Because I Said So!

2011-07-19T15:44:00.000-06:00

Hmmm, what to write? I got nuttin' right now. It's almost time to get off work and I am excited about that!

Jake

2011-01-21T23:04:00.002-07:00

Jake, he's such a snuggly, happy, sunshiney boy! He's always in a good mood and can always make me laugh. He is always dancing and singing to his own little tune. I love it when I pick him up from school and he runs to me saying "Mommy, Mommy!" and gives me the hugest hugs. He's always willing to share anything he has and is happy to do it. He'll randomly walk up to Rob and I and ask us he if we need a hug and give us one or two or five!

The Weekend

2011-01-18T21:45:00.002-07:00

So Saturday Jordyn had an 8 am basketball game, yuck! That was the last 8 am one, though. She is doing so well, I'm really proud of her. When I got home from the game Rob told me the grandparents called and were coming down and we were supposed to meet at Chuck a Rama. Rob met the grandparents and brought them to Max's game and they were able to see the last half and Max made a few baskets while they were there!

Sunday was kind of a lazy day. I didn't feel well, so we didn't go to church. Rob took the kids to see Tron while I stayed home. It was really weird to be home all alone on a Sunday afternoon!

Monday Rob and I took the kids for a walk on one of the trails here in town. It was fun. We heard some frogs down by the river, but didn't see any. We had the kids do some races, trying to wear them out a little bit. I don't know how well that worked! Not too long after we got home it was time to meet Jan and Ruth on the Red Hill to hike with them. Jake was all over the place, the little stinker! I finally threatened him with not coming again and he finally decided to stay close to Aunt Ruth. After our walks Jordyn rounded up her friends and filmed her film for her Reflections project. I haven't seen any of it, we'll see how it ends up. Next weekend I need to sit down with her and show her how to edit it.

So, that was our weekend!!

A boy and his dog

2011-01-14T21:26:00.001-07:00

Buster. What can I say about Buster? Buster is an awesome dog. I don't know what we'd do without him. He came into our lives by accident, just when we were actively looking for a dog. He is such a good boy, very lovable and protective. We all love him, but Max has a special bond with him. He'll sit with Buster for quite a while, just talking to him or petting him, making sure there is nothing on his fur. The other day Max was laying on the floor with his head on Busters chest, reading a book. They both looked so happy. I know I took a picture, but couldn't find it. I'll have to post it another day. Max tells me all the time, Mom, when I grow up and have my own house if you don't want Buster anymore I'll take him for you. I'll even pay you for him! I tell him we'd just let you take him, buddy. I just told Rob today that Max shows more affection to Buster than he does to us!

I added in the pictures of Konner and Kirsten (my cutie pie nephew and niece!) to show that Buster is so gentle with all kids, especially babies. He let Konner crawl all over him. When he gets sick of it he just gets up and goes somewhere else.

I have to add that when we are gone for extended periods of time Buster will get one of everyone's shoes out of the cubby and string them across the house. He doesn't chew on them, I think he just likes them around so he can smell us. Oh, another good Buster story. One night Rob called me at work and told me that Jake had fallen asleep on his bed pretty early, about 5:30 or 6:00 and was all covered up with his blanket. Buster wandered all around the house like he was looking for someone and wouldn't settle down. Then wanted to go outside but then wanted back in pretty quickly. Rob figured out that he was probably looking for Jake, so he took Buster in the boys room, uncovered Jake to show Buster and he immediately settled down to relax because he knew where everyone was! I've also noticed that if I'm in my bedroom cleaning or watching tv for extended amounts of time he'll come looking for me, when he finds me he just wanders off to check on someone else. I love that dog!

Lost!

2011-01-12T22:34:00.001-07:00

At Jordyn's basketball game last week Jake decided to wander off. I lost track of him for a good 20 minutes. I was about ready to have a heart attack! I notified the staff at the Community Center to help me look for him. A staff member found him in the next gym. I haven't been that scared in a really long time. He was not happy with me when I made him sit next to me the entire time at Max's game a few hours later!

These pictures were all taken during Jordyn's game. He LOVES his picture taken. Whenever the camera comes out he is a cheese'n fool! During half time I had him running from me to the wall over and over in the hopes of getting some of his energy out, but that didn't work so well!

Basketball

2011-01-10T17:36:00.001-07:00

I guess I didn't take as many pictures at Jordyn's game as I did at Max's! I'll have to make sure to take my camera next time and get a few more of Jordyn. She is really enjoying playing and is getting very good. She has made quite a few baskets for her team! When I first signed her up I thought she was just wanting to play because Max was playing something, but I figured out that that is not the case. She is really liking basketball alot more than soccer.

Basketball!

2011-01-08T20:07:00.002-07:00

Max and Jordyn both had basketball games today. They are having a really good time and it's fun to watch them. (I've enjoyed watching the basketball games more than soccer!) Max is pretty obsessed with basketball and he is really very good at it! I'm really proud of him.

I will post a collage of Jordyn's game tomorrow!

psst! you can click on the collage to make it bigger to see the pictures better!

Done

2011-01-07T22:27:00.002-07:00

I downloaded Picasa the other night and I just got done tagging all my pictures. That was a HUGE project. It has a face recognition feature, so I had, literally, thousands of faces to go through and tag. I'm done with that so now I plan to do some heavy picture posts here in the near future! Fun, fun!

In the Funnies

2011-01-06T20:59:00.003-07:00

Jake is so darn cute! I just want to squeeze him! Anyway, today he had a Kool-Aid moustache so I called him Moustache Face. He looked at me very seriously and touched his upper lip and said "it's not a moustache, it's peach hair!" So dang funny!

Catching up

2011-01-04T20:48:00.003-07:00

I am going to go through my pictures and do some posts of events over the past year that I didn't blog about. Then I am going to pull them out when I'm slow on posts to post!

Here is a picture of Si at the Roller Rink in Delta on Autumn's birthday. Enjoy!

Overheard at the dinner table

2011-01-03T08:00:00.001-07:00

Jordyn asked me if Italian is what they speak in Italy. I said yes. Rob (being sarcastic) asked what they speak in England. Jordyn said English. Max said (in an incredulous tone) they do??? It was so funny.

Cabin Fever

2011-01-02T08:00:00.000-07:00

All day yesterday the kids begged to go to the park. There was just one small problem with that. It rained. ALL.DAY.LONG. This morning I had to run a quick errand and when I was done I decided that there was not a reason that we couldn't go to the park for a while. We hurried home and grabbed hats and gloves and headed to the park! We called Jan and she met us over there, bonus for us. The kids had fun playing and running around, which is just what this momma wanted, them to get some of their pent up energy out! The toys were pretty slick with ice, but no one got hurt and the kids had fun, so that's all that matters.

A while after we got home Max was whining to me that he was bored and didn't have anything to do. I told him to quit whining or I'd find him something. I suggested that he could clean the bathroom. He didn't like that too much, but kept whining. Then I had a brilliant idea! I was washing dishes so I told him to get a library book and sit at the table and read to me. He wasn't too enthused but I made him do it and I think he ended up enjoying himself. I'm sure he had more fun reading to me than he would have had cleaning the bathroom!

Si didn't go to the park with us, that's why there are no pictures of him.

**edited to add that I actually wrote this post on Thursday and scheduled it to post today!

Shelfari

2011-01-01T22:21:00.002-07:00

Yay! I finally found the Shelfari website. I had seen it alot on blogs about a year ago and was always going to add it to my blog, but never did. A few weeks ago I remembered it and wanted to add it to my blog, but could not remember what the widget was called, so I kept doing Google searches for blog bookshelves and finally came across the Shelfari website. I am so happy. I will be adding more books to it, but not tonight.

New Year Resolutions

2011-01-01T10:00:00.001-07:00

I've never been one for doing New Year(s)? Resolutions but I've decided to put down a few this year. I'm hoping that by making them public I will hold myself accountable and follow through with them. Here they are.

1. Keep better track of where my money goes and try to stop unnecessary money leaks!

2. Set a realistic budget and stick to it.

3. Put more money in savings. For the past few years I have put $10 a payday into an online savings account (it is purposefully online so it takes a few days to access the money) Last payday or the one before (I can't remember exactly which) I upped the amount to $20 a payday. I have used this money for our usual trip to visit family in the summer and then again for the kids' Christmas. I also want to start putting any extra money in my account after bills are paid into savings to help pad our non existent Emergency Fund.

4. Keep up with my blog!

5. Scan the waist high stack of boxes of pictures from my mom into the computer and put to disc to pass out to my siblings and my mom. That is going to be one big job! I scanned about 6 albums from Jan this year and it took me forever!

Here's to keeping my 2011 resolutions! Good luck to me.

New Year's Eve

2010-12-31T20:42:00.004-07:00

hmmm...I really don't have much to say. Another New Years Eve and I'm stuck at work all by my lonesome. One of these years I won't have to work New Years Eve and get to stay home with my family.

The only thing I can think of that happened today was Max and I played Battleship and he kicked my butt. He didn't even cheat! (He's a notorious cheater!) He was quite proud of himself.

SNOW!!

2010-12-30T20:33:00.003-07:00

...not something you see very often in The George!

Shhh! don't tell my neighbors I took pictures of their palm trees at 12:30 at night!

On another note. Si was playing basketball today and ended up in InstaCare with 4 stitches right above his eyebrow. I was in such a hurry I didn't think to take my camera (imagine that!) he is definitely going to have a black eye and it's really really swollen. Oh, well, he's a tough kid.

