April's simple pleasures...

I feel like I owe the blog some pictures since
it's been a while since I've posted anything other than monthly Emily updates!

There's nothing earth shattering here... so don't feel like you're missing out if you don't read the headings!.... Our life is pretty simple and that's the way we like it.

Over spring break we went to WA and CA. Emily learned how to do patty-cake and will now clap her hands when we say "patty-cake, patty-cake" It's one of my favorite things she does.

This one makes me laugh.
If you look closely you can see a dejected drake who resigned to pecking with the turkeys.
(Poor guy was repeatedly chased off the pond by another drake- they were courting the same hen)

Emily went swimming (or shall we say "floating") for the first time. Love a chunky baby in a swimsuit!

Jeff relaxed his brain and got hooked on Eragon over spring break. Poor guy had to put up with me calling him dragon boy every time I saw him reading it. Sorry honey, I'm sure it's a good book!

We've been teaching Emily how to share, haha.

We planted a "garden"-- really just some starts in pots-- green beans, zucchini and peppers.
This has been so fun, though... "Garden post" coming soon.

I got spit up on. Not that neat, not that uncommon. But just thought I'd keep it real.

Jeff and Emily discovered their funny reflections in our pot lids...
... which led to a pot-lid-reflection family photo shoot!
(We had fun!... maybe it was a "you had to be there" kinda' thing?)

Louisiana craw fish boil season!
Our friends in the ward were kind enough to invite us to join in on some tasty craw fish.

We had a great watching Emily and Halle play together.
Emily is lucky to be surrounded by a whole handful of other baby girls in our ward. It's so fun.

I tried my hand at making some baby food
It's so $imple I don't know if I'll ever go back to
spending my pretty pennies on the store stuff!
It's as easy as cooking, pureeing, and then freezing in ice cube trays.
So far we have done banana/pear, sweet potato, sweet potato/apples, and peas.
When it's time to eat we warm it and add some rice/oats if we want.

And that's a wrap!