Randomness after some major slacking

I've been really bad about this blog lately. Just hasn't been a priority I guess. Sorry.

1. Garrett's Birthday. This was this last Sunday. As per his request I made green curry with chicken, sweet potatoes, etc. over rice. I make this more often in the winter- and withe the cool weather that blew in that afternoon it was a tasty meal. Garrett also admitted to not being the biggest fan of frosting loaded birthday cake (understandable) so I made and apples crisp that we topped with vanilla bean ice cream and caramel topping. MMMMMM! lots of things to be grateful for on that day- not only did we enjoy great food, but celebrated the birth of one very cool young man. Seriously, Garrett is a very real and naturally cool cat (which I mean in a good way, despite the fact that I despise real cats).

2. Family drives. Monday was labor day- and absolutely horrible weather- cold, windy, rainy and all. To top it off Josh woke up 3 times during the night before throwing up- so made us extra hesitant to expose others to him on Moday. What do you do? Pack snacks and cartoons for the kids and hop in the car for some cruising. We drove around our favorite neighborhoods in Pleasant Grove looking at real estate (as much as we try to stay committed to this house we can't help but look). Our thoughts as of late are actually turning to finding a building lot that we can pay down as well as our current home over the next 3-5 years and then build on.... Land prices have gone way down so it could be a good investment?!? Then we drove out to Midway- ahhh so beautiful and found some actually conceivably affordable lots in our favorite neighborhood there.... hmmm.... something to think about. And then had a late lunch at our very faborite Mexican restaurant Tahahumara before heading home.

3. Dekker's latest facination with shoes and lines. Lately Dekker is always pulling out shoes and putting them on. His, which are the right size, are too hard for him to get on though, so after pulling out and going through all of HIS, I then find him pulling out mine, or Josh and walking around with them on (usually different ones from different pairs on each foot). He also loves forming lines these days- often with shoes, or trains, or toys... Hope that's not a sign of OCD??? In any case, both things never cease to make me snicker.

4. KSL. I know many who are a fan of creigslist- but here at least I prefer the much better, and free classifieds listing on KSL. You can post and browse listings for free, and they have pictures and are more easily searched/sorted. This week I found a battery powered riding GO DIEGO GO! Jeep. Asking price $60 and I got it for $50. It was just up the road in PG and Josh loves it- so do all the neighbor kids- which is good because before Alexis was the only one with motorized power and it was passed around a lot. Now there are two to share in our cul-de-sac of fun!

5. Vacation planning. Our Costa Rica trip is coming up quick (next Thursday!!!) So I've been busy pulling together the last of the details. Pretty exciting!!!!