Going Private

After lengthy consideration, I have decided to go private. I know it's a pain to have to sign in and everything, but I think it's for the best. Plus, Clark's been begging me to since I started this blog. If you could e-mail me and let me know you'd like to keep looking at the blog by June 30th, that'd be wonderful.

On a different note, we've moved for the summer and I was smart enough to bring my camera, but not smart enough to bring my cord that attaches it to the computer. So . . . I'll still be blogging during the summer, but not putting up pictures. Bummer I know.

Girls Night Out and Mom's Birthday

What a fantastic weekend!! Ashley, Jessica, and I decided to have a GNO on Friday and it was SO fun! We went to "17 Again" and it is now my favorite chick flick. It is so cute and such a feel good movie. Then we hit up "Chili's" for molten cakes. We ended up staying until 11:30 then we realized we were the last ones in the restaurant and that they had closed at 11. We continued our girl chat at Ashley's house and didn't stop chatting until 1 in the morning! I haven't stayed up that late in years, but I absolutely loved it. It rejuvenated me, made me so grateful for Clark, and for good friends.

Saturday we celebrated my Mom's birthday by helping her plant trees in her yard. When she moved in, it was all rocks and tumbleweeds, but she has beautiful plans for it. She's planting lilac & rose bushes and elm & spruce trees. Next year we'll put in grass and a garden. Here's Amy, Clark and Laura digging in the dirt.

I am so grateful for my mom. She always sees the bright side of things and gives me hope even if life gets hard. She is beautiful inside and out. I love how we have the same taste in books, movies, clothes, and even lotions. She has taught me so much about love and life. I love my Mom!!

another mouse and fun foods

When your dryer starts making a high-pitched noise, watch out. It may be a mouse!! Yep, we had another mouse in our house. Our dryer started making a weird noise so I asked Clark to check it out. He took everything apart and inside one of the vents was a shrivelled (that might be misspelled) up mouse! Ewww. On the flip-side, I love being married to such a handyman!

Cheese bread and marinara sauce make such fun messes!

Nutella is fun too. These next two pictures are a tribute to my Grandma Weatherford. She didn't eat much chocolate, but she LOVED nutella. If you've never tried it, you should. It's a mix of hazelnuts and milk chocolate. It's great plain, as Rosie is demonstrating. Or I like it on graham crackers.

We had a great Easter! Since it was rainy outside, we hid the eggs around our house. Will was so happy every time he found an egg.

We dyed eggs with Betsy and Eric (my sister-in-law and soon to be brother-in-law) on Saturday. Now I have to figure out what to do with all those hard-boiled eggs!

Sad Realization

I usually don't vent on my blogs, but today is an exception. I realized something . . . read on! :)

Tuesday and Wednesday I watched my friend's 17-month-old son, (he's just 2 weeks older than Rosie). It was a lot of fun, but a lot of work! It seemed like at every moment at least one of them was crying and another one was getting into something.

I came to the realization that I'm not ready for another kid. It hit me hard because I've been really thinking I was ready to have another one . . . soon. After this boy's dad picked him up, I just crashed. I didn't do the dishes, I didn't pick up the house, and I went to bed early.

It made me appreciate and feel awe-struck at the women who raise multiple little kids. I've been contemplating whether some women are born with the "power" to have a lot of kids and some women aren't. Or if it's something learned. I'd love your opinion.

Anyway, I do think I will have at least one more child, maybe even two or three more. However, I want to be able to be a good mom and make sure their needs are met before I introduce more kids into the family.

Family

I don't have much to say, so I'm just going to explain the pictures from this week. :)

Here's Laura rocking Rosie. I am so glad Laura lives so close to us! Sisters are the best!

My Mom made an authentic Dominican Republic dish for lunch. It was a bean meadly over rice. It was quite good!

Here's cute Amy watching conference. (I made her pose for the picture)

Josh entertained Will and Rosie by blowing up a balloon and then letting it go and watching it fly. They were CRACKING up!

Rosie found a new love - fry sauce! She was slurping it off of her high chair. It was hilarious!