Tractors and Dirt

This week we got several truckloads of dirt, trying to get our front yard level enough to bring in some topsoil and yes, plant some grass. after 5 years here we are working on our front yard! So Matt spent the majority of the day out on his tractor moving dirt around.

A couple of weekends ago Matt built me some new raised beds for our vegetable garden in a new location so today he not only moved the fill dirt but got a load of topsoil and moved that around too.

Emerson loved watching Daddy ride the tractor out the front window. But after a little while I thought, we can do better than that! So Matt took her on a little tractor ride. She wasn't sure at first but at the end she didn't want to get off. She loved her first tractor ride!

Our friends and neighbors Holly, Brooke & baby Skylar came over today to visit for a little while. Although Emerson still has very few words, she made it quite clear that she wanted Brooke to come sit in the chair and read a book with her. It was pretty sweet, the two of them sitting there together.

Yes, I'm going to try the blogging thing again...

I think part of the problem was it always felt like there was so much to catch up on that I couldn't possibly write it all one day. But now I realize, that if I share just a little bit, here and there... that will be just fine. and maybe entertaining.

I figured I will try to do it at least 3-4 times a week with a simple entry of "what we did today"

So..today, a year and 3 months after my last post...

here is what we did today...

It's cinco de mayo! so Emerson and I decided to watch Handy Manny and learn a few spanish words. That lasted for approximately 30 seconds. Apparently, she is not so excited about learning spanish or watching Handy Manny. Oh well, we tried.

My friend Kathryn came over and we made my new favorite sausage... homemade turkey sausage. It was delicious! how do I know? well, we cooked up several patties...just to make sure it was all right :) YUM!!

Tonight we'll celebrate with some yummy Mexican food and friends!!

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!!

2010 so far... (and the tail end of 2009)

Here are a few highlights from our past few months...

Camden finished off his 2nd year of fall soccer with his team the Goldstrikers!

They won a couple of games this season! Matt loved coaching the team and his assistant coach was another Matt. They had a good time!!

We took a trip to Arizona. We visited Grandma Vicky and Aunt Jenny. We swam every day, Emerson napped by the pool every day and....

we got to check out a new restaurant (new to us) called Joe's Farm Grill. It was featured on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" one of our favorite Food network shows. The food is almost all grown on a farm right there, what they don't grow, they buy locally. It was delicious!! If you're ever near Chandler, AZ, you should check it out!! We liked it so much that we had dinner there one night, and went back for lunch the next day!! My favorite was the Fontina Burger! they also had amazing onion rings!

The boys have gained a few new chores... including... bringing the garbage cans up from the cul-de-sac. They impress me...that's a long way to carry garbage cans, even if they're empty!

Matt took a friend on his first fly-fishing excursion on the Snohomish River on a 12 degree morning in December. It was so beautiful, but so cold that the rocks were freezing to the flies!!...and the rod!


We decorated for our house with hand cut snowflakes...Emerson loved them!
Emerson and Stu are getting to know each other. So far, they seem to like each other :)

Hudson got a camera for Christmas and took some amazing pictures! He took this one on a walk around the neighborhood the day after Christmas. He loves taking pictures!
We visited Bellevue's Snowflake Lane. What a fun production!! This was our third year, we love this new tradition.

We rooted the Cougars on to Victo....oops, not a victory this year, but we still root for the Crimson and Gray!
Emerson is getting her first experience with Legos. We figured we'd start her early. She gets to chew on the big pieces and can't quite get to the smaller ones yet. I know, soon...she'll be crawling and life for all of us will change drastically!
Emerson is enthralled with people's faces. If you can't pick your brother's nose, whose nose can you pick??

We got a little bit farther in decorating the nursery. We hung her initials on the wall and put up a couple of pics of Emerson with her adoring brothers.
Hudson loves to entertain Emerson. I loved walking in on this scene!
Emerson started eating solid foods. I've been told that when trying to feed a baby I tend to open my mouth... apparently the rumors are true! Emerson is enjoying yams and butternut squash so far. I love making her food for her!
This is one of Emerson's new poses. We call it "Covergirl" She cracks us up with her new moves every day!
Emerson is now 8 months old and can sit up all by herself!! She is trying and trying to crawl but thus far...has found herself scooching backwards much more efficiently than forwards and is able to get up on all fours, but can't quite crawl. I bet it will only be a few more days or weeks and she'll be mobil! YIKES!
Well, I think that's about it for now. from my irregular blogger world...goodbye 2009! Hello 2010! :)