It's raining leaves!

The past few weeks here in Utah have been beautiful. Cool, crisp, and smelling of Fall. Fall is hands down my favorite time of year, and it's so nice to be somewhere were we actually have a Fall. Arizona just had hot, hotter, and a few "Cool" days maybe in December and January.

One of my fondest memories growing up is how our two large maple trees in the front yard would shed their leaves. My Dad would always go out and rake them up, and I think my brother and I didn't help much by jumping in the piles. There did come a time when we were older when we had to start raking up the leaves, and I remember not enjoying them quite as much. Anyhow, I have a fondness for the changing colors of leaves, watching them fall off their branches, and how it seems in just a few days the process is through, and then their are big piles to play in.

Luckily, I was not disappointed, and we were able to play in the leaves that fell from Grandma and Grandpa Shuldberg's walnut tree! I am so happy Hudson enjoyed it too!

This was after we were done in the leaves, so his hair is all funky!

Look at what I've got!

So fun!

Playing with cousin Jaycee

Watching them fall off the tree

Giggling hysterically as Grandpa Shuldberg shakes the tree to make more leaves fall

This is awesome!

Do you see this Mom?!!

Spanish Paella

For one of Andy's graduation presents he received an authentic paella pan, and burner. For those of you who don't know, Andy lived in Spain for a few years, so he speaks fluent Spanish, and knows how to cook some pretty yummy Spanish dishes.

Paella is a Spanish rice dish, that uses Spanish saffron as one of the main flavors. I don't know how to explain what saffron tastes like, except it is delicious and VERY expensive.

So below we have a chicken paella, where we put pea pods, artichokes, roasted red peppers, mushrooms, a very special kind of rice called Bomba rice, and all kinds of other yummy spices. It takes quite a while to put together, and you cook everything on this huge, specially made burner that hooks up to your propane tank, but it's well worth it.

I thought I should document our very first paella in his very own paella pan.

Since we've been married cooking together has become something that we enjoy very much. I do watch other channels, but I could be happy to just sit and watch the Food Network all day long. We love to go online and find new and different recipes, and expand our horizons a bit with different types of food and cuisine. We love to plan all of our meals out, and do the grocery shopping, and then make the meals together. It has become a hobby of ours, and have had some great meals because of it!

Just as a side note....Andy is a great cook, and there are many nights when he completely takes care of dinner all on his own. He will find the recipe, buy the groceries, and whip it up without me lifting a finger. I guess I'm a lucky gal!

Utah State Fair 2009

Back in September when we first got to Utah we took Hudson to the Utah state fair. We went with a few of our friends and their kids, and had a great time. We were a little nervous that Hudson wouldn't like some of the rides because they seemed a little "Big" for him, but this kid had a blast. He was EXACTLY the height he had to be to go on any of the rides. We had to ride on a few of them with him because he didn't always like to sit down.

This will definitely be something we do every year. I don't know who had more fun, Hudson, or Mom and Dad watching Hudson have fun! This is why you do stuff like this...it is just so fun to watch your kid having a good time, and it reminds you how great it was to be a kid and so carefree.

Petting a Goat

This was the first ride he went on with Dustin and Jennifer's son Trayce. I think they had a good time!

When the car would turn a corner it would whip around really fast, and these two would start laughing uncontrollably. It was so cute.

Pure joy

Mom, can I go again please? When we took him off the rides he would start crying every time. He couldn't understand we had to wait in line again.

First corn dog

This is pretty good....I like the fair!

Goodbye Arizona!

We've moved! So this is just a tad late, but things have been so busy with the move, then all of us being sick that I just haven't had the time to update everyone. Some of you know, but for those who don't we moved to Utah! It's a long story, but it's a good move for us for now. The jobs worked out (My company is letting me work from home which has been AMAZING!), and it's so nice to be closer to family. It was a little lonely in AZ without any family there.

To this ridiculous picture all I have to say is GOOD RIDDANCE!!!

But to pictures like this, I will miss you!

We had a great 5.5 years in AZ. We have some awesome friends whom we miss dearly, and had some great times. We owned our own business, had multiple jobs and gained a lot of experience, owned a few houses, had our first child, etc.... there are some great memories there. However, overall, I am a Washington girl at heart, and I could just not do the weather for the rest of my life! My children need to be able to go outside and not roast! So, we are excited to be in Utah. It's already getting chilly here, but Hudson loves to go outside and play, and we are excited for the Winter. We already have a snowsuit for Hudson, and think he will enjoy playing in the snow.

Our phone numbers are still the same, and if you would like our new address you can e-mail me at naomi.shuldberg@yahoo.com.

Here's to new adventures in Utah!

Our Budding Artist

So I have a few more older posts that I need to catch up on before I post more recent stuff so stick with me!

Hudson had recently found the joy of scribbling....on everything! So here are a few portraits of our little artists work. This was a few months ago, and since then thankfully he has figured out that it's naughty to draw on anything but paper.

For about two weeks he had this fascination with throwing stuff in the toilet. He would find something interesting, pick it up, run down the hall toss it in the toilet, slam the lid, and run away.

It's fun when you're pregnant and you get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night (1 of 50 times) and find little treasures like this! How did he do this, and we didn't see it?!