Weekend with the Bassetts

One of my best college friends, Megan, was in the area and came to see us with her husband and daughter! They spent the night at our house, so we got to visit into the late hours of the night. The next day we played all morning in the basement, went to the SPAM museum, and ate lunch at Piggy's Blues. Tanner was so excited to have a new friend! (Although they did meet as babies at Janae's wedding). 

 

The kids loved playing with Brandon!

 Spam Museum

The kids' expressions here are pretty hilarious. I guess we should have worked harder to convince them that they had fun.

On Saturday, me, Jeremy and the boys drove down to Ames, Iowa where Brandon had a work conference. 

Me, Jeremy and Megan took the kids out to eat for lunch. Then we toured a cute Railroad Museum, which they loved. Then, Jeremy and the kids took naps while Megan and I talked and talked and talked. After naps, we met up with Brandon for Thai dinner- so yummy! Finally, we topped off the already awesome day with swimming at their hotel pool!

The museum was a neat little place and we learned quite a few things!

At the pool...

These two kids became the cutest little buddies. They chased each other and screamed and giggled all throughout the day. 

I told them, "Put your arms around each other for the picture!" and they did this:

This was such an awesome weekend! I'm super glad we got to spend so much time with Megan's family. It gave us a chance to really catch up and to allow our kids to build a friendship, too. It's pretty weird that Megan and I are now at the stage where we have kids and they can play with each other! Crazy!! 

I love you, Megan!! You are an amazing mommy and example to me. It was so cool of you to take time from your trip to see us!

St Patrick's Day

Here is our wall of holiday art. The sign above was cut out by Tanner. It was totally random, but it ended up looking like a hand inside a glove! Below, the Irish shoe and money were Tanner's ideas, but I had to actually make them. Also, don't forget about his paper bag Leprechaun costume that we made in this post: Photo Journal March 8-14

Play time in our neon green.

Here's dinner. Jeremy says that if I make color coordinated dinners for holidays like Valentines and St Patrick's day, the food has to naturally be that color. He is grossed out by green milk or red rice. So I took on the challenge and created this:

Spinach ravioli with spinach Alfredo sauce, green beans, and grilled chicken seasoned with parsley and dill.

Trying to get a nice shot.

We ended up with a classic one! Dallin is grabbing my hair and I think he is scowling!

We made dessert as part of our family home evening (st patrick's day was on a monday). For our lesson, we read a kid's book that explains what St. Patrick's day is actually about. Did you know that the dude brought Christianity to Ireland? And I forgot how he made the shamrock a symbol of the Godhead.

Pistachio pudding pie with homemade graham cracker crust.

(Watch out! We figured out from the list of ingredients that pistachio pudding actually doesn't have any pistachios in it. Instead, they are almonds. What a scam!)

The next day... 

was GORGEOUS outside! We went for a walk and played on the driveway. It was so weird to the driveway clear of any snow.

Dallin crawled around on the driveway in his snowsuit. He loved the new space to explore.

Jeremy cleaned our garage a few days before. I can't believe how nice it looks! It's amazing how clean places in my house make me feel like a rich person. Is this not one amazing looking garage?

Dallin really likes the tricycle even though he he's too small to pedal. Don't be deceived by those legs. His feet stop inside the pants about 4 inches from the leg opening, haha.

Tanner discovered that the snow was frozen, so he could stand on the "mountains" without sinking.

What a great time to be alive!

My Little Love, 10 months old!

These pictures were taken by our front door on Sunday, March 16. He turned 10 months old on March 18! 

Dallin is our guy smiley with six teeth (4 on top, 2 on bottom). He loves playing with water, drums, balls and cars. He hates drinking from a bottle and getting his diaper changed. He eats any food we give him, especially if it's sweet. His knew favorite sound is screaming, and he mostly does it when he's either very happy or very mad. Dallin is a people person. He hates to be left alone for even a moment. He gives the best cuddles and slobber kisses, especially to his mama. He crawls, climbs, and walks along furniture with extreme determination to get whatever knew gadget he sees. He giggles at his big brother, squeals for his daddy and babbles to his mommy. 

We are completely enamored by this little Love!