Update

I'm too tired to try to think of a fun title for this post. Sorry! It has been so long since I posted anything that two nights ago I dreamt that our blog got shut down because we weren't posting enough. I just haven't had the blogging bug for a LONG TIME. But today I finally do...kinda... So hear goes. I'll try to bring you all up to date on what we've been up to.

Nathan is so busy that it stresses ME out. I honestly don't know how he handles it all. He works his regular 40 hours at the pharmacy and sometimes overtime, too. Then he is doing health screenings a few times a month so on those days he ends up working from 8 AM to 9 PM. He does yard work, takes care of the pool, fixes stuff around the house and still finds time to help me with housework. He is amazing and we appreciate him so much. He just had his 28th birthday on Wednesday so we had his sister and bro-in-law over for dinner and dessert. It was fun! For his birthday I got him a Brinkmann grill that he has been wanting forever! I can't wait for all the yummy dinners he's going to make. (Hee hee...selfish gift??? But hey, he wanted it!)

We were trying to take advantage of the weather last month before it got too hot so we spent a lot of time outside. We have a decent sized backyard and a pool that we enjoy so we had a picnic and took Tanner in the pool for the first time. So here are some pics of that.

Our curious little explorer...

In April we took the opportunity to go to the Tax Day Tea Party and rally for lower taxes and less spending in Washington. It was cuhRAZY!!! There were so many people there with their signs and all. We made a little sign for Tanner...we thought it would be funny to use the box from the toilet we had just purchased. And yes, I am standing by the outhouse on purpose...we thought it would add a nice touch. Ha ha!

Nate's younger brother Dallin, who recently returned from his mission has decided he is brave enough to move in with us. He got a job at Anasazi (the wilderness retreat program for troubled teens) which means he is gone for 8 days at a time on the trail. We decided that we would hardly notice he's here since he will be gone over half the time so we told him he could have our back room for the summer. He's gonna help us paint a few rooms while he's here which will be really nice. I'm getting tired of the yucky green in the back room. It'll be fun having him around, especially for Nate.

Tanner continues to get bigger every single day! He is ever the little explorer, always venturing into a new room or finding something new to make a mess with. He keeps me on my toes. We've had a few adventures just trying to keep him well as about a month or so ago he had pneumonia. Seems like they always have something! Anyway, he is such a blast and we love him.
This video totally shows his personality. He's such a good baby he even laughs when he's crying! :D Sorry about my arm being in the way in the 2nd half...I didn't notice it until it was too late.

As for me, there's not much to say. I struggle to keep up with the daily tasks so imagine how chaotic things get when we add anything new to our plans. I am learning all the time how to be a better wife, housekeeper, mother, cook...you name it. But hey, I'm a work in progress. I'm still doing Weight Watchers and still losing. Believe it or not I have lost a grand total of 40 pounds. I'm to a point now where I'm not really trying to lose anymore just trying to maintain where I am. It's nice to be in a smaller pant size than I was in college.

I had a good Mother's Day. I didn't cook all day because Nate took over all the meals which was nice and he got me a pedicure. Anyone wanna go get a pedicure with me??? :)

It's been fun to get together with Karli and her boys more frequently lately. She had a free pass to the Phoenix Children's Museum last month so we went and took our little guys. It was really fun for all of us and very exciting/tiring for little Tanner. Lots of play=a really good nap!

I hadn't even put him in the car yet!

Any of you who read Karli's blog might already know this but last Friday she came out and spent the day with me and it was SO NICE! Together we tackled all sorts of projects from decorating to cleaning and painting. I haven't taken pictures of all of the stuff we did so I will post more pictures eventually. But for now, I have pictures of the bookshelves in the living room she helped me with. And I'll finally post pics of our kitchen with the new paint job and floor from forever ago. My brother Gary helped Nate tear out the old tile and Nate and I repainted. Gary and Nate also put in a new light fixture to replace the plain old boxy one and they added some lighting over our dining area.

Remember this???? This is the picture we posted when we were considering buying this house. Oh canary yellow kitchen with the orange tile, I don't miss you at all!!!

Before: After:
And the shelves before:

And after:

So there's the update! We have the best life and we try to always count our blessings. Oh and thanks if you actually made it all the way through this!