the countdown has begun

Well the countdown has begun and it's a very bittersweet one. We have less than three weeks until we'll be down in Arizona. We're really excited, but really sad too. We're going to miss Idaho and all our family so much. We both love doing things with both of our families. I'm glad that Tyler is so happy and willing to spend time with my family and that I like being with his family too.

We've been busy working on some projects for our new apartment. These are things I've been wanting to get done for a long time. It's been great to have Tyler be able to help me. I will post pictures of everything when we move. When we get there, we're going to put Jacoby in a bed and so my mom helped me make a duvet cover for his new bed and Tyler painted his bed for him. We have been working on a bookshelf for him and need to paint it and do a few things to it still. I'm really excited about it because I have all the stuff to put in it already like baskets and pails. We also painted a rocking chair pear green; I love it.
I'm pretty excited to be able to decorate our apartment since I haven't been able to do much of that at this house we're renting.

Jacoby loves baseball now too. He likes to take his mitt and ball to Tyler's softball games. Also, he brings me his mitt and wants me to play catch with him. I'm pretty sure he would do it all day if I didn't quit, but I guess I'm not that nice of a mom.
I found a frame that was a 10x10 that I painted to go in Jacoby's room. I'm going to put a scapbook page in it and occasionally switch it out.

reunion fun

We had a jam-packed week and it was great. These pictures are out of order, so they're starting with the most recent...oh well.

My handsome little boy. I love this outfit! Steph and I took Eden and Jacoby to the park and they were nice enough to let me take a few pictures of their darling faces.
Jacoby is going to miss all his cousins when he moves away.

I planned a little reunion with my family last weekend and it was so fun to spend time with them. Becca's family is getting ready to move and my family will be moving in a month. I love my family. We are so close. it's going to be terribly hard to be away from them. Anyway, the weather wasn't very nice on Saturday so we just went swimming at the Aquatic Center and came back to my parent's for dinner and a sleepover. After church the next day we had lunch and spent the afternoon playing croquet(my favorite sport. Ha ha.), volleyball, and crying as we said good bye to Becca's family. I hate when people leave, first Thomas, Becca's family, and now my family soon. I don't know how people do this, we have been so spoiled thus far, but we will make the best out of it; that's what my mom keeps saying, but she's also the most optimistic person around.

These two sweeties enjoying a very messy candy necklace.

I love you girlies+Annie+Mom.

We also had a family reunion with Tyler's extended family at Lagoon. It's always fun to see everyone there. It was super, super cold this year, but we still had fun. I'm glad I packed Jacoby's coat though. Jacoby didn't like the rides one little bit, even the ones we could ride with him. He was crying pretty hard, so we only made him go on a few. :) Maybe in another year.

He was content until the ride started. :)

Mint Oreos, they will make your whole day better. Recipe here.

Giveaway

The month of June marks two years since my family started our recipe blog, Make Your Taste Buds Dance. To celebrate, we are holding a giveaway.
Up for grabs is:
♥ a cute apron my Mom made
♥ Jangles Jewelry watch face with beaded band
♥ String and Bling large crocheted earrings
♥ standard muffin/cupcake pan
♥ jumbo heart sprinkles
♥ cupcake display stand
Check out a picture of the goods down below.

There's lots of ways to enter the giveaway more than once so make sure and take a look at it.

Man, I love these girls.

Take a look at what you could win.

baseball and things

Tyler was able to play in a couple Hillcrest alumni baseball games. It was really fun to watch him play since he loves baseball so much and I was never able to watch him play in highschool. He even pitched and I loved watching that. It was fun to see him with all his old buddies. He said he's pretty sore today though. :) I've been wanting to make these fabric flowers I saw here, but have been searching high and low for the perfect, cheap vase. I finally found it at D.I. I love this line of fabric by Riley Blake and searched several fabric stores to find this pattern in every color so that it would match our room. I'm a little obsessed with this fabric, eh? I also used to for three basket liners in Jacoby's room in orange, turqoise, and green, and I'm going to make some bunting for his room with my scraps too.

These are better than real flowers. I originally had them on Tyler's nightstand and he sarcastically said, "Those are just what I wanted on my side." I decided to move them to my side because I would definitely appreciate them. :)

I wanted to share a couple of my favorite new recipes I've discovered. This lemon cream pie is awesome. It's very fresh and summery and light and oh so tasty. I made it Wednesday and already want to make it again.

These ribs are so moist and tender and have such a great, classic flavor. Tyler really liked them.

We're also having a giveaway on Make Your Tastebuds Dance soon, so stay tuned. It's gonna be a good one.

My good buddy Lyndsi came over last week to have me help her make an invitation for her sister-in-law's bridal shower. It was so fun to see her and her little girl, Maecie. Jacoby was pretty sweet with her and just loved looking at her and saying, "Baby." He looked so huge next to her. Lyndsi always has her dressed so cute. Little girls are so fun.

Jacoby has loved going on bike rides around our neighborhood, but I wish the weather would cooperate so we could get out more. Come on summer, where the H are you?