Cinco de Mayo.......on the 14th of May

Our church group put on a very colorful Cinco de Mayo party this past Saturday.  There was singing (including a hilarious mariachi performance of "Cielito Lindo"), dancing, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, smashing piñatas, and mucho food.  It was muy bueno.

Due to the enormous amount of leftover food, many of the families took large containers of beans/ground beef/rice/chips/quesadillas home with them.

"Hey, I'm watchin' you."

Douglas and his Dad, Juan.

The other day Sam made some delicious oatmeal.  She put oats, whole milk, sliced green apples, raisins, and cinnamon into the slow cooker and let it cook overnight.  Very good, and surprisingly easy on my digestive system (probably because the oats are well done).

Sam's extended family is having a family reunion this summer.  They asked each individual in the extended family to draw themselves on a card (couples on the same card) and the drawings will be printed onto the family reunion t-shirts.  Above you see my rendering of me, and Sam's rendering of Sam.

This is my attempt to draw Doogles.  I'm considering applying to have my art placed in the Louvre.

And this is Sam's attempt to draw the little man.

Shall we return to real-life, cute Doogles?  Today we visited Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City.

What fun we had!

I asked Sam if we could turn the garage into our own aviary.  She asked me who would be cleaning said aviary.  I told her that Doogles would be responsible for cleaning.......which means Mama would be responsible for cleaning. :)











Following our adventures with the birds we drove a few minutes down the road to Aubergine & Company.  This one's a keeper!  Fresh, healthy, delicious food.  We both enjoyed the falafel sandwiches with different toppings.  Their "Signature" dressing is amazing.  Don't bother with the butternut squash soup.  Mom's butternut squash soup is much better.
Check out the menu:
http://aubergineandcompany.com/menu/#mediterranean

We will definitely return to this restaurant.

By the way, have any of you tried spreading butter on bread, and then spreading almond butter (or peanut butter) on top of the butter.  Mmm.  So creamy.  :)

Last, but definitely not least, Stacie zoned our feet yesterday.  Heavenly.

Douglas turns 2

Douglas likes to tell people (and things) "hello".

I bought a small camel dispenser in the Middle East and we tested it out with ranch dressing. It came out a bit slow.

Back hugs!

I took Douglas to story time at the library.

Visiting USU's Baby Animal Days

He loved his temporary sheep tattoo.

Early celebration of Douglas' 2nd birthday at Grandma and Grandpa Coombs' home.

 How old are you, Douglas?  "Six!"

"Aaaaaaaahaha.  I made a mess!"

 Masterpiece

"I'm six!"

He's a little sponge.  Learning more and more every day.

 Yesterday we drove to Granny and Grandpa (Ogden)'s home to play for a day.

"America!"

 "Uh, Dad?  Crepes for my birthday?  I'm not sure what to do."

 Today (11 May) Douglas turned two.  Gideon was with us at Granny and Grandpa's house.

 He tries to blow out the candles through his nose.

 "If I concentrate hard enough, this second candle will extinguish itself."

Sam and I left the little men with Granny and Grandpa and we visited the Provo City Center Temple.

For my east-coast friends who have not yet been inside a LDS (Mormon) temple, check out this website:  https://templeopenhouse.lds.org

The open house for the Philadelphia Temple is coming up in September.

Out with the old, in with the new.

Tis true, my friends.  I purchased a smart phone.

 Grandma (Coombs) got a cute pic of Doogles at the park.

 This is one of Doogles' favorite rock-throwing locations.

 "Cheese!"

With Uncle Nate after a baseball game.

Helping Granny (Ogden) get some exercise at the church parking lot.

 We joined Grandma (Coombs) and Stacie at Nate's baseball game on Monday.  After the game we were standing around the car when Doogles began repeating something to Grandma and me.  After a few tries I realized he was pointing to his bum telling us that he had a poopy diaper.  Before I could ask him our traditional diaper-changing question ("Do you want Mama to change your diaper, or do you want Dada to change your diaper?") he immediately said, "Dada."  So I put him on the trunk and changed his diaper, with Stacie making sure he didn't fall off.  In this photo he is doing his old man laugh.

Just like his Dad..........when Dad was young.  I wish I could do that now.

 This morning Grandpa (Ogden) drove up and we went to the cemetery to see the graves of a couple of our ancestors - two of the first Ogdens to live in the city where we now live.

 While Sam and Grandpa explored the local museum I played with Doogles at a nearby park.