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As you can see in the picture, I don't think we are going to have any adjustment issues when Rocket arrives.

Church Perks

Our ward gives away free bread after church. That's right, the church might just be a little more true here in the pacific northwest. A local bakery gives away what they can't sell at the end of the week. Some goes to homeless shelters (I have been told) and then our ward takes a bunch. Even though it is free and an unexpected treat when we first moved here as time goes by I find myself really annoyed on the Sundays there is not free bread. I rarely buy bread at the store anymore so when Sunday rolls around and there are not stacks of bread, donuts, hoagie rolls, hamburger buns and english muffins to choose from I find myself getting angry. WHERE IS MY FREE BREAD? I try not to let it ruin the spirit of Sunday but sometimes I can't help myself.

Grill

We have had a list of things we were going to buy for the house our first year. Since we are both so indecisive we have put off these purchases until recently trying to get everything done before the baby comes. Our latest house purchase was the grill. We love it. First three things we have grilled.

1. burgers

2. chicken

3. burgers

I can't wait to try more. Blake is in love with the idea of cooking on the grill. I am not so in love with the sock choice with sandals but I have to pick my battles.

I am so cool

Three reasons why I am so happy.

1. We got central air.

2. We got central air.

3. We got central air.

People kept telling us that we wouldn't need central air here in the pacific northwest. Those people lied. It is our third summer here and we decided it was something we definitely wanted (though I like to think of it more as need) to do. I was a little sad to get rid of our white trash window unit set up but I got over that after feeling the cool crisp air flowing out of the vents.

We did just celebrate our 7 year anniversary and the traditional gift is copper so the new a/c unit fits perfectly.

BEFORE

AFTER

Thursday Three - Three trips to JoAnn Fabric

I just finished a baby quilt for Rocket. I wanted to try piecing it together and doing binding that didn't just come from folding the back over to the front. Here is the final product. It did take me three trips to the fabric store which I was not anticipating but all and all I am really happy with the finished product.

Thanks again to online tutorials - One and Two

Thursday Three - 3 fun filled days

I was really fortunate in college to meet some of my best friends. We have stayed really close since we left school and since then we have done two roommate runions. One of which was about two months ago. We space them three years apart and I am already looking forward to the next one.

I was so happy to have everyone agree to come to Seattle so I could host this year. We laughed, ate, hung out, got pedicures, went to the temple, saw Seattle sites, ate (did I mention that) and really enjoyed being together. Between the 7 of us it was a small miracle that we were all able to make it leaving husbands and kids at home.

Sorry for the small pictures. I hate small pictures.

Garden Update

Things are going fairly well in the garden. Slugs keep eating things but I try to go out daily to pick them out and hope they have not done too much damage. We ate our first broccoli the other night. Truth be told, it was not that good. A little disappointing but I am not giving up. The weather here makes gardening a little tricky but Blake and I are enjoying watching things grow. He was so excited to pick the broccoli and couldn't wait to eat it for dinner.