Sushi Night!

Jared has decided he likes for me to make him sushi (yuck!). It is pretty time consuming so we have only made 3 attempts , and this last one was a huge success. I think we have finally figured out the 'sushi rice'. The first two times we tried the rice wasn't sticky enough and so it fell off once it was rolled. We finally splurged and bought some special type of rice and it made all the difference (according to Jared). So here is a picture of the finished product before Jared dug in...Jared gave his seal of approval- the good ol' thumbs up!!He must have really, really appreciated my hard work to make this last batch of sushi because he did the dishes while I sat at the table and relaxed a few minutes! I had to take his picture because, let's be honest, dishes isn't Jared's favorite thing- but he goes to great lengths to demonstrate his love for me- tonight it was in the form of dishes! Love you Jared!

Katelyn praising Jesus!

Priceless!

Monday was a day in History

Well, Monday the 6th was a first for the Hughes family. We were sitting on the couch chatting when Jared got home from work. Katelyn had been a little fussy that afternoon but not too bad- I was just thinking 'terrible 2's'. Well, she started squirming in my lap and started to look a little green in the face. I said to Jared, "I think she is fixxing to throw-up." You would think that if I actually thought that then I would do something, but NO- I just sat there. About 10 seconds later, well, you know! She threw up all over herself, me, the couch, the blanket, ahhhh, it was lovely. Luckily it was just a one time thing and she hasn't thrown-up since (but she did get a fever Thursday and this morning). Anyway, we have now had to deal with toddler throw-up and we all survived. Sorry, no pics (trust me, you don't want any!).

Katelyn and her 'poots'

A few days ago Jared and I pulled all of Katelyn's clothes out of the attic to re-organize them. After several hours of sorting, folding, piling and stuffing clothes into crates. One box had some hand-me-downs that are still too big for KG. She found a pair of pink boots from the Cotton family and she LOVES the 'poots'. She has been wearing them all morning.... It's really cute!

Our fun filled weekend

This past weekend some of our favorite people came to Austin. Ben and Ashlee came through after camping while celebrating their 5th anniversary. I can't believe it has been 5 years since the summer of weddings. I'm pretty sure one of our friends got married EVERY weekend that entire summer!!! Ben and Ashlee happened to get married on June 26th- Happy Anniversary Johnson family! We had a great time eating, hanging out, eating, swimming, oh- did I mention eating???

They came on Friday and we ate dinner at Pluckers where we ate all things fried: wings, french fries, pickles, cheese, mac-n-cheese, Twinkies- that's right, ALL FRIED. It was great! The next morning we went to Kerbey Lane Cafe (an Austin hot-spot) for brunch. That was also a great meal, except for Jared's 'steak' and eggs. I think he would call me 'beef jerky' and eggs. We then went back to the house for a little rest before we dropped Katelyn off at Gera Beth's (thanks so much sister!!!) house while we went swimming and then to the most wonderful meal ever- MELTING POT!!!! I have never been so full and so happy at the same time. We finished the weekend off with a trip to church (where we repented for our gluttony) then to Guadalajara's for lunch. Wow, that was a whole paragraph about food!

Anyway, we had a blast visiting with the Johnson's. God has blessed us with some great friends and we are so thankful for their friendship! We pray for countless blessings for the Johnson's, they are such a blessing to those around them with their sweet and kind spirits.

This was so cute, the first night they were here, Katelyn crawled right up between them and cuddled with Ben and 'Ashwee'- whom she hasn't stopped asking about since they left. This was taken at Melting Pot-Ben, open your eyes!!! Maybe the smoke from the fondue got to him, or maybe it was the bee sting from the pool a few hours ago... poor thing...

Ashlee was cracking me up, she had chocolate on her lips for like 5 minutes. She was determined she was going to enjoy her meal and worry about clean-up later. Love her!This was the main course (before we ate every bite). It is soooo stinkin' good!!! I want to go back right now!Here is Jared and I at dinner- isn't he a cutie ;)

Our little FISH

Katelyn loves, loves, loves the water. She has been enjoying our little blow-up pool in the backyard and we joined the neighborhood pool and boy did she love that!

These first 2 pictures are our first trip to the pool this year-

This is a picture of our trip to the pool last year, goodness, time flies- Look at how much she has grown...

Visit with Amy

Amy 'Kolb' Garner, one of my very best friends from college, was in Austin last week for track and softball state events and we got to have lunch with her. I was so thankful to get to see her (although we missed out on getting to see Lane and Clint). One thing I love about Amy is that no matter how much time has passed since we last saw each other, it seems like it was yesterday. Love you girl!