Spring

Spring has been here for about a month or more, but I guess we've been enjoying it too much to be posting pictures. This is all the Azaleas blooming in our front yard - they looked like this until about a week ago. Here are a few other recent pictures I really like:

We have a water fountain in our backyard that attracts all sorts of animals and birds. This is the kids watching out the window with their binoculars. (Can you see Grace's outfit? Refer to the post entitled "Personalities". You can also click on these pictures to see a bigger version)

The fam taking a break at the Memorial Park Arboretum. It is so pretty here!

Kolaches - a roll filled with either savory or fruit fillings - are really big here and we love them. Obvious by the one-in-each-hand approach Grace is using. I love how she looks like she is just relishing them. 

Spring Break '08

This picture pretty much sums up our last week. I had all these big plans for having a great, fun week and none of it, and I mean NONE of it happened. First it rained so we took advantage of that and cleaned up the house so we could have fun the rest of the week. Next, our fridge went out, so we waited for it to be delivered all day. No big deal, we went to lunch with dad and watched some movies. Then Collin slept for 13 hours and woke up crying with a fever of 102.5 and after that we basically didn't leave the house for 5 days. Jon even got Good Friday off and we got to do taxes and plant some trees. The only thing that saved us was our Ukrainian Easter Egg box. We have been doing them for about a week now and have some great ones. I will post some pictures when we are done. 

By the way, this is the lunch that Grace made for us that we took up to Collin. She has been quite a little chef lately, which is it's own blog in itself. So, stay tuned . . . 

A Little Bit Country . . .

We're pretty much Rock 'n Roll sort of people, but this weekend we got a little bit country at the Houston Rodeo. It touts itself as being the worlds largest Rodeo event and anyone who's anyone in the Rodeo scene knows about it. Jons company, CMA Design gave us tickets to the event. We knew about the Rodeo from when we lived here a few years ago, but had never been and we ended up having a great time.  Basically all we did was eat, walk around, eat and watch the rodeo! Who knew Rodeos were so fun!! In the bareback bronco riding division, there were quite a few Utahns, which we cheered hard for. In fact, the announcer said, "Utah is hot tonight!". 

Our favorite, and everyone else's it seemed like was a guy named Houston Hutto. I think that is the coolest name I've heard in a while. We weren't really sure what to expect, so we got there in the afternoon and we definitely regreted getting there so late. As we were leaving, Collin was already choosing his outfit for next year by saying . . . "Next year I'm not coming unless I wear my cowboy boots and get a cowboy hat" - even though Jon threatened to disinherit him if he turns into a cowboy.

      

These are us feasting on beignets and Jethro on a smoked turkey leg. 

                                     

This was my favorite attraction at the Rodeo - a diesel that is one big, ginormous BBQ!! Everything's bigger in Texas!

Generations

I got some great pictures when we were in Utah. I went to my Grandma Pridays house for lunch and she had this picture on her fridge. I love it. It is my Great Grandma Farnsworth baking rolls, at 91 years old,  after she had come home to Beaver after having a stroke. On the back of the picture she had written, "Yes! I have made bread today! I am happy!" I guess I have a lot of her genes in me because 1. I LOVE BREAD!!! and 2. I have been on a quest for the last 2 or 3 months to find a perfect roll recipe. I hope I am still baking and that happy and healthy at 91!!

      

These are both 4 Generation pictures. The first is Collin, Jon, Grandpa Bybee and Great Grandpa Bybee. The second is Grace, me, Grandma Peer and Grandma Priday.