Seriously, yum.

I just thought I'd share my new favorite dinner:
California Grilled Veggie Sandwiches.

These are healthful, filling and absolutely delicious! Not to mention simple.

('Grilling' the veggies. We put ours in the oven under the broiler)

(Stack it all up! We like ours with sauted portobella mushrooms on top.
There was no feta in the house, so we slapped some swiss on there instead. Yum!)

How much easier can a nutritious dinner get?

Time won't let me go

My baby will be a year old on Wednesday.
:(
When did this happen? Stop it, little boy. Stay little for just a bit longer, won't you?

Anyway.

last week Ryker got his very first Big Boy haircut. Just in case you don't remember, this is what his little mop head looked like before the cut:

And here he is after:

Also last week: I made him his very first Big Boy tie. He has one other tie, and it Velcros in the back. This is an actual tie. As in... you have to tie it. Which can be, erm, fun. But dang, it sure is cute:

(He looks a bit worried about things here, but he's just doing his new 'blink-really-fast-whenever-mom-gets-the-camera-out' trick to prepare himself for the flash.)

As I mentioned before, I'm just starting to learn how to sew. I made the tie using this super awesome tutorial from The Purl Bee. She lays everything out step-by-step.
(*Edited to add: I should probably mention that I shrank the template pretty significantly to make the tie fit a one-year-old.)


In other news:

Anicka has discovered a love of spoon feeding Ryker. Cute, but bad on the carpet. Yikes. She has also decided that she hates wearing clothing. Yikes.

('What? Is there something on my face?')

And Ryker has discovered a love of football:

('Touchdown!')

Sock Monsters

I have been trying to teach myself to sew (by hand because I don't have room for a sewing machine) and thought that I would share a picture of my first project. Sock Monsters! The green one is Ryker's, and the striped one is Anicka's. Not too bad, if I say so myself. They turned out kind of cute. I finished these a couple of months ago, and hadn't thought to upload a picture until now.

Tropic

We went camping with my family over the long weekend in the beautiful area near Tropic Reservoir. Just look at all of the amazing trees and rock formations that were just a short hike from our campsite.
(Most of these photographs were taken by Adam)

Anicka likes to help daddy put up the tent

Kaycee was very excited about catching weeds

Ryker loved playing in the dirt

Anicka caught her first fish

("...is it dead?")

In other, completely unrelated news:
I turned the book club blog into a book review blog. The new address is therecklessreader.blogspot.com

yep.

Attention, lazy bloggers!

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Holy Blog Of Doom, Batman! I just climbed out from under my rock and realised I have not updated this since long before Shakespeare wast a boy... You would not believe my anguish at my misdoings. I prostrate myself in sorrow and beg thy forgiveness..

I am absolutely consumed with cutting my toe nails, watching the grass grow, just generally being an embarrassment to the locals, my day seems to be packed from the moment my children manage to unlock my bedroom door and use me as a jumping castle to sun down and beyond. I am putting money aside so I can run away. but this damned rock is heavy.

I absolutely, positively promise I will update you with my nefarious activities as soon as I get a chance. No, really! Don't hold your breath though, you're likely to turn blue...

( We are going camping near Bryce Canyon this weekend, so I should have a fresh post and fresh pictures up sometime next week!)