Spring has begun!

The weather here has been debating between winter and spring but more lately we've been able to enjoy more pleasant spring days and it just makes me so anxious for summer, or at least warmer weather! I'm so excited to be able to take Jacob outside more, either right in the backyard or out to a park or on a walk. It'll be even more fun once Jacob starts walking more and doesn't have to get all dirty crawling around the yard.

But for now I'm really enjoying the spring weather. And now that we have a house I love that we have tons of plants and flowers and trees that are blooming! And it's fun to watch them bloom because I have no idea what has already been planted in our yard, so I keep checking and everyday something else has budded up and bloomed more. But there's still a ton I need to learn about doing a garden and keeping my yard up, so that will be my summer project, haha. But the best part is most of these plants just grow on their own every year, so that already makes things so much easier! Here's what we have so far...

This tulip opened up really big one day like this but now it's closed up more again, but very pretty! I wish we had more of these!

pretty daffodils (I think!) And excuse all the dead plants in the background, still working on cleaning it up!

I don't know what this tree is called but I can tell it's going to be so pretty! We have 2 pink and 2 white trees like this!

And our lovely rhubarb plant is coming along- can't wait until we make some strawberry rhubarb pie!

And of course along with the warmer weather also means more barbeque for Luke! After he passed his CPA exams a few months ago he treated himself and bought a smoker. So practically every weekend since March he's been smoking up some new meat and is obsessed with trying to make the perfect bbq sauce recipe. Here's him smoking some ribs for us and his parents when they were out here last month. He's also done pulled pork, and several yummy chicken thighs but I guess I didn't take any other pictures of his great meals.

And so with all our yummy barbequing that we plan on doing this summer we needed a picnic table! So Luke and his dad took a few hours one Saturday when they were here last month and made us a beautiful 10 foot picnic table!

Yea, definetly enjoying the warmer weather and my very relaxing life right now!

Easter

We had a nice quiet Easter this year. We had beautiful weather for the weekend and mostly were just home and watched Conference. This was the first holiday that Jacob was celebrating for the second time and so I got him a little basket with some candies he could eat and let him dye eggs this year! I forgot to take pictures but I did get a video of him dying his eggs!

Jacob also recently went in for his first 'professional' pictures for his 1 year, but they're also kind of Easter-y so I'll add them here. The only thing was that he cried for about a half hour when I took him in, and I was finally able to get him to calm down by feeding him snacks in between shots. But a lot of eyes turned out red, but she was able to still get some good shots of him. But on Easter I decided to try taking my own shots at home and some of those turned out cute too! Anyway, so here's a ton of adorable pics of my boy!

Oh and by the way- Jacob also took his first steps on Easter! Three strong steps towards me! He actually has great balance and has been standing on his own for awhile, and pulling himself from squat to stand, and can even dance and bounce while standing! So not too much longer until he'll be walking!