The Rules

2010-12-29T22:45:00.005-07:00

Sooo....for the past few weeks I've promised myself I'd be better at posting on my blog in 2011 than I did in 2010.

I came across the blog of a girl I went to high school with and her first post made alot of sense to me. She basically said that her life is really busy but she wanted to document her life with her kids better. She came up with a few rules to make it easy on her, but still have the documentation of the little and big things that are happening in her family: get it down, document it, and throw in some things I want my kids to know. Here are her (and my) rules:

Peach Pickin' with the Fam!

2010-09-04T16:53:00.002-06:00

Rob came home from running errands and told me the Church Farm was letting people go out and pick (or glean) peaches for free. I had heard they had an awesome crop this year! We decided to pack up the kids and go out. We weren't going to get very many because we still have a ton of jelly from canning from previous years, but we thought it would be a fun family activity so we went out.

We picked a small cooler full and then decided to run to town and get some bags or boxes and get a some more. We ended up with alot more peaches than we bargained for! I guess I'll be making peach cobbler for dessert tomorrow and I think I'm gonna can some just as sliced peaches and probably freeze some for smoothies and stuff like that. Rob also has his heart set on peaches and cream. YUM!!

I think the kids had a good time and it made for some fun family time, which is always a good thing! On the way back to the truck Jake kept saying Yay for Peaches!! Max was very particular about which peaches he picked, they had to be perfectly ripe and big, he didn't want any sub par peaches in his bag! We told him he could pick some that were not quite ripe so they could ripen at the house but he was having non of that! He is a funny kid.

Anyway, that was our Saturday. And I'm mad at myself for forgetting my camera! GRRR!!!

What I've done the past few nights

2010-05-26T22:24:00.006-06:00

This is all DigiScrapping

This is the first page I've done in MONTHS.

I quickly followed a tutorial as I did this one, because I couldn't remember how to use the program it had been so long!

These pictures were taken in February of 2010

This one was taken sometime in 2002

I'm guessing this one was Fall 2001

(I was really horrible at keeping track of dates on pics back then!)

Thanksgiving 2001 in Fillmore

Christmas 2001

Free Cricut Cart

2010-04-14T18:42:00.001-06:00

All you have to do is visit this blog and become a follower and win a FREE Cricut cartridge. Way too easy, right!

3 out of 4 sick

2010-04-14T17:43:00.002-06:00

The Saturday before Easter Jordyn told us that she had a bad sore throat. I ended up taking her to InstaCare and they confirmed Strep Throat. The next Thursday (I think) Jake wasn't looking like he felt too good, so I got him to the dr. Same thing. Yesterday morning Max tells me that he has a sore throat so I decide to keep him home and take him to the dr. I couldn't get him in til later in the day and by the time we go there I was thinking he was just faking so he could stay home, but no, he has it to! Fun, fun times at our house! Oh, and I was talking to Si the other day and he told me that he had a sore throat before Jordyn had hers but never said anything to me! So, I'm pretty sure he had it, too. I also talked to Rob today and he was going to make himself a drs appointment because he was loosing his voice again. Every year he usually gets sick and looses his voice and has to go on major antibiotics to get rid of his ear infections and bronchitis. He already went through it this year, but it looks like the kids got him sick again!

All I can say is I hope I survive! LOL

BBQ for Josh

2010-04-12T08:00:00.000-06:00

My bil, Josh, joined the Marines a while ago and when he was done with Boot Camp he came back to good ol' St George for a visit. It was great to see him again and go to Jan and Dave's for some good food. Unfortunately, Josh didn't feel well the night of the bbq so we didn't see much of him, but we all enjoyed yummy food! Here are some pictures...

I was too lazy to scan my pic of Josh into the computer

The guys making sure the steaks are seasoned just right.

They sure were good!!

Josh did NOT feel well

Park fun with Aunt Chantel and Bracken!

2010-04-10T19:46:00.005-06:00

Finally! Here are some pics from our trip to the park back in February when Chantel and Bracken came for a visit.

Max

(that boy was hard to get a picture of that day, this is the best one I got!)

(I love that he has his tongue sticking out!)

Jordyn

Jake

Bracken

(my cutie-patootie nephew)

And the best 2 pictures of all!!

The redneck treadmill! LOL

Awww....she fell!

Thanks for coming down, Chantel and Bracken! We had a blast, can't wait to do it again!

Updates and some rambling thrown in for good measure!

2010-04-09T23:16:00.002-06:00

I know, I know, I know!!! Just about every time I put a new post up I tell you all how much I've ignored the ol' blog and promise to do better! One thing working in my favor to do better about that is I deleted all my facebook games and blocked them all. They were taking up WAY too much of my time and I decided enough is enough!! I signed up for facebook to keep in touch with family and friends, not to play games. So now, hopefully, I'll have more time to blog and maybe even scrapbook some :0)

Ok, on to our update. I'll try to remember everything ;0) A few weekends ago we bought a boat. We got it for practically nothing, because the previous owners didn't winterize it and the engine is cracked. Bad for them, good for us, since I just happen to be married to a mechanic who can fix those kinds of things. Also, we (meaning he) found an engine for alot cheaper than we were expecting. Now all that's left to do is for him to find the time to put it in and then it's clean up the boat time. I can NOT wait to get out on the lake this summer. We have missed boating alot.

Now on to the biggest change in our lives. Rob has rented his own shop and is now mechanicing (is that a word? lol) out of it and not our garage. You do not know how happy I am to be able to pull into my driveway and not have to wonder how many cars are gonna be in my way and where am I supposed to park?? So far he is staying busy and we are working on getting business licenses and all the fun stuff that entails. Oh, the joys of self employment.

Last Saturday Jordyn woke up with a bad sore throat. We headed to InstaCare and they told us it was Strep Throat. Yesterday Jake wasn't feeling well so I took him into the dr and he has it as well. 2 out of 4 sick. I guess it could be worse!

We had a quiet, but fun, Easter. I've never been to into coloring easter eggs and having hunts, but I'm lucky because my mil, Jan, likes to do all that stuff. Soooo, the Thursday before Easter I boiled the kids' eggs and dropped the kids off at Grandma's house and they had a ball dying eggs with her! Then on Easter morning she hid all the eggs in her yard and we went over there to find them. I guess the kids had told her and Grandpa to make it harder this year and boy they did! It took them quite a while to find all the eggs. After the hunt we went home for a few hours and then came back to eat a nice dinner. It was a great day. I forgot my camera, I'll have to get those pictures from Jan and post later.

Next I have to tell about all the babies that have been and will be born this year. First up is James Don, born in January (or the beginning of Feb). Next is Aleksa Lee, born just a few days ago. She was a whopping 9 + lbs! Her mom, Ashten is a tiny little thing, I don't know how she did it. Then in just a little over 2 weeks my sister, Bridget is due with her first baby, a boy. I am so excited for them and can't wait to meet him. Then Dean and Melissa are expecting their first baby, a girl, right around the end of April as well. Wow, babies, babies everywhere!!

Oh what fun we have!!

2010-04-01T07:00:00.000-06:00

The weekend of Jake's birthday, Chantel and Bracken came to down to celebrate with us and visit for a few days. Unfortunately, I started coming down with a nasty cold and didn't feel too well, so we didn't do much. One night Rob snapped this picture of our sisterly fun, each of us playing on our laptops!! What dorks! We did take the kids to the park on one of the days, my next post is going to be pictures of that. I have some good ones!

My New Toy

2010-03-31T13:53:00.002-06:00

I've had this for about 2 weeks and I absolutely LOVE it. It is so much fun to play on and easy to use.

What I did today...

2010-03-23T20:24:00.002-06:00

This morning I made these and then I made this for dinner. YUM!! I even froze the leftover beans to use later on. I am kinda proud of myself.

I am really loving Erin's blog and I'm seriously thinking about buying her cookbook. My family has loved almost every recipe that I have cooked of hers. Go check it out, I bet you'll find some new family favorites.

Wacky hair day

2010-03-05T10:45:00.003-07:00

I'm sure all moms of elementary aged children know that Dr Seuss' birthday was this week. Wednesday, I think? All week long most, if not all, elementary schools have been celebrating Dr Seuss week. Today was wacky hair day. I think the pictures speak for themselves!

Max's new favorite thing is to make funny faces when he gets his picture taken. I think it's rubbed off on Jordyn. I think she was trying to be scary. Jake is sporting his Cat in the Hat hat he made at Headstart.

Valentine's Day

2010-03-05T07:00:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of the gorgeous flowers Rob had sent to me at work for Valentine's Day. I love them. Thank you, honey (I know, I'm really late posting this!)

Thankful Thursday

2010-03-04T22:18:00.002-07:00

I am so thankful for my 4 wonderful kids and their Great Grandparents, Max and LaVoy. I love that my kids are able to know and love their Great Grandparents. We are going to visit them next weekend and they are so excited. We love you, Grandma & Grandpa!

My baby, er, um, my big boy turns 5!

2010-02-25T19:31:00.003-07:00

JAKE TURNS 5!

I just absolutely love that picture!!

I can't believe it. My baby, my youngest little bean is now a big kid of 5 years old! I'm so happy for him, but so sad for me at the same time.

His thing lately is to raise his fist in the air and yell, YES!! if he's excited or happy about something. He is such a joy to be around, always happy, smiley and good natured (except when he gets sent back to home when we play "bubble" Trouble!)

