Saturday, March 31, 2012
draining their energy tanks
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Labels: Abbi, conference, family, Jake, Noah
Saturday Morning
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Labels: conference, parenting
Thursday, March 29, 2012
E is for EASTERS
E is for Easter
Or as I like to call it ... Easters
- My mom made an Easter basket for us all to share using a small wading pool and a hula hoop. Inside, were all over-sized items like a big coloring book, large crayons, big bottle of bubbles, king-size candies, etc.
- Because Easter is actually celebrating a sacred event, we did not get out Easter baskets on Sunday or have our egg hunts on Sunday. That made Easter Saturday a fun-filled day but did not replace the meaning of Easter Sunday.
- Sometimes my mom would refer to Easter stuff as Happy Spring, especially when we were older. We didn't get Easter baskets after we were out of elementary school. But we all loved to celebrate Happy Spring.
- My mom would be so excited about her flowers coming our of the ground in the spring. I think that must be her favorite day of the year.
- I barely remember one Easter egg hunt. It was in my grandparents backyard before Grandpa built his big garage. I don't have very many memories with my Grandma Stone but (my imagination + this memory) she was pretty happy that day.
- Sometimes we got Easter dresses. I loved getting an Easter dress. That built in me a desire to always have an Easter dress even though I don't really get one anymore.
- Since my siblings and I all grew up, my parents still do one Easter thing. It's called the eggs of unequal value. We love unequal value games. Well, for the last 14 years, I'm sure that Amber or Tiffani has always been the winner. At least it's not Cody, I guess.
- Last year, Jake and I took the kids to the Bear River Easter Dance with their great-grandma. They danced the night away in their cute new clothes their grandma had bought them. Grandma Ballard had packed a full picnic basket of sandwiches. It was fun to see them all interact and dance.
- When I was a teenager, I played the piano for the choir at church. One year, Sister Lewis gave me the most difficult music I had ever seen, let alone played. I practiced and practiced but it was never perfect. Then, on Easter Sunday, I sat at the big grand piano at the front of the chapel. The bishopric smiled at me while I set up my music. Sister Lewis did her nod and started to conduct the beat for me to begin. I played the Easter Anthem perfectly while the choir sang their hearts out. It was perfect! I've never played it perfectly again since then. It was my Easter miracle.
- I'm sure there are a lot more Easter memories but like I said, I have a poor memory. Maybe my sisters can comment about what they remember ....
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
General Conference Pins We're Using ...
I love Pinterest. I believe a lot of people waste a lot of time with it. Maybe I waste some time, too. But I like to feel justified in the fact that I actually use the ideas I find. I try the recipes, I make the crafts, but I only dream about the outfits I pin. Anyway, I dare guess that I make at least 3 Pinterest items a week. So, I can pin away, right?
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Labels: conference, facebook, Pinterest
Sunday, March 25, 2012
L O V E city creek in salt lake city
Love the wall paper! |
Love the wall paper. Also pictured: W :) |
One of the many great views we saw from the condos. |
My favorite elephant. |
Maybe my favorite condo, here. I loved the style and the views. |
This fireplace is stacked stone. It was really cool. |
Love, love this. |
Loved this idea, too. |
An orange bed! Lovey! |
The sisters. Super fun sister weekend, with the parents |
My parents, buying us dinner, at Little America. |
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Labels: Anne, dad, decorating, Joey, Mom, SLC, travel, Wendy
St. Patrick's Day Weekend!
Robot went to his room and added to his ensemble. |
Painting a dinosaur for his room. |
Bug painting a flower for her room. |
Barbara and her mini-me. Manda is to my left...sorry no picture :( |
Owls from Wood Creations that I painted with the help of Manda and Barbara. |
It's supposed to look like a big cupcake. |
Daddy wearing Noah's favorite "Grandma's house uniform." |
A new Harley for the boy. |
Practicing hard on her bike. |
Standing by the birthday flag in their front yard. |
Cousins lined up with their cones. |
Tank and Toby get along nowadays. |
Buttoning each other up for church. |
Corn beef and cabbage dinner celebrating St. Patrick's day. |
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Labels: Abbi, baking, cousins, crafts, dad, friends, Jake, Mom, Noah, St. Patrick's Day, Tank, Toby
All About Me - #12
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Labels: All About Me
Thursday, March 22, 2012
D is for DRAWING
D is for Drawing
A small experiment to gauge my skills.
Joey |
Abbi, 7 years old |
Abbi |
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
super sisters
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
All About Me - #11
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Labels: All About Me
Thursday, March 15, 2012
I thought I was conservative ...
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C is for COOKIE! That's good enough for me!
1/2 cup shortening or vegetable oil
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 12-ounce package of semisweet chocolate chips
1) Preheat oven to 375. In a large mixing bowl beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer. Add the brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat until mixture is combined. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour. Stir in chocolate chips.
2) Drop dough on ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 8-9 minutes or until edges are just light brown. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes. Transfer to wire rack and let cool.
In a bowl, cream: 1 cup butter, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup white sugar
Add: 2 eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix together.
Add: 2 1/2 cups oatmeal, 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt.
Mix. Add chocolate chips.
Bake @ 350 degrees for 8-11 minutes.
No-Bake Cookies - or as I like to call them, Gorilla Poops
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cocoa
pinch of salt
1/2 cup butter
1 cup peanut butter
3 cup quick oats
Combine the sugar, milk, cocoa, salt, and butter - mix & bring to a boil.
Cover for 30 seconds.
Stir and boil for 1 minute.
Remove from heat. Add a teaspoon of vanilla. Stir in peanut butter. Add oats.
Let it stand about 10 minutes before forming the small round cookies.
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
All About Me - #10
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Labels: All About Me
Saturday, March 10, 2012
La La La
Lately, we've been working with Noah on his sounds while he speaks. Even though I love how he sounds now, I know he's got to practice saying things the right way, too.
Some of my favorites ....
"I need a tiss on the yips!"
Singing ... "Mary had a yittle yamb, yittle yamb, yittle yamb."
"I want some yunch, Mommy!"
The other day Noah was begging for fruit snacks, which we didn't even have. While I was trying to round up some "yunch" for the boy, I was practicing with him, "La la la lunch. La la la lunch."
Noah yelled back at me, "La la la FRUIT SNACKS!"
It was hilarious. Jake and I laughed and laughed. So today, we bought a Costco size box of "la la la FRUIT SNACKS."
I like happy stories.
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Labels: Noah
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Average Thursday Night
Tank with drug-induced, glazed over eyes. |
Tank must have found Toby's secret hiding spot. Why my pajama boxes? |
Toby in his usually location .. always against my wishes. |
Tank. He's such a big, cute kitty. Right now he's got kinda bloody paws from getting his claws removed. I figure it's cheaper to do that than to replace a couch. |
He picked out all the brussel sprouts to eat first....I don't get it. |
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Dinner makes me angry, too.
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B is for BREAKFAST
Blueberry Breakfast Cake - I made this in cake and cupcake form for a bridal shower. It was y u m m y. |
Beautiful cinnamon roll size monkey bread. I love cinnamon rolls. |
I love, love, love Mormon Muffins. I'm usually a "sweets" kind of girl, but these bran muffins are TASTY! |
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