new car

We have a new car!!  Well...a new, used car.  My first car that I had for college finally died and I had to say good bye to it.  It was harder than I thought it would be.  I will miss my car, but am looking forward to many years with this new one with out many car problems. 

children's fair

My brother-in-law, Brandon did a children's fair for one of his classes he was taking at the U and we had the privilege of going.  It was so much fun!  They had  booths for toddlers on up to the youth.  We made a wind sock, did some side walk chalk drawing, finger painted with shaving cream and food coloring, painted, and to top it off, got a pink balloon for the ride home.  I wish they would have fairs like that for adults!  Thanks again, Brandon!  It was amazing and a fun way to spend a Saturday. 

I don't know what she was trying to say here, but I love her face!

my garden

I've been wanting a garden for years now and now I am finally able to have one at our new apartment complex. I've decided to start small and expand next year.  My mom bought me two pumpkin plants and they are doing great!  I've weeded them and watered them and told them I love them every night.  I've even kept them in my prayers so that they will actually grow.

I thought it would be fun to grow some pumpkins so come October, we can carve them.  I love having a garden! Even if it only consists of two plants.

This is a few weeks after I planted them.  I am very pleased with their growth!

 So here is the end result of our garden.  I feel bad that I didn't keep up with the picture taking.  The plant got huge and all of our neighbors new us as the people with the pumpkins.  I couldn't believe how big the biggest one got.  It took two people to pick it up and bring it inside. We made so much pumpkin puree and had so much left over that we brought it to our church and gave it away to the others.  I think that is a reason why I love gardens so much.  If there is a lot left, it gives me the opportunity to serve others by sharing our garden. I felt really good inside being able to give to others.

I definitely want to try this again when garden season begins.  I also want to attempt tomatoes.  I love to garden!  I'm excited to get a house someday so I can have a bigger space to work with.  But our little section of dirt works just fine for now.
 

new west jordan library

I am so excited about the new West Jordan Library opening so close to where we live.  I go there almost everyday now.  I was able to go to the grand opening of the library and had so much fun with Lucy!  We walked around the booths, got a balloon, got to see Travis perform his song for the play that he is in (Seussical), and got to walk around the new library.  It is amazing!  Check it out if you haven't had a chance to go yet.

She's showing me her star that she put on her hat! They had a free craft for all the kids.  They were cute hats and Lucy loved wearing it!

Enjoying the new library.

Eating lunch at the park.

We watched Travis perform his song for the play.  He was amazing!

They had different characters at the park.  Lucy wanted to take a picture with Superman!

I love my Lucy!

I gave her a spray bottle because it was so hot!  She had fun spraying the rocks and watching them get wet.

feeding the ducks

We went to Gardener Village with my friend Sandi and her son Oscar and we fed some ducks, geese, and even some cat fish.  I didn't know that fish ate bread.  Gardener Village is one of my favorite places on Earth to be at.  The geese just had some babies, so we got to see them and walk around and look at all the things we wished we could buy if we had the money.

These fish were amazing!  I had more fun feeding them than I did the ducks.

Lucy was eating more of the bread than she was throwing it.

I just loved this sign. It gave me a good laugh.

Lucy pushing Oscar in his stroller.

 

happy birthday, lucy!

Lucy is now 2 years old!  She is not my baby anymore.  It was a fun day, though.  Travis and I both got the day off of work to spend time with her.  We opened presents in the morning (which Lucy enjoyed), then we went to the Aquarium and saw the Otters and Penguins, then we bought the kid's pizzas at Papa Murphy's and got to make them ourselves.  Lucy had a blast making hers and eating it. Then we took a nice long nap.  It was the perfect day!

Yes, it is Christmas paper, but that is all we had at the time.

I love her cute little feet!

She got brave and touched the water, but not the Sting Ray.

She is pointing to a penguin.  They were her favorite part of the Aquarium.

We smashed a penny for her birthday.  She liked turning the wheel and watching the penny get smashed. I'm going to own a penny smashing machine one day.  They are so cool!