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Valentine’s Day Date

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This year we kept with our new Valentine’s Day tradition of making a fancy meal and eating it together on a picnic in the back of the car. If you’re observant and noticed that we skipped a year, it’s because last year I was pregnant and dealing with morning sickness and some huge work project deadlines, so sadly neither Josh nor I can quite remember what we did for Valentine’s Day. Not cook a fancy dinner and take it on a picnic, we know that much.

Anyway, this year we were better. We really liked the French-themed meal we made two years ago, so we decided to do it again with some new recipes: gratin des aubergines, des haricots provençales, and tapénade on a baguette. Yum yum! Our favorite was the gratin des aubergines (an eggplant gratin dish). With sparkling cider and chocolate covered strawberries to top it off, the meal was delicious!

Audrey and Brenn came over and babysat Carson in the basement while Josh and I cooked, and then we were able to leave to a scenic overlook and eat our picnic in the car. The weather was even so nice that we left the back open. We loved getting to spend so much time together, just us, doing something fun. It was a wonderful, fun, tasty Valentine’s Day date. :)

Carson eats food!

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Yay Carson! After a few unsuccessful attempts at rice cereal, we tried sweet potatoes, which Carson really seems to like (even though the pictures don’t seem to show it). He gets really excited when we feed him and opens his mouth wide and breathes really fast; it’s pretty funny. Today we tried rice cereal again, and this time he seemed to like that too. What food should we try next? :)

First park day

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Today was Carson’s first trip to a park. The weather was really nice and he loves to look outside, so out we went.

We just sat on a blanket in the (mostly dead) grass, which Carson was fascinated with. He didn’t really look at anything else the whole time we were there. Just pulled at the grass. I’m excited for future park trips when he’ll learn to appreciate it more, bit by bit. :)

Family dinner nights

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We’re really lucky and really happy that this year we have four siblings at BYU. Caleb, Sam (Josh’s brothers), Audrey, and Brenn (Paige’s sisters). They’re pretty much all hilarious, especially when they’re all together. Caleb’s the loud one who makes us all laugh, Sam is surprisingly good at stupid human tricks and makes a mean mashed potato, Audrey is the good baker and now tap dancer, and Brenn is the way fun graphic designer (just don’t ask her to bring pudding). We love them all. :) Thanks for coming over for family dinners, guys, even if maybe me and Josh aren’t quite as funny as you. But you sure keep us laughing. We’ll sure miss you all when we move!