Quail, Oregon Trip and More

So Wes got his way and on Wednesday night last week we ate Quail.

Here they are preprepared.

Us eating them. The person that loved them the most was Novalee.



Wes said he remembered them tasting better camping.

I thought they were too chewy. I also couldn't get over how little they were, like baby birds. Here one is dangling over the plate. Ew.

I'm pretty sure Jared didn't even try them. But hey it was an experience.

Trip to Oregon this Weekend.

While traveling, people kept asking me how I was able to travel with three small children.

Perhaps because I was blessed and they were little angels. Here's proof.

Happy to be in Oregon!

Hangin' with the cousins.

Meeting Sadie...

While up in Oregon it just so happened to be my brother's graduation from the Oregon Culinary Institute.

We are all very proud of him!

While in Oregon I got to go eat out several times. I really enjoy food and good company.

The first place we ate at was Ochoa's Mexican Restaurant. I have been wanting to eat there since I first noticed it in Hillsboro about a year ago. So I was excited to eat there.

Huge plates, average Mexican food.

The next day I went to breakfast with my friend Desha. We ate at Down to Earth Cafe in Multnomah Village. I have been wanting to stop in and eat there for years. Totally worth it. My Chicken Breakfast Burrito was so delicious! (Sorry, no shots of me oinking out.)

Then after my brothers graduation we went to Swagaths, fine Indian Cuisine. So so good.

The best part was that the Indian food made my dad very uncomfortable. I know, I know, I'm heartless but we were all laughing so much. It was mostly funny because it wasn't even that spicy.

This is really sweat on his face. Crazy.

And yes he does have the linen napkins tucked in his shirt.

While the people serving us thought he was funny, I don't think they preferred him wrapping himself up in the linens. So they gave him a huge stack of paper napkins while telling him at the same moment that they would go turn up the Air Conditioner. Ha!

(You can see him in the background in the corner, wiping his face yet again.)

It totally reminded me of the scene from Along Came Polly where they are at the Indian Restaurant and he is just sweating a ton.


Here is the link if you need to see the clip of the movie. It's so funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um_GKVKLmLc


And just for fun.


(Novie is faking, so this is staged. Don't worry, we don't let Sadie sleep with her big sister yet.)

Kind of Similar

Only I had the advantage of knowing what both Wes and I looked like when we were born. Which gave me the advantage of knowing what Sadie would look like. (The only thing that was a surprise was her deep blue eyes.)

I wish I had a picture of Wesley when he was an infant. But here is a picture of me that I got this weekend while I was in Oregon and one of Sadie. Sadie's a little older in her picture but I think they have similarities.

A lot of her is definitely Crockett and a lot of her is Vessey. Which makes sense, considering Wes and I had similar features as infants. Luckily that changed with age. :)

Maybe sometime I will get a photo of Wesley as a baby and add it to this so everyone can see how much she looks like a Crockett too. That is definitely apparent when you look at Wes' baby photos.

Sadie's One Month Check Up

Today Sadie had her one month well baby check up.

When she went in on September 13th, she weighed 7lbs and 8 oz. She was 19 and 3/4 inches long.

Today on October 12th she weighs 10 pounds. She is 21 and 3/4 inches long. And she has a head circumference of 15 inches.

Yahoo for my growing baby!

International Wildlife Museum & More

Here are a couple more photos of Sadie at her four week mark.

So at about 3:00am that night I was taking care of Sadie and I had to take some photos of her faux hawk. I just love it!






I also just have to say that I'm glad we didn't spend a ton of money on a crib or a pack N play because this is the ONLY way Sadie stays asleep at night.

Oh yes, she is sleeping in her carseat, in the pack N play.

She is so cute in the morning.

One of her first smiles.

Okay onto the International Wildlife Museum.

Yesterday, Saturday October 9th 2010 we made plans to go to the Reid Park Zoo but it was so packed that we decided to go to the International Wildlife Museum instead and then afterwards drive up to the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch.

Here are some of the photos taken at the Museum.

What a character :)

This is one hungry alligator.

Jared's eager to assist the alligator in eating Novalee.



Grandma with Sadie in her Easter Bonnet. Not super cute but we were trying to protect her from the sun.