When I asked what kind of cake and ice cream he wanted he informed me very quickly, I might add, that he wanted CHOCOLATE everything. No problem, son, I can accommodate that request!

A perfect shot of him blowing out the candles! (snff, sniff. I'm gonna go cry now...)

We had a great day with great people, food and gifts! Grandma Jan & Grandpa Dave came over, as well as Aunt Ruth and Uncle Chris. Aunt Chantel and Bracken came down from Delta and spent a few days, so that was really fun! Thanks to those of you who made it, we are so glad you could come!

Thankful Thursday

2010-02-25T18:43:00.003-07:00

I have been meaning to join in on Thankful Thursday for a while now and finally remembered on Thursday! I should start getting posts ready before hand and schedule them to post on Thursdays!

This week I am thankful for this cutie who is 5 YEARS OLD!! (but still my baby)

Gonna go do a post about his birthday party tonight!

SEP's aka Parent-Teacher Conferences

2010-02-23T18:51:00.003-07:00

It really annoys Rob that they call Parent/Teacher Conferences Sep's now. I think it's funny how annoyed he is about it. Anyway. this week Jordyn and Max both get out of school at 1 :15 everyday and yesterday we went to their meetings. They are both doing well. Jordyn got x's or +'s in all of her area's. Basically that means A's and B's. She is reading above level and gets along well with her classmates.

Max is also doing well. I was really worried about his reading at the beginning of the year, but he went into Reading Recovery (which he LOVED) and it helped him so much. He is now reading on grade level, when before he was below grade level. The only issue his teacher (and I) seem to have is he needs to sloooow down and think about what he is doing. Sometimes he doesn't comprehend what he's reading, because he is reading to fast. Also, his handwriting could be better, but that also goes along with slowing down! But, that kid has always been on the move. He does really well in math, he gets almost 100% on all of his tests. I'd like to say he gets that from his mom, but I don't think so, that's his dad's genes.

It's been nice having the kids home early this week. Next month we have spring break, I'm really looking forward to that. Yay, I'll get to sleep in!

Blasts from the past

2010-02-18T22:56:00.007-07:00

I am using Rob's laptop because mine decided it needed a new hard drive. All the pictures that are on this computer are pretty old and I've been having fun looking at them, so I thought I'd share a few....

So Sweet!

Great Grandpa Max and our Max!

I Love this picture of Max

Jordyn and Si

Si at Sand Hollow Lake. Look how clear the water is!

Cutie Pie Max

Si and Jordyn.
She used to put all the washcloths on her head and wear them around the house like hats!
Silly girl :P

Another of Si and Jodyn

Happy Family!

Love that smile.
Can you believe he was that little?!?

The Funnies

2010-01-31T13:58:00.003-07:00

The other day Max and Si were having a conversation about respecting your elders. Max then told me that he is supposed to respect his "olderlings" LOL! So funny. I think it comes from Star Wars and "younglings"

Just a minute ago Jake brought me a card. He was waving it and saying, "mom, look what I found!" I asked him where he got it and he told me, "um, in my room and then in my hand." Silly boy.

So sweet

2010-01-30T18:44:00.002-07:00

I'm going to try to go through the pictures I've taken in the last few months and try to update the blog with them. I saw these pictures today and thought they were so cute!

Of all the kids, Max was the one who loved the Christmas tree the most. The first thing he did every morning was ask if he could turn the lights on on the Christmas tree. He would sit on the couch next to it and just stare at it. One night he got his pillow and a book and sat there and read until he fell asleep.

Random...

2010-01-28T22:08:00.003-07:00

I was driving home last night when the car in front of me slammed on it's brakes and started swerving. Scared the heck outta me! It took me a second to realize that there was a deer in the road! So scary. I think it was a doe. I was driving on the road next to the trail from the pictures that are down below. Also, last Sunday when Rob went for his walk (we were at church, he went himself) he told me he saw a 4 point buck down by the river that morning. I wish I could have seen him.

The other day all 4 kids had their 6 month dentist check-ups. I'm so proud of them. 4 for 4 with NO cavities! YAY!! It's ALWAYS a good thing when you come out of the dentist with no cavities. On a bad note (but one I knew was coming) the dr told me that Jordyn will need braces and that Si more than likely will. UGH!! NOT looking forward to those bills!

Also, I got my hair cut and it is SHORT, but I LOVE it. It's so easy and fast to do. Jordyn was upset this morning when she saw my hair. I think she was jealous cuz I didn't take her to get hers done, too. That is one thing us 2 girls splurge on, we go to my co-workers salon and have her give us cuts and styles. The boys get the clippers at home or $7 dollar specials at Fantastic Sams! Rob flinched when I told him how much a cut and color is, but he doesn't complain. I don't get color done very often and Andy always gives me a good deal, cuz I'm special like that! LOL

Sunday walk

2010-01-27T22:25:00.005-07:00

So, Rob and I have been trying to make it to the trails near our house and walk every day. When the kids are home we take them and they ride their bikes and we walk behind them. It has been so much fun and the kids have had a blast. It does a good job of tiring them out, too! Here are some pictures I took over Christmas break.

Dang, this boy is so hard to get a picture of! He isn't like the other 3 kids who cheese and stick their faces right into the camera as soon as they see it. He'd much rather be BEHIND the camera than in front of it!

Blah!

2010-01-27T22:11:00.003-07:00

I have been feeling kind of blah lately. I keep telling myself I need to update this poor, neglected blog, I just haven't done it. I'll try to do better, I promise. It's that darn facebook, it's sucked me in! I'm going to go through my pictures and find something to update you all on.

I am done!

2009-12-22T19:40:00.001-07:00

Wooohooo!! I am done shopping and I am done wrapping. I am so excited! All that's left to do now is wait for the Big Guy in Red to show up!

Random cuteness

2009-12-17T22:42:00.004-07:00

Just some pictures of the kids that I found. These were all taken this summer.

What are you reading?

2009-12-17T08:00:00.000-07:00

About the only time I get to read is when I'm at work. I average about a book a week. If I spent less time on Facebook I'm sure I'd get more reading in!!

Right now I am reading the Kite Runner. I am only about 50 pages in, but I am enjoying it so far. The book before Kite Runner was Beauty a retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley. I really liked it a lot more than I thought I would. One of my more recent books was The Murder of King Tut, by James Patterson. I really enjoy Patterson's books. The are interesting and fast paced. I also like that they have short chapters. I am really looking forward to his new Alex Cross novel. That was the series that really sucked me in.

I like to keep track of my To Read List on Goodreads.com I go to that website and see what is next on my to read shelf and then go to the library website and put that book and maybe some others on hold. I would LOVE to have the time to go to the library and just browse the shelves for something to read, but, I don't have that kind of time, so I use the libraries online request feature weekly. I love it! When my book is ready, they send me an email and then I go pick it up. Easy peasy! Takes all of 5 minutes!

Have you read any good books lately?? If so, what are they?

Funny Buster

2009-12-16T23:46:00.002-07:00

I found these pictures tonight when I was organizing all my pictures.

This happened a few months ago, but I thought I'd share with you all.

Max and Jake had gotten into trouble and Rob and I were both in the kitchen and we yelled at them to get into the corner. Well, I guess Buster didn't like us yelling at the kids and stood guard over them until we let them out. I think he thought we were gonna spank them and he was havin' none of that! LOL

Went through pictures

2009-12-16T13:31:00.002-07:00

So, I just spent about a half an hour getting all the pictures from our 3 cameras put onto the computer and my thumb drive. I like to put them all on my home pc and then back up on our external hard drive. I also like to put them on a thumb drive and then transfer them to my laptop. I do most of my blogging at work, so I like to have a copy of my pictures on my laptop. I had pictures clear back from Max's birthday in August that were not transferred! Now I just need to go through and delete the bad ones and put them in their correct folders. I like to put them in monthly folders, then sub categories inside the month if there was a special event like a birthday or school program.

A few months ago I borrowed all my mother in laws photo books and scanned all her pictures to my computer. About a week ago she showed me a book that I had missed, it was mostly pictures of Rob as a baby. I don't want to miss getting those photos! After those are all organized I plan to burn them to CD's to give to Jan and any of her family that wants one.

Random...

2009-12-15T22:50:00.002-07:00

Rob called me last night while I was at work and mentioned that he had found a Kitchenaid Mixer for sale for $50 on Craigslist. He asked if I would be interested in something like that and I told him to call and ask about it. He did and made an appointment for this morning to go look at at. It was in really good condition, so we bought it. I have always wanted one, but could never justify the cost of a brand new one. I am excited. It came with a recipe book that has some really yummy looking things in it. I can't wait to get started. It did not come with a dough hook, so we stopped by the kitchen specialty store in town and got one for $15, I think. Rob was looking online for the other accessories that I think we'll invest in. Our food processor broke a few months ago, so rather than replace it, we'll just get KitchenAid accessories.

Who has some kind of KitchenAid/Bosch mixer? What is your favorite thing to make with it?

I am hoping it will help me with my quickbreads, like banana and pumpkin bread. I can never seem to get them to turn out quite right. We'll see!!

Updated. Well, kinda

2009-12-15T22:33:00.001-07:00

So, I finally updated my blog background, now that it's almost Christmas. I know, I'm way behind. I am really, really gonna try to be better at updating this thing.

It's amazing!

2009-10-17T08:00:00.000-06:00

He does smile!

