Rocklond helping

Well we finished putting in a border around or front tree.

for how simple it looks it was actually a two day project that involved digging out a lot of grass and dirt. 

Rocklond and John were a big help in getting it all done. 

I tried really hard to make it look good this included me using a measuring tape to place the stones around the tree instead of just eyeballing it like i usually do. 

oh ya and here is my prego belly  for those of you who have been asking.  I am 31 weeks in this picture.  The pregnancy has been going really.  We don't have a name picked out yet.  But we do know it is going to be a boy.  I am due April 28th  

We also finally got our wheat grinder! we bought a years supply of wheat back in November and we finally got the grinder to be able to do something with it. 

Rocklond like to help scoop wheat in to be ground into flour. I was surprised he wasn't scared by the noise because he is still scared of the vacuum and blow dryer. 

Electric car

Rocky and I went and test drove some electric cars the other day. John and I have been shopping for a second car lately and I decided that the best way for john to never complain that I fill up my car as much as he does it to get a car that doesn't take any gas. this Idea mainly came from my uncle Johnny who built his own electric truck. here is a link to his website http://www.johnsavesenergy.com/6.html
anyways I did a search for electric cars in Houston and came accross. houstonelectriccars.net  So the next chance I got we drove down and test drove a few.
the first one that we tried you might recognize as the antagonistic car from Mr Bean. I was so happy that I got to drive this one. it had a surprising amount of leg and head room  but my arm rested right on the door.  I felt like it was my first time driving because the car kept jerking back and forth as I tried to get used to how it accelerated.  this car was already probably not going to be my choice because it can't go on the freeway and I really would like to be able to make it to church and back which requires freeway driving.

Rocklond thought it was a really cool car and enjoyed the ride.  

 the next car we drove was this little 30 year-old-French car. It was a much smoother ride and could get up to 65mph or more. I didn't drive it that fast because the breaks need to be fixed and so I was a little concerned about the stopping abilities it had.   my main concern with this car was that the seat belts in the back would probably not work with a car seat. if I could even fit a car seat in it.

 we were a little limited in what we could drive becasue I needed something with more than two seats. It looks like if this plan is going to work then we will have to find a lightweight donor car.  I am still very excited about this plan and so blessed to have this little dealership so close to me where they will convert a car over for me if I can get one that is the right size.

                                
now enough about the green vehicles lets look at my beautiful almost green yard.

every day I go out and work on this mess for about an hour. so far it really hasn't changed too much. 

i decided to tackle the box area because I sort of knew what I wanted to do to fix it. 

I moved a total of four of the bushes that were planted around the box. some of them I only transplanted about 6-8 inches away from their old homes.  but they were so close to the box that they were right up against the cement base of the box and I just thought they needed a little more room to grow. I cut out a bunch of grass to make it look like we wanted it to be there not just and accident. I think I might get some litle flowers to brighten this up.  

On each side of the box I moved a bush back and added a rose bush in it's place. I hope that they will grow to cover the box and add some more color.  I added a nice manure to the dirt when I was transplanting to give the plants some much needed nutrients.  hopefully this will help them grow a lot so they will eventually hide the box completely. 

 all of the grass that I cut away from the box I transplanted to cover this flower bed. I decided that the flower bed was just too much for our already busy lawn. I think it will look better with the grass going all the way up to the front walkway. I am not sure what we are going to do to the area in front of the windows.  maybe after I finish everything else it will come to me what will look best in that space.

Temple

Temple

John and I went to the temple this last week and i also taught a lesson on moms and dad's in preschool that talked about how moms and dad's get married in the temple. 

So today Rocklond was talking about what he is going to be like when he is big ( he is a little obsessed with wanting to be bigger) I asked him if he was going to get married when he gets bigger. 

 he got a big smile and said "yes, Temple"  I was thrilled that he remembered what the temple was for. 

I then asked if he knew who he wanted to marry. He said "Hillary" (my sister) then he thought for a minute longer and said. "Jesus do it" I asked to clarify "you want Jesus to marry you and Hillary?"  he replied "yes"   

he is so sweet and is absorbing things like a sponge right now.  I was surprised he knew anything about the Temple.   

St. Barbara's

John and I went to a military ball on Friday.  It was a St. Barbara's formation  which John and I had never been to before. 

It was really funny because it was all scripted.  like they would say now time for a toast. and then people around the room would read from a paper the toast. 

they whole night was centered around this Toilet drink  called "the Grog".  no joke it took them about 30 minutes to go throw adding all of the ingredients and describing why they are symbolic.  all of them were alcoholic beverages. champagne, whiskey, Scotch, ect  then they added in a dirty green army sock and some pantyhose as well as a little margarita mix to give it a good color.  then the REST of the evening was coming up with ways to get people to go to the Grog and drink some. it ranged from not wearing the right color socks  to who put the wrong date on all of the tickets for the night. only soldiers participated. John was called up a few times But since we Don't drink he of course didn't go up. 

the dinner was really good. the best food I have ever had at a military function. we were in a beautiful ballroom at the Hilton. and we had a good time laughing with the friends we had at our table.  John and I went to a military ball five years ago we both have changed a lot in five years. 

 
We went together to this before we were even engaged.  the uniform john is wearing in this picture he was fitted for when he was seventeen. he could hardly keep the buttons from popping off back then and so this year lucky they let them just dress up nice if they couldn't fit in their class A's.

here is our little rock he love to get all dressed up in a hat and scarf ever since a lesson I taught in preschool.

He also likes to help me cook. we made home-aide gram-crackers.  It sounded good but they turned out to taste like unrizen whole wheat bread. 

And here are my three little Preschool boys. they are having snack time.