What a week!

I'm sure most everyone knows by now that Brian recently went in under the knife to get a cyst removed from his wrist. It was an "occult dorsal wrist ganglion." His surgery only took about 15 minutes. He is still trying to adjust with only using his left hand to do things since he is right handed. Amazingly enough he hasn't really needed any pain meds other than an occasional tylenol or IBU profin. He's doing well, but is just wondering how he's going to go back to work because he can't necessarily drive his scooter or the car and with him working 10 hours and not getting home until around 2 am it would be impossible for me to pick him up since Tali would be asleep. I guess we will figure it out somehow.

For those of you who don't know, I LOVE zucchini bread, but I've always been afraid to make it for fear I'd mess it up. The other day, I took my first try at it. It turned out really good! We used a fresh zucchini from our garden (have I mentioned how fabulous it is having fresh produce? LOVE IT!). It was awesome. I made it because I was in charge of the snack for Family Home Evening. We also decided to share some with our neighbor. I also took my first shot at making pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. They were DELICIOUS! I didn't take a picture though because we ate them too fast! :D

I took this picture last night of some of the produce I picked yesterday and earlier this week. Although, I have to thank Ma and Pappy for letting me pick their yellow (spaghetti squash, I think) from their garden. It was really cool!

My baby is getting so big! Yesterday, I took her to nursery for the first time. It was kind of sad. I thought parents were exaggerating when they say it was so hard for them to see their baby off on their first day of school. Yes I realize this is a little different mainly because it's only for an hour or two. Talitha did so good! In fact, she ran and just took off into the nursery room and started playing with some of the older kids. She didn't even look back so see if Mommy and Daddy were still there. She didn't cry or anything! I was glad to know that she did so well though.

I had to post this picture. I thought it was just so cute!

Saturday, Brian and I saw this pretty cool telescope. Brian had been telling me for years that he would really like one. Since he'd been working a lot of overtime at work, I thought he deserved something to show for all his hard work. So, I asked him what he thought about it and now he has a new "toy."

He was really loving it! He was so excited to get it all put together and take it outside to check out the stars, constellations, etc.

I even joined in on the fun. I had such a fun time stargazing with my hubby. I LOVE the fact that we can have so much fun doing stuff like this and that we share the same interests.

Good times!

Today was not only pretty descent weather for the most part, but it was also filled with a lot of fun and relaxing activities.

First off, I picked my very first peppers from the garden.....two to be exact! Oooooh how I LOVE fresh produce! We then went to a BBQ with some people from our ward. It was fun, but a little windy and chilly. Tali didn't seem to mind though. She made some new friends.

Brian and I then decided to take a walk at Gardner Village. We went into this fudge shop where they had a HUGE variety of yummy fudge. While we were there, I saw some razzles. I had never tried them before so we decided to buy them (mainly for the fact that ever since I saw 13 Going on 30 I wanted to try them). It was kind of interesting. They were pretty good, but the gum would lose its flavor fast.

We then took a couple family pictures. I realized though that we were all practically wearing the same outfits we wore for one of our luaus. These are not our favorite or only outfits we own. I promise! It was totally unintentional.

I just love my sweet little family! It was the perfect ending to a nice relaxing day!

Brian had a little lamb

Yesterday for dinner, Brian made his first attempt at making a lamb roast. He was pretty excited! He even used fresh garlic and rosemary from our garden.

It was actually pretty good. It kind of reminded me of a beef roast. There wasn't really much difference in taste other than a little bit of an aftertaste. It also wasn't as "stringy" (how Brian puts it) as beef. It was my first time trying it and I wasn't sure what to expect or if I'd even like it, but it turned out to be pretty good. Brian did a really good job.

Violated by a spider!

Today I had the scare of my life! I went outside in my backyard to water my garden. I wasn't anywhere near any spiders......or so I thought. All of a sudden I felt something under my shirt. I naturally looked down my shirt to see what it was and I found this.

It was on my BARE chest that wasn't covered by my clothes! AHHHHH! I had been violated by a spider! What a perverted little spider! I was outside so I obviously couldn't take off my shirt. I was so scared I grabbed at my skin and shirt trying to get it off me. I then tried to brush it off as fast as I could, ran into the house all while stripping down to my birthday suit. As I examined my clothes and my body I realized I was safe. It was nowhere to be found although I did discover a welt I gave myself from where I tried to grab the gosh darn thing.
EEEEEWWWWW! GROSS!

I think I need a shower. I have a major case of the heebee jeebees now!

Lessons learned

Yesterday, Brian and I were driving home from the store when some inconsiderate jerk cut us off and just about hit us! I was so mad! As I was venting my frustration, Brian was trying to calm me down when I said in my defense "DUH! Why are people so stupid on the road?" I then heard this small little voice in the back seat say "DUH!" I couldn't help but laugh. It was then that I figured I really need to watch my mouth.....that and the fact Brian didn't want me to belittle people in front of her.

I think everyone knows by now that Tali absolutely LOVES books. I started to question this yesterday as she was just playing quietly in her room. I went to check on her and noticed a piece of paper on the floor. As I examined it, I noticed that it was from one of her newer books that we had bought for her. This isn't the first time she's ripped something out of one her books. I had a hard time trying to figure out how to discipline her for this heinous act. Do I take away her books? I should be glad that she prefers to "reads" them instead of playing with her toys. I temporarily had put her books away, but I feel guilty about taking them away because she loves them so much. What's a mom to do?