Skip to main content

Welcome February

Image
By


We enjoyed a temple excursion to Oklahoma City last week. It was a spiritual feast to attend the temple, and then spend some quality time with Hinckley while Kas enjoyed a session. 

This week we decided to take back the TV, DVD player, and HDMI cable we got only a few weeks ago - so the historic decision to actually get a bigger screen to watch stuff on has now been made null. After thinking about certain kitchenware that needs to be replaced and a whole host of other items that better fit under "needs" and not "wants" we thought it was a bit ludicrous to purchase a nice new TV which then required us to buy more junk. It was nothing short of a miracle that we were able to return all those items since we didn't have a receipt for the TV and the other items couldn't be returned after 15 days. But we were still able to return them. So there are bitter sweet feelings about that. Looks like we will keep watching Downton and Sherlock and the other host of stuff we check out to the library on our laptops.

What happens when you don't get enough sleep? You get loopy!



Either H loves the wall, or just plain likes to drive us nuts. Why
does he constantly roll over! It is almost impossible to change him
without using a toy or other form of distractor. 


A Reader-to-be
Hinckley is really taken to rolling over, though he still can only roll from his back to his stomach and not the other way around. He loves trying to roll while we change him, in the bath, and of course in his bed. These actions rarely (never) produce positive feelings in him or Kas and I. Someday he will learn that if you are really tired, it isn't wise to roll over on your belly and rip out your pacifier. He started bananas this week and is really enjoying those. He continues to make funny faces, and maintaining an incredibly cute aura.






Kas is really busy with her calling as the Primary secretary, and is feeling more comfortable in that capacity. We made a bunch of little sheep magnets that will be used as a part of a teacher training the primary is putting on. They were pretty cool! Though a few of the sheep I made look like Gromit. We are still enjoying the WFPB diet, and at a lunch for work this week I didn't even feel that bad passing up a huge steak and the choice of infinite chocolate chip cookies. I guess this is evidence that change is possible.

Steamed garlic artichoke with lemon, and sweet potato
burgers with fresh topics and whole wheat bread. It was
pretty good, but next time I need to add more spices. 

Vegan version of ""Huevos  Rancheros" including tofu,
pinto beans, bell pepper and other tasty fresh stuff. Lots of
fajita seasoning from Sprouts. Mmm.


We are into the happy month of February and things are looking so much better than they were a few months ago. God is good. 



Comments

  1. DeniseFebruary 12, 2014 at 7:22 PM

    Everything is exceptionally wonderful. What great photos of a happy and beautiful baby.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hinckley's Two Month Update

By
I can't believe it has only been two months since Hinckley joined our family! It feels like a lot longer than that and he is growing so big way too fast! At his two month check-up today, he weighed 13 lb 12 oz and was 26 1/4 inches long. Apparently he is so tall that he is off the medical charts for his age. Hinckley is such a happy, easy-going baby. He smiles, laughs, and coos a lot. Having him in our family is so fun because he helps us realize the joy of everything once again. He smiles at bright colors or new sounds, enjoys kisses and cuddling, and squeals in delight at seeing nature when we take walks. Yesterday at church it was like he had a rubber neck; for about five minutes he just kept turning back and forth to take it all in--the sights, sounds, and smells. Today he had to get three shots at the doctor's office and even that didn't phase him for long. Oh he screamed and his face got redder than I have ever seen it. I held him and fed him afterwards and then ...
2 comments
Read more

TMA 185 3 minute film

By
The final product of "make me a match" that I labored over exceedingly. I was actually sort of unhappy with it all not because of the performances of anyone but mainly just the story. We had to write all so quickly and the re-write it time after time and then storyboard it and really break it down. In all this rush I didn't realize till I was actually shooting it that I really didn't care much for the story as a whole and thus my motivation suffered greatly. I don't think I need to tell epic dramatic tales to care about them but I do want to have a strong point and also a specific conflict or issue that is approached and resolved. I am starting a screen writing class tomorrow and possibly I will gain some insights as to how to develop good stories. Ones that I care about. I don't know why I feel so interested in telling stories - particularly in that I haven't felt very confident with the stories I have come up with. It is extremely hard for me to come up ...
5 comments
Read more

Dishes

By
It is that time of day when the house is quiet, the table is half covered in pots, pans, and tuber ware with food scattered across. The car isn’t in the garage and the dog lies sleeping on the blue blanket. The sun lies somewhere back there, behind the cloud over those mountains. It makes some nice gold colors on the rocky face of the mountains outside of the window. I guess it is so nice because at this time of year there is a lot of plants and flowers in the back yard so the gold makes it seem sort of dreamlike. Yeah, I’ll do em I guess. Call it being nice or being bored. Does it matter? Approaching the sink I am nipped by the denting smell. The eggshells, scraps of mango, carrot peel, and chunks of tofu drip in my fingers. Oh yes, the trash is under the sink these days. Drip once, drip twice on the floor. The water in the frying pan trembles, shaking the crusty flakes of burnt egg. Yogurt and peanu...
7 comments
Read more