What happens when your 6 year old finds your camera...

2009-10-16T08:00:00.000-06:00

You get very strange, random pictures. Like this one of your aunt's kitchen floor....

Or the picture of the back deck through the window....

Or a water jug sitting on the floor. Hmmm, interesting!

Then your 6 yr old finds a human subject. Let's see if he'll make funny faces at us!

Now it's our turn to make funny faces!

Bracken's funny face

The Funnies, Part 2

2009-10-15T22:35:00.003-06:00

I think all of the funnies I have this time are from Jake.

"Those hurty things are hurty!" Talking about the sticker weeds.

Max asked me if Jake was old enough to try riding his bike without training wheels. I told him I didn't think he was ready for that, yet. Max told Jake, "mom says your old enough to ride a bike with just 2 wheels." Jake then asked Max if he was old enough to ride a bike with FOUR wheels! So funny!

Just yesterday Jake was running to his room. I followed him and he told me his brain always follows him. I told him that was good, since it's inside him.

What a goofy boy!

The Funnies

2009-10-10T08:00:00.000-06:00

I'm gonna steal an idea from my friend, Sarah Anne and start writing down the funny things my kids do and say.

The other morning Rob got up with the kids and let me sleep in and I heard Jake stomping around the house saying he was doing the Gorrilla dance (or something like that! LOL)

Today Max was playing Starfall on the computer and they have an area where you can make your own avatar. He put a mowhawk on his and then asked me if he could grow his hair into a mowhog!

Rob found some sunglasses in a car he just bought (to fix and resale. Yes, my husband thinks he's a car salesman. At least he's an honest carsalesman :) ) Anyway, Jake looked at Max and said Hey, lookin' good!

He wasn't faking this time. Poor Max :0(

2009-10-09T22:18:00.003-06:00

NOT a fun night last night! I got home from work (a very LONG night, might I add) and just a few minutes after I crawl into bed I hear one of the the boys crying. Not sure if it is Max or Jake. I go check on them and it is Max, clutching his belly and moaning and crying. Poor thing! I calmed him down, got him some medicine and went back to bed. Not long after that he comes in and tells me he's going to the couch. It took me a minute to get up, but before then I hear him puking in the hallway! UGHHH! AND he had RED jell-o after dinner. I get a bowl for him and put him on the couch, and go clean up the mess. We both layed on the couch, me trying to calm him down, poor baby. He threw up one more time but was still moaning and crying til about 5:30 or so. After he seemed to be feeling better I asked if he minded if I went to my bed and he said, ya, that would be good, then I can have more room! LOL, I didn't know I was crampin' your style, buddy!

Rob got up and got the kids to school, thank goodness, but I still didn't get enough sleep. When Max got up this morning he was perfectly fine and has been fine all day. He was mad at me when I kept him home from school, though!

On a happy note, I have an appointment to get my hair done tomorrow, wooohoo!!!!

Meet Konner Si

2009-10-09T08:00:00.000-06:00

My sweet, snuggly new nephew!! This post is pretty late, since it's been almost 3 weeks since we went to Delta to meet him, but we all know I am a procrastinator!

Konner is my brother, Pj and sil, Heather's new baby! We waited a long time for him to join our family and are so glad he is here.

Konner and Jake. This is the one and only time we got Jake to hold him. He really liked the baby, but Jake is a mover and didn't want to sit still long enough to hold Konner. He would walk by him if someone else was holding him and talk to him or give him a kiss, but that was about it!

Jordyn and Konner. She just LOVES having a new baby in the family to hold and snuggle!

Max and Konner. He is so happy to hold and talk to the baby! I don't know who asked to hold him more, him or Jordyn!

I didn't get a picture of Si holding Konner. I did get a picture of Si that weekend, though. I don't think Si even held Konner. He was asked several times if he wanted to, but never did.

We had such a blast in Delta! I think I'm gonna do a new post to talk about what we did while we were there. I can't wait to go back and visit!

New closet

2009-10-08T13:57:00.004-06:00

Last week the shelf in our closet collapsed. Not fun. This is the second or third time this has happened. We lived with it for a few days until Friday when Rob and I went to Home Depot to get a new, sturdier shelf and supports. On Saturday, I cleared everything out of the closet and Rob and I discussed putting the shelf up over the existing dark wood, or tearing it out. We both really, really disliked the dark wood. The people who put it up did a good job, and it's high quality wood. But, it made our closet so dark! Plus, I hate dark wood, anyway. So, we decided to go with tearing it out.

Here is the before...

We were going to do the outside wood, as well, but it really would have been a HUGE chore and we would have had to dry wall, as well. We decided that was more than we wanted to tackle in one weekend. So, we are leaving the outside wood for another time.

This is after the wood was torn out and the holes patched and mudded.

The closet painted just a plain white (we had the paint left over from something else)

After the shelves are installed. I love the new second shelf. The original shelf was very narrow, so we got a wider shelf and then Rob cut down the old one to make a second shelf. Love it!

After everything is put back in the closet. I just love my new closet. Even without a light in there I can see much better now that it is white and not all dark! I still need to get some shoe racks, but we were out of money, so we'll have to wait for payday! I would also really like doors on the closet, but that will have to wait for another time.

Was he faking?

2009-10-02T08:17:00.000-06:00

The other day I woke the kids up for school. Max was on his bed, moaning and groaning that his belly hurt. I finally gave in and decided he could stay home from school. A few hours later he was acting fine and was asking if we could have Wendy's for lunch and could he play the Wii? I told him no. I started mentioning that he was acting like he was fine and that he should probably go to school. I think this was about 10 am. Rob said, no, lets just let him stay home. I said, ok, no biggie, he can miss a day of school. Rob then told Max that he had to take it easy and to go rest on his bed. About 10-20 minutes later Max came to find me saying he was ready to go to school now!! LOL, I knew he was faking!! Once he figured out there was gonna be no Frosty, Wii, or anything but rest, he decided school was more fun than staying home!

The BEST cupcakes, EVER!

2009-09-30T21:07:00.002-06:00

I'd been hearing about this little cafe/bakery here in town, even drove by it a few times. I had to run a few errands before work today, so I left early. I was done with my errands and at the library, picking up a book when I realized I had some time to kill. That's when I remembered 25 Main was just around the corner. Yay, I could finally go sample some of their killer cupcakes I'd been hearing about. It was definitely worth the trip! Next time I go I'll have to go around lunch time, their panini's look FABULOUS! I ordered a Orange Blossom and a Chocolate Raspberry, because I couldn't decide which flavor to try. I took them to work and shared with my co-worker. She choose the Orange, so I had the Chocolate. TO DIE FOR!!! Seriously.

So, if any of you end up in St George, head on over to 25 Main and have a cupcake or two. Or 10.

Busy, busy,

2009-09-29T22:06:00.002-06:00

but not much to say! It seems like all I do is run errands, clean, make meals and go to work! We haven't been doing much, just the same old, same old. Well, we did go to Delta and see Konner, my new cutie pie nephew! That was a lot of fun and I loved snuggling with the baby. As soon as I get the pics on the computer I'll post them. The kids all seemed to have a good time playing with their cousins. Jake kept telling me he was gonna play with Bracken and they got along well.

I did do a bunch of canning a few weeks ago. Greats Max and Voy brought down some plums and I made a whole bunch of jam. YUMMY!!! Then about a week after that Jan went up and brought down a whole bunch of peaches and nectarines and I made jam out of those, too. I also blanched (I think that's the word for it) and cut up a bunch of peaches to freeze to make smoothies with.

Thats my life lately!

Funny Blogs

2009-09-26T22:49:00.006-06:00

I have recently come across 2 hilarious blogs that I thought I'd share with you all. The first one is Awkward Family Photos and the second one is People of Walmart. Go check them out, if you haven't already. These blogs will definitely have you laughing!

Jordyn's Baptism

2009-08-19T14:17:00.002-06:00

Jordyn got baptized on August 1st. It was such a special day for our family, especially Jordyn! She was so excited and not *too* nervous!

Grandma Jan, Grandpa Dave, Josh, Grandma Debbie, Aunt Chantel and our very good friends the Hancocks were all able to make it. After the actual baptism we all headed over to our house for a some subs and chips and visiting. All in all it was a GREAT day!

This is Jordyn and Brother Bice. Thank you, Brother Bice!!

Saturday

2009-08-19T13:53:00.002-06:00

Last Saturday was pretty busy. We were invited to a birthday party at a splashpad the I took all the kids too. We had lots of fun! When Roman (the birthday boy) was opening his presents, he opened a bag with some pajama's in them. Max sighed real loud and said "Awww, man, I need some of the those!!" It was so funny, all the adults started laughing. That's my Max!

After the party we went home and relaxed for a bit and then Rob surprised us by taking us out to the county fair. This is the first time we have gone to the fair as a family! I think we all had a great time. When we got there we went and walked through the building with all the homemade items and it was really interesting and neat. Jordyn and I liked looking at the intricate dollhouses. Plus, the building was air conditioned! After that we went to the entertainment/food building. We walked around a bit then I bought the 3 little kids some tickets to jump in the jump house and go down the big slide while Rob and Si went and got some food. Next we went to the commercial booth building and walked through all their booths. I think everyone's favorite was the pest control booth. Those guys had some awesome spiders, lizards and scorpions. They had a scorpion under a black light and it was glowing blue, I think. Also, one of the guys had a HUGE cockroach on his shirt. He said he'd had it for 5 years! YUCK!! Jake kept begging to hold it, so the man let Jake pet it's back. EWWWWW!!! He also got out a lizard and let the kids pet it, too. Jake kept asking to hold it and he did let him hold it with his help for a little bit.

