A Little Side Note

Just as a little clarification.... No I do not iron my sheets. I saw that once on Martha Stewart and I laughed, so no I am not that extreme. However, I do iron my duvet cover, not all the time mind you, but I do every once in while, which makes Jared laugh but makes me happy.

It's a Good Thing

Oh happy day!! Isn't it just the BEST feeling to have freshly washed and pressed bedding!! The kind that when you crawl into the sheets you can smell how clean and fresh they are. That when you run your feet along the covers they feel so soft because they have been washed a million times. The kind that when you snuggle down for the night you say out loud, "I love our bed!!" I know that it is nothing fancy but when I finally got our bed put back together after a long day of laundry and ironing I had to stand back and admire my work and then call Jared in to come and admire it as well. However, it wasn't fully appreciated, by him or me, until we threw the pillows off, pulled the covers back (like they do when they turn down your bed at a fancy hotel) and crawled in and both looked at each other and said, "we have the best bed!" I just thought I would share one of the simpler happy moments of my life! As Martha would say, "it's a good thing."

Put Me in the Game Coach

We just added a basketball hoop to our home. Jared views it as an investment into our future retirement because Cade will become a NBA basketball star if we start him out young. We started out yesterday looking for summer clothes for Cade but some how came home with a hoop and t-ball tee, its amazing how things like that can happen. Once we got it home Jared ripped open the box and started putting it together. I thought that for sure this would be a toy that was more fun for the dad than for the kid. However, that all changed when I saw Cade grab the ball and get frustrated with Jared because he couldn't get the net on fast enough and that was all I needed to realize that it was worth the purchase.

The rest of the day was full of basketball. Cade started off with dunks but then started to move further back and is actually getting rather good. He played ball for about and hour and a half, some of that time he had to sit on the bench while dad tried, but he played his little heart out. Well, bed time quickly approached and I thought that he would knock out because he had played hard and hadn't taken a long nap. However, after crying for about 30 minutes we got him up, we were having a meeting and felt like awful parents listening to our child cry "ball" as we were attempting to listen, and let him play ball for another 45 minutes. After his little workout he was out like a light but was right back to it this morning. It is so much fun to watch him!! It is the best to see him make a basket and then jump up and down and clap for himself just to turn around and do it again. Oh, the beauties of little boys.

Sushi Anyone?

Nana is in town so that means SUSHI. Jared's mom loves sushi and las vegas has some of the best so once she got here we all packed up and headed to the restaurant. It was kinda fun because we had our own room, which saved us from having to chase the kids around tables and saved the other guests from having to watch them run around. This was Cades first experience with sushi and it was really kind of funny. It took a while for the sushi to come so we let him get down from the high chair and wonder for a while. He would walk to the door, peer out, and turn around to see if we would tell him to come back. There was a girl at another table that he kept flirting with. He would wave, blush, and come back in to his seat and then repeat. One time she said "hi" to him and we got the cheesy smile you see in the next picture. It was so funny, he was so excited that she was flirting back...my they learn young!

Once the sushi arrived we were quick to give Cade a little bite, he was starving, however needless to say, he still has the taste buds of a one and a half year old. He much prefers goldfish and peanut butter, then again, I do too. We had a great time spending time with our Nana and other family.

Fun In the Sun

March is HERE and that means the pool is OPEN in las vegas!! It has been a little on the toasty side here, about 87 degrees, so we thought we would head to the pool to cool off. We were so lucky to have Jared home a little early yesterday so we not only got to go to the pool, but we got to go as a family. Cade was so excited to play in the water. Every time we go outside he points to the pool and says "Wawa!!"

Cade also loves to march. Anywhere we go he loves to march there and usually it involves me having to march with him. So, needless to say "March, 1, 2, 3, 4..." has become part of my common vocabulary. I think of it as an early counting lesson. He also loves to point out things that he sees, usually airplanes, but in the picture he was pointing to Jared and saying "Hiiiii," it is just fun when they start to bud their own personalities!!

Just as a side note... Yes, that is the top of my swimming suit and Yes, those are my Capri's. The water was still a little too cold to jump all the way in. I just wanted to make sure nobody thought I had just opted to put my religion on hold and wear a halter top that day. Just a little FYI. :)

Fun In the Sun (Continued)

After he was done swimming Cade loved to lay out on the lounge chair and relax in the sun. It was too cute to watch him bask in the warmth of the sun and then look over to his daddy to make sure he was doing to same thing.

I didn't have any sandals for Cade to wear on the way to and from the pool so Jared carried him to save his little toes from the warm pavement. On the way back they were playing and Cade ended up coming home upside down. He giggled and giggled the whole way home and then collapsed to the ground from exhaustion once we entered the door. He just curled up on the floor, enjoying to cool air and relaxing from all of his playing. We had a great time in the sun.

Baby Cougar Fan

So I know that the picture is blurry but it was the only one that I was able to snap before I accidentally dropped my camera and therefore putting it out of commission. We went to the BYU vs UNLV mountain west conference basketball game and had so much fun. Jared was actually called into the hospital about and hour before we had to leave so Cade and I decided to surprise him when he got home. We searched all over for face paints, which I couldn't find, but ended up with washable markers. I thought that it would be somewhat easy to write on Cades chest, thinking that he would be intrigued, however, once again, WRONG. I ended up having Jared's brother Josh pin him down while I attempted to draw a Y on his chest. It ended up a little on the crooked side, as you can see by the picture, but Jared LOVED it!!

Poor Cade became the middle of attention as he sat on his daddy's shoulders while Jared held up Cade-os shirt and yelled "Go Cougs!!" as only Jared can, amidst a sea of Rebels fans. We had a great time even though the Cougars lost. Cade spent the time dancing to the music and melting the hearts of the other fans. It was a good day!