Partly Cloudy with a chance of Bubbles

Sol and I had many errands to run this morning and while we were out and about it started snowing cats and dogs outside (if it can rain cats and dogs, can't it snow them too? they'd just be frozen....i digress). I opened Sol's car door to get him out and tote him inside. As I did the big white snow flakes rushed in the car and were falling all around us.

"Aaahhhhhh... Bubbles!" said Sol.

We watched, felt, ate, talked about and played in the 'bubbles' all day. Welcome snow!

If you live in Utah Valley...

Two kid friendly attractions that get my enthusiastic thumbs up:

Pirate Island Pizza: In the old movie theater by the university mall. Its way way cooler than we thought it would be. And the food was much better than we expected. ChuckyCheese doesn't hold a candle to this place.

Cornbellys: At thanksgiving point. We just spent 3 hours having lots of fun. They have so much to do besides a corn maze. Bring jackets. I forgot them and poor Sol was shivering by the end.

I wish I had pictures to share but our awesome little camera we've had over 4 years didn't survive a mountain bike crash. Hope to have a replacement soon.

Happy Fall!!!

He's got ups!

Check out Sol's new skill. Jumping! He's getting to be so big and turning into a little boy.

What I know...

1. Being a mom is much harder than I thought it would be.
2. Sol is much more incredible than I could have dreamed.
3. Having some space to stretch out (like a slightly bigger house) can take a huge burden off your shoulders.
4. Having someone to stretch out with (Dave) can take a huge burden off your shoulders.
5. edited.
6. This little turkey is the apple of my eye. He loves his 'Mama' and 'Dagee' (daddy) so much.

7. Our future may be uncertain, but who's isn't really.
8. Heavenly Father will watch over and take care of our little family. We have been blessed more than we could have asked in our life together and I know if we put our faith him Him the blessings won't stop.

Peace.

Snow!!!!

Its snowing in Wyoming! Kind of exciting, kind of bizzar, kind of freezing!

They always sing....

Ragtime music to his cattle

as he swings

Back and forward in his saddle

On a horse - a pretty good horse -

With a syncopated gait, and

There is such a funny meter

To the roar of his repeater.

How they run

When they hear this fellow's gun

For those Western folks all know

"He's a high falootin',

rootin', tootin'

Son of a gun from old Wyoming.

He's some cowboy,

Talk about your cowboy,

Ragtime Cowboy Joe!

You can listen here

We are in Wyoming!

I can

I'm learning a new skill to add to my homemaking quiver that I'm quite proud of. Mainly because this always seemed like something that was not really me, not something I would spend my time doing. See, this is my sister:
Well she could be. My sister, Melissa, has a natural ability to do anything homey related, cook, sew, grow, craft, etc. She's really much more talented than me. This is my sister:
(on the right)
She is teaching me the ways of provident living and surprisingly I'm loving it! She's taught me how to can! It feels so good to get so much food for so cheap and then preserve to last the year. We've made tomato soup, spaghetti sauce, stewed tomatoes, jam, and zucchini relish. She's shown me how to do some other cool thinks with garden foods. She did a bunch of peaches for me too just out of the kindness of her heart. This weekend we're making applesauce. Wish us luck!

Maybe someday I too can be a Martha... yeah, probably not. But I'm digging the canning!