Catch up

We have had a fun and busy last few weeks. Athen and I went to the Oakland zoo with friends. I thought he would like it a little more than he did. He likes animals and knows how to make different animal sounds so I thought he would enjoy it. He didn't seem to care too much about it, maybe the animals were too far away. He did like the reptile and amphibian room because they were close up and easy to see.




Over conference weekend Grandma and Grandpa B came into town. Athen had a blast and loved all the attention. He was showing off and dancing around the house. We have never seen him do that before. He LOVED the attention.

Friday night we went straight from the airport to San Francisco to pick up Ricky and go for some dinner. Rick took us to a delicious place in the Ferry building along the water called Hog Island Oysters. We had the BEST grilled cheese sandwiches (three kinds of french cheeses), oyster soup and clam chowder.

On Saturday morning we headed to the farmers market down the street from our house. We bought just about everything there. We bought greens, salad dressing, asian pears, dried fruit, honey orange almonds, honey raspberry almonds, fruit and nut mix, macaroons, peppered goat cheese, and dry jack cheese (so delicious). We headed to China town for some Vietnamese sandwiches at our favorite place - BC Deli. The men headed to priesthood while we headed to Trader Joe's. After priesthood the EQ came over to our place for an activity. They made liquid nitrogen ice cream. Rick was pretty excited about this activity and has been wanting to do it for awhile. I got to attend my first EQ activity. It was fun to watch them make the ice cream. There was about 20-25 people so it was a sucessful activity.










Rick used the left over liquid nitrogen to freeze some of the food in our fridge - cheese.

Sunday we watched conference and headed on a walk to the park and the lake. Athen had fun blowing bubbles, watching the ducks and playing on the playground. We made hot sandwiches for lunch with delicious bread, turkey, salame, swiss and dry jack. For dinner we had a delicious fresh salad from our goods at the farmers market along with Rick's favorite - homemade potstickers with coconut, shrimp, green onions, orange zest and cilantro. We played some games and then took Rick to the airport for a business trip.












It was a nice relaxing weekend and Athen was thrilled to spend it with his grandparents.

On Monday morning Athen and I headed to Livermore for swim class. Grandma and Grandpa B were able to come and watch on their way out of town to LA. Athen didn't do so good this week. He was fussy and distracted (we noticed one of his molars popped through that morning - poor little guy). Athen was sad to say good bye to his grandparents and has missed all the attention since.

We headed over to my mom's house for the day. My mom and I made homemade corn tortillas, shredded chicken, guacamole, and made tacos for lunch with all the fixins. We ate lunch on the back porch as Athen played around for a bit. We spent the day being lazy as well as doing some sewing. We made pillow cases for Athen as samples for my up coming RS meeting activity.





This is how Athen lets me know he is done eating - he sticks food in his ear or up his nose. What a cutie pie.


Athen loves his new Phil & Ted stroller. He makes vrrrrr vrrrrr noises and tries to get in while still in the house.


This is my big boy headed to play group with his lunch box. Isn't he precious!