A Freshly Sealed Porch

These are pictures of my latest weekend project which was sealing the back porch and stairs. Seth and I noticed when we moved in that most of our neighbor's porches, which are made out of cedar, had quickly become weather worn and turned from red/brown to gray. So, I got some cheap beeswax sealer from IKEA and I can't believe what a difference it made! Here are some before and afters:

BEFORE


AFTER

One of My Sucesses

So I decided to experiment with what I had for dinner the other night and it was so successful I'm making it again tomorrow night for a dinner party. This is a picture of Micki's version of Chicken Parmesan with mozzarella instead of parmesan and squash in the sauce that only Evie and I enjoyed because Seth was too chicken (no pun intended).

EEEK! SPIDER!!

So here is the really gross story of the season. About a week ago Seth went outside late at night to put the garbage can out on the curb. Not long after he goes out I hear him calling to me, "MICKI! Come quick! Come see this! Its HUGE and NASTY!" Naturally, I was questioning the wisdom in going outside to see what was so "huge and nasty." But, I did it anyway if only because he is my husband and I love him...most of the time. This was one of those times I loved him a little less for making me go outside to see the biggest, most scary looking tarantula I have ever seen crawling up the side of our house. We both agreed that killing it would be long and really, really gross so Seth knocked it down into a plastic tub and kept it in the garage. I didn't go into the garage for days while it was down there. Ewww, it makes me shudder just thinking about it. But finally last tuesday we took it miles, and miles, away into a corn field and let it go. This is where Seth took these pictures.

Waiting at the temple

So I had the fun job of watching over Orion, Aurora, and Evie while Brandi, Dustin and the rest of our awesome family got to go see cute Courtnee get married! We had so much fun waiting outside and in the children's room. Here are some pictures I snapped. They are poor quality but you get the idea.

Food Co-Op

So I picked up my first batch of food from my food co-op. I was so excited! I can't wait to cook with it!