To Cook a Meal

A person has to try not to have fun when Jason is around. Of course we have a blast playing, which we do a lot of each and every day. He is so much fun right now that I can't get enough of the little man. But, I have found one of my favorite things to do with him is cook. Sure things take much longer, the clean up is pretty intense, and things don't turn out all of the time........ but the fun is worth every second of it.

Holding the mixer down...... quite the helper.

Yesterday we started out the day by getting our bake on. We were bread makers for the morning. Jason loves to add things to the mixer. He smiles so big that it has to hurt. Then he sings this song he made up about helping. The words go something like this..... I help, I helping, helping ma ma, I helper......... you get the idea. The tune changes every time though. It is quite funny. Besides some wild flying flour, the bread making went very well. If I all I had to clean up was a little extra flour, it was a very clean attempt at cooking.





When evening rolled around we decided to go for the cheese soup that Gary suggested. Things were going very smoothly, that is until Jason decided to put his two cents in...... or should I say his flour. I had a nice roux going when BAM!!!! Jason decided it needed more flour. It wasn't just a little bit of flour, it was a lot of flour. I didn't want to have to start over, so I tried to make it work..... Plus I had already began to add some cheese. This is where it got really interesting. We ended up with a very flourful soup. It had a very strong flour taste, with a hint of cheese. We still ate it with the bread we made earlier in the day, but I think I will have to try that one again when Jason doesn't want to help quite so much.





It was such a good day of cooking with the boy. He even helps clean up. There is a song to go with that stage of cooking as well..... I am sure you can guess how it goes.... cleaning, I cleaning, I help ma ma clean....... It is basically the same as the helping song. So, after we cleaned up it was time to set the table. Jason is a pro at this. He does prefer to have all three settings in front of his seat though. I think he just sees more plates as an opportunity for more food.





I hope all of you are doing very well. We will continue to cook and I will try to catch some pictures between messy moments. Have a great rest of the week and enjoy the Super Bowl. I will have more next week (Jason and I will have to cook stuff for the game). Till then............

Newspaper article

This is what the Casper Star Tribune reported on the man the caused the weekends drama in our neighborhood........

Four cars hit in 6 minutes

Police on Saturday arrested a Casper man suspected of causing four hit-and-run crashes in six minutes while driving under the influence. Aaron Ray Phillips, 36, was booked on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident, drunken driving and marijuana possession, according to police. He was arrested after witnesses identified him as the driver of a Chevrolet Camaro that police say hit four cars in the area of South Beverly Street and Lexington Avenue about 3:40 p.m. on Saturday.One car had two people in it. The other three vehicles were unoccupied.Phillips, who has two prior driving under the influence arrests, refused to do field sobriety or breath tests and cursed at officers, police said. When asked how much he had to drink that day, he responded, "plenty," according to a police affidavit.Officers determined Phillips' drivers license had been suspended since June.

Phillips was one of 10 people arrested by Casper police over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence.


............................ My question is what is going to happen to the men that helped him flee the scene? And another biggy is why is he only being charged with 3 counts of leaving the scene of the accident, he hit 4 vehicles? He is such a loser.

Quick update

Baby is great!!!! His heartbeat is strong.... very strong. The little man is growing fast. Todays appointment went better than I could have hoped.

Colin wasn't able to come, so Jason and I were on our own. Jason was such a big boy. He even held the sound monitor that is used to hear the baby's heartbeat. It was awesome. After the appointment we had to go to the lab for a glucose test. This meant I had to drink a syrup and then wait an hour in the waiting room before having my blood drawn. Jason and I sat and read books the entire time. I can't really express how wonderful Jason was today. In total we spent 3 hours at the doctors office and the lab combined. He was tired when we were done, but an angel while we were there.

So, the new baby is in excellent condition............. we should start to expect him about two weeks early though. He is a big boy. There isn't much time left...... thank goodness. I will continue to update you on any changes........ Have a great week everyone............

Exciting, in a bad way

As all of my loyal readers know......... we live such exciting lives.... NOT!!!! I always have things to say about Jason, but I think most parents can go on for an infinite amount of time about their children. Then there are the weekends like this weekend when we get the pleasure of having guests.... this time it was my parents. As always there was a project. This weekend was a new storm door. By the way... thank you dad for the help with that. Our house will be like new very soon at this rate. Mom and I had a great time with Jason visiting and getting things done around town. Oh and might I say 3 handed pinochle is much more difficult than I ever remember it being as a little kid.... Colin won.





I know we had a lot happen just in the short bit I have already talked about, but all of that had a shadow cast over it yesterday afternoon. Dad, Mom, Colin, Jason and I were sitting in the living room visiting when a huge crash (it sounded a lot like rolling thunder) instantly changed the mood. It was only meer seconds before we realized that it was a wreck. The neighbors car (which was parked in front of our mail box) was moved almost in front of our driveway and shaking. Colin raced out with no coat or shoes and went around the corner of the house to find a camero smashed into a parked pickup at the bottom of the hill by our house. There was a man standing next to it that decided to jump in another vehicle and flee. Thank goodness for quick thinking by a group of our neighbors in writing down the licence plate of the vehicle that the man left in. After a few of us called 911, the wait was on.





