Star brownies and star actors

It's been fun to show my Dad, Mom, and Grandma Yvette where I work.

It's been so nice being able to stop by and see my Mom before she goes in for her treatment.

Taylor and I enjoyed the zoo with the animatronic dinosaurs

This one was spitting water at the naughty kids who got too close!

We even got to see the so-ugly-it's-adorable baby orangutan

Posing with Tannin's prehistoric ancestor!

I'm glad she's not this big!  It'd be too hard to cuddle!

Hiking Ensign Peak!

Showing off our new hiking boots!

Whatta view! And I mean the hunk!

Taylor took me to see the Music Man!

76 Trombones and a giggling wife telling her husband she's so excited to see one of her favorite musicals.

Serenading his lil lady Tannin.

Sunday evening with my parents and Oma and Gpa Jack

Star brownies!  We even got Carlie and Seth in the pic!

Dinners and Parties

Tannin experienced snow in April!  She had so much fun following the snowflakes' lazy fall until a snowflake plopped right on top of her head like a hat.  

She's so mad at that snowflake!  "If I close my eyes, it won't know I'm here and it will leave."

I've been having fun spending lots of time with my parents.  I made them Taylor's Paprika Rosemary Chicken recipe he made up.

It's looking at me...

And then I come home to fresh flower Taylor picked on his run in the mountains.

Last Sunday, I took my Dad to the airport so Mom, Taylor and I made cookies and Soy Lasagna.

Mom in her new, cute, colorful work out clothes.

Taylor helping me create a new recipe for Soy Lasagna.

 Soy Lasagna!  Vegan except for meat...haha!  It was super delicious!

On Monday night to Tuesday I had a sleepover with my Mom.  We had lots of fun and I prepared Black Bean Quinoa Lime Salad for her to try.

 And Taylor and I got a new mattress!  Oh my gosh!  I love it!  I  never thought I could wake up so refreshed and without pain!

We had a fun piano recital with my Mom and her students.  I played Cinderella Waltz for the kids.  Then we stopped off at the Drake Parents and had fun talking for a little while.

Sunday night we will have Grandma Yvette and Grandpa Jack over for dinner with my parents as well.

CTR Lizard

I love coming home from a stressful day at work, because right as I walk through the front door, I burst out laughing.  Tannin, you are so funny sometimes!

Someone was so dejected while Mom and Dad were gone ALL DAY working instead of paying attention to her.

 It's like she fell and refused to get up because she was so angry at us for ignoring her.

Right after I took this picture, she got super excited and scratched forever at the glass until I let her out to play.

I've been enjoying spending Saturdays with my parents since Taylor studies from 6 am to 5 pm.

Here we are going to my favorite burger place!

Playing piano songs together.

Enjoying Razzle-Dazzle Crepes.  Also, I like this picture b/c I think I look so much like my dad!

For Easter Weekend, Taylor and I tye-dyed eggs!

It was fun to do something a little different than the conventional coloring.

 And we ate them all....
Egg massacre.

Pretty trash.

Taylor bought me a pretty Easter azalea tree.

Tannin "chose the right" and watched conference with us....while eating carpet.  Her, not us.  I prefer different fiber(s).

Represent lil lizard!

Toad in the hole with Canadian bacon for Sunday Conference breakfast!

Of Fangs and Things That Cause Great Pain

It's been a hectic week!
I started having a lot of pain in my breast and so I went to my primary care who did an assessment and gave me an antibiotic.  Unfortunately, the antibiotic didn't help. So after work on Friday, Taylor and I decided to go on a romantic date to the ER.
It really spiced things up!

It was funny being the one with the IV and infusion, instead of being the RN.
And dang, those antecubtal IVs!  Luckily, Taylor could distract me with Harry Potter and Sid the Science Kid.

This is right before the ultrasound.   They tried to aspirate the fluid, but didn't get anything.

We had a lot of good this past week too,  and celebrated Taylor's Spring Break a little bit when he wasn't studying for the MCAT. 

We went on a hike

Visited Wheeler Farm

Saw Betsy eat a slice of bread....

...In one bite.

Walked through the zoo and finally saw their huge tortoise!

Medium, small, and Monster

He was 5 feet long!

Protecting the baby-slash-really-a-normal-size-adult-tortoise.

The spider-monkey really liked his carrot.

Look at those tiger fangs!

WARNING to Taylor: He's eating the last person who pulled his tail.

Beware.

 Taylor just thinks he should've been faster...

 Photo bombed

Taylor and I have been enjoying face-time since his cell doesn't work in the library.

Foodies and Snoopies

In the last two weeks it finally decided to be winter for a while.  And right on cue for that bad weather, our Jetta's windshield wipers stopped working.  So we've been a one car family the last few weeks.

We got a smoking' deal on a new, fancy bedspread.  I'll have to re-finish our bedroom furniture to match this summer.  We also found a fun new movie place in Holliday that's cheap.  So we like to go on Saturday night when Taylor finally isn't studying.  Unfortunately, he accidentally hit me in the face with the hard plastic arm rest when he was trying to raise it to get close to me...Flirt fail.

 This is Taylor studying at the library on Saturday and skyping with Tannin.  She misses her daddy because Mom cleans and doesn't take her out enough to play.

Also, he looks so young in this picture!  Reminds me of when we were in high school with his big eyes and skinny face.

 We've been trying to get our picky eater Tannin new foods every now and then.  We tried nasty superworms (which of course she only would eat 1 and refuse the rest...)

I did not like holding it on the car ride home!  And I got no gratitude for doing it either from her!  I think we're raising a snob.

 Look at that chub!  Good thing she likes broccoli and purple lettuce!

We took a hike on the mountains next to our home and Taylor studied his flashcards on his phone at the same time.  No one sprained their ankle.  Phew!

 Nice thing with my earlier shift and the time change?  I get to see Taylor in the morning and the sunrise over the mountain!

We go through eating phases were we constantly crave a certain meal.  Lately it's been Ezekiel bread with easy over eggs in the middle!

I should've made a cool face in the pan.

Tannin loves to run behind the cupboards in the living room and look out the window.  She loves to people watch!  I just noticed today that people looking in our window can see her watch them too!

PS I think she plays nerf gun wars back there....

First you see the "love" Taylor spray painted on the back of our cupboard, then you look closer and think:  Who's little head is that?

"Who you calling' little?  I own this place!  I AM the boss!"  All she is missing is a backwards hat...Or maybe a tiara.