Live List: Play a Board Game

If you didn't read my post on my "Live List" a few weeks ago, scroll down, read, and then this will make a bit more sense! ;)

So, continuing on my quest to complete my "Live List" before the end of the year, I checked another one off my list last night: Play a board game. Even better, I played with my husband! Sounds lame, but it was fun! It's something we've never done just the two of us, just like we'd never done the oh so traditional "dinner and a movie" date up until a few weeks ago after all the time we've been together haha! Anyway, last night we were sitting together on the couch with nothing to watch, even off the DVR. Pickings have been slim with the Olympics on and we were even caught up with those. I'm bored, so I look at Nate and said "Let's play a game!" He kind of gave me this funny look like "What on earth has gotten into you?", but being the good sport that he is agreed to play. As I'm looking at the games we have, I start to realize we don't have a ton that can be played with just two players. We were left with either playing Sorry or Life, and we decided on Life. As we got down to playing, we found ourselves having quite a good ol' time! We were laughing and having a ball, something that sure wouldn't be happening with watching something we didn't care to watch on TV. After we were done playing, Nate said that it was really fun playing a game together and it's something we should do more often. I agree! These are the moments we live for! Simple, sweet, and etched in our brains to remember forever! Although, I better get a better selection of 2-player games so we're not stuck each time deciding on whether to push our little plastic car through going to college or starting a career! ;)

Two Little Princess' Update

So many things have been going on with the girls lately, I felt they deserved their own post for their own updates!

Katelyn


Now this kid is getting so BIG! She's getting so tall! I'm proud to say she is no longer the shortest one in the bunch when she is around kids her age. She's still a skinny butt, but maybe someday she'll crack the 30-pound mark! She'll be turning 5 in 2 months, crazy! I'm still trying to get a hold of the fact that I have multiple kids, let alone having kids of grade school age! We've applied for Katelyn to go to a charter school a couple miles away. It's an academically rigorous school and I'm quite impressed with their methods. We find out in 2 weeks whether or not she gets in (it's a lottery based admit). If she doesn't make it in, she'll be going to the elementary school close by in the fall. Wow, it's not that far away at all! Katelyn loves being a big sister. In fact, this morning she climbed into Aiden's crib to keep her company until Mommy and Daddy decided to wake up, goofy girl!

Aiden

She's hit so many milestones! At her last well child check, she was 14 pounds, which is exactly what she was at the last appointment, but with her being on the move now, the doctor figured she's not gaining any because she's so active. He also discovered another ear infection (second since being born). Poor kid. We've had to go to a second round of antibiotics because the first one turned out not to be broad enough for whatever strand of bacteria she has. Fortunately this one seems to be working, so hopefully she'll start to sleep through the night again! Aiden is now eating solid food, crawling, sitting up without any help, and has 2 teeth! She's also starting talk. She started making the "da da da" noises a few weeks ago, so we started to teach her "Dada" as we pointed to Nate. She now knows and very purposefully calls out "Dada" to him! She didn't say it at all yesterday, but then Nate walked in the door from work and she says "Dada!" She's going to turn 1 here in June, which of course, as a mother, blows my mind that time has flown by so quickly!

The Promise Land Series

As a part of my "Live List", I wanted to be able to read more. So far, I've been doing pretty good with it! I'm still not able to sit for a long block of time and just read, but hey, I'm a mom! When do I get to do ANYTHING for a solid block of time without leaving the house? ;)

I just finished reading the last book in the Promise Land series. Most people haven't heard of this when I tell them I've been reading them, so I decided to share! This series of books is a fictitious back story to the Book of Mormon, leading up to the taking of the plates from Jerusalem. Although it is fictional, there is a lot of historical facts that help create the story. All the historical notes are listed at the end of each book, and they aren't few in number! So, I suppose you would call them historical novels. I HIGHLY recommend these books to anyone who loves to read or has a love for the BoM, or both! Even though I've finished the last book, the author has eluded to more books being published in this series. I hope so! I can't wait to see how the subplots to the story play out!