Play Group at Kangaroo Zoo

So yesterday was our play group with our ward, and once a month we do one big activity and this month we all went to Kagaroo Zoo in North Salt Lake. Kangaroo Zoo is a place full of the blow up slides and bouncy rooms. We had so much fun playing with all of Niklas' friends. We went on all of the slides and played on the bouncy one.
Niklas had no fear he went from one to the other without hesitation. Needles to say we most likely will be going back as a family. Niklas really wants to take daddy.
Niklas loved climbing up the ladders to the slides and he had no problem. He and his friend James were totally unseperatable. If one would go someplace the other would follow and they would chase each other through the mazes and up the ladders.
Niklas and I can't wait to go back. Yes it is even fun for the adults to. Because we get to play on the slides. We love Kangaroo Zoo.

Which Disney Princess Are You?
	You are Cinderella. You are hard-working and never complain, however, your trust is sometimes misplaced and people sometimes take advantage of you. Still, you are beautiful inside and out, and one day you will realize it and find true love.
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Which Disney Character Are You?
	You are part Mickey Mouse. You are a born leader. You make most of the decisions and have most of the ideas. This is mainly because you are a great problem solver and aren't afraid to take the lead.
	You are part Minnie Mouse. You are a sweet, caring person. You are there when your friends need you and, because you care, you aren't afraid to correct your friends...sometimes harshly.
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TAG Your It

3 names you go by: Amanda, Mandy, Mom
3 things you are wearing right now: my pajamas, my glasses and my watch
3 resturants I love: Olive Garden, Italian Village and The Roof
3 Favorite things to do: Scrap book, read books and be with my family
3 trips you plan on this year: Disneyland Disneyland and did I already say Disneyland
3 things you want badly: Fall to finally come, My family to always be happy, learn to sew
3 people who will do this: I have no idea
3 pets you have/had: a dog names snuffles, a dog named teddy and our current dog oreo
3 things you did yesterday: went to lunch with my aunt, took Nik jacket back, and cleaned my house
3 things you ate today: Macaroni and Cheese, Spagetti, and Ice Cream
3 Goals: Be more patient, go walking on my days off can't think of a third
3 Fears: don't really know
3 things you plan on doing today: Maybe make more bread, have my cabinet repaired, and maybe take a nap
3 things you plan on doing tomorrow: Go to my bowling league, Clean my house and do laundry
3 Favorite Holidays: Christmas, Thanksgiving and of course Halloween
3 favorite beverage: Diet Coke, Water and Milk

My anniversary

I totally forgot to blog about my anniversary. Can you believe it Cory and I celebrated our 7th anniversary this month. I can't believe it has been so long. Were does the time go. Our anniversary happened to be on a Sunday this year so we didn't go out until the Monday, I do have to give alot of thanks to my parents for watching Nik for us so that we could go to dinner. Cory took Monday off and we decided to take Niklas to the zoo. It was really fun. We then took Nik to my mom and dads. Cory and I decided then that we would go to Tepanyaki Japanese Steak house. If you haven't been it is really good. Usually Cory and I go to the roof, but this year was a little crazy. So we ended up going to dinner just the two of us which doesn't happen very often. We had so much fun. It is good to have some adult time. Unfortunately though as the night went on I did get sick. So as soon as we were done with dinner we headed straight to my parents to pick up Niklas. I felt horrid. Cory and I then went home and I went right to bed. What a way to end a great day and night with my two favorite guys. I know Niklas had a blast and his grandparents because it was really hard to get him to leave. Also the next day all he could talk about was how much he loves grandpa and grandma, which is a first considering he won't even tell us that he loves us very often. Every time we ask him if he loves us and his grandparents he usually says no I love my Hayley. ( For those of you who don't know who Hayley is she is my friend Adie's daughter who is 2 months older than Nik) of course how can you be affended by that, especially when is so sweet about it.

Putting in our Yard Yea! About time

So for some of you, you already know that we have our yard in. But for the rest this is new to you. We are so excited to have our yard in. It was alot of work for Cory. Especially when you have a little helper. Niklas had a blast helping Cory with the yard from putting the dirt into the wheel barrel. It was fun. Cory then decided to go and rent a little bobcat. It was way to funny to watch him actually drive it.
But what can I say it made all the difference in the world. We were able to move that dirt in half the time. We also let Niklas have a ride in the bobcat. Unfortunately I forgot to get the camera for that. But he had a blast. He loved to watch Cory move the dirt in the bobcat.
Until we got our sod, this is how Niklas always looked when he was helping. Lets just say that Niklas got really sick of baths. But isn't he so cute. Especially when he has dirt all over his face.

But again Niklas can't stop helping. He tried to so hard to lift the sod off the palets and lay it with the older boys. We had lots of neighbors come and help and we appreciated it so much. Even one of Cory's 11 year old scouts came and helped. I guess he really wanted the service credit. We are so happy to finally have it all finished. I have to say that Cory did way more work in the yard than I did. But it has now cut down on the dirt in our house. We can now let Oreo out and not have to worry about mud. Which is wonderful. Pretty soon we will have the rest of our yard finished.

Bottling Peaches and making bread

It has a been a long time since I haved blogged I am sorry. But here it goes. So I decided to try and save us some money and I am now making my own whole wheat bread. My first time making the bread wasn't that great the bread was really over done but sweet Cory said that it tasted really good and seems to be really supportive of my attempt. Then I decided that I was going to buy some peaches this year from a lady in our ward. I didn't want to make freezer jam considering that I still have plenty if anyone wants any from last year. So I decided to learn how to bottle. My Aunt came over and taught me how. So now I have 11 bottles of peaches. They are pretty good I must say so myself.
My next attempt at bottling is going to be making my own dill pickles. I hope I can handle that. But with how prices are going up I am trying to become more of a home maker. i am hoping that next year I will be able to get my garden planted then I will grow some of the vegetables that I want. I do have to say though I do have tomatoe plants and all of my tomatoes are starting to turn red. They are really good. So I hope you all enjoy my experience of bottling my peaches and making bread.