Thrift stores

I love 11 books for a dollar ...and a funky fresh shirt!

Lovely Ice Cream!

Just had to share...



In other news, our life continues to move along. We keep hoping to add tp our family, and are escited by new avenues that have opened recently. However, one of must have prayed for faith or patience, because things seem to move so slowly. Note to self...do NOT pray for patience.

We are however very excited for our upcoming vacation!

Had to share

Cheese and I have a tumultuous relationship, so I felt a certain kinship....

The cheese explained

Wow....

So, apparently I fell off the blogosphere. Here are a few of our adventures....

Tiffany got drafted to write the ward roadshow. So, I got drafted to be in it. I was a rockstar who had his own groupies. I was amazing! Our ward won for best use of theme.

Just because I knew you wanted more....

We have done other fun things like work, and work, and work. Tiffany still loves having left the Mouse House and becoming a nanny. Her last day...

Oh, and get nasty letters from our HOA about our front lawn dying. If they would like to pay my water bill or for new sod, I think we could solve the problem.

We also had a few fun fights with insurance companies refusing to pay for things. After a few.....discussions.....and complaints, they agreed they were wrong. How nice.

We also enjoyed seeing family like Brent and Allison at their wedding and the fam that was there, and the occasional fun visits with Laura and Cody and the Morgans.
We still work with the YSA in our ward, and enjoy that, like having a car maintenance night and planning a break the fast this month featuring..... a cereal bar. Tiffany is in heaven, as that is I believe her number one favorite food.

We continue to push along on the adoption front, and hear some encouraging news from our caseworker that they are now certified with LA and San Bernardino counties to place the unwanted babies in their systems. So, we are going to some mandatory classes this week, and hope for the best! Your love and prayers are always appreciated.

Ta Ta for now!

St. Patrick's Day

So, I had the luck o the Irish to be blessed with an amazing wife, who every year indulges my passion for green food. This year, she really outdid herself.

The chef hard at work

Chicken Florentine, broccoli, (I LOVE vegetables----hear the sarcasm.)and mashed potatoes with garlic salt, a stick and a half of butter...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

It tasted great...even if my mind kept telling me the mashed potatoes were Playdough. :)

Yes , Mugsy sat there with her beseeching brown eyes...she even stole a leftover chicken breast off the table later...bad puppy! But she's so cute!

May the road rise to meet you...and all that jazz!

Mornings

Who knew that mornings actually existed to get things done? The last few weeks I've set new goals for myself to get to bed earlier and wake up earlier. When I have done so, I've found more hours in the day, especially since I now have a four minute commute to work. (Still late sometimes....go figure. ) I've been able to do things like mow the lawn, weed the front yard, take the dog for a walk, and run errands that always fell by the wayside before.

Mornings-who knew?

New Carpet and the cusp of change

I got new carpet...I got new carpet. yes I am singing with a little bit of dancing. My carpet looks beautiful. Okay let me back up a little so you get the full picture. We have lived here for 2 and some odd years. After moving in we got a puppy who proceeded to "mark" the place as her own toilet. I have enclosed a few pictures. Luckily we met a young man in our ward that was willing to help us out with the cost of a new carpet, unluckily he measured wrong and we ended up with enough carpet to do almost the whole house excluding the two small bedrooms. Since he saved us thousands of dollars (literally) we forgave him.
I can't explain the level of my excitement. We did get to do a little extra work of our own that day as after they ripped up the old carpet, we found that we needed the sweep the cement with bleach and water to assist Mugsy (our dog) with not "marking" the area again when the new carpet was put in. I'm happy to report that she has been doing amazing and has not had an accident since. During that day, we also found a slightly large crack that ran from end to end of each of the rooms that we needed to cover up with caulk or in our case , left over grout. This crack I was told was common when the house settles. Although after the carpet guy mentioned that we might want to seal them up so prevent ants from coming in, I was ready to get started. Caulking and grouting was fun and bob even put a smiley face on the cement in our room in grout. Yes, ladies and gentleman, future generations in this house will know Bob (cheesey face) Laney was here.
By the way, I posted the pictures backwards so the one at the top is the new carpet.
Soon we will be having a welcome carpet party at our house. Please look out for further details.