After that the carnival was open. The same exact carnival I grew up going to and used to be at the park right across the street from my house when I was little. The kids thought that was pretty neat that I lived across the street from the carnival when it came to town! The kids all rode some rides and had a blast. Si rode on some pretty scary ones that you definitely wouldn't catch me on!! He thought it was great!! Jordyn and Max rode on the Gravitron thing where you go inside and lay against a rolling thing on the wall and it spins you so fast you can't move. Max thought that was so awesome that he couldn't move one piece of himself (his exact words) I wished I would've caught a picture of the look on their faces when they walked off that ride! I took Max and Jordyn on the Magic Carpet ride. Max loved it, hollering and laughing the whole time. Jordyn, on the other hand, hated it. She was doing a little freak out next to me. Finally she closed her eyes and calmed down. Even the girls next to her were giving her concerned looks. As soon as it stoppe, her eyes popped open and she said that it was fun!! I just laughed! Jake had a ton of fun on some of the smaller kiddie rides. I think we'll definitely be back next year! I might even talk Rob into going up to Lagoon next summer! YAY!!! I haven't been there since Si was a baby!

Here are some pictures. I didn't get any of Si and Jordyn cuz they rode the bigger rides while I took Max and Jake on the kiddy rides.

Jake and Max on the train. It was a little slow for them after the rollercoasters, but they still liked it.

Max driving the rollercoaster, of course!

Jake riding the dragon. This one just went around in a cirlcle and up and down. I could barely get him to look at me.

This is the first ride the boys went on and they LOVED it! They also went on another roller coaster, but I didn't get any good pictures of that one.

Well, that was our Saturday!! Busy, busy, but LOTS of fun! Thanks, hon, for taking us!

My Brave Jake!

2009-08-19T13:46:00.002-06:00

In order to be admitted into Headstart, Jake had to have a lead screening. I thought it would just be a finger prick, like the iron tests at WIC. I took him to the lab last Friday and found out he had to have 5 cc's of blood taken from his arm! I felt so bad! He wiggled too much on the first arm and they couldn't get enough blood, so they had to do it a second time in his other arm. He did great that time. I told him if he held still the second time we'd go to Arctic Circle and get an ice cream cone. Here he is afterwards with his bandages. He held his arms out straight until we got home. No way was he bending his arms.

Tuesday I had to take the paper to the drs office to have them sign, saying the test was negative. The dr's office is right next door to the lab and Jake kept asking to go back to that building cuz he wanted his blood taken again! Silly boy :-)

Back to School!

2009-08-13T13:04:00.002-06:00

Today was the first day of school for Si, Jordyn and Max. Jake starts HeadStart on August 31st. I have not got pictures of Si, yet, he had to leave about 7:10 this morning and I was barely coherent at that point and totally forgot to get some of him. I'll make him pose this afternoon after school. I'm sure he'll LOVE that!

Si is in 7th grade, his second year of Intermediate School. Jordyn is in 3rd grade and Max is in 1st. He is very excited about being in school all day. Jake, Buster and I walked Jordyn and Max to school. Jake was really sad that he couldn't go to school with them, but I think he's enjoying being home with just mom and dad. I know I'm enjoying it! He even got to play Mario Kart Wiiiiii (as he says it) all by himself! Well, Jake is asking me if I'm done, yet, so I better go.

Modeling

2009-08-11T21:40:00.003-06:00

Jordyn got baptized on August 1st. Grandma Voy and Aunt Jo could not make it (they went to Arizona for a funeral) On their way back through, they stopped and did a little shopping with Jan for Jordyn. The got here the cutest outfits and Jordyn was so happy to receive them and try them on. Of course Grandma had to take pictures! I do have to say that I love that Jan is always snapping away with her camera, because, if for some reason, I don't have mine, I know Grandma has hers. It has saved me several times! Anyway, back to Jordyn.

Here is a picture of Aunt Jo and Grandma LaVoy!

Our day

2009-07-22T18:54:00.002-06:00

This morning all 4 kids had dentist appointments at 9 am. What was I thinking making appointments for ALL the kids that early when I have to work the night before??? But, we made it. I think we were even a little early, if you can believe it. All the kids did really well and behaved themselves. Jake did NOT like the gritty toothpaste stuff the lady used to clean his teeth with, but he handled it ok. He really liked being able to lay on the table and watch the movie in the ceiling. Jake was also the only one with cavities :-( Guess we're not brushing good enough! Max, Jordyn and Si did not have any cavities, thank goodness. Si did not walk out very happy. He has 2 adult teeth growing in (I'm sure they are pretty much in) but his baby teeth hadn't fallen out, yet. I heard the dr asking him if he was ready for them to come out and Si was saying no. The dr said, well, can you get them out in the next day or two? Si was over there saying, ya, ya, ya! I knew otherwise! I walked over there and told the dentist to just pull them. Si did not like that ONE bit, but the dentist put some numbing stuff on his gums and pulled the 2 teeth right out. He's one brave guy, I thought Si was gonna take a thumb with him!

After the dentist we headed over to the Hidden Valley park/splash pad. It was a ton of fun. The kids loved that they could be getting wet one minute and then playing on the toys the next minute. I really enjoyed all the benches and shade over the benches. I don't think I've been to a park with so many shade umbrellas! It was really cool. I took a TON of pictures that I'll try to put on later.

Another Max Funny

2009-07-14T11:11:00.002-06:00

This kid just cracks me up.

My niece, Autumn, was playing a Wubzy dress-up game on Nickjr.com. Wubzy was standing in a room in his underwear and the point of the game was to dress Wubzy however you wanted. Autumn put a shirt on him first and Max said "you really should put pants on him first cuz it's embarrassing to see him in his underwear!" Oh my gosh! He is so funny!!

A Max Funny

2009-07-12T11:58:00.002-06:00

While Jake was in the tub Max went in and yelled "BOOOOO", scaring Max. The funny thing was that Max came out of the bathroom, laughing, looked at Rob and said "That never gets old" He such a stinker!

Home again

2009-07-11T13:30:00.002-06:00

This morning I went to Beaver to meet Chantel and picked up Jordyn and Autumn. It wasn't a bad drive, I turned the music up loud and sang along. I'm glad to have Jordyn back home and I think it will be fun to have Autumn here for a visit. So far the plan is to meet next Saturday to drop Autumn back off with Chantel. We may have my other niece, Kirsten come down for a visit when we drop Autumn off. We'll see how this week goes, first, though!!

He got in!

2009-07-11T08:00:00.001-06:00

A few weeks ago we got the acceptance letter from Headstart for Jake. I was so happy! I'm pretty sure the only reason he got in was from the referral from the school district for his Speech Therapy. Now I just need to get him into the dentist and the dr for checkups and turn the papers into Headstart and then we'll find out what class he's gonna be in! I'm really, really hoping for morning, so keep your fingers crossed for us! I already have the dentist and dr appointments set up, just have to go to them!

Another reason this makes me happy is I've been kicking around the idea of going back to school when Jake starts Kindy, so this may up my plans a year. I just need to find out when Jake will be going to school and take a class or 2 at the same time as Jake and no day care costs! I also need to make an appointment with a counselor and see what kind of classes I need to take. Oh, and decide for sure what I want to be when I grow up, lol!!!

Off Visiting

2009-07-10T08:00:00.002-06:00

I forgot to mention in my 4th of July post that after our fun-filled weekend in Fillmore, Jordyn went to Delta to visit with my family. Sunday afternoon my brother, PJ, and my niece, Kirsten, came and picked her up. I have only talked with her once, but I'm sure she is having a blast! Some of my favorite memories are going to visit family in the summer time. I loved the anticipation of it and then when it was over reliving all the memories throughout the next year before going and doing it all the next summer!

It has been very quiet at our house without her. Who would've thought that one child would make the house that much quieter? But, it does! I hate to say it, but Max and Jake get along much better without Jordyn there to tease and fight with and make scream. Oh what a little drama queen my only girl is!! LOL I do miss her alot, though.

Saturday I am meeting my sister, Chantel, in Beaver to pick up Jordyn and my niece, Autumn. Autumn will stay with us for about a week and then we'll do another trip to Beaver to drop off kids!

We miss you, Jordyn!

Fireworks!

2009-07-09T09:00:00.000-06:00

Here are some pictures of the Fireworks. It was a great show!

Family, Fun, Food and Fireworks!

2009-07-08T16:54:00.005-06:00

Last weekend we all packed up and went to Fillmore to spend the 4th of July with Rob's family. Rob's Grandpa Max was the Grand Marshall of the parade and most of the family was there. We had so much fun and ate TONS of FABULOUS food!

My kids had a great time playing with all their cousins and riding bikes and squirting each other with squirt guns. The adults had a great time hanging out with each other.

I took 2 vacation days, so we went up Thursday and got all unpacked. Friday morning we got up and headed to Delta for a quick trip so Rob could check out the air conditioning in my moms truck. We got back to Fillmore before lunch. After lunch we decorated the kids bikes and scooters for the kids parade that evening.

