weekend adventurers

There's something about a bright spring weekend that makes us want to try new things. I somehow convinced Andre to put aside his homework and have some fun adventures this weekend.

Look! We wore shorts! and no coats! What a day!

Our weekend kicked off with Soccer Saturday--a pick-up game in the morning and the Real Salt Lake game in the afternoon--my first professional soccer game. Andre may have quietly cheered for the Colorado Rapids, but at least we didn't get beat up by RSL fans!

We kept trying new things with our festive St. Patrick's day dinner on Sunday. I woke up from my tired and pregnant Sunday nap to find Mr. Kitchen Adventurer creating new roll and jello (green, of course) recipes. What a champ!

Sunday thoughts

+ Shamrock shakes are back, people! Even the non-mint fan Kaiser kids were impressed.

+ We were at a dinner this week where these boys were honored. Almost all of them are getting ready to serve missions soon. What an inspiration! (read the article, its a good one)

+ We are in the process of organizing/purging everything we own. 2 bags to DI, 2 bags of trash, and some stuff pawned off on friends. Cleansing feels so good.

+ I ordered a steak salad this week. I feel my family will really appreciate the progress I am making. Steak! Andre has helped, and now I am actually ordering it at restaurants. Progress!

+ the perfect Sunday mornings are a little bit of sleeping in, spring rain showers, and relaxing with scriptures and journals. Thank you, stake conference, for giving us a break from early Sunday mornings.

+ oh yeah, our baby is a BOY! We are so excited and a little overwhelmed. But mostly excited. Little baby sunday shirts! miniature swim trunks! bow ties!

Because every blog post should have a picture--from our Colorado trip a few weeks ago

law school update

André has three great offers from law schools around the country and we are waiting to here back from two more schools. We're visiting a few more campuses in the next month and hoping to make a decision by April. Exciting times and big changes ahead!
So proud of André and all his hard work!

Coming Soon...

We are thrilled/excited/overwhelmed/blessed to become parents and can't wait to meet our little one!

Triumphs and Tragedies

from the past week:
Tragedies:

• Sick husband. All the time.
• Sitting in a Monday morning work meeting this week, I realized my skirt was on inside out. A quick switch in the bathroom means (hopefully) no one noticed.
• A quiche gone horribly wrong for dinner group. Luckily, we have patient friends.

Triumphs:

• Andre scored a goal in his first intermural soccer game of the season.
• I tried a new barre workout. It kick my tush, but the endorphins were great. So, triumph.
• French vanilla hot chocolate every cold morning at work.
• The good news from law schools just keeps coming!
• And this. Total triumph. hello, bulk goods!

weekends are made for...

cupcake and art museum dates
morning temple trips
broncos games
movie nights
late night chats with friends
sunday inspiration
laughing too much at game night
snuggles with husbands

 not a bad weekend, I would say.

top ten for san diego

in no particular order:
1. Rekindling my childhood dream of being a whale trainer at Seaworld. I was giddy during the entire Shamu show.

2. Eating delicious Mexican food. 30 miles north of the border, baby!

3. Celebrating Christmas with the Kaisers, complete with my very first pair of Christmas Eve pajamas

4. Getting (intentionally) swarmed by a herd of lorikeets. In a great moment, one even pooped on Andre.

5. Playing on the beach. In December!

6. Baby pandas. And elephants. And penguins.

7. Falling asleep at 11 on New Year's Eve to be woken up for a midnight toast. Also, NYE fireworks at Seaworld.

8. Visiting the beautiful San Diego Temple

9. Seeing Usain Bolt's 100 meter dash world record shattered. By a cheetah.

10. Spending 10 days in a place that is at least 40 degrees warmer than the frozen tundra we came back to.

California, you are good for the soul. Thanks for a refreshing and relaxing trip, Kaisers!