This is for Kendall

Kendall wanted to see some pics of our house, so here is the front yard that we just had grass put in. I love it. It looks so much better than the stupid desert look which is just gravel. There are also some pics of Cache's playroom which I am still trying to put together. I made some curtains and just put a stupid slip cover over the futon. I want to hang the chalkboard on the wall which I need some help from Dave. Hopefully I can get him motivated soon.

My Chair

I took an upholstery class for about 5 weeks and recovered an awesome wing back chair my mom found at an antique store for $30. I am still putting nail heads on it so it is not completely done, but I loved doing it. Eventually it will go in Cache's room. I covered it in burlap and everyone in my class would come up to me asking me what I was going to cover the chair in. I would laugh and tell them this was it. They were always confused because usually you find burlap inside the chair under the fabric. But my mom came up with this idea to keep it covered in burlap. I loved. It looks very organic which totally goes with Cache's room decor. So anyway here it is, and cache just had to be in the picture.

Don't cry over spilled milk

So today I have been feeling a little down, I think about my house in sandy and how much I hated that house; but how much I wish we could be living there now. It will always have that nostalgic feeling when I think of all the first times. It was our first house, my first garden, my first pregnancy, my first time being a mom. I wonder how Cache would be living there and where all his favorite places to hang out would be? Would he love to play out in our big back yard without peeping neighbors (dave installed our fence right when we had cache.) Would we cuddle in my bed together and think of the long nights we spent in that room when he first arrived? I loved being so close to Tai Pan, we would get bored and walk over there to just look around. I miss all the visitors we would get stopping by (well there weren't really that many but since my dad's work was just around the corner and my sister lived one minute away there was always someone close by.) We miss you guys. Our house here in AZ just feels a little too empty so we try to be away as much as possible.

With all of this on my mind today I was with cache in the room and he dropped the glass candle and glass broke all over the place. I was so mad! Why does he always get into everything!!! I know it is ridiculous to think a 22 month old really knows what he is doing. But as I was cleaning it up I thought don't cry over spilled glass. I do miss my house in Sandy, not the actual physical house, but everything that came with it. The memories, the family, the friends. It has been hard to feel that here, but as I listened to myself complain about all the things I hate about living in this house, I thought how lucky I am to have what I have been given. Stop your whining you little brat (that was the voice in my head!) So although it feels empty of any of that nostalga (probably not spelled right) I do feel very blessed.

Our beloved home, except that we hated how cold it got in the winter, how hot it was in the summer, how steep the stairs were, how small the garage felt, how the slate would never get clean, how many weird angles the walls had, and most of all I knew it would never be safe with my crazy little boy running around the loft that overlooked the kitchen. I know he would find out how to fall from there somehow.

If you build it...we will come

Cleaning up after the Giants vs. Angels game.

Sportin' his Giants shirt Grandpa got him!

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit this past week. We had so many fun things planned and then...Cache got really sick. The night my parents flew in Cache had a fever of 102 and was coughing like crazy. He has had a fever on and off for three days and just been really sick for like 4 days. I feel so bad because his little body is just so tired of feeling like crap and has just been so whiney today. I also feel bad because we didn't get to do any of the fun things planned for when Grandma and Grandpa got here. Grandpa had to get home today but luckily Grandma is able to stay just for a few more days. Hopefully Cache will get to spend some time with her and not feel so grumpy. We were supposed to go to a Giants baseball game on Friday (Spring training is here) but Cache was too sick. So after his nap we met my dad and dave at the game today. Too bad we didn't get there until the 7th inning, and were only there for like 30 mins. Cache still had fun and was so excited to see what was going on (even if he was still so sick...he is a trooper.)

Not too much is going on in my life right now. I have just finished my upholstery class which I will upload some pictures of the chair I finished. It turned out great for my first time but it just needs a little something else, so I am going to try and put some nail heads in it and see it that gives it a little more personality. I may take the class again in the future, but I think I need to wait a little while until I can find places for all this random furniture I have. My newest project is getting some of our gardening done. I want to change up the front yard a little and plant some more plants and building a veg garden in the back. Dave has been busy with work but I am hoping I can some how get him interested in making the outside of our house look good. He seems to not care as much as me, but I know once I get him started he will want to get his hands dirty...right? Well I guess we'll see.

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A lot to Post

I have finally uploaded some pics from my camera and I guess its been a little while since I last uploaded pics. Here are the St. George pics: we went there right before my b-day and saw the parade of homes. The girls picture getting ready to settle in for the night and watch a movie.

This is what happens when the boys are kicked out from the family room and are forced to watch sports in the only other room with a t.v. the master bedroom. Awe how sweet, they all shared a bed!

Grandma bought Cache an Elmo that talks and tells stories, dances, and a bunch of different things. He sat and just watched him for the first night in Awe. He loves his elmo.

Pic of Grandma and Cache just before we head off to see some homes in the parade of homes.

Happy 28th Birthday to me! I think Cache was just most excited for the ice cream. I have created a sugar freak monster (I am not a good example.)

A family picture with my nephew...Baby Luke. Cache loves having the baby around for the first little bit then starts to get jealous when he does not feel he is getting an ample amount of attention. I had a great birthday and got a new cell phone which I love. I wish Clayton and Tiaunna could have made it to St. George, but they lead very busy lives and Clayton just works too much.

I can't believe we have lived in Arizona for over a year, time has really seemed to fly by and I am just wondering how it could have slipped by without me even really noticing. Cache continues to get bigger and bigger and I can now say I really don't feel like I have a baby anymore. He is so much fun, but so much work. Sometimes I really wonder how people have more than one child without just litterally passing out...every day. Hopefully we will get to go to Utah soon and see everyone and enjoy some cooler weather. I know that sounds crazy to some, but 90 degrees in early march is just a little too hot for me.

On a last note...I would like to say I am very dissapointed in the Bacholer (did I spell that right? It looks wrong?) I guess his motto should be...when times get rough just hook up with another chick. I am really bummed, I thought he was a good guy, but I guess that there really aren't any normal people anymore.