard is not that big, but really after the disaster of a yard we had at our Utah house I just wanted a nice, flat grass backyard. These trees just make me feel so happy when I look out my windows. Sam loves trees, and can't wait until he can start climbing them. He was very sad the first day when he found out it was not an apple tree. Apparently that has been his dream for years! I love looking at them out my kitchen window, I love looking down on them out the upstairs windows. Hooray for trees, hopefully more to come some day!

Check out my Scout

I loved Bear before you did

I'm sorry, but it's true. You see I have this thing about reading books about climbing Mt. Everest. I love them, can't get enough of them. So years ago I happened upon this book about this kid Bear Grylls who climbed Everest when he was 23. Fabulous, loved the book. Minus the rough language, it is one of my favorites. I have read it several times. Then a couple of years ago I discover he has a show on TV, Man vs. Wild. It is this crazy show about surviving in ridiculous places nobody will ever go, but there is the guy that I fell in love with through this Everest book. And, he is adorable. Right? Am I right? And now all these people are in love with him, and I just want to say, I loved him first, before he was famous. And that means something, right? Now they are selling his book at Costco with a new picture, and i just want to say I prefer the old one. And yes, my love affair waned a little when he showed us how to survive by drinking his own pee, but really, that could come in handy, right? And he lives on a converted barge with his two boys on the Thames river, and his wife is obviously a saint. So, you can all love him too, but remember who was there first. Got that?

Happy Mother's Day to Me!

Who's Day is it?

I have been kind of feeling weird about Mother's Day. There are just too many people that need to be celebrated. I think this is supposed to be my day, but what about my Mom? What about my sisters who are moms? What about Jeremy's Mom? What about all of my friends, grandparents, aunts, etc.? I have been wondering just who this day is supposed to be special for if we are all supposed to be taking care of each other. Yesterday I overheard this conversation, and then I knew the whole thing is completely out of control.

Sam was talking to his friend across the street, a girl that is his same age. I heard him say, Hey Annabel, Happy Mother's Day! To which she politely and excitedly responded, Thank you very much. Then he said, I am going to go make you card, and ran inside.

Spencer's Baptism

What a wonderful day!! Spencer did so well, and I was really impressed with him. It was interesting to sit back and watch my son's special day. I should have been taking more pictures, but instead I just soaked everything up. Spencer said he was going to be brave today, and he really was! Big crowds can be hard for Spencer, and he he worked really hard to respond to everyone that wanted to talk to him. We are so grateful for everyone that came to participate. Thanks for your support and all of your help!