Ferrets do like to snuggle...



Our family outside the museum



Here are the kids by the pond outside the museum.



At some point after this picture was taken, Novalee slipped into the pond and came out with pond scum all over her, most particularly on her bum.

So instead of going to feed ostriches we had to go home. Too bad too because I was really looking forward to feeding the fastest flightless bird.

And tonight. We wanted to get Sadie in her PJs.

(My husband is so handsome)

She doesn't really like airplane and Wesley looks a little nervous about potential bird droppings from above, which is weird since we're inside. ;)



Mommy and baby.

She is getting so big. Sometimes I wish it didn't go by so fast.

Her smile tonight was so adorable.

Four Weeks

Sadie's four weeks today. It has gone by extremely fast. She already seems so big to me.

Here are a couple of things about her.

Things she doesn't like:

1. Mommy consuming cow milk

2. Mommy consuming soda

3. Not being held by someone

Things she does like:

1. Being naked

2. The sound of water

3. Staying up until 11pm and then sleeping in, in the morning

Things we like about her:

1. Her faux hawk. I know she is a girl but it sure is cute!

2. Her kissable chubby cheeks

3. Her silly grin, even if it is from air bubbles stuck in her tummy

Who are we kidding, we love everything about her!

Wesley's Quail Hunt

Wesley is currently on his second rotation for his final year in Optometry school. He is working with Dr. Edmonds, a contact lens specialist. Not only is Wesley learning some amazing things to help him become a better optometrist, he also gets to enjoy the work day with Dr. Edmonds a fellow hunter.

For a while now they have been talking about going to see Dr. Edmonds ranch and site in Wesley's gun. So yesterday was the day.

Here are a couple of photos.





The Quail are currently in the freezer. If Wesley's plans come to fruition. I will have my first quail by the end of the week.

Naturally Drawn to Water

There is something definitely special about Arizona, or perhaps everywhere.

But I have never seen so pronounced before until I moved to Arizona, how much things are drawn to water.

Let me share some examples.

Example 1: While swimming in the pool this last Saturday. (Yes, for you Oregonians, the non-heated pools here are still warmer than the heated pools in Oregon during the summer.) :)

Anyways, while swimming in the pool Jared started yelling, "A Spider! A Spider is in the pool!"

I looked over to see not a small spider but a very large spider trying to conquer the pool filter.

The poor little fella probably thought the pool looked like a nice place to get a drink and then got overpowered by the waves we were making.

While I didn't get a shot of it in the water, I did get Wesley to capture it for picture purposes.

Say hello to the icky Wolf Spider.



Example 2:
That same night after the men in the family went to the priesthood session of conference, we had a dust storm in Casa Grande. Follow by none other than Rain.

That night the boys and Novalee went hunting for frogs. These frogs burrow themselves into the ground or other resting place and wait and wait and wait. Since it is Casa Grande where it rains very little, sometimes they wait a long time for the rain to come.

Finally when it does they come out and enjoy.






Example 3:
Monday morning about to finish up my shower, all nice and relaxed from the cleansing water, I reached for the hair conditioner, only to immediately have all the muscles in my body tense up. Why, you might ask.

Well this little guy is not normally hiding behind the conditioner.



Who can blame him for being drawn to the water.

I couldn't kill him, crickets are supposedly good luck ;) but it might have been a better fate than what he is now consigned to.

He currently is the pet of the week for one of our children.

Hey, maybe a peanut butter jar is a nice place to live...except perhaps when a particular three year old decides it would be fun to throw the jar down the hall only to have it land on the hard floor.

My Final Example: This morning Novalee and I heard a strange noise outside only upon investigation to discover...



Pretty neat. And I would have to say that both Novalee and I are drawn to water.
We both love it so much.



About three minutes later, this is what the sky looked like above our apartment.


Pretty neat.

The only person that didn't really think it was that cool was dear little Sadie who had to wait to be feed so we could enjoy the rain. Poor thing.



And on a spiritual note, I can't help but think of a few scriptures that might illustrate why things in nature, including us, are drawn to water.

John 6: 35
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

John 7: 37
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

John 4: 13-15
13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into ceverlasting life.
15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

Hmmm...I wonder...