Sharky and Bones

Josh's new favorite show is "Jake and the Neverland Pirates" on Disney Junior. Nathan rather likes it too. When I found out that Sharky and Bones were doing a free concert in LA at Union Station, we decided to take the kids to see it. There was even a special appearance from Jake! We had a blast and now every time we hear Sharky and Bones singing on TV, Josh says, "we saw them!" And I have lots of pirate songs going through my head aaaall the time...





P.S. How have I not posted since February? Ai yi yi.

700 square feet of luxury

(Side note: This is mostly for my husband because he gets automatic updates in his email when I write a new post...I don't know that anyone else does. I don't know that very many people actually read this either, but I don't care! Love you babe.)

So our house is less than 700 square feet. We have toyed with the idea of renting elsewhere at times, but we cannot beat the price of University housing. There are a few things that I wish I could change, though.

1. A garbage disposal. I want one. I hate digging out the gross things that are not supposed to go down the drain. It's gross. Ew. Ew. Ew.

2. A counter. The only counter I really have is on top of my dryer. We actually have a big mov-able slab of wood on top of it, though, which actually makes it like a counter sort of. It has to be able to move because otherwise I wouldn't be able to empty the lint trap. Too bad that I have to empty the piles of things that are on TOP of the counter every time I need to discard the lint...

3. Carpet/Paint, anything to make it a little less...plain. Tile floors, white-washed walls...it's just boring sometimes. Some day I am going to have every room in my house a different color, just because I can. And I am going to make my mom help me. (Don't worry, I doubt she'll ever read this)

4. Speaking of the floors, I wish that every time I stepped on that squishy spot in front of the kitchen sink, I didn't think about all of the horrible things that must be going on under all of the layers of floor to make it that squishy. And the walls. They just paint a new layer every time someone moves in. I just try not to think about what got stuck in between every layer of paint...

5. I know most of my neighbors would put this as one of their first ones-a dishwasher. I honestly don't mind too much the whole no-dishwasher thing. Justin makes a pretty good one. hehe. No, but really. I mostly just wish I had two more sinks so the dishes had somewhere to pile up.

I probably could sit here for hours, but I won't. (And don't judge me if I have spelling mistakes and bad grammar. I am just trying to finish quickly before Justin gets home from class.) The cheesy point of my post is that even though there are things I would change about my physical surroundings if I had the chance-it's kind of fun and cozy and crazy doing it all with my sweet husband and two little guys. The neighborhood couldn't be better, and Justin makes it all seem like we're living in luxury. He treats me like a queen and Josh and Nathan are our little princes. And that is better than any counter or dishwasher ever could be.

New Hobby

Here is what I have been doing with a few minutes here and a few minutes there. Most of this was done over Christmas break. Currently I am working on an afghan for my dear Mother. I LOVE love crocheting! (Thanks Em, I owe you big time)

This one is for baby Annie who has yet to make her arrival...


This was for baby Gray who I wish I could see more often!

White Family pictures

Just wanted to post a few of our best shots!

so many things

There are so many things I could post about right now. Our awesome and relaxing Thanksgiving with the Sparks...



Or I could post about the funnest date we've been on in a very long time. Job and Brittney planned a gondola ride for all of us to go on. We got cheese and crackers and got to see all of the Christmas lights on the houses by Newport Beach. (And it wasn't even that expensive! Thank you Groupon! And Job and Brittney!)

And most importantly, why I haven't been posting!!! Emily taught me how to crochet and I am ADDICTED. Not even kidding. I can't stop. Literally.

And when I finally put my crochet hook down at night, I HAVE to pick up my book for our new online bookclub. Come check us out if you want! Pickwick Society. Needless to say, I have NOT been going to bed early...

A good place

My neighbor jokingly made some comment the other day about my life being an open book. And honestly, I think the last couple of months, it has been-especially for those who live within a mile of me.

But I just realized that for all of you that read my blog and don't see me in real life, you may still think I am pregnant. Well I am not. (which I actually think is very few people right now, since my blog went private. I mean, quite a number of you COULD read my blog, but since it doesn't show up in the automatic feed saying that I have posted again, I don't think anyone realizes I have posted in the last 3 months. Ah well!)

I had a miscarriage at 12 weeks. When it happened, I was really sad. Not a very interesting word, but that's the best word I have to describe it. Even as I was going through it, though, I thought "I can do this. I am okay. Everything will be okay." But 6 weeks later, I hit a wall. I was back to crying every day and I thought "I can't do this!" I was about ready to ask to be released from one of my callings so that I could just de-stress my life even a little bit.

But I held on just to see if I could snap out of it. And that's what my post is to tell you. That I did, and I am in a good place right now. I feel better about my life right now than I have in a good long time. I have good friends and neighbors who are more wonderful than I could ever hope for. And a mom who came and helped me with some projects around the house that I couldn't seem to do. I love my sweet boys (all three of them!) and I am happy.

Day out with Thomas

Today we went to see Thomas the Tank Engine. The boys loved it! And since it's a holiday, Daddy got to come with us! (and Grandma too)


There was a little hay maze that Joshua had to run through TEN times (no more, no less) and Nathan got all dirty crawling through it.

We also got to ride an old caboose and sit up high in the seats that you had to climb up ladders to get to. The boys loved looking out the window and the whistle was super loud. Nathan loved the trains. Every time a whistle would go off, his eyes got so big. And he even started "da, da" in the same intonation as "choo, choo"...which may not sound like a big deal, but for a little guy who only says "ba" for EVERYTHING he sees, the "da, da" is huge!