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I'm a random blogger.

That's what I've decided.

Anyway, today was a good Saturday.  Mercedes slept in past 8.  Wonderful!  She's had a few of these later mornings lately and it is helping me get to then end of this sinus infection I've had.

We woke up to Taylor making breakfast.  It was delish.

Later we spent the morning outside.  Taylor worked on the car while I oversaw Mercedes playing in a big tub of water.  I'm so grateful for water, it keeps toddlers occupied for longer than most other things.

During that time my best friend Lacey called from Poland!  I was so glad I had my phone on me at that second so that I didn't miss her call.  We talked for a while and it was great.  Can't wait to see her and her cute family in a month!  (No we're not going to Poland, but they'll be back in Utah when we make a trip out there).

We did yard work and that felt good too.  There's nothing like good hard work.

Mercedes experienced water-color painting for the first time.  And you know what?  I think she fell in love.  It kept her attention longer than water does.  I think it was record-breaking.  I'm pretty excited that I we might have a little artist blooming in our midst.

Mercedes then took a nice long nap, and so I got to cut Taylor's hair.  I can proudly say that it is probably my best cut if I do say so myself!  Because he looks pretty handsome. :)

After Mercedes woke she and I spent the rest of the afternoon baking cookies.  It just felt like a cookie day, and honestly there's just nothing like baking cookies I think.

Later after the sugar high and dancing to Enya I gave Mercedes a much-needed bath and a little while later she was in bed for the night.

Tonight Taylor, myself and his parents watched The Giant Mechanical Man.  It was a good flick.

During the movie we ate this.

It was a discovery Taylor and I made four years ago, and to this day I believe that there is not a more delicious ice cream on this earth.  This brand specifically too.  We find it at Raley's or Bel Air here in Northern CA.  Oh my goodness, yum.

And then I re-applied for school.  I'm going to take some online classes this fall.  I need to grow my brain, and I am so excited.

 It has been 4 years since I've gone to school.  I'm very eager to learn new things.  And at this point, most of the classes this fall are filled, so I will be eager to learn anything that is available!

And lastly, here are some pictures I took last week.

 Reminds me of all of the days spent helping my dad through the years with landscaping, building fences, etc.

I just love her post-nap hair.  (And watermelon smeared on her face).  I really do comb her hair... most days.