September, September...

I feel like I have been very busy, but I couldn't tell you what I have been doing. Right now I am in my last week of my last class at school. WHOO HOO! Then next month I will be doing my externship then hopefully I will be able to find a good job so I can use this education (and pay for it!). David always said when I graduated he would get me a new car, and lo and behold there is a new car in my driveway right now! It is a brand new Kia Sportage and I LOVE it so very much. It gets so much better gas milage than the old Chrysler, and I am not afraid of it falling apart on me. Because even if it does it's under warranty for the next five years!

On to more interesting subjects...

I know I always talk about how much Bryar is learning and how she is growing, but I am constantly amazed with her! The last couple weeks she has been very focused on learning colors. She is getting quite good, she know most of them and I think her favorite is yellow. This morning when we went out for our walk she said "Oh Honey look at the blue flower!".

Yes indeed it was a very pretty, very blue Morning Glory. Aunt Jan gave me some seeds for Mothers Day and I was afraid I planted them too late, but they started blooming yesterday. They even went through the fence so now our neighbor can enjoy them as well.

Rowynn.... She is just cute! I took the girls to their well child visits last week and she weighed like

14.6 lbs! And she is trying so very hard to crawl right now...

Just cute, that is all I have to say about that!

David is working hard, as always. And he has another side project in the works. Quilting frames! He is trying to sell them on KSL for a little side money (there are some new tools he has his eyes on). The first one went to his Nana, of course, as a birthday gift.

So here is where I will leave you until next time. I hear a baby that just woke up from her nap...



Here kitty kitty kitty...

This is Tinkerbelle.

She is a 9 month old kitty who needed a new home when her owners allergies became too much to bear.

I found her on KSL along with a list of "benefits".

Declawed

Spayed

Immunized

Used to children

She came with all the fixings, litter box, litter, food, dishes.

And she was FREE!

She has quite the attitude.

She is very playful.

And Bryar LOVES her.

A lot.

Maybe too much?

Anyways, welcome to the family, Tinkerbelle!

End of Summer Already?

Really? Summer is already over? Where did it go? The kids are already back in school! I have a little sister in 1st grade, one in 4th, one in 7th, one in 10th, one in 12th, a brother in 2nd and a BIL in 10th! Holy cow pies I feel oldish....

Well, we here at the Bahns house have been trying to make the most of the warm weather. Like sleeping in your underwear...

We have been so busy with work and school and all that so we have not really gone anywhere. Just hanging around here...

Bryar is getting to be so grown-up. She trys to be a big help and she makes a good big sister.

Rowynn just keeps growing. She is a pretty happy baby, she just REALLY prefers to be held. And she loves Bryar so much, she always has a big smile for her sister...

But she doesn't like that carseat!

AND she sucks her thumb to put herself to sleep. Aawww....

Flowers in my Garden

Now, we only have a relatively small space outside our backdoor with a porch and a little dirt patch that I can do whatever I want with. So, of course, I planted a bunch of flowers in the dirt patch and have three big planters on the porch. When the pansies I planted in the Spring finally gave up I went to Lowes and found some Petunias, and some on clearance at Wal-Mart that looked half dead. But I brought them home, pruned them a little, gave them some food and water and they are getting HUGE!! And I must say, I LOVE the way Petunias smell...

I also have this bright pink Geranium that my Great Grandma Bunot gave me for Mother's Day...

And this variety of Dahlia I found at Wal-Mart kinda reminds me of a lion...

And these are Salvia, I think... Whatever they are we just really like the bright red, and they have bloomed all summer.

Next year I hope to plant the front flower bed, also. I just really like the way it feels to come home and see my little space overflowing with all these pretty things...

Rowynn's Photo Shoot

Really, I was just bored and she looked adorable, so I grabbed the camera and snapped a few pics! The cute little outfit she got from Nana Carolyn.

Dirt, Bugs, & Marshmallows

Last weekend we went up to Blacksmith Fork to do some camping with friends. We had a pretty cool spot next to the "river" (I use the term loosely) where we could get right into it and the kids could play. It was hotter than hot, even up in the mountains that weekend, so the river was a nice diversion. We had GIANT marshmallows, dirt everywhere, the smell of a campfire that permeated us so deep I think my cells still smell smokey, and a good deal of fun.

(looking across the water from our campsite)

The water was SO cold, but we got used to it fast. David just jumped right in a few times...

(dirty from a 4-wheeler ride up the mountain)

(Bryar is ready for some marshmallows!)

Adventures in Cooking...

So, those who know me well know my complete aversion to any green, leafy, grown in the dirt, or otherwise "healthy" foods. I realize this is a problem. I have never had any real health problems due to my eating habits, but I'm sure something will sneak up on me eventually. And I need my girls to eat well, too, so I was trying to think of a way to get our veggie on. And while wandering through Kohl's the other day I found this!

Hooray! I picked it up five bucks and set out the next day to buy the ingredients. I started with carrots, butternut squash, and bananas (we really like bananas here, anyway). Then they had to be pureed. That is something I have never done before. I didn't even know we actually owned a vegetable peeler... And while steaming the carrots I got burned OW! The squash turned out so nice, and I was so proud of myself , I took a picture of it!

The carrots were not as willing, and after about 10 minutes I had kind of mostly pureed orange stuff...

But anyways I measured them all out and threw them in the freezer for future use. The following Sunday we used the carrot puree to make turkey burgers, and they were delicious! Still could taste the carrots, but it wasn't overwhelming. Then I attempted Mac' n Cheese with butternut squash. It was really good, defiantly a lot better than the kind out of a box. I made Bryar some yogurt pops with a berry mix, but she didn't take to them...

Other than attempting to cook, the last few weeks have seemed really busy. I have one class this month (two next month), working PT at the ODEE World kiosk, and chasing after these girls while trying to keep some semblance of order in the house is enough to keep me moving. David is working hard as ever, and then comes home and helps out around the house and with the girls.

And speaking of awesome husbands... My David won us tickets to the Nickelback concert in October♥ And then I found out they are coming with Three Days Grace, and I was so excited I had to restrain myself from jumping up and down in a public place. He also won tickets to a Great White concert here in Ogden, and we went to that last Friday night. It was a great night out with dancing and loud music and ears ringing...

Bryar is still enjoying playing outside in the water, and when her little splash pad broke Mam-ma Jill bought her a new one. A better one!

We have plans to go camping this weekend with some friends. It will be the first time we have gone camping in about 3 years, so we are really looking forward to it. Should be fun...