Another Attempt

This is my next attempt at a digital scrapbook page. I finally figured out how to use templates and found this MUCH more enjoyable this time! The picture is of Mckenna and I at the Palace of Versailles.

6 months later

And... I am finally finishing Mckenna's room! It has actually been WAY longer than six months since I started, but it is better late than never. I have had these unpainted picture frames and letters for a long time and I have never really known what I was going to do with them. I think that it turned out pretty cute though!


Sorry this picture is so dark. I didn't turn very many lights on- oh well!

MY Mckenna

Typical...

Well, one sock is typical. She usually has pants on, but can't seem to keep socks on at least one of her feet! What a silly girl. I never liked socks or shoes as a kid either (who are we kidding I still don't like socks and shoes very much).

She also LOVES this doll that her cousin Jaci gave her. It has been in her crib since she was born. One day I came in and she was eating the dolls hair. Ever since then I have noticed that she loves playing with it and gets very excited to hold it and give it loves (really just stick it in her mouth like everything else).

Something for FREE

Jeff read on the internet that the city gives mulch away for free. Since we have been planting like crazy (and mulch can get expensive) we decided we would check it out. Well, we got there and we got Christmas tree mulch for FREE---I LOVE FREE THINGS! It smelled so good...just like Christmas trees! We decided we would go get some more on Saturday and when we pulled up we saw deer, and not just one or two deer, but TONS of deer. It was fun to see all of those deer in the middle of the city.



If anyone is interested in how to get free mulch (you know if you are ever planting anything in San Antonio you really should use it because the soil is all clay) you can go here.

On another note-
Mckenna went to the park for the first time on Friday. It was mostly an excuse to hang out with Jennifer and let Kyle play, but we had fun! She tried the swing for the first time and LOVED it! She was so cute and would have fallen asleep if I had let her! Cute girl!

Yum....

We started a garden! I have been wanting to do this for a while, and last week we finally did it!

We cleared out a patch of land, maybe a border, added some good dirt and mulch, and then we started planting. Right now we have broccoli, cabbage, onions, garlic, carrots, spinach and romaine lettuce growing. I started the seeds for cucumbers, cantaloupe, watermelon, zucchini, multi-colored bell peppers, jalapenos, serrano peppers, asparagus and swiss chard. We will also plant a couple more tomato plants (we already have two from last year) and some herbs like cilantro, basil, sage, thyme and spearmint. Later in the summer we will plant some pumpkins too and hopefully we will get some pumpkins to carve in the Fall! We also are now proud owners of a dwarf peach tree (they only get to be 6 feet tall and still produce great fruit) and 2 blackberry plants (which supposedly do amazing well in San Antonio) Anyway, we are really excited for the spring and summer months so that we can enjoy the fruits of our labors! And hopefully we can share them with all of you :-) (well if you live in San Antonio that is...)

Cara planting the broccoli

What Never to do When You are Sick....

I have been sick. I have a cough and a constant headache. It has been no fun, and the mornings are ALWAYS the worst! Well, yesterday in the late morning I started feeling better so we went and has a fun MLK day. I kept feeling good, so I kept working on activities committee stuff late in to the night (like 12:30am). I walked into the office to pull a paper off the printer and then I coughed. The next thing I hear is Mckenna waking up.... NOOOOO! I totally woke her up! That started her terrible, no good, very rotten night! She cried for over an hour and then fell asleep only after drinking some water from her sippy cup. THEN, at 3:30am she woke again!!! I was so exhausted because I had stayed up so late, so I decided instead of doing what we normally do for night wakings (let her cry from 10 minutes and then check on her...) I would just let her have a bottle and I would rock her until she calmed down. Well, that helped but only a little!!!! She kept crying and crying and then she didn't fall back to sleep--- so at 4:30am I decided she would have to cry herself to sleep and I went back to bed. I closed her door and our door, covered my head and went back to sleep! It was terrible!

LESSON learned...

When I am sick DO not stay up late and cough near Mckenna's room!!!!

Dancin' with Daddy

I walked out into the living room, while the song "Love Story" by Taylor Swift was playing, and this is what I saw....


I love them so much!