New Couch!

I am pleased to announce the arrival of our new couch! I am so happy! I love it! Apparently I need to arrange a wall of pictures behind the couch because it looks awkward now. The piano used to be right there with its array of display. We will also be painting hopefully soon.

Our Valentine's Day

This year I was in charge of Valentine's Day. Since our anniversary is only a month away from Valentine's Day we take turns planning. Cupid brought Tony a new spinnner fishing pole which he has been wanting, so I decided to rent a boat out at lake Pleasant to try it out. On our drive down to the marina we saw a herd of wild burros! I know they are around there but have only seen them once out of all the times I've been to the lake, so it was kind of exciting to see them.

It was Liam's first time on a boat! He loved it!

I love love love sitting in the front of a boat while driving around. It feels so good to feel the wind and spray in your face.

It was so cold and windy on the lake!

After the lake, we went to the new Phoenix Temple site!

We ended our day out with a trip to Sweet Daddy's Cupcakes. I have heard about this place that is operated by a person who was on the tv show Cupcake Wars, so I wanted to try it out. We all picked out our own cupcake. Liam got oreo, Tony got double chocolate, and I got red velvet. They were good, but not really worth the $12 it cost to get them. I think I will just make them myself next time.
When we got home around 7 we shared a home grilled steak meal!
It was a great day and I am so grateful that I had my 2 Valentine's to share it with!

The Phoenix Zoo

Stingray Bay. We got to pet the stingrays!

Liam insisted that he ride the shark. So we circled the carousel and there was actually a shark that we didn't even see, but apparently he did.

Liam got a face to face encounter with the female orang.

Petting the rays

Andean Bear woke up for us!

Liam loved the monkeys! He even practiced making the monkey sound while we were there and the keeper said he could stay because he sounded like a monkey!

Saw the flamingos for Aunt Kimmie

Valentine's Baking Day

Liam and Ethan decorating their red velvet cupcakes!

My BFF

So I have this friend, we've been friends since we were 8. We hung out all the time when we were in high school and even some when we were married and both living in Provo. SHe has since moved to Idaho. We don't talk very much since she is very busy with 2 little boys and a little girl on her way very soon. We only talk every few months and when we do it's like no time has past. We are best friends and I hope it always stays that way. Well, these are for her new baby.

The Day of Near Perfection

We started the days off with a wonderful picnic at "The Arizona Beach" as I am now going to call it. We took this little nature trail that leads to the Gila River. The sand was so soft and warm. I felt like I was in North Carolina. The temperature was perfect and had a nice breeze. We also got to watch as some people trained their hunting dogs.

The only not so good thing that happened today is that as some people may know we have been trying to get pregnant for quite a while now and I was sure I was pregnant this time, so we went to a clinic for a test, but it ended up negative. I was crushed. :( But we continued as it should be and ended the day on a great note.

Liam had some friends over to play and soon we had 3 different families of kids from our ward in our yard playing. It was a blast! They played dump trucks, rode bikes, played with bubbles, and colored the drive way with chalk.

The Peanut Butter Sneak

Today, Liam and I made peanut butter and chocolate no bake cookies. I had to open a new jar of peanut butter to use. As the cookies were cooling, I stepped out of the room for just a couple of minutes. When I came back I found Liam sitting behind the couch with his hand in the peanut butter jar. He had eaten 1/2 of the jar of peanut butter! Half of it! He was just scooping away with his fingers. My goodness! I was upset with him, but it was hilarious at the same time. It sure was hard talking to him about it when I was on the verge of busting up laughing!
I love my boy!