The Donation

I finally got my first real haircut since Jr High! About time, eh? Here's what I sent to Locks of Love.

The new Do. My sister-in-law Tara cut it and she did great! Sadly, I can't style it well on my own. I struggle with mirrors... You should have seen me try hot rollers. Very bad idea.

Canada Day 2009

We had our first Canada Day last week and we loved it!

In the morning we went to the Citadel with the Billos. We liked watching the guards marching and seeing the 21 gun salute. We saw the Tattoo parade which was awesome. There were military bands from several different countries. There was even a marching bassoon in the Belgian band :) I loved that the parade was all music and not just local advertising and a bunch of kids riding their bikes. We went to the Commons and ate lunch while watching a fun dog show. After that it was time to head back home so that Adam could continue studying for the boards. Blah. :(

Later in the evening we went to a BBQ with ward friends and loved getting to see everyone. We cut out on the fireworks so that we could put Ryan to bed. It was sad to miss them!!

Ryan was a true patriot!

Though this has nothing to do with Canada Day I thought I'd let you see what Ryan's new favorite treat is. Oh man does he get bad onion breath!

Front Page Story

We have good news. At 10 months old Ryan now sleeps through the night! We've been letting him cry it out for almost 3 weeks now. I guess he was just ready now, because it finally worked. (We've tried it several times in the last 5 months.) Now he usually falls alseep within 1/2 hour of us putting him down, and mostly just fusses rather than screams for that time. He wakes up and cries in the night some, but mostly he's doing well and sleeping for 9 hours! Maybe in 3 more weeks he'll actually go down peacefully and want to go to sleep. :) Or maybe our trip to Utah will ruin him. Who knows?

DDS1 We're Done!!

Adam just got his letter yesterday saying he's officially passed his first year of dental school. (We already knew that, but it was nice to read the words anyway.) Way to go Adam! Just 3 more years Dr. T.

Hey Lyla, wanna go on a date?

Adam had already styled Ryan's hair in the bathtub and we'd taken this photo before we saw your blog, Julia, but I couldn't resist.

Anniversary

We celebrated our 4th Anniversary on the 20th. Adam had the idea that we should cook a lobster for our "date" (with Ryan). We headed to Sobeys and bought one live. We'd read that you should pick a fiesty one out of the tank, so we chose one that was moving all around. Ryan loved the little lady. He chased it all over the kitchen and we had to keep pulling him away.

Adam wanted me to do the honors of putting it in the pot of boiling water, but once we cut the elastics off its claws I chickened out. It was squirming in my hands and I felt like a murderer and made him do it. Cold-hearted. I think Ryan was mad that we killed his friend because he complained for our entire dinner.

I've had lobster before, but had forgotten how scrumptious it was! We LOVED it. Definitely messy! And by the way, don't try to buy lobster scissors at the dollar store. They bent on the first attempt at cutting....

The next night we got a babysitter so that we could go to the temple. Ryan was a good boy and played the whole time with Meghan, one of the dental students in Adam's class. Thanks Meghan!

Adam Has Big Mussels

Since we live near the ocean it's high time we had some seafood! We made some mussels tonight and had potato leek soup and a baguette with them. They were oh so yummy. Wonder how long our house will smell for...