Saturday was pretty packed, but a ton of fun. I was in charge of Breakfast that morning so Rob and I got everything put out and cleaned up. After that was the parade, which was a ton of fun. I don't think I have ever seen that much candy at a parade. The kids had a blast chasing after the candy and getting squirted with water guns. After lunch Rob and I took the kids to the park to check out the booths and games there. The kids each got to ride the big slide and then Jordyn and Si both got dunked in the dunk tank. After the park we watched the Talent Show that Jordyn and Skylar put together. It was so fun! Jordyn even got up there and sang a song all by herself. I was pretty impressed!! That afternoon the kids and I took a little nap and then it was off to the fireworks. They were great! Max was pretty scared of them, but everyone else liked them. We were a bit too close cuz about halfway through the wind shifted and debris and coals (not hot) started falling on us. Right at the end it started raining, so we hightailed it out of there!

Sunday morning we started to pack up and then hung out til lunch/dinner was ready. After eating we headed home :(

Here are some pictures

Max won!

2009-05-23T11:18:00.002-06:00

A few weeks ago we went to the Cotton Days Festival in the next town over. There was an insurance company booth that was giving away coloring books for the kids and the lady told Jordyn and Max that they were having a coloring contest. She said the pages had to be in by the next Friday, so the kids went home and got to coloring. I honestly thought the kids would forget about the contest, but nope, they didn't! On Friday we had to go down and turn in the papers. Jordyn and Max went with me. Jake also colored a page, but he stayed home with Rob. Anyway, when we turned in the pages Max was so proud of himself when the lady gushed over what a good job they all did. He asked her if he could have his page back when they were done and she took our address and said she'd mail them all back. The other day Rob checked the mail and there were the kids pages and a letter to Max with a $10 Visa card stating that he had won!! He is so excited. I told him we could go to Walmart today and he could spend his money. He can't wait to use his "credit card" as he calls it. I'm glad I took the 1/2 hour to turn in the papers, even though I really didn't want to. It was worth it for the HUGE smile on Max's face.

Overheard this morning

2009-05-15T08:53:00.002-06:00

Jake to Rob: "I'm still a little kid, but I'll be a medium kid, soon!"

Oh my gosh! That kid cracks me up!

That made my whole WEEK!

2009-05-15T08:10:00.003-06:00

Yesterday I got a phone call from a lady from the School District Preschool where Jake goes to speech therapy. She had heard that I had applied for Head Start next year for Jake and informed me that they can make referrals and that Jake was an excellent candidate. She is mailing me a letter so I can give my permission for the referral. I am so excited, with the referral from the school district I'm 99.9% sure that Jake will get into Head Start next year! Yay!!! I was really worried about how bored he was gonna be next year when Max goes to school all day. I guess it's time to look into classes at the college for me!

What we did today

2009-05-13T21:23:00.005-06:00

Rob surprised me this morning telling me we should take the boys to a splash pad after we picked up Max from school. I thought it would be fun, so I agreed. We didn't tell them where we were going, but they knew something was up 'cause we both picked Max up. Usually only one of us picks him up from school and we go home. The boys were so excited when we pulled into the park parking lot! Max jumped right into getting wet, but it took Jake forever to decide that the water was ok.

Jake only wanted to play with this for the longest time. It made some neat sounds!

Max loved the big water guns!

Max

Jake's still not too sure he wants to get wet, but getting Max wet is ok!

Finally getting in the water!

This was both their favorite thing to do.

Sit on the water spray!

Goofy boys!

Max always has to pull a funny face whenever the camera comes out.

Jordyn's Spring Program

2009-04-30T21:37:00.007-06:00

A few weeks ago the 2nd Grade did their annual Spring Program. It was very cute, Jordyn was a carrot and did so well with her solo part and singing all the songs. Rob couldn't make it, but Jan and I were able to make it to the dress rehersal. I was so proud of her! The title of the program was "How does your garden grow"

Let me apologize in advance for the shaking. I tried really hard, it was my first time taking video with my digital camera and I had to keep track of Jake at the same time!

Video #1 Watch from about 30 seconds to 2 minutes. I haven't figured out the editing part, yet!

Video #2 This doesn't have any of Jordyn, but this skit was so cute and Jake gave me a kiss at the end!

This is the video of Jordyn's solo!

The last song in sign language!

This last video is of Jordyn singing while we played Rock Band at my brothers over Easter weekend. We had so much fun! Thanks Aunt Jeanette for letting us borrow it! It's kinda long, so be forewarned!! LOL

The little bug who keeps sneaking into our bed...

2009-04-26T09:00:00.000-06:00

He sure loves Mom & Dad's bed. The other morning I got in the shower and came out into the living room and a while later I realized I hadn't seen Jake, yet. I started looking around for him and here's where I found him!

Aww! He missed us! And we missed him!

2009-04-25T09:00:00.000-06:00

Here is our lovable, loyal, wonderful dog, Buster. We all love him so much, but especially Max. We see Max and Buster together all the time. Buster will sit there while Max pets and talks to him. Buster has a hard time deciding where to be when some of the kids are outside and some are inside. He likes to know where everyone is at all times! One night while I was at work Jake fell asleep in his bed pretty early and Rob found Buster roaming the house and going in and out of the backyard. Rob finally figured out he was looking for Jake! Rob took him in the boys room and showed him where Jake was and he settled down. Isn't that sweet? Also, if a strange man comes to the house Buster makes sure he stays between me and him. He does NOT like strange people coming into the house (especially men) and moreso when Rob is not home. I like that he is protective of all of us.

Anyway, back to the original point of this post! (those of you who know me IRL (in real life) know that I it sometimes takes me a while to get to the point!) We went out of town over Easter weekend, and, unfortunately, we were not able to take Buster with us. I think it was last summer when we bought an automatic feeder and a portable doggy door for Buster to use while we are out of town. While we were gone we asked Jan to check on Buster once or twice to give him loves and let him know he wasn't completely abandoned! Easter Sunday we saw Jan at the Grandparent's in Fillmore and she told us that Buster is really missing us and that he had dragged one shoe from each family member into the living room! He didn't chew on them or anything, we think he just wanted to be able to smell our scent.

One last thing! I just have to say that he absolutely ADORES and LOVES Grandma Jan to pieces. He gets just as excited (if not more) than the kids when Grandma Jan comes to visit. It is so funny. The other day Jan came over and Buster was outside, he was at the glass door just scratching his hardest to be let in. I have never seen him so anxious to get into the house. It was too cute! Jan calls him her "other" grandchild!

Buster almost got in BIG trouble!

2009-04-24T19:51:00.003-06:00

I had to get up early this week to watch my cousin, Wayne's, boy, Tray. I was sitting on the couch at about 6:30 am waiting for them to arrive and looked down and saw this....

In the dim light, from the couch, it looked like a dog turd. I was so mad! I was getting ready to get up and give Buster a piece of my mind, but then I turned on the lamp next to me and realized it was just....

Max's Chewbacca toy! Pheew!! Poop scooping at 6:30 am averted!

What I did on Sunday...

2009-04-23T22:40:00.006-06:00

The kids helping mom...

This is fun!!

Max and his silly faces! LOL

This is when I got smart (well, Rob reminded me!) that I have a food processor!

Boiling the strawberries and other ingredients!

Waiting for the lids to seal

All done! Next time I'll buy more strawberries, that was ALOT of work for just 3 Quarts of Jam! I don't mind making it, but I like to have a bit more than that! We did have enough crushed strawberries for everyone to have strawberry shortcake for dinner that night, though!

We ended up having pb & j sandwiches for lunch that day and Max was quite disgusted with me when I wouldn't let them have the "new" jam and I broke out a bottle of last years! LOL

Rob was picking up Si from my mom and John while the kids and I were making the jam, that's why he's not in any of the pics ;)

Overheard at my house tonight....

2009-04-23T22:29:00.002-06:00

Jordyn: Cheerio!

Max: What does that mean?

Jordyn: That I'm walking away!

Max: Isn't that fancy talk?

Rob called me at work to tell me this and it was so darn funny I had to share!!

As a side note, I promise I will stop neglecting my poor little blog. I have a bunch of pictures to post, I'm gonna upload them to the puter right now, so be looking for new posts in the next day or two =)

Max's Soccer Pictures!

2009-04-07T22:23:00.003-06:00

Ok, on to Max's pictures.

Max is so hilarious to watch. He thinks its just the funnest thing in the world to be running down the field (he is pretty fast, btw) and then just randomly fall down! Most of the time there isn't even anyone near him!! He also has the cutest look on his face when he's just running his hardest to get to that ball!!

Heres some pics!

Stopping the ball!

Hmmm? Notice how he's the only one not standing? Wonder why? LOL

Another fall?

Finally! Soccer pictures!

2009-04-07T22:03:00.004-06:00

I have been REALLY lazy about keeping up my blog lately!! I'm blaming it all on Facebook!! It's evil, evil I tell you!! It just sucks you in and pretty soon you've lost all track of time and your kids are hounding you cuz they are hungry and your house is a mess! I just need to back away from Facebook. But, maybe I'll do that tomorrow, lol!!

Anyway, I finally remembered to take my camera to Jordyn and Max's soccer games, so here are some pictures. I think I'll do 2 seperate posts, one for Jordyn's game and one for Max's. I think I'll start with Jordyn.

Jordyn's team

(she is top row, farthest to the right)

Did I mention pictures were at 8:30 in the morning??

First Day of Spring!

