goodbye old couch

At last we are getting rid of this old couch. We bought a new one last week and it will be here by next week. I can't wait! We've had some good memories and good times on this old couch, but it's time to move on.

elephants on parade

We went to the USU homecoming parade this year. Corban loved the loud trucks, bands, police cars, and all the people. I was sitting on the road with him standing near me. I would wave his arms and then he would take over. We got a lot of candy thrown our way. Corban didn't quite understand that concept. He would pick up a piece of candy and throw it back to the ground.

jam on

My neighbor and I both serve in the Primary. We were walking home from an activity when she offered some raspberries to make freezer jam! She brought over the three cases of raspberries and a box of pectin! She even brought over her jam recipe. She and her husband have a really nice garden and orchard in their back yard. It's such a blessing to have such nice neighbors.

I finished the jam tonight and it looks loads better than my last attempt of peach jam. I hope this batch tastes a little better too.

look who's walking

Corban started walking a few days before his birthday. He's still more comfortable crawling, but he's getting better every day.

much ado about shoes

Corban has a shoe fetish. I'll put our shoes together in their pairs, neatly put in a row in our closet. Corban will then come along and either take one of the pairs or every shoe and put it in a pile or he will take random shoes and put them in the laundry basket. I find all sorts of stuff in there: cell phone, power cords, lotion, miniature bats, etc. Very weird, but very cute.

He even does it with his own shoes!

tp'd

Corban loves the bathroom and all the cool toys there are to play with in there! He especially loves to tear the toilet paper off the roll. He'll even tear the TP into tiny pieces. Things were too quiet one day so Joe went to investigate. He grabbed the camera and told me later that there wasn't enough time to stop him. The photos tell other wise! Oh, well. At least we have evidence for Corban to look at when he complains about his kids doing the same thing.

books, books, books

Two weeks ago, my cousin had a garage sale for her aunt and uncle. We really didn't need anything, but we ended up getting about 25 books to add to our collection!