Update on us

Here is a little update on what we have been doing lately...minus pictures because apparently I am terrible at taking pictures lately!

First, I am writing this as it is pouring rain AGAIN outside while I am supposed to be running. Steve is playing basketball with all his ward buddies (he was the basketball coach this season but now that the season is over they still get together and play every Saturday morning and apparently holiday mornings, too). It has suprised me a little-he never really played b-ball until we moved here and now he is religious about it and can't get enough. Great for him, bad for my running schedule! Especially when it rains for 3 weeks straight. We have had a good week of weather but it would rain on Memorial day, right!? I still can't get over that we don't have a sprinkling system in our yard. It really rains enough to not need one apparently.

Davis and I survived a full week with Steve out of town, preparing us for the month he will be gone this summer. Lets just say it isn't very fun without him here. I hate it! But, I like that he has a great job so I guess I will deal! I also know lots and lots of friends/family that have it way worse than me as far as husbands traveling goes so I try not to complain too much (but still a little!)

I told our friends last night that Steve turns 31 on Thursday but it is really 32 on Tuesday so apparently I am getting old this week too and losing my mind! We are celebrating his birthday today. I really can't believe that we are getting well past 30. It's just crazy. I get to celebrate my birthday this weekend with our family in Utah...yes we are heading out this week for our first trip home since we have moved here. I am so excited to see everyone, see my mountains again and my mouth is already watering for cafe rio. Steve and I were planning last night how many times we are going to eat Cafe Rio while we are there. Alot!

I am now working about 8 hours a week for a cute place called the Chatterbox. I am doing early intervention with kids 0-3 years old on Tuesdays and on Thursdays I see private clients at the office. It has been good and I feel like I am slowly getting the hang of the early intervention. It is so different from what I was doing before. I can't say it is my favorite thing but I am working on it! Davis gets to go to a little preschool class that they do at the Chatterbox on Thursdays while I work and that has been great. They have kids that need intervention and typically developing kids to act as good 'models' for the others. It has been good for him and hopefully he is being a good 'model'!!

The other day one of our neighbors said 'Davis really has a lot of energy'. I think that was a nice way of saying 'your kid is out of control' but anyway, he is energetic and lots of fun. Steve said that he thought Davis' sentences were twice as long when he got home from his work trip and several people have told me lately how well he talks which you all know I just love! It is fun to hear what he has to say...most of the time! The other day he was being a real poop demanding dinner while I was trying to finish cooking. Later he was eating and said 'mom, I driving you crazy.' Needless to say I felt bad that I must have said that to him. He picks up on everything. Steve taught him to say 'toots' whenever anyone toots which can get a little embarrassing. I mean seriously. Boys are gross.

Grandma and Grandpa Wright Come to Visit

I am a little behind on posting (I feel like I start every post that way). My parents came to visit a few weeks ago and we had such a fun time with them. Davis loved them being here and really loved all the attention! We spent a lot of time just hanging out and enjoying time together. It was so fun to have them all to ourselves for a whole week.

I just love the smile on Davis' face when he came down the slide. He just loved it. I've never seen such a big smile!

Grandma and Davis. So cute. Enough said!

We took Grandma and Grandpa to Huber Farm in Indiana. Davis loved these race carts and wanted Grandpa to take him around and around the track.

Like I said...couldn't get enough of the race cars.

Had so much fun feeding the goats. This was a really greedy goat and kept taking all the food from the baby goats.

I just keep cracking up every time I look at this picture. I love that Steve is so goofy all of the time (well most of the time I love it).

Thanks for coming to visit Grandma and Grandpa. We can't wait for your next visit.

Davis' First Prayer

This was Davis' first prayer last night (without any help from us)

Heavenly Father
Thank you for this day
Thank you treats
Thank you grapes
Thank you Jesus
Davis
Mama
Daddy
In name
Jesus Christ
Amen

He's getting it! It was a sweet parenting moment to hear my little boy pray all by himself..especially to thank Heavenly Father for treats and grapes! I love it!

Recipe Swap

I have a friend in my ward that has a fabulous crafty/idea blog called Nannygoat. She has a great idea to simplify cooking and grocery shopping...you can check it out here. For part of it she is doing a recipe swap and I think I am a little late, but I found some great new recipes to try from those that were shared so I thought I would share one of my favorites too. I can't take credit for this recipe...I got it from my friend Kristen who is a great cook! It is my husbands very favorite and even the picky child will eat it!

EASY Chicken Cordon Bleu
-2 packages thin sliced chicken breasts (I just cut my regular chicken breasts in half length wise and do as many as I need to feed whomever I am feeding)
-Plain bread crumbs
-8 slices deli ham
-8 slices swiss cheese
-1 cup sour cream
-1 can cream of chicken soup

Dip chicken in bread crumbs. Place a slice of ham and a slice of cheese on top of chicken breasts. Roll chicken up and secure with a toothpick. Place in greased baking dish. Mix sour cream and soup in bowl. Pour over chicken. Bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes.

Four Years!

Steve and I celebrated our 4th anniversary last week (this is our engagement picture). In a lot of ways, it seems like we have been together for a lot longer than that...it is hard to remember life before Steve! Nor do I really want to! We have had an amazing 4 years and I look forward to many more to come. We had a really fun anniversary. I had this great idea that we should take turns planning what we do every other year. Well, that was a great idea until it was my turn this year and it was really hard for me to come up with something! I still don't really know what there is to do here. Anyway, we did eat at a really really good restaurant that several people had recommended to me and had fun exploring some of down town Louisville and just spending time together. There is no one I would rather be with. Happy Anniversary, Steve. I love you!

Easter

Wow, I am finally posting Easter. I am little behind, I guess. But we did have a really great Easter. Davis had a fun-filled, sugar-filled Easter. That kid loves his candy. I posted this picture first because it was my favorite...This wasn't even his basket. For Easter dinner we had over Jen and Keith, Michelle and Christian and Steve's boss, Aaron and Holly and their families. We had dinner, an Easter egg hunt and lots of fun. I kept finding Davis eating all the candy out of other kids easter baskets. I'm pretty sure he ate about 10 pounds of sugar that day, not to mention the day before.

The kids hunting eggs...our backyard is not the ideal place to 'hide' eggs since it is just big and open so it was more of an egg 'gathering' rather than a hunt but I think they had fun.

Easter morning we had a really rough time before church-Davis was not his best self so I was just happy to get him dressed and out the door. He refused to let me take his picture so this was the best shot I could get. He really looked so cute though dressed in his Easter clothes. Let's just say by the time we got to church I wasn't really feeling the spirit. Doesn't he look happy?!

Our really cute neighbor planned this huge Easter egg hunt/BBQ for our entire street. There were about 50 people there and tons of kids. It was really fun to get to know some of our neighbors better and meet new people. Davis really got the idea of egg hunting this year except it was hard to get him to not open the eggs and eat the candy inbetween collecting.

Davis was the littlest kid to hit the pinata so he went first. He loved it and the crowd thought it hilarious. He put on a good show.

What a fun weekend and so wonderful to celebrate our Savior's ressurection and remember him.

Daddy's helper

Davis' favorite new thing to do on Saturdays is 'help' Steve out in the yard. It really is the cutest thing ever. He follows him around the yard while he mows the lawn and helps him dump the grass into the trash can. It keeps him occupied for a long time and I love it because I can get things done inside while Steve actually gets things done, too!