2009-03-26T12:37:00.003-06:00

Last Friday was the first day of spring and it was a beautiful day. I decided to take the kids to the park and we all had a blast. We have never been to that park before, but we will definitely be back, it was awesome! It also has a Splash Pad that will be fun when it gets just a little bit warmer.

Jordyn

Jake

My cousin's boy, Tray

Silly boy, Max

(I have several pictures of him with this face!)

How well do my kids know me?

2009-03-22T16:54:00.002-06:00

I was tagged quite a while ago, but I do most of my blogging at work when the kids are not around, so I had to actually remember to do this while I was home!

1.What is something mom always says to you? Max No! Jordyn-I love you

2. What Makes Mom happy? Max- going to the res (the lake in Delta) Jordyn-When we don't fight

3. What makes mom sad? Max-I fight with Jake sometimes Jordyn-If we say we hate you.

4. How does your mom make you laugh? Max-Nothing makes me laugh from you. Just kidding, when you tickle me. Jordyn-when you tickle me.

5. What was your mom like as a child? Max-Sliding on my slide. Jordyn-I don't know.

6. How old is your mom? Max-Can you give me a hint? me-no! Jordyn-30

7. How tall is your mom? Max-15 feet! Wow, I'm tall! LOL. Jordyn-Like one foot.

8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV? Max-Jon and Kate plus 8 Jordyn-18 kids and counting.

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? Max-Lazy, late and sleep! (I don't know where he got that from! LOL). Jordyn-Go on a date with dad.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? Max-For making an sno cone stand so I can make money! Jordyn-I don't know.

11. What is your mom really good at? Max-being mean, cuz most of the time you are mean. Jordyn-Driving.

12. What is your mom not very good at? Max-Playing the wii cuz most of the time you lose at Mario Kart. Jordyn-Fighting.

13. What does your mom do for her job? Max-Work. Jordyn-work as a desk representative.

14. What is your mom's favorite food? Max-Pirate Island pizza and pizza rolls. Jordyn-dads hamburgers.

15. What makes you proud of your mom? Max-When you turned the Wii on for the first time. Jordyn-Being a mom.

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? Max-Yoshi, cuz you really like Yoshi. Jordyn-Sandy from spongebob.

17. What do you and your mom do together? Max-Watch tv. Jordyn-sometimes go swimming.

18. How are you and your mom the same? Max-we have the same color skin. Jordyn-we are both girls.

19. How are you and your mom different? Max-our hair is different, cuz my hair is light ad yours is dark. Jordyn-you wear glasses and I don't.

20. How do you know your mom loves you? Max-Because you have fun

21. What does your mom like most about your dad? Max-I don't know. Jordyn-because she gives me hugs and kisses.

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? Jake-Grandmas house! Max-That restaraunt that was so cool with the cookies with the stuff in them (I think he's talking about the chinese buffet). Jordyn-The res.

I tag anyone who hasn't done this, yet!

I didn't think my kids were that deprived

2009-03-09T20:53:00.003-06:00

Last night we had a very yummy dinner that included mashed potatoes and gravy. Max looked at his plate and asked "what is that stuff on my potatoes?" I about died! I couldn't believe he didn't know what gravy was. I have obviously done a diservice to my children if they don't know that gravy goes on mashed potatoes!!

First Soccer Games of the year

2009-03-07T16:13:00.004-07:00

So, today was Jordyn and Max's first soccer games of the year. It was a fun, but VERY tiring day! Jordyn's game was at noon and then Max's was at 2. We went to Jordyn's game and then ran over to Costco and picked up a pizza from their eatery. We took it to the park and ate it there while waiting for Max's game to start. Max's game was so fun to watch. He is in Kindergarten so most of those kids don't have a clue what they are doing and they are hilarious. At one point Max was defending the goalie and I caught him laying down on the grass just chillin'. We took one of our soccer balls and Jake had fun playing with it. I was very surprised at how well he can kick the ball!

I am so mad at myself that I forgot my camera! I'll get some pics of next weeks game, hopefully!

Cool Jake

2009-03-04T22:13:00.002-07:00

Jake and I went to WalMart this morning and when we pulled into the parking space and I started to get out Jake asked if he was going in. I told him, no you can't, you have to stay here! (that is a running joke between us and he thinks it's funny) When we got out and were walking into the store we were still joking around and I told him he was funny Jake. He looked and me and said, no, I'm Cool Jake!! He is so hilarious.

I'm hungry!

2009-02-22T19:48:00.003-07:00

Is constantly overheard at our house lately. I bet I hear I'm hungry from Jake at LEAST 100 times a day. I don't think I'm exaggerating, either. I think he has hollow legs. I told Rob today that we are in big trouble when he's a teenager!

$25 Walmart Gift Card

2009-02-20T08:48:00.003-07:00

One of my favorite blogs is giving away a $25 gift certificate to Walmart. Go to $5 Dinners to check it out! Free stuff is always good, right?

Ahhhh!

2009-02-18T23:23:00.001-07:00

New sheets are about the best thing ever!

Happy Birthday, Jake!

2009-02-14T10:11:00.003-07:00

Today is my baby's Birthday. I can't believe he is 4 already!

Jake at about 1 month old

Right around his first Birthday. He wasn't feeling too well.

2 years old!

Right after his 3rd Birthday. He got a SpiderMan costume and that's his Spidey pose!

This was taken about a month ago.

Weekly Wrap Up

2009-02-12T22:20:00.006-07:00

I completely forgot about the weekly wrap up til I visited Getting Ahead tonight and saw her post. I can't think of much I did this week, but there are a few things.

1. I haven't drove as much because we have decided to have Si ride his bike to and from school, so that saves me on gas! He doesn't mind because he gets to school a bit earlier and has time to eat breakfast there, which he says is really good, so it's a win-win! We also canceled 2 of his appointments, so I didn't have to drive.

2. There really wasn't much on sale, so I didn't do any coupon shopping, which means my coupon money got rolled over, so when a really big sale (like the hamburger sale a while back) comes around again, I have some extra money put away.

3. We made a deal with Si and Jordyn and bought them a Nintendo DS to share (I think mom just might borrow it sometimes, too!). I know that's not very frugal, but we've been thinking about it for a while. To make that purchase frugal we took my mil, Jan, with us to purchase it and we used her 10% employee discount. I think that saved us about $20. Thanks, Jan!

4. Oh, one more thing! Again, not very frugal, but with a frugal element. I have been wanting to get Guitar Hero for our Wii and Rob found one on eBay (brand new) for half the price. Gotta love eBay!

I started this post thinking I wouldn't have much to say, but ended up rambling quite a bit! Those of you who know me are probably used to that! ;)

Why is it when

2009-02-06T12:09:00.003-07:00

Dad sleeps in, the kids leave him alone, but when Mom sleeps in someone comes to bug me every 10 minutes?

On a funny note, this morning Rob was dozing in the chair and Jake came up to Rob saying, DAD, I'm bugging you!!! LOL. He cracks me up!

I mean big boy

2009-02-05T23:22:00.004-07:00

Today I was on the phone with my sister, Bridget, and I said something about Jake being the baby. Right after that I heard his voice pipe up from the kitchen, NO, NOT baby, little boy!!! It was so funny!! I guess since he will be 4 in about a week i need to stop calling him baby, right? Wrong!! He will always be my baby and I told him so.

Weekly Wrap Up

2009-01-30T17:43:00.005-07:00

Jennifer @ Getting Ahead http://getting-ahead.blogspot.com/2009/01/weekly-wrap-up_30.html (I can't seem to get the hyperlink to work and I don't have time to mess with it, dinners almost done!) is doing a new series on her blog called Weekly Wrap Up. I've been meaning to do it since she started, but haven't found the time (or had anything frugal to talk about ) This week I have the time (I'm a little late, but it's still Friday!) and something to share.

Just today I took Max and Jake to the local hair college and got their hair cut for $4.99 + $1 tip each. Normally we buzz them, but I didn't want to do the buzz this time. Plus, Max has 2 spinner cowliks on the top of his head and his hair is finally long enough that it half way lays down!! Taking them to the hair college is a savings of about $6 a piece. I'm gonna take Jordyn in next week. Si is getting pretty shaggy, too, but he want to grow his out, so I might let him wait awhile.

Most of you (if not all, lol) know I work nights, so in order to save money (Rob only likes to make easy, convenience foods) I try to make dinner before I head to work. Thursday that was just not possible, so I went to Albertsons and got 2 Culinary Circle frozen pizzas and 2 2 liters of Dr Pepper for $5.48. The pizzas are very comparable to DiGiorgno. The Dr Pepper was free with the pizzas, we don't normally drink Dr Pepper, but I guess we will this week, since it's free!

Last night while I was at work I made my grocery lists and pulled all my coupons together and stopped by Smiths on my way home from work, to save me a trip, since Smiths is across town, but fairly close to my work. I spent a total of $25.04 and saved $22.74 a total savings of 48%! I love it!

This afternoon I hit Albertsons and did 2 transactions. On the first one I spent $26.97 and saved a total of $37.97!! Even better! Then next trip I spent a little more, but I bought 15 lbs of hamburger at $1.99 a lb and got 5 packages of skinless chicken breasts for $1.77. Oh, I also got 2 80 oz things of Laundry Soap for $2.49 each! I also had a catalina for a free gallon of milk that I used as well. The second trip I spent $57.72 and saved a total of $63.36. Woohoo! Gotta love it. Can you tell I'm excited? All in all I spent $109.73 out of pocket and saved a total of $124.07. This weeks shopping trips were a little more than I will normally be doing, but I couldn't pass on the great sale on the hamburger because I was down to my last 3 packages. I have been saving coupon money for just that purpose.