Our neighbors (right next to us) had two vehicles hit by this man. Both were parked in front of their house on the street. One was only 2 months old. It wasn't pretty. If the car that was in front of the mail boxes hadn't been hit, our pickup would have been in the direct path of the camero. After hitting both of the neighbors cars the man driving the camero continued around the corner of our house, missing Colin work pickup by meer inches. Then after throwing a beer can out the window, he smashed a pickup that was parked across the street from Colin's work pickup. He hit the pickup so hard that it moved it of it's dry parking spot over the dry curb and through the corner of a privacy fence (a solid 4X4) and leaving it in another neighbors lawn. You would think the man would have stopped there, but, he tried to drive through the pickup spinning his tires. The front end of the car was mangled and shouldn't have even been running at this point. When he realized he couldn't go on, he exited the vehicle and jumped in with a friend of his that was following him watching the carnage.

Jason's interpretation of the events.

All of our neighbors and us walked up and down the street following his path. It was clear that something was wrong with the man, but we didn't know if it was drugs, alcohol, or even just pure stupidity. It looked like he was snaking down the road like a pinball trying to hit all of the vehicles.

A group of policemen taking statements in front of our house...... It took them a very long time to get there.

After some time passed an officer showed up revealing that the man had hit a vehicle one block from our house to start this drama. Then he sped up fleeing that scene and proceeded to perform on our street. We also found out that they had caught the man thanks to all of our calls and the quick thinking to write down the licence plate number and a detailed description of vehicle.

The cops finally show up..... picture taken from our deck.

This was the leading news story for each of our local television stations tonight. Evidently the man was drunk, very drunk. He is still in jail and will remain there until he sees the judge. I hope he stays there longer. He is being charged with 4 hit and runs and drunk driving..... he should get leaving the scene of an accident too, but there was nothing said about that. He could have killed someone so easily. There are usually children walking up and down these streets on the weekends but thank goodness the weather was so poor. It might have saved lives yesterday.

The tan car is the culprit. The pickup in the yard was initially in the dry spot that you can see behind the car.

It just sickens me to know that this happened right where we live...... I mean almost in our yard. We bought a house in a nice neighborhood so that we wouldn't have to deal with this crap. I know stuff like this can happen anywhere, but this is just another to write on the long list that we have collected in the two years we have lived in Casper. It is too frequent of an occurance for my liking. Obviously there is a pattern of things in this town. It is not acceptable. Those people that drive drunk are taking away every one else's right to safety, I hope they rot in prison.





Besides the one bad thing, the weekend was awesome. We love it when my parents are able to come down and we can just take it easy. Heck, we love it when anyone comes to visit. This is a subtle hint to all of you. I must go for now..... I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend and can't wait to hear how it went. I will write tomorrow evening to update you on the new baby's progress. By the way, thanks for the name suggestion Gary... but do you have more suggestions for baby names? We love the input on that subject.......... Till next time......................

The Moody men..... tired after all of the excitment.

Another update

Isn't it just amazing how a person can stay home, not work, only have one kid and stay busy? This just shocks me on a daily basis. Jason is a wild man, but I just never thought there would be so much to do.

To top things off we are working on the whole potty thing............ we are at a stand still. Jason loves to read books on the pot, but it seems as though going pee is a thing of our dreams.

Then there is the icing on the cake. Those of you that know me know that I am the super clutz..... well my glory is shining bright this week. Tuesday night I got up to check on Jason and as I tried to get out of bed, I had a stabbing pain in my upper abdomen. This was followed by a burning sensation that engulfed the left side of my belly. The pain lasted for a day, but with rest it went away. I didn't call the doc because I didn't think anything was wrong with the baby. Then last night, I did the same thing. I am not jumping up or anything, I just roll out of bed and drop to the floor in pain. It takes everything I have not to scream out loud. So, this morning I thought it would be a good idea to call the doc. They believe I pulled my abdominal muscles. I officially feel stupid and clumsy. If I am not stepping on screws or hurting my foot, I am pulling muscles. Oh this is fun.

Thank goodness there is only about 2.5 months left. This little guy is going to be a wild one too. He moves all of the time (helping the pain a lot). Now we are in super crunch time...... is there anyone out there with names? We have a short list now..... but lets see if we can come up with a good variety. If this is anything like it was with Jason, we will walk into the hospital with a long list and when we see the little guy, none of the names will be right and we will be stuck and not be able to leave the hospital without a name. We are hoping that if we get a variety that won't happen. Jason thinks we should name the baby Barry. He is full of little things like that. By the way..... that won't be the baby's name.

I hope everyone is having a great week. I have another doctors appointment on Monday afternoon so I will have an update then. For now, I am going to try to rest up so that I will be able to get around when mom and dad show up tomorrow night. Take care everyone and have a wonderful weekend..............