This is me by numbers:

1 - The number of second holes I have in my left ear. I got it the fall after I graduated high school. The ear ring always bothered my ear and I wore the ring for less than a year. Never liked it and wish I wouldn't have done it. Oh well though, right!

2 - The number of times a week I have a PB&J sandwich for lunch. Sometimes it's even more than this. The reason is because I'm too lazy to think of or make anything else for myself for lunch. Jacob normally eats something different than I do. I would feel bad making him eat PB&J that often, but I kind of like them, so I don't mind too much.

3 - The number of schools I went to during my 5th grade year. No, I wasn't a bad kid, we just moved a lot that year.

4 - The number of years I spent in the Buckeye State!

5 - I believe this is the highest number of points I ever scored in a single basketball game during my whole junior high and high school career (this career ended after my freshman year). It may have even been 4 points total and needs to be moved down a number, but I'll be generous to myself!

6 - The number of provinces or states I have lived in (in alphabetical order): Alberta, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Utah.

7 - The number of pieces of furniture in my home that were brand new when we got them. Most things in our house were either given to us used or were purchased at a garage sale. We have 7 pieces of furniture that we actually went to a store to pick out! They include: couch, love seat, accent chair, queen-sized bed, futon, 2 dressers (from Value City Furniture). We're in the big time now, eh?!

8 - The number of years I'll have been married on July 6th.

9 - The number of siblings on Brad's side of the family. No, his mom didn't have 10 children, but with in-law siblings, there are 9! We love all of them and can't wait to be living closer to them :)

10 - The number of months Brad and I were dating/engaged before we got married.

11 - The number of months I lived in Utah getting a medical assisting degree. Zero - the number of months I actually worked as a medical assistant! My car broke down, I moved back home, got a "summer" job and didn't change careers until Brad took me to the Buckeye State!

12 - The amount of time (in minutes) it would take me to run a mile - and that may be being generous! When I was in junior high my fastest time was 6 min. 42 sec. and I still came in last!

13 - The number of months left until Brad graduates (for the 4th time!) and he finally has a "real" job!

14 - The number of poopy diapers I change in a two week period (on average). Thank goodness I only have one kid in diapers!

15 - The age I was when I had my first auto accident. I was backing my dad's truck up with a trailer on behind it, and I jack-knifed the trailer into the truck. It bent the bumper up a little bit into the tail gate. When my dad saw what I had done, he took me home to show my mom. I immediately gave her my keys and told her I never wanted to drive again. I felt so bad!

That's me by numbers!

We have debated the whole time we've lived here whether or not we wanted to fence in our backyard. It was already fenced in on three sides, so it really wouldn't take much to finish it off. We finally made the decision to spend the money and get it done. We figure this way Jacob can play outside without us having to be right there with him.

First, you must dig the holes:



The next step would be to mix and pour the concrete to set the poles into:

Jacob really liked to help. I wasn't able to get many pictures of Jacob helping, but here's one example. Then there are some steps I don't have pictures of...such as move the boards from the front of the house to where they will get hammered to the fence. Jacob was especially helpful with this. Brad would ask him to go and get a board and Jacob would go to the front of the house, pick one up, and haul it back to where Brad was :)

Fence competed!

We also debated on how many gates we wanted. We opted for just one.


Brad and Jacob got to spend several hours of male bonding together. Part of it was even while it was pouring rain outside. We sent Jacob out in a trash bag so he wouldn't get soaked. He didn't seem to mind the rain and he had a good time with his dad. And for the grand finale...
He can now go out into the backyard and I won't have to worry if he's made his way to the street!

Sunglasses can be worn either way, right?

We decided to take the opportunity on such a nice Saturday to head to the zoo!


What fun we had. We saw:

The elephants. They were even doing an "elephant show" when we got there. The elephants did some tricks, like walk around in a line holding each other's tails, the baby elephant even stood on a stool for us on one leg. Jacob clapped for all of their tricks.


The gorillas. Jacob liked these animals especially. He liked watching them through the glass...as long as they didn't get too close. Brad even got measured to see how he would "measure up" to a full-sized male gorilla.



The polar bear. He was doing laps in the pool. He'd swim right up to the glass, press his nose against it, and then push off from the side of the pool. We thought this was really cool.


We ended our trip to the zoo by letting Jacob play at the playground there. We're looking forward to when it's warmer and we can enjoy the splash park at the zoo. However, we aren't complaining because today was perfect weather for the zoo. What a fun family outing!

This weekend was the Kentucky Derby - the greatest two minutes in sports! We were able to get together with friends for dining and then watching of the Derby. The race was quite enjoyable, although the horses we had chosen didn't do so well. My horse, Gayego came in 17th, Brad's horse Bob Black Jack came in 16th, and poor Jacob, I gave him the horse named Monba and he finished dead last (20th)! Oh well, at least no money was lost!



What a fun tradition though to have derby pie (chocolate chips and pecans - fattening, but so yummy!), fun hats (I'll do a better job next year with my hat), and horse racing (one of these years I'll pick the right horse!). We look forward to next year's Derby and getting to enjoy this once a year event!