At the Zoo with Friends

Today we went to the zoo with our friends, Jenny, Adam, Jacob and Hannah. We saw so many neat things and had lots of fun being with friends.

They were our little herd of wandering hands, touching everything and asking TONS of questions.

It was such a beautiful day- we were glad we got started early because by 10 we were already hot and hungry.

Payton and Hannah are pretty cute together. All of the kids really enjoyed the monkeys.

Between the double stroller and wagon it was a full out game of musical chairs. Both of us mom's had our work cut out for us!!

More of the girls :)

Adam was so cute with the orangutan- can't you tell he is excited?

Even Payton decided to give a 'cheese' with the up close primate.

We had a great day at the Zoo and the weather was fantastic, we are looking forward to spending more days at the Zoo this summer (yeah for zoo passes- thanks grammie and papa).

My Crafty Nature

I have decided that even though I pick out all of these crafty projects (curtains, scrap booking, crocheting dish rags, crocheting a blanket, altering scrubs) unless it is something I can do in a short amount of time it most likely will not get done. While all of the above projects are started I still really have no desire to finish them...I don't know if it is the time needed to finish them, the fact I have already spent so much time with them or if there is this unreachable satisfaction. Which ever it is, I am on to the next project.

I found this pattern online for baby shoes that took a little over 2 hours to finish. It was perfect for me- no commitments and immediate satisfaction. Payton liked them so much she even tried to put them on :)

I imagine you will be seeing more of these in the future as I really had fun making them.

We went to Colorado Mills mall last night and we finally decided to let Payton ride the 'merry go round' (that's what Payton thinks it is called because Dora the Explorer called it that). She was so excited and it was worth the wait.

Payton and her daddy.

NEW

We got a NEW car!! It is a 2002 Honda CRV and we are really excited :)

Can you see the excitement?

The NEW King Soopers opened across the street.

We took the red wagon to the store and couldn't help a quick stop at the park.

Payton didn't mind sharing her wagon with all the groceries, it worked out really nice.

Violated!

This is what's left of our food storage...

Since we now we have enough room to store food, Chad and I have been trying to follow the prophet's council. We didn't have much but it was apparently enough to welcome some rodent friends.

Bags of noodles, breakfast items, potato flakes, chips, crackers, sugar- all sent to the trash with ripped edges and evidence of infiltration. We looked all over the basement and decided on the areas of concern where the vermin are most likely getting in. We cleaned up the mess and set traps and sealed the holes.

We have been here almost 8 months and I think it is the building in the field across the street that has sent the mice our direction.

On a brighter note, I now have Tuesdays off work.

Payton and I joined a few of our friends at the park, she really is starting to enjoy playing with other kids.

They all took turns riding and pushing.

She is our little monkey!

To an eventful and satisfactory day :)

Easter

Payton bunny and her Nemo friend

Payton after church, pretty Easter girl

Egg Hunt

She was so excited about the treats

The Easter Bunny came to the Hammond House

Egg Hunt, Sidewalk Art and Popcorn Party

Payton and I like to have popcorn parties where we get a big ol' bowl, cuddle up on my bed and watch My Friends Tiger and Pooh before bed. It all started with Chad having tests that ran later at night but we enjoy doing on a random night too. She even let me french braid her hair- I can't belive how long it is!

With all the nice weather we were also able to spend some fun time outside on Wednesday. Payton enjoyed the limitless fun with chalk- no stay on the paper and don't color on your self rules. Mommy even drew a picture of Payton :)

We also met up with a few friends from church and had an Easter egg hunt at a local park. Payton was so cute in her little Tinkerbell glasses and summer attitude. It was funny to watch her open every egg she found and dump the contents and then the shell into her basket-- it was all about the treats inside the eggs. Lots of fun, can't wait for Easter!!

Conference Weekend

Payton and I made a princess blanket while daddy was at the priesthood session.

On the couch after a yummy breakfast!

Our cantaloupe lunch friend...haha, Payton got a kick out of it :)