Some new, well deserved toys!

Black Baby! So classic and sleek, yet so hard to keep clean.

Leather interior! Yeah, it's nice, but I slide around in it like nobody's business! Getting out of my seatbelt and reaching back to tend to the kids during trips is an olympic effort! but it's sooo nice looking!

Some of the features: heated seats, instant cooling/heating system(lets you know the exact temp. you're bringing the car to.) Single CD player, 6 CD change player, cassette player(why they put that in? hmmm) and of course what you all have been waiting for....

That's right people....A DVD player! It is life changing when you travel with kids! So saved mine when I drove it home from Utah with the kiddos while Christian drove the other one with our other goodies! It's a 2005, fully loaded Honda Pilot! We were really debating on whether to get a Pilot or an Odessey. you can go back country driving in a mini van, so the obvious choice was the Pilot and we really like it. such a step up from our 1998 CRV! All I cared about was the DVD player, but all of the other features are extra goodies.

Our new table. So chic! We got it on sale and the very last one! We love it! It also comes with 2 leifs that go on the ends the table doesn't look very big in the picture, but this table cloth is the biggest they make and it barely covers it. With the leifs on it measures 120 in. long + the over hang of the table cloth. looks like I am going to have to make a special one when we have large company over. I do plan to get a clear plastic one to put on it so you can see the beautiful wood top!

The chair

The couches! I love these they have such a country villa feel to them! we got these here in Farmington a couple of weeks before the other stuff! It's nice to not have to sport our blue striped one anymore (I was so done with the blue) and the mis-matched love seat that was with it. No worries, we still have them, but they have been sperated for their own good into seperate rooms! Welcome to your new home couches, we'll be sure to make ourselves comfortable!

OUR almost FINISHED BACKYARD!!

Just before the grass.

Grass!!! Finally! It's been a long time coming, but we finally have grass and a yard for Delia to play in! We LOVE our waterfall. It's a lot bigger than I expected, but I ain't complainin'! As you can see we had/have a massive slope in that area and all the dirt needed to be retained and properly..less another freak storm hits next year and we're toast! So we figured why not put in a water feature right in that place, it would help retain the dirt as well as dress up the yard. Much time saving for these two projects!!! But it was worth it! We spent a lot of time preparing this yard...weeds and rocks, rocks and weeds...did I mention weeds and rocks? yep. No more heavy labor, needless to say the "up keep" won't be as bad, but I'll try to hold that thought until we start to mow the lawn next year...I might eat my words! Next year we are going to have a sweet Easter egg hunt! whoop! Now you all are going to have to visit us! We would LOVE to have you!

My New Skill- Homemade Salsa!

8 OF THESE +

LOTS OF PEPPERS, ONIONS, & CILANTRO =

THIS YUMMY STUFF x OH, 4 OR SO....&

PUT INTO THESE, WHICH I ACTUALLY HAD TO COOK TO DO...

and didn't particularly like canning...too much time! Sooooo....

we gave some away, ate a lot of it, and now the last batch of the season I have made

is going to be frozen! I tried roasting the tomatoes, which did give it a little bit of a smokey flavor, but I don't think it was worth double the time it took me..or maybe I was doing it wrong. either way I think my salsa is super tasty. Maybe not as par with some of you slasa kings(you know who you are) but I do like it better than most Mexican restaurants! So I think I will just stick to throwing everything in my new food processor(WHICH I ABSOLUTELY LOVE!!) why did I wait so long to get one? It goes along with all the other great inventions, washer & dryer, hand held vacuum, spray mop...you know...the neccessities that make life seem like a breeze..sometimes! This is one of the BIG projects I have been working on, oh, the last 3 months! We had an OVERLOAD of tomatoes this year! I actually had to give about 5 big bowls worth away because I am not a canner and don't use "canned" tomatoes very often. but making it with a food processor makes it much funner and faster! Homemade salsa always tastes better with garden fresh produce!!!! Wish I could share with you all. Just come for a visit and I'll whip you up some.