To all of you blog stalkers out there, yes I am finally going to publish a new post...

The weather in Kentucky has been really nice this past week, we had a couple of cold days but it did hit 70 degrees as well. It was so nice outside, we just sat in the driveway and ate. Carl did an amazing job smoking the pork tenderloin dor dinner tonight, it was seriously the best meat I have ever eaten. We also did dutch oven potatoes that were killer too! We haven't done dutch oven for quite some time, so it was really fun.

Well, tax season is nearly done, and I think the pneumonia that has gone through the house is nearly gone as well. Yes, you hear it pneumonia, during tax season. So, I have gotten behind, but in the last week or so am finally catching up. One thing with being sick during tax season, I have had a lot more time to knit while sitting in line at the pharmacy or at the doctors office waiting. So, I actually bought yarn and a pattern in February when I was there for tax season and I just finished the sweater today. It turned out really nice. James looks quite handsome in it. Here is James playing Harry Pottery in his new sweater.

Carl will be doing his first of three mandatory furlow weeks on April 6, for the week that the kids have spring break. They may end up heading off to Virginia to visit the cousins, we'll see. Carl driving for 7 hours across the country with three kids and no wife to meter it all out? Hmm...

We have been enjoying sushi obsession lately, not the sashimi, but the rolls. We haven't been brave enought to try the sashimi, but we'll see for the future. It is fun to try all the different restaurants around that serve it and find the best ones, and all of the different vareities. We seem to favor the ones that have more vegetables than just fish and rice. I went to a Thai restaurant with a friend last week for lunch and had really great sushi. When I was in Utah for tax season, I think I had sushi four times...the hanabi roll at Windy's Suykiaki in Ogden is really good. So, we have gotten some sushi to bring home and have even let the kids try it. There has been some that they have liked and some not. Even Emma our pickiest eater, has liked some of it. She tried a shrimp roll that she enjoyed. I told her we neede to have a girls lunch out for sushi soon, to curb her momma's cravings.

James and Carl are planning a big backpacking trip in August in the Teton's. Carl is just about jumping out of his skin. He is loving every planning moment. We got James a really nice mountainsmith pack for the trip, and Carl is starting to break him into it. They plan on trying to go out every weekend to do a little hiking so that James is prepared in August. Fritz has really enjoyed going out and hiking as well. Alex's old pack fits him really nice, Fritz is a little smaller than Alex, but it works great. We haven't put the hiking booties on yet, we seriously should have the video camera for that one. It is so funny to see a dog wearing booties for the first time, but it really saves their paws.

We haven't heard anything on the adoption yet, we are still saying our prayers that another child will bless our family.