I FOUND A CANNOLI!

Last night we had a meeting with the Director of Acaydia School of Aesthetics. I love the school, I love the people, I love what they do, and I REALLY want to do it! Go here to learn more about it. The school is located in downtown Provo right in the center of the business district. I love it because that length of one block reminds me of a small scale NYC. The spa is one that you would see in an upscale neighborhood. The school is across the street from the spa in order to keep the spa a professional setting. Anyways, on our walk over from the school to the spa, I spotted a restaurant called "Mangia Mangia" ("Eat, Eat") with Little Italy written under it. I said to Joe, "If this place doesn't have cannolis they need to remove that little Italy sign." So in I went. I asked one of the four ladies at the front desk if they made cannolis. They all looked at me with blank stares and then a server came up behind them and said, "We sure do! Follow me." At this moment I'm thinking I'm in heaven. I truly believe they are THE only place in Utah that has cannolis (if you know of another place, please let me know)! So I walked over to the dessert bar (where they also sell fresh gelato, yum) and lay my eyes on the shells. The girl at the dessert bar proceeds to tell me that they fill the cannolis with ricotta, blah blah blah. I know this!! I was impressed, it was good. The best part: they fill the shell ALL the way through. Places out east are known to leave an empty middle. Bottom line: if I end up going to Acaydia, I may be getting a cannoli every night. And here is the evidence:

Park

Today we went to the park with Erika and Enoch. It was a beautiful day but very windy! It was Norah and Enoch's first time on the swings. They both liked it but Norah of course wanted to take it easy and Enoch was like "faster, faster!" Typical boy and typical girl I guess! You'll notice in the second picture that Norah is the bully. She kept trying to steal his binkie, pulling on his shirt and his ears. They are really cute together. As we were walking to the park they would laugh, talk, and smile at each other from their strollers. It's going to be fun to watch them grow together. It is so nice to have someone to hang out with during the day. Thank you Erika!

A Plethora of Pictures and Movies

We finally got around to uploading the pictures and movies off of Joe's phone. There are two videos missing from this post, but for some reason I can't get them to upload so check back! We'll start with the most recent.

Last night we went over some friends' house. A couple that was there brought with them their brand new 7 week old Golden Retriever puppy. The puppy chose Norah out of the whole room (probably because she was the smallest person there) and totally cuddled up to her. It may have been THE cutest thing I have ever seen. Take a look:


Here is a picture of Joe snowboarding with the beautiful mountains behind him:


Remember when we told you how Norah loves her fresh food feeder? Yeah, here's that in action:
(Check back for this video.. I'm working on getting it to upload!!)

Just taking a walk and making funny faces:



Look at this innocent puppy face:

Happy Easters

Easter was a crazy day for us! We spent the night at Joe's brother's house the night before (we are house sitting) and went to his Grandpa's Ward in Sugarhouse for Easter. After Church, Grandpa's car wouldn't start so we spent some time trying to figure out why. It ended up being the starter. Poor Grandpa! We hurried down to Draper to visit with John and Torrie and their new baby, Chase. It was a quick visit because we had to be in Santaquin at Aunt Joann's by 5:30 for Easter dinner but first we had to stop at Aaron's and let the dogs out! Needless to say, we were all exhausted by the end of the day! Norah was a trooper though.

At Norah's 6 month check-up she was 15 pounds (33 percentile) and I can't remember how long she was right now but I know it was in the 96 percentile. She's long and lean! Poor thing had 5 shots that day and then a cold that night. A couple of weeks ago I let her "cry it out" for the first time and she did amazingly well. She only cried for 10 minutes and then she was out! We are still working on the sleeping through the night thing though. Will the day ever come? Please say yes...