New feature...

Well - I am adding one of those map things that shows you where your visitors are coming from - and it should either be totally interesting or terrifying and will force me to make my blog private. I saw on a friend's blog that people in southern africa were visiting her blog - that's neat i guess but it would kind of creep me out at the same time....

Crawdad/Crawfish/Crayfish

We went for a walk today since I'm not feeling sick anymore(HOORAY!) and the weather was just right - around 70 degrees and overcast. We went to the stream by our house - which we have done many times - but today we found all sorts of creatures and it was actually pretty exciting for us! I didn't want to lug my huge camera around - I don't have a point and shoot so I had to use my phone - which means the quality is less than great. But oh well...We first found a small dead crawdad and were VERY excited - I used to catch these as a kid! And then Elijah's sharp eyes pointed out this huge one! We were excited and got it out and played with it for a little while. You can see here he's holding a small stick with his pinchers. After we looked a little more Elijah noticed some leeches swimming around - YUCK! So we got one of those on a stick and fed it to our crawdad. Here's another shot of the guy -
All in all a pretty nostalgic experience for me - as kids we used bologna tied to sticks to catch them and it worked pretty well as I recall. We never did anything with them but it was a good time. I still don't think I could eat one though - I've seen where these guys come from and it's not too impressive.

*p.s. I still hate the weather here - even if it gives me nice days. ever the pessimist! sunday is suppossed to be hot and humid - record highs. though they say that all of the time - record highs - how can it be so normal and still a record? if you want to look at someone's life and dream about it - visit patria's blog...

Do they have a patch for me?

Everyone lately has been asking me how i am feeling and i say, "Okay" but here is my real answer. I saw this on Kathy's blog and it so perfectly exhibited my recent pregnant behavior that I just had to steal it...



poor mike.

New Feature!!!

Well, it's exciting to me - being a film major and all I just love to talk movies. I also like to rate what I've been watching but writing a whole review sounds daunting so I've decided to just keep tabs on the right of this blog in the extras column. Feel free to let me know if you disagree with any of my ratings - I'd love to know!

Our new place

Following Stephanie's lead we decided to just go for it and purchase a place more in line with our dreams. We're not too showy so it's just a simple little place we can feel comfortable in - at least for the next few years. Go to this link to check it out!

our new house!

Constant Craving...

This pregnancy has been different than all of the rest - I guess each is unique. A few yers ago I decided "cravings "were bunk and were just regular cravings that I let loose when pregnant to the point of complete chaos. That seemed to slightly curb my habits when I was pregnant with Andrew, but this time around that discovery was too buried in my past or something because I have an UNCONTROLLABLE NEED for tabasco sauce. And at first glance - hey what's the harm in that -but the crappy thing about Tabasco is that it needs to be eaten with totally unhealthy foods. Usually creamy ones to control the heat. So I eat it on bagels with cream cheese, tortillas with melted cheese, pizza, eggs,...actually - just about anything. I can't seem to stop it so my next quest is to find something that meets that craving but could be considered healthy. The ultimate craving is actually for wing sauce. But eating wings would be like a death sentence for sickness. Anyone got any creative ideas on how to get that tasty vinegarry pepper flavor without all the fat and calories?

And - what were your unhealthy cravings and how did you control them?

College Station Ink

Every night before we go to bed we go in and make sure our kids covers are still on and what not. Last night we went in and saw that the noise we heard the boys making after we put them in bed included Elijah giving himself some tattoos with a permanent marker. So today I asked him to pose for me to show them off...
I don't know what most of them mean - I guess he doesn't know what most tattoos mean - thankfully. That makes it seem like he sees a lot of tattoos. I don't think he does...hmmm....These are my particular favorite designs - the gun and the skull. What a sweet, peace-loving child... but I do love Elijah's skulls.

Come on Down Thanksgiving!

Well here's this year's costumes... Elijah is Harry Potter and Andrew is Superman. We went to the ward trunk or treat. That's no wig on Elijah - we sprayed his hair - and that boy has a LOT of hair. I think it's approaching the time when he needs to get a short hair cut. You can see how dark the water in the tub was when we were washing it out!