How could you ever say no or get mad at this face?!?

Lol, I have to admit that I love him more than I ever thought I'd like an animal at all (I was never a big animal person), but he knows how to push our buttons a little bit. Like this morning when I got up, took him out to go to the bathroom. He only peed, then stood there & looked at me like, "what Mom, I went?" So I tried to get him to poop too, but he wouldn't, so we went back in the house. Less than 5 mins of being in the house, guess who decided he had to poop?? Mr Cooper did...& proceeded to go in the bedroom, beside the bed & also out in the dining room. Needless to say, his Daddy was very pissed when he walked over & saw the piles sitting beside the bed, then walked out & found more in the dining room. So the poor Coop-man was in solitary confinement today, ahha. I hate having to do that to him, but ugh...we can't have him going to the bathroom in the house, just because he wants to or he gets moody about something. He's so darn cute though! It's hard getting mad at that face.

Getting good use of our Bountiful Basket, for once!

Almost every single day we run around doing errands or going somewhere, so today we actually stayed in & cooked, baked, cleaned, did laundry, dishes, & just hung out! We had lots of our fruits/veggies left from our BB the last time & really needed to use them, so we made steak stew, fruit salad & apple cake. And boy are they all good, & easy to make too!

I just kind of threw the stew together, but it turned out awesome! The potatoes were soft & the steak fell apart...sooo good! The fruit salad is just a mix of fresh apples, oranges, grapes, canned pears, & canned mandarin oranges. Let me know if you'd like the recipe for the apple cake. It was easy to make & it's so moist & good. The topping is like a carmelized nut glaze & it really tops it off.

And now after all that "work" today, we're headed to the couch to watch a movie. All in all a good day! =)

What a View!

Since yesterday was so warm & nice outside...& I had off work, we decided to take a drive up South Mountain in Phoenix. The views were amazing, despite the fact that yesterday was a high pollution day & there was an apt. fire below making lots of black smoke in the sky.


My boys:

Gorgeous sky as the sun was going down:

Now we just have to go up some other time when we can actually hike & explore more. There are so many areas for photo ops around here. I love this city!