It's Flower Time!

We've been working on our yard a lot for the past couple of weeks. We trimmed our trees in the back yard, remember the jungle? We also built two giant flower boxes for the front yard flower bed. My mom came up here and helped, thank goodness. I get so confused walking around in Home Depot. They always ask me if I need help almost immediately when I walk in. Do I not look like I fit in there or something? lol Anyway, so far the flowers are all still alive! Yay! Our bouganvilla bushes are amazing too. We just trimmed off the dead branches and now they are in full bloom. All our fruit trees have been blooming as well, which is the greatest smell in the world. I took some pictures of our orange blossoms that I think are pretty impressive, if I do say so myself. :) Feel free to come visit us if you want to see for yourself.

How Does She Do It?

As you guys probably already know, our dogs are sort of spoiled. Okay maybe a lot spoiled. Anyway, they are almost always sleeping on the living room couch. Apparently they get tired out from all the hard work that they do. It cracks me up some of the positions that we find Lacey in when she sleeps. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Easter Pageant Fun

Tonight Jacob and I went to see the Easter pageant. Jacob came up with the idea to ride our bikes there, since the temple is down the street from our house, so that we wouldn't have to deal with traffic and finding a place to park. I thought it would be fun since I don't get that many chances to ride my bike and I need the exercise. We set off on our way, Jacob in front of course seeing as how I'm really slow. We were riding along happily when I feel something hit my leg. I look down and what do I see? A golf ball! Someone hit or most likely threw a golf ball at me! Nice, eh? Luckily it didn't hurt that bad. I'm hoping I get a pretty cool golf ball shaped bruise though. We finally made it there, layed down our blanket (which was in my sweet basket) and watched the pageant. I had only seen it once before and it was a while ago so I forgot how cool it is. It really reminded me of what the Easter season is really about. I also am really wondering how they make Jesus float at the end. That was my favorite part! So the show ends and we're on our way back and we start biking across an intersection, in the bike lane, and a car starts to turn left towards us. I'm thinking that they will stop in the intersection and wait for us. The car kept coming though, aiming right for me. I was like this is it, after all these years of no injuries I am going to get hit by a car, a crappy little green VW. Luckily, the guy realized it before he got me and he swerved and went around us. I yelled at him. :) Even though apparently everyone is out to get me, we had a really great time and it was a beautiful night!

PS- That last picture I took of myself while I was riding. Safe, I know.

Matchbox Twenty

On St. Patrick's day, Jacob, Aubrey, my Dad, and I went to the Matchbox Twenty concert. It was at Cricket Pavilion, which was really nice until it got dark and cold. What was I thinking wearing open toed shoes? Anyway, we had a great time! Alanis Morisette opened for them and let me just tell you, it was probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen. She dances around headbanging and spins around with her arms out like a hellicopter. Aubrey and I were cracking up the whole time. When MB20 came on, it was much better. I had forgotten all the songs they sang that I loved and Rob Thomas is a funny guy. It was a great thing to do on St. Patrick's day, even if we were probably the only Irish people there who weren't drunk! Hope you enjoy my little video! It actually sounds pretty good.

This is us while Alanis was performing.

Introducing Lacey!

We've been trying to find another dog for a while so that Ace could have a friend and we finally found one! Introducing Lacey Jensen. :) She's 8 weeks old and weighs about two pounds. Ace and her are brother and sister. So far Ace loves her and wants her to play with him but she's got some growing to do before that happens. He tries to play with her but ends up just kind of punching at her or trampling her. I think they're going to be great friends!

Season 7?

American Idol season 7 is up and running. I watched the show the first two seasons or so and then I kind of got burnt out. Because of the writers strike however, there hasn't really been a whole lot else to watch. I was skeptical at first but I have to tell you, a couple of the contestants are just phenomenal! One contestant in particular has got to be one of the best singers I have ever heard. His name is David Archuleta (he is only 17 years old) and I am beyond jealous of his talent! He sang "Imagine" on tonight's performance and I got teary eyed. Yes, I know that happens a lot with me but it was just beautiful. The video will be on the American Idol website on Thursday and you have got to watch it! This kid has real talent! PS- I do realize that posting about American Idol makes me somewhat of a loser, but I haven't got much else to write about :)
http://www.americanidol.com/videos/?vid=966&pcs=499

No Potato Famine Here

The whole time that we have lived in this house I have tried to get flowers, grass, basically anything (besides weeds) to grow in our yard. However, I am definitely no green thumb and haven't had any luck. Well, today I found something that was actually growing! Too bad it was in our pantry and not outside. In the very back underneath a blue colander, I found this. Hope you find it as amusing as I did. :)