March 2019

March was pretty chill, aside from a bad 2 week long kidney infection, kidney stones, and a bleeding ovarian cyst. But it's all good. I'm fine. I did forgot to mention in last month's post that Jett started piano lessons in February and has really enjoyed them. He's still learning he actually has to practice to get good, but he's figuring it out.

On March 4th, the boys didn't have school (can't really remember the reason why), but since Dave had to work and we were all getting a little stir-crazy, I took the boys to the butterfly biosphere at Thanksgiving Point. Afterwards we got ice cream from the Deli.

March 7th, Miles had silly hair and socks day. I didn't really plan ahead, so I raided my craft closet and came up with this. Not exactly what I was going for, but it worked. I hot glued fuzzy balls to his socks since we don't really own silly socks. I found tiny little plastic fish in the closet as well and tried to glue them on too, but apparently they fell off at preschool.

On March 8th, we had our Family Fun Day (FFD) at the rec center. Now that the kids are getting older, it's been actually kind of fun since we're not constantly worried about one of them swimming away and drowning. Miles keeps his lifejacket on, so that's super helpful. Dave and I even got to hang out in the hot tub together!

March 15th, Dave and I went on a date to Milagros for Mexican food, and then to the Orem Rec Center where we got our racquetball on! I don't think either of us had played since we were kids! We both were terrible, even after Googling the rules, but that almost made it more fun. We finished the evening at The Chocolate, where I sat in exercise attire and ate 2 cupcakes. I will say, it took me 2 weeks to completely recuperate from racquetball. It legit tore up my arms. Oh, and it also triggered my ovarian cyst to rupture, so, I mean, it was good and bad? 

On the 27th, I got to babysit my favorite little niece! Naomi is seriously my best friend. She makes me all sorts of happy.

Also, another short person (Miles) wrote Mom on a piece of paper and gifted it to me! First written word, yo!

Here are some other random/fun photos from the month of March!

February 2019

In February, we painted the living room grey! I am very pleased with how it turned out. It was a little lighter than I thought it would be, but in a way, I'm glad it was because it has really lightened up the house and has made it feel bigger. Dave also built a nice entryway area for the coats and stuff. I ordered a couple benches from Target that fit perfectly for all the shoes. It turned out beautiful and we're really happy with how it's worked out.

The accent dining chairs showed up too!

Jett & Miles spent their book-reading time giving me a makeover. I had to draw the line at the makeup. I mean, Miles may have gotten started with the bronzer, but I had to cut him off there.

We visited the new Butterfly Biosphere at Thanksgiving Point! I really like it because they do crowd control by requiring ticket reservations. I'm all about crowd control. The biosphere is SO HOT & HUMID! But it's really cool having butterflies flying all over and some beautiful flowers and plants growing everywhere. It was pretty impressive.

For Valentines, I made the usual heart pancakes for the boys. Cruise had a dance at school that morning that he was supposed to dress up nice for. He refused and only wore jeans with a white t-shirt and his church jacket. The turd. Jett, however, didn't have to dress up but chose to because it was Valentine's day. I helped in his class that afternoon and his teacher was gushing about how cute Jett is.

 Dave and I went out to lunch the day after V-Day and had sushi at Tsunami. Valentine's day is funny because it really is only a holiday for children and those couples who are not married. Once you're married, at least for us, it's just a really good reason to go eat sushi. And I'm totally down with that.

Miles and Jett created a new persona.

Dave took Cruise to do baptisms for the dead for the first time. Cruise had a very good experience and looks forward to going again soon.

Dave decided to cut all of his hair off and grow a beard! Huge change! We were going for a Jason Statham look and I'm pretty confidant he pulls it off well. It saves him a ton of time and found that it surprisingly helps his success knocking doors. 

Dave's 34th birthday was on the 28th and so I took him out to lunch at Tucano's for his free birthday meal. Miles said we must eat there every day.

That evening, I made huevos rancheros for dinner and a German chocolate cake for dessert. The boys all made him cards and we put together a little skit/song for him to The Beatles Birthday song, which he found hilarious.

The next day, I took him on a date to celebrate! His parents watched the boys for 4 hours and I had rented an Airbnb to surprise him (paid for overnight, but couldn't do overnight). On the way there, we picked up dinner from Wallaby's and then drove to the place in Lindon up on the mountain where we ate it. The space is like a basement apartment of this huge house. It was crazy affordable and really nice. We especially enjoyed the hot tub, which was the big seller. Dave has always wanted a hot tub and I knew he'd love this date! He said it was the best birthday ever, so...NAILED IT!