Utah Times & Post-Utah Times

Well, Ethan and I have been back for almost a week now and life is back to normal in Rochester. We really enjoyed our time with my family in Utah and all the relaxing we got to do. We got out of there before it started snowing, which is good for us since we get to experience that a lot here anyway (though nothing has stuck to the ground for at least a month... knock on wood). We didn't get a picture of all the Bruford family like I had hoped, but we had a great time with all of my extended family for Tyler's birthday. I'm sure it was everything he had hoped for for a 32nd birthday. My sister flew in just a few days before we left, so our time with her was short, though we'll get to see her in just a couple weeks down in Virginia for Easter.

Things are going well here in our home. Ben and I have both been busy with work, and yesterday was the first day that nothing was really on our agenda other than work for me at 6pm. We spent the majority of the day doing yard work. We bought a leaf blower the other day, but we mostly raked and bagged about 6 large bags of old leaves from the fall. Yeah, we won't make that mistake again next fall. Ben had already bagged about 8 bags prior to our trip to Utah, and I think we've still got about 8 or so bags worth of junk in the yard. It'll be nice to finally be able to plant some things in our little garden patch and herb garden, though I should check a farmer's almanac since I don't have the greenest of thumbs. While raking up some leaves we were able to spot some green sprouts coming out of the dirt. Not sure as to what everything is, but it definitely means that Spring is on it's way! The weather has been nice for the most part, though I shouldn't have washed the cars yesterday since it rained today, but that's just my luck.

Anyway, enough of my boring home life. Here are some pictures while we were in Utah and one from back home.

I tried to get a photo shoot with Ethan in my parent's yard, but this is what he thought of the idea.


Ethan was kind of a punk to all my family members at first, but he eventually warmed up... I think.


Ethan got to spend a little time with his cousin Stella and they got into all sorts of shenanigans.


This bookshelf in my parents house is a hot spot for babies.


Ethan has discovered the stairs in our home, so we have finally baby-proofed the stairs both top and bottom. We have a video of him climbing them for the first time that maybe we'll post. It's a little long though.