Cell Phone Picture Perfection

It always seems like Cedrik is doing the cutest things when we only have our cell phones around. My phone doesn't take the best photos, but they are better than nothing.

Update on his stats:
16lbs, 26" and his feet are just about 4" long. He is in some 6 month clothing and in the 6-12 month socks. He is big chunky monkey. He grabs anything that comes close to touching his hands and whenever I am in eyesight he smiles to make me smile. His laugh is really deep and he'll only let us hear about 3 or 4 laughs in a row before he gets bored and will give us a blank stare. It is a look like "Do you really think I'll keep laughing from this 'entertainment'? Think again. I have better things to do, like stare at Beatrice or the couch cushions."

We watched a movie last week, The Kite Runner. It was about the Taliban, was very sad and it made both of us very grateful to live in the US. It also made me realize how lucky we are to be able to raise our children with the gospel, teach them the correct principals and hope that one day they will be teaching those who never had the choice or knowledge that The Church existed. I feel so overwhelmed when I think that one day he will be serving a mission like his father and that I am the primary person to be teaching him the ways of the Lord. A great responsibility, but one that I am trying very hard to not take lightly.


So...without further ado, cute cell phone picture perfection:

The day he was born.

The best bed head ever.

Hurricane Cedrik.

Sleeping smiles.

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Tired of Smiling.

"I'll take you for a ride on my big green tractor."

Happy that he rolled over.

Cooking, Baking...Baking and Cooking

I have crossed off one of my 101 things I am going to do before I die....which I can't find, so I may have to make a new list. ANYWAY...making enchilada's suizas from scratch. It was a Rachael Ray recipe that will be scrapped. Ew. It was not good. Here is a picture:

They look kind of good. We saved the leftovers...but didn't end up eating them. BUT, because of this Jordan informed me that he wanted cheeeeeesy enchiladas. So I found another cheeeeesy recipe and it turned out really well. Chicken and sour cream enchiladas, mmmm. I forgot to take a picture because I was too busy drooling and eating them.

Well...I also bake bread. Yes, you read right. I. Bake. Bread. And it is dang good. It is the perfect sandwhich bread too. Check it out:

I made sweet and sour meat balls with mashed potatoes. I like to think they were more sweet and spicy...but oh well. They were very good too and we'll be eating them again:

I also made some red velvet cake truffels. Ummm.....yeah. SO good. I also haven't taken a picture of those either because, well, we're eating them. :)

A Pork & Seeds Picnic with a Side of Short Shorts

Last week, I really wanted to have a picnic. We were going to have one for lunch, but Jordan had to work basically through lunch. Then I realized that I still had a downtown gift card and wanted Chinese food for dinner. Well, Jordan combined the two ideas. We got dinner at Yen Ching and headed to Camel's Back Park. Of course the one time we decide to eat in public we are surrounded by people. The high schools must have been having a track meeting there and we saw a ton of boys in very short track shorts.

Our dinner was pretty good, we got the standard dinner that was basically already picked for you. It came with Egg Rolls and Pork and Seeds as an appetizer. Jordan thought "Well, if they are standard on the menu, they must be really good."

Ew. He was wrong. It doesn't happen often, but it did that day. We ended up not eating the pork and seeds. We escaped the food poisoning this time!

Jordan has a knack for taking great photos...

Double Trouble

My cousin Cayce and her husband Jason decided to take a vacation at Bear Lake. She was my best friend growing up. On their way, they detoured to Boise and spent Thursday night with us. We had a great time and stayed up laughing until late in the evening. Hopefully we'll be able to go visit them in Reno sometime soon. 

We spent most summers together when we were kids...mostly tormenting Spencer (putting him in a dryer, you know, regular kid stuff) or our grandparents (not eating our vegetables).

Can you see a family resemblance?

Steak!

Jordan decided he wanted to learn how to make restaurant steak. It turned out great...but check out our apartment!