top 16 things that have happened in the past 16 weeks since we blogged

Okay, I know I am soooooo pathetic. Has it really been 16 whole weeks since I posted. Yikes! You know it's been a long time since you posted when your friends start doing updates about your life on their blog.

So while our life has been quite boring, okay, maybe not BORING... maybe just uneventful I will make a small attempt to update you with the happenings of the past several weeks.

I am not ranking these events in order of importance or status in our lives...but merely as a calendaring.

16. Ryan and Colby finished their basketball season.

15. Then they started Soccer (which kept getting delayed due to snow )

14. Grandpa and Grandma Scott came and visited over spring break and throughly spoiled the boys.

13. Wade went to a class and earned his permit to carry a concealed weapon.

12. We purchased 2.72 acres of farm land.

11. I was released from the activities Committee

10. And called as the 2nd Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency

9. Ryan and Colby finished their soccer season

8. and started Baseball.... which (not surprisingly ) was delayed for rain, hail and thunderstorms.

7. Ryan's class wrote and preformed an opera

6. Taylor loves the Tractors and the Farm. Anytime Wade moves he asks "Dad, are you going to the Farm? Can I go with you."

5. Wade purchased three newborn calves for the boys to bottle feed. So far they have loved doing the twice daily feedings.

4. The boys decided to give their calves names. Taylor named his Theodore,  Colby's is Larry and Ryan's is Dexter

3. Ryan and Colby 'graduated' from 3rd and 1st grade.

2.We thought about going camping, but,it rained so the next evening we did tin foil dinners in the fire pit and the boys slept in the trailer in the backyard.

1. I finally changed the valentine background off our blog.

January Update

Colby lost his 2nd tooth, during a basketball game.

Luckily, it was while he was on the bench and not actually playing.

Ryan had his poem selected to be published.

Taylor went to his first birthday party. Left early,

came home, and had his own 'Party for one'. He's kind of a home body.

The boys found an old Pac Man game of Wade's and had fun trying it out...after the Wii though...they decided this wasn't nearly as exciting.

Colby enjoyed his 7th birthday.



Colby earned 'student of the week' and had lunch with the pricipal.

Ryan took first place in his class spelling bee.

It rained as much as it snowed, but Taylor made the best of it.

Happy 7th Birthday Colby

Last week we celebrated Colby's 7th birthday. We kicked of the weekend with a party with a few of his friends at the Cache Valley Fun Park, where they enjoyed bowling, pizza, cake and icecream and I enjoyed having someone else clean up the mess! We all had a great time as you can see in the pictures.

Then Saturday we enjoyed a quieter evening at home. Grandpa and Grandma Lindley joined us for dinner. Thenwe finished the evenign with brownie sudae's, opening presents and playing the Wii.

Holiday Hiatus

I intended to start this post with an apology....but in all honesty...I can't say that I am sorry that my blog has been neglected for the past several weeks. We have been enjoying what one might refer to as a Holiday Hiatus of sorts. We traveled to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving break and enjoyed several days of being spoiled by my Mom's hospitality and holiday goodies. (it's just not the holiday's without peanut butter fudge and chex mix). We then returned and enjoyed a wonderfully relaxing Christmas. Some of the highlights were: our 2nd annual Christmas Eve Seafood dinner. Last year we decided to celebrate Christmas Eve with Wade's parents by hosting a seafood dinner in our home. It was such a huge hit we brought it back for round two this year. Our Holiday feast included shrimp scampi, lobster tail and crab legs along with stuffed mushrooms, twice baked potatoes, vegetables and garlic cheese biscuts. Then Grandma and Grandpa Lindley joined us again Christmas morning to watch the boys open their presents and enjoy a breakfast of peach french toast.We later enjoyed a Christmas dinner of prime rib, grandma's famous shredded cream potatoes and spaghetti squash. We spent the next several days in our pj's challenging each other on the wii and games we recieved for christmas.
As with most things in life...all good things must come to an end. Tomorrow life resumes... but not without some great memories and a few extra pounds.
One regret I do have... I was enjoying 'the moments' so much... I didn't capture them on film.

Butternut Squash Soup

We tried this new soup last week and it was a huge hit. (Even Colby liked it! and normally he won't touch squash.) They liked it so much we are having it again tonight. So for all you squash lovers out there....

Butternut Squash Soup

3lbs. unpeeled butternut squash, halved and seeded

2lrg. onions

1small garlic bulb

1/4 c. olive oil

2 t. thyme

3 c. chicken broth

1/2c. whipping cream

3t. parsley

1/2 t. salt

1/4 t. pepper

Cut squash into large pieces. Place cut side up in baking pan. Cut onion into fourths and place in baking pan. Then add one peeled garlic bulb. Brush lightly with oil; Sprinkle with thyme. Cover tightly and bake at 350 for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until veggies are tender. Remove peel from squash. Combine veggies, broth and cream in small batches in a blender or food processor until smooth; transfer to sauce pan. Add parsley, salt and pepper: heat through do not boil.

My 'the kids are back in school' projects

Project #1 Sand, restain and varnish this end table. I started it several weeks ago...but it is a work in progress... I do much better with projects I can start and finish in a day.

Project #2 Dejunk my downstair and make a trip to the D.I.

Project #3 My sister Debbi actually inspired this project. Since Ryan was about 2 we have tried to write down the cute and funny things our boys say, up until now we have just kept them on sheet of paper in thier baby books... Now they are in books that we can all look at and they are much easier for me to keep up with. The boys had a great time last night looking through them and we all had lots of laughs remebering the funny and cute things they've said.

Happy Halloween

We had a great Halloween. The boys loved trick or treating. Taylor even sang the first few lines of 'funky town' to a couple of the homes we visited. Which of course was a huge hit and made us all smile. Wade made the holiday for me, by carving pumpkins with the boys thursday evening while I went to book club.