Last Week in Pictures

Here's what has been going on in our house the past week.

Remember all the zucchini we picked?

Well, I've already frozen enough of if

so I figured the only way to get rid of it now was to start baking.

I made 10 loaves of zucchini bread

and a batch of zucchini brownies.

All the neighbors received a loaf, Rhett's work got two.

And it only used about 3 1/2 zucchini -

3 1/2 out of 30.... oh boy.

This cute little boy has reached a great milestone in the past few days -

He's completely weaned.

He has been so attached to nursing for so long -

for food more than comfort -

and it has been an issued I have stressed

and worried and prayed over for a long time;

especially since we are leaving him for 5 days next week.

But I have been pleasantly suprised at how well he has adjusted

and how well he has been eating.

It has been a wonderfully smooth transition

and I am very, very grateful for it.

Oliver has also developed a love for cars.

This Mac from the movie Cars is one of his favorites

and he can be found rolling it around the couch forever...
Looks like he's taking after his biggest brother.

I let the boys have a sleepover with their friends on Friday.

Porter and Zach each got to invite one friend over

and they had a blast.
This is the playroom after they got done with it.

I don't undertand why they have to get everything out

They can't even play in the room when it looks like this.

But they had a great time -

and they picked up the room later, so it's o.k.

But boy - there was a lot of testosterone going on in this house...

My boys have a love for Legos

and they love to build all sorts of creations.

I am always amazed at what they come up with

and the intricate details of each one.

Pre-made Lego sets have nothing on them.

This is Porter's creation -

a truck with his Lego rock band on it.

Notice the singer, the guitarist, and in the back is a drummer

and even a groupie hanging off the back.

Truly amazing.

Another one of Oliver and his cars.

We have a table in the playroom upstairs

and next to it is the box of hundreds of Matchbox cars.

He pulls them out one by one

and drives them around the table.

But don't try to move him from this table

or you have a fight on your hands.

And that's our week!

Zucchini Anyone?

We are part of a community garden up at the high school.

We have had a great time planting our crops

and watching them grow.

We try to get up there as often as possible

to weed and water and

especially now since it's time to harvest.

But this is what happens

when you don't get there for a week and a half:

Just tonight (and we were only there for an hour)

we picked

a bag of peas

a small bag of green beans

a bowl of jalapenos

20 ears of corn

and 30 zucchini

some of which were longer than Andrew's arm.

We'll probably go back tomorrow

to finish picking peas, green beans, corn

and see if the watermelon is ready to bring home.

And then there's the potatoes and tomatoes...

Happy Harvest!

P.S. Anyone have any good recipes that use zucchini??

Top of Utah Half Marathon

Official Time: 2:20:01

(Whew!!)

First day of school:

YIPEE!!
(Aren't they handsome??)

Finally, a Celebration!

We finally celebrated Oliver's birthday on Sunday.

He, unfortunately, got very sick on his actual birthday

and it was a few days before he felt well enough to enjoy a party

(and for us to have an evening with nothing going on).

Here he is with his "1" cake

And this is how he felt about his dad

trying to feed him frosting...

(in his defense, he did get sick about 10 minutes

after this picture was taken...)

Happy Birthday Oliver!

Today my little baby turned 1!

He has grow to be a sweet person

and we are so glad he's in our family.

He is a total momma's boy

and loves yogurt and nilla wafers.

He loves to cruise across the furniture

and has taken a couple steps on his own

but is not ready for walking just yet (whew...)

I remember thinking this time last year

that he was never going to come.

And now a year has gone by...

He has been my hardest baby by far.

We've been working on him eating solids

(I've had to be very creative since he won't eat baby food)

and he still gets up in the early morning to nurse.

But regardless, I love this little boy to pieces

and look forward to the many more years we have with him!

Happy Birthday, Oliver!

How fast can you run??

A Speed Monitor was placed down the road from us

so we decided to go have some fun

and see how fast each of us could run.

Here's the results:

Zach

Porter

Me

Andrew

and Rhett