Summer is Here, I think?

Well...we had a beautiful weekend, a pretty drastic change from the freezing temp we had a week ago and I was covering my tomato plants. Saturday, Sunday and even yesterday were so hot and wonderful, although my feet hurt and were pretty swollen by the end of the day yesterday. Saturday Rod and I had a combined yard sale with our friends Tim and Jen and we were able to get rid of a lot of our stuff. We made around $75.00 at the yard sale. Saturday evening Rod's family came over for dinner and cake for his birthday. We made cupcakes and let Lukas and Caden decorate their own cupcakes, lets just say their were sprinkles everywhere. Sunday we got up and went and got Rod's hair cut and then went downtown for lunch and to let Caden play at the park. We went to the Grove where there is a water fountain and let him play in it and then went to the Idaho Fish and Game Dept because Caden wanted to look at some fish. He has talked non stop about eating more fish since we caught the one on Rod's b-day. Monday I watched my nephew Lukas for a couple of hours and it was so nice we filled the pool up with water and Lukas and Caden had so much fun. They played for almost 2 hours in the water before lunch and then they ate an entire box of Mac & Cheese and they each had a hotdog. We went upstairs and watched the Car movie after lunch and Caden fell asleep about 5 minutes into the movie. He took a 3.5hour nap - he must have been really tired from all the playing. He played in the pool some more after his nap. We had a fantastic weekend and we are so happy that nice weather is here.

Fishing

For Rod's birthday I took off work at noon and went and picked up Caden. We stopped and got a six pack variety of Fat Tire and a bucket of KFC. We met Rod at home and loaded up the pickup to go fishing. We went to a spot in Boise called Park Center Pond and it was really beautiful. There are lots of trees and the weather was beautiful last night. We were there for about three hours and caught two fish. One we kept as it was 10 inches long but the second one was just a baby so we let him go. Caden kept saying "catch a fish daddy" and all he wanted to do was to keep rolling in the line, he didn't understand that you have to let the pole sit in the water to catch the fish - he was getting a little bored after a while. He did fairly well though and he got to feed all the geese some biscuits so he thought that was pretty cool.

Happy Birthday Rod!

Today is my husbands 32nd birthday! I hope that you have a great day and I love you very much! This morning I told Caden it was Rod's birthday and he said "right now" and I said "Yes". He said "It's not tomorrow", he was a little confused but it was very cute! Caden and I made Rod his favorite Oatmeal/Raisin cookies on Monday and tonight we are all going fishing together - it should be a fun day!

Awesome yard selling!

So...I have never considered myself a yard seller but I have been doing a little here and there lately since we are having a girl and it is so expensive to buy new clothes and accessories. I have pretty much stocked my girl clothes through yard sales and Craigslist. Everything that I have gotten is in great shape with no stains or tears for between .25 cents and $1.00 (can't beat that). Plus my wonderful friend Jen who has two girls and is currently having a boy supplied me with girl clothes as well. Anyways...back to my yard selling story...so I went out with my sister-in-law on Saturday and we found some killer deals. I didn't have a crib mattress yet but I found one for $3.00 at a yard sale...SCORE! It had a rip on the bottom but nothing a little duck tape can't fix (I think that my dad would be proud of me). I cleaned it up when I got home and put the mattress pad, sheets and bumper on the crib and it is now complete. The other amazing find that I got that I am so thrilled about (nobody seems to be as excited as I am, except for Caden) was twin doll cribs. Stephanie and I had them when we were little girls and we played with them all the time. So...I got this set for $5.00, they have a care bear lining on the inside of them and are just as cute as can be. I got two baby dolls for .50 cents a piece and took them home and washed them up. I went to the dollar store and got two outfits and a bottle. Caden has been playing daddy ever since Saturday. He loves those babies. He is constantly going into sister's room where the cribs are set up and checking on them, putting them on the potty and feeding them. He is going to be a great big brother. Plus, mommy loves to play house and dress dolls so it has been just as fun for me. Rod on the other hand smiles and tries to be happy that his son is playing with dolls...I keep telling him that it's to prepare him for when the baby arrives.