Quite a bit has been happening lately. My sister-in law Stacy and her husband Ben, and son Nicholas came to visit. We went to BJ's one night (probably one of my favorite places to eat pizza) and had dinner and dessert. They have what's called a pazooki...which is a giant cookie (well, you can get a small individual serving if you want) that has ice cream on the top. When you get it the cookie is still warm. I LOVE cookies and ice cream!! We had lots of fun!
Notice how big the pazooki is (about the size of a large pizza)
And this is what happened when we all attacked it...gone just like that! YUM!
Some good friends in our ward have a train in their backyard. Well, not a huge train...he built this train and train tracks. He loves trains and pretty much does all these things in his backyard for his grandkids. It's so fun!
Here's Stacy and Nicholas on the train. I love Nicholas' face in this one.
We're getting on the train getting ready for our ride. In the background you can see a playhouse that they built. It's so cute inside and out!
Me and my boy (yeah, he loves doing that "oh" face)
Happy 3 year Anniversary!
The month we started dating...July 2005
The time we got engaged...November 2005
When we were sealed...March 2006
Well, just in case you don't remember...because our Anniversary and Valentine's Day are so close together (February 14th and March 24th), I told Scott that I don't expect him to plan both holiday's. So we switch off every year. This year he planned Valentine's Day, and I planned our anniversary. So this is what we did...
I made breakfast for both of us. A Chorizo burrito with cheese, salsa, tomatoes, and lime. It's a Scott and Amanda Hardman favorite! You can't tell in the picture, but the chorizo is in the shape of a heart...cheezy, but fun!
That night I made reservations to go to Olive Garden. Olive Garden was the place that we had our first date. Well, before we left, I laid out clothes for both of us to wear. They were the clothes that we wore when we left our wedding reception.
Anyway, when we got to the restaurant, I talked with them to remind them who I was because I had made arrangements on the phone earlier that day. I gave them a bag that had some things in it. Sparking Cider and a little booklet that I made for Scott. They also sat us in a different room away from everyone else.
It was so funny. Our waitress was treating us like Scott had a secret and that he was going to propose or something. Really funny.
When we got outside and got in the car, I told Scott to roll down his window, unbuckle, and get out of the car. When he got out, I played "our song" on our iPod and turned up the music really loud and we danced. It was really romantic. Oh, and our song is by Frank Sinatra and Celine Dion called "All The Way."
Instead of going out to ice cream for dessert, we came home and shared dessert with Scott's parents and Stacy (since she was in town). It's brownies, chocolate pudding, cool whip, and raspberries layered. Another one of our favorites.
3 raspberries in the middle for 3 years...yeah, that wasn't planned, but Susie pointed it out to me.
Oh, and I forgot to mention what was in the booklet that I made for Scott. I printed out the first month of emails that we ever wrote to each other (before we were even dating) and we read them out loud while we waited for dinner. It was so fun to look back at them and see how we were with each other.
So, I went to Utah for a week to visit my parents. It was really fun. Here is Simon getting a tub in their kitchen sink by Granddaddy.
I love this picture.
Granddaddy was really serious about scrubbing Simon!! ok, kidding...if you know my dad's humor, you'll know that this was a posed picture.
While I was in Utah, I got to visit with a professor that I had at BYUH as well as some really good friends that I went to BYUH with (my choir buddies). It was so fun to see them. We sang some songs and reminisced about the good ol days.
Lita and Simon snuggling.
Leslie (a really good family friend..practically a sister), my niece Malia, and my Dad
My brother Jeremy came into town the day before I left for a business trip. Perfect timing. It was so good to see him.
With my mom and Simon
This is my brother Alex, who lives in Utah, and me.
Our good friends Cory and Amanda (Scott has known Cory since he was younger) invited us to a Baseball game. Check out these seats they had...front row in the foul section. It was the best baseball game I have ever been to...as well as the only baseball game that I've actually paid any attention to because I didn't want Simon (or me) to get hit by a foul ball!! It was cold, but fun!
We saw ALL the action. Even the squirrel that decided to be a part of the game. They had to stop the game and chase it to get out of the park. I took a video of the guy chasing it (very funny), but you can't see the squirrel very well...that's why I didn't post it.
My boys! I love Simon's finger in his mouth.
Simon has learned that when I take the camera out, it means to smile...which makes for some great pictures. Don't mind my husband looking rather feminine in the background. Sometimes I don't think we realize what we look like when we are intently watching something! Yeah, I made fun of him for a while because of this picture.
Simon was playing peek-a-boo with me.
Grammy and Poppy gave Simon a tub tub.
Daddy and Simon went for a run yesterday morning. They had fun!
Kisses for Daddy
We went to the park for FHE one day. Simon loves the swings.
Daddy and Simon about to go down the slide.
I'm sure all you mommy's do this as well, so I don't feel guilty about it one bit. When Simon wakes up in the morning (between 6:30 and 7a) we stick him in bed with us and he'll sleep for about 30 more minutes with us. He went through this thing where he had to be touching one of us to go back to sleep. Well, this is the position he wanted to be in one morning with his mama! I loved every minute of it!
Easter Sunday
Giving kisses to the car that he got from Aunt Judy and Aunt Chris
Outside for our Easter egg hunt
My mother-in-laws tulips. Aren't they so pretty?
These are the eggs we made this year. Thanks to Martha Stewart.
One day my son will have to go to school. Oh Man!!
I love how the back pack is almost the size of Simon
The day he finally decided to crawl. Thanks to the iPod he did it!!
It was really hot last week here in Auburn, so I had Simon sleep on the couch downstairs cause it was cooler. Doesn't he look like a newborn in this picture?
Sometimes I turn around when I'm driving to check on Simon, and he's reading his book...upside down of course!! Don't worry, I took the picture when I was at a red light.
And this is what happened when we all attacked it...gone just like that! YUM!
Some good friends in our ward have a train in their backyard. Well, not a huge train...he built this train and train tracks. He loves trains and pretty much does all these things in his backyard for his grandkids. It's so fun!
The time we got engaged...November 2005
When we were sealed...March 2006
