This week we went into the seldom used bathroom (Brooke's bathroom) and I was washing my hands and noticed a plant growing out of the drain. Now I'm not going to name names, but I suspect that someone (Lani) has some seeds on their hands when they washed them! I left it for now because I'm interested to see how much it will grow. I haven't checked it in a few days, but hopefully it's going strong. We're so green in our house!
On Monday we went for a walk over to the new park. On the way we saw the materials for another house delivered. I took a picture because I think it's quite interesting and I've never shown it before. They pre-build all the walls somewhere, and then they write on them where they go and deliver them in a big pile. I suppose it's a lot faster to build the same house in a single location and then ship the walls out all over the country. No wonder why these houses are going from foundation to built in almost a week!
We got to the park and I took Brooke on the swings. She absolutely loves swings! She does like the baby swings that she can sit in on her own the most though. Monica says that when she takes her to the park Brooke will frequently sit in the swing for an hour.
One morning when we got to the park for our morning run there was fog all over. The park is a little dipped down from the neighborhood, and the fog was filling up the park to the brim!
The big BYU v. Utah rivalry was this Saturday. It was a game that came right down to the wire with BYU scoring with just a few seconds left. We had the option to tie the game, or go for two and win it. Let me say that in all of BYU's games I can remember I recall exactly 0 games in which we were down by 1 and went for a 2 point conversion and won the game. I can, however, remember at least 2 games in which we were down one, and lost because we went for the two point conversion... Sigh. The worst part was that a guy in our ward said he'd bring me a box of Horizon Organic Cheese Cow Head crackers if BYU won! I don't think Sitake realized the stakes when he made that call!
But on the bright side, this week Monica finished up our new pantry! And here it is!
Here's the view with some of the doors open. There's a divider in the top so it's 2 separate compartments.
And here's a close up of the back of the doors. The top two have mesh in them because we're going to keep potatoes and onions in them, and those need to be open to the air. The bottom ones we put in custom cut glass. And if you've never cut glass before, let me tell ya! They're definitely not specific enough, and the direction you pull the blade matters. I cut the first piece the wrong way and shattered it. Then I cut the second one just right, and when I picked it up to put it in the door I picked it up by the corner and the corner snapped out... So it only took 4 planes of glass to make our 2 doors. But we did them!
We also put a wall strap on the back and connected it to the wall so Brooke can't tip it over! We brought it in today (we were waiting for the paint to dry a full 24 hours) and Monica started to fill it up! See ya Walmart book shelf (it's now Monica's shoe shelf). (I-Monica, just want to give a quick shout out to Alex for making this amazing pantry cupboard because I was so specific of exactly how I wanted it and he made it PERFECTLY!!)
Also of special note, Brooke loves hangers. Like, sit on the bed and gnaw on them love. That's how she occupied her morning while mom and dad got ready for church!
That's all for this week! Hope everyone is doing great!
P.S. Brooke Crawling
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