Grandma Doot

We had a great visit with Grandma Doot this past weekend. Mya just loved her. She even said "grama" a few times. Mya's vocabulary is really growing. Today...she finally said "Love you." It sounded more like "lud you," but I'll take it. I have been working on that one for weeks.

We appreciate all that Cathy did for us this weekend. Probably more than she knows. Tim and I don't date much. Why you might ask? Well, finding people to watch Mya within their busy schedules is a little hard. We finally found a couple that we think we will be able to trade with, but it is different leaving Mya with a sitter than it is with a grandma. Grandma took Mya to the park a couple of times, the zoo once, and the even the bakery once. Lucky girl. Lucky us. This allowed us to have some time to ourselves. It was nice to be together in a quiet "non-Mya" setting.

We took several pictures of the zoo, but I know we just posted pictures of the Fort Worth Zoo a few months back, and the pictures aren't much different. I only posted two of the pictures from the zoo. The first one because I wanted to show everyone Mya's favorite means of transportation and the second to show how much she loved the monkeys on this visit to the zoo. The monkey came right up and tapped on the window. He looked at Mya; Mya looked at him. Love at first sight. Or maybe the monkey was in love with the banana in Mya's hand. And maybe Mya thought the monkey was a bear. Who knows?

We also enjoyed delicious food with Grandma Doot. We ate at our favorite restaurant in Salt Lake, Citrus Grill. Mya was an absolute terror and I am still embarrassed by her behavior, but we made it through dinner and enjoyed the few tasty morsels we had between her screams. We also had Eileen down for dinner on Sunday and ate a yummy roast followed by my famous blueberry/strawberry pie. It is my favorite pie I make. You can see from the picture below that it is Mya's favorite too. She definitely got a bath after the mess she made.

On our final day together, I took a half day at work. I can't even tell you how much I needed that. Cathy and I went to Home Depot and bought some pots and herbs to begin my first garden. I have always wanted to have a garden but don't know a thing about plants or flowers. Honestly, I am clueless. Every plant I tried to help my mom grow died in the burning Arizona heat. We gave up on gardens early on in my teenage years. Cathy helped me plant the herbs in pots. A guy at Home Depot even gave me a free tomato plant. My goal is to grow herbs, tomatoes and bell peppers. I don't have any ground to plant the veggies, so everything has to be planted in a pot. This limits how much I can grow, but I am excited for this new adventure. I think it will give me something to look forward to as silly as that might sound.

This is my favorite picture of the potted plants. We planted cilantro, parsley, basil, rosemary, thyme and tomatoes. I will keep you posted on the growing process. The plants have to remain indoors until the winter frost decides to leave Utah. My kitchen currently looks like a leafy rain forest. Oh well, I love all the green color.