Mission Reunion

Before going to see our family in Logan, Austin's mission had a reunion. President & Sister Barreto were able to make it from Brazil, so we had to go! President especially liked Cadence's onsie (future president).

Some mission buddies.

Trip to Idaho

What a fun trip this was! We decided to head up to Idaho after the Hot Pots hike, to spend some time with our family. We got to see lots of them and especially enjoy the time with Cristina, Ian, & Atley.
Ian even cooked us dinner on Sunday night and we had a fun time playing Last Word & Skip Bo.

We even got to see a gorgeous Idaho sunset!
Here are some more family members Cadence met:
His Great-Uncle EdRoy Baron (my father's brother)

His Great-Grandma Baron (my father's mother)And he got to see Uncle Blair, Aunt Philine, & Jake again.
(We found out they are moving to Montana)

Lately, we have been letting Cadence lick our food (he is so interested in us eating). On the ride home, I let him lick some of my fruit snacks he was eying. It went okay until he got a couple of licks of the blue one! I had to take a picture! HOW FUNNY!

Hot Pots Hike

For fun this Memorial Day weekend, a bunch of our friend hiked up to the hot springs in Spanish Fork Canyon. Just Austin went up (Cadence just is not big enough, & I did not want to miss nursing 2 times), and had a great time.
The Thompsons, Dopps, some of Matt Thompson's siblings, and the Rosenbaums went (friends from the ward mostly).
They actually found a campfire still burning. Being the good eagle scout he is, Austin and our friends helped to put it out!

Master Gardener - and good friend

Our neighbor, Justin Lowder, is a master gardener. In fact, his whole yard is a garden, that many passerbys mistake for weeds. They seem sad for us we have live next to him (he has only one small strip of grass the city made him put back in, in front of the sidewalk). If they only knew!
We get DELICIOUS fruit from him, BEAUTIFUL flowers, & WISDOM that beats reading scores of gardening books! It is because of Justin that we have a beautiful garden, and a beautiful view. Austin also home-teaches him and when he came over tonight, he brought this beautiful bouquet!
Every time I look at it I think of what a wonderful friend he is. Austin and I always tell him he's our "Wilson" (from Home Improvement). What would we do without him?

FHE in the Park

We went to the park for dinner and family night. We didn't get there too late, but Cadence was almost ready for bed!
He went on the slide first with me and cried 'cause it scared him (he did later when Austin ran through the sprinkler with him too). But on the slide with daddy (who went much slower) he seemed to be content.

Still no happy smiles! Guess we'll have to go when he's a little more awake!

Planting the Garden

It took awhile for us to decide what we wanted, but we finally planted our garden. See if you can guess what each picture is (don't look to hard at the labels). Check for your answers at the end of the post! Lots of yummy food!




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Also, we finally planted some bushes in the front yard. I had a serious blonde moment when we were shopping and read all of the feet as inches! So we get home to plant (we did it for FHE and it was pretty late by the time we were planting - dark and Cadence was sleeping), and I realized what had happened. They look tiny and innocent, but in just a little while you'll be thinking "Where did their house go?". The bushes we got, thankfully, all suggest that you prune them to control growth. Despite my blonde moment, I think they will turn out looking really nice in our home. The bush on the corner is a flowering lilac bush.

We got some perennial bulbs that we still need to plant in front of the bushes - some flower in mid summer, some late summer. We are planning to also transplant the tulips from the side (the south side gets way too much sun anyway) and mix them into the front flower bed - creating a colorful display all season long!

Don't worry! There will be more pictures to come once they all start filling in! We love having a garden (I think Austin just loves an excuse to get dirty)!

(Answers: 1. Strawberry 2. Cucumber 3. Cherry Tomatoes 4. Big Beef Tomatoes 5. Pea)
How many did you get right?!