I also hit the bread store on the way home from an appointment (it was not out of the way at all) and bought 4 loaves of Grandma Sycamore (my family's favorite) bread and one package of bagels for about $6.

I thought I'd also explain my weekly grocery budget real quick. Well, I'll TRY to be quick about it! I've decided (for now) to budget $100 a week for my family of 6. I am splitting it in half $50/$50 and putting each weeks money in seperate envelopes (I'm doing the envelope/cash only method for groceries and it's working so far) marked current weeks groceries (CWG) and couponing (C). I plan on doing this until I get a nice sized stockpile, then I will lower the grocery budget. Each week I look at the sales flyers and put together my stockpile/C lists. Stuff I know we'll use in the future and I can buy in bulk because it's free or dirt cheap. The CWG list is stuff we need for meals that week and household items. I still need to do that shopping trip, I need to sit down and make my menu for the week before I make my list. Any leftover money at the end of the week from the C or CWG's envie gets put into the C envie for future coupon shopping. That's how I had extra money to really stockpile on the hamburger and I also bought extra crackers and cereal. I hope that all made sense!

Oh and this week Rob put new brakes/rotors and an oil change on my van all at home. I have no clue how much money that saved us, but I'm sure it's alot!! He is also helping a friend who is restoring a car and made $100.

This post turned out way longer than I anticipated, sorry!

Here are some pics of Max and Jake's new 'dos.

Dentist appointment

2009-01-26T09:00:00.000-07:00

Wednesday all 4 kids had a dentist appointment. We went to a new dentist and I was very impressed by him and his staff. I was really NOT looking forward to taking all 4 of my kids in for an appointment at the same time, but I was even more hesitant about going in 4 different times, or even 2 different times, so we went with the one appointment for all! All 4 kids were EXTREMELY well behaved and I was so proud of all of them! Our appointment was at 1:00 and we were out of there by 2:30. NICE!!

Their waiting room was very impressive. It was set up to look like an Old West Town. They had cute little buildings for the kids to play in and next to the big door where they take you back to the exam rooms was a small kid-sized door! They loved that. The assistant took each kid back individually and did x-rays, then when they were all done with that we went into a large room with 4 beds and dental techs went to town cleaning teeth! Max and Jake were very excited about the tvs in the ceiling with headphones so they could watch a movie while they were being worked on. It was great!

I was very surprised that they all walked away with NO cavities. Yay! Si and Jordyn have to go back to get some teeth sealed, but that won't be a problem. At the end of the exam each kid got a balloon and they got to pick a book. They REALLY liked that.

I was very impressed how the staff handled the kids, they made them feel really at ease and welcome. Max and Jordyn were pretty nervous, but the staff really helped make them feel better. Max was very interested in all that was going on. He got to see the xrays of his teeth and thought it was so cool. Jordyn was the last one to get checked out by the dr and Max noticed and was right next to him, checking out what the dr was doing. I had to pull him out of the way!

Also, Max was cracking his nurse up the whole time she was cleaning his teeth. I'm totally not surpised. She was putting her mask on and he asked her why she was wearing it. She told him it's so you don't have to smell our stinky breath. He (very matter of factly) said Oh, don't you brush your teeth? She just laughed and looked at me then said, yes, we brush our teeth. I actually just brushed mine. He then said, well, I guess sometimes people get stinky breath just because! That kid!

Menu Plan Monday

2009-01-25T21:16:00.006-07:00

Here is another week of menus, plus recipes.
For more Menu Plan Mondays, check out Org Junkie!

Monday: Pronto Beef and Rice from $5 Dinners

Tuesday: Beef Enchiladas

1 lb hamburger
1 C cottage cheese
1 can chopped olives
2 tsp minced fresh parsley
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
8 flour tortillas

SAUCE:
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 medium green pepper, chopped
1 Tbsp cooking oil
1 can tomato sauce
1 can chopped green chiles
2 tsp chili powder
1 C shredded cheese

In a skillet, brown the hamburger. Drain. Combine with cottage, cheese, olives, parsley, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Place about 1/3 C filling on each tortilla; roll up. Place tortillas, seam side down, in an ungreased baking dish.

For sauce, saute the onion and green pepper in oil until tender. Add tomato sauce, green chilies, chili powder, sugar and garlic powder. Pour over toritllas. Cover and bake at 350 F for 30 minutes. Srinkle with cheese and return to the oven for 5 minutes.

Wednesday: Easy Chicken Parmesan

1 jar of spaghetti sauce
6 Tbsp Parmesan cheese, divided
6 chicken breasts
1 1/2 C grated mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 375 F. Pour suace into baking dish.
Carefully stire in 4 Tbsp of Parmesan cheese. Add chicken; turn over to evenly coat both sides with sauce. Cover with foil.
Bake 30 minutes, uncover.
Top with mozzarella cheese and remaining 3 Tbsp of Parm; continue baking 5 minutes or until chicekn is cooked through.
Serve over hot cooked pasta.

Thursday: German Pizza

1 lb hamburger
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, diced
1 1/2 tsp salt, divided
1/2 tsp pepper
2 Tbsp butter
6 medium potatoes peeled and finely shredded
3 eggs, beaten
1/3 C milk
2 C shredded cheddar cheese

Brown hamburger, onion, green pepper, 1/2 tsp salt and pepper. Remove meat mixture from skille tand drain fat. Reduce heat to low. Melt butter; spread potatoes over butter and sprinkle with remaining salt. Top with beef mixture. Combine eggs and milk, pour over all. Cook, covered, until potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes. Top with chesse; cover and heat until cheese is melted.

Friday: I leave Friday open, Rob cooks dinner

Saturday: Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole

1 can cream of chicken soup
1 1/3 C water
3/4 C uncooked rice
2 C fresh or frozen veggies
1 tsp onion powder
4 boneless chicken breasts
1/2 C shredded cheese

Stir the soup, water, rice, veggies and onion powder in a baking dish.
Tope with chicken. season cicken as desired. Cover.
Bake at 375 F for 45 minutes or until done. Top with cheese.

Sunday: Crock Pot Beef N Noodles

1 rump roast
1 pkg dry onion soup
3 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 pkg wide egg noodles

Put roast in crock pot in the morning. sprinkle dry oinon soup over top. Dump in soup. Cook on low for 10-12 hours or high for 6 hours.

That evening, boil noodles according to pkg instructions. Break apart the roast. Stir the meat well in the sauce . When the noodles are done, dump them in and stir!

Pictures by Grandma

2009-01-23T19:58:00.005-07:00

A few weeks ago Rob and I had to make a short trip to Las Vegas, so Grandma watched the kids for us for the day. Thanks again, Jan! She took them on a hike on the Red Hill, with the help of my sil, Jana. Here are some pictures she took of that day.

Jake (in his makeshift leash) and Aunt Jana

Si holding a piece of ice that looks like lace.

Max

Jordyn posing

Menu Plan Monday!

2009-01-19T14:04:00.000-07:00

Ok, here is my menu for this week, including recipes!

Monday: Smother Chicken & Green Bean Skillet (Kraft Food & Family Magazine)
Homemade Bread

4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves
2 cups frozen green beans
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/4 tsp dried thyme leaves
1 Cup shredded cheese

Heat large skillet. Add chicken; cover. Cook 5 to 7 minutes on each side. Remove from skillet.

Add beans, soup, 1/2 C water and thyme to skillet; cover. Cook 6 minutes, stirring often.

Return chicken to skillet; cook 1 minute or until hot. Top with cheese.

***With meals that call for whole pieces of chicken I usually just dice the chicken and cook it that way. It helps to make the chicken go a little farther with my large family. I also usually use canned green beans, just because I don't really like frozen green beans. I don't know why! I like any other veggie frozen!

Tuesday: Taco Supper Skillet (I'm not sure where I got this recipe)

1/2 lb hamburger
1 envelope taco seasoning mix
2 1/4 C water
1 1/2 C uncooked wagon wheel pasta
1 1/2 C frozen corn
1 can pinto or kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 medium tomato, chopped
1/2 C sour cream
1 C cheese
1 Tbsp chives

1. Cook hamburger

2. Stir in seasoning mix, water, pasta, corn, beans and tomato into hamburger. Heat to boiling, stir. Reduce heat. Cover and cook 10-15 minutes.

3. Stir in sour cream. Remove from heat. Sprinkl with cheese ad chies. Cover and let stand 2-3 minutes for cheese to melt.

Wednesday: Mac & Cheese Lasagne

1 lbe hamburger
1/4 tsp Garlic powder
1 pkg Mac & cheese family style dinner
1 C spaghetti sauce
1 C shredded cheese
1 Tbsp Parmesan cheese

Brown meat with garlic powder in large skillet. Meanwhile, prepare dinner as directed. Stir spaghetti sauce into meat mixture. Add dinner; mix lightly. Sprinkle with cheese and Parmesan. Reduce heat to medium low. Cook until mixture is heated through and cheese is melted.

Thursday: Sweet n Sour Chicken

6 pieces of chicken
1 can (20 oz) pineapple chunks in juice, drained
1 each med. green and red bell pepper, cut into strips
1 C or 1 jar (9 oz) sweet and sour sauce
2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 Tbsp flour
1/4 tsp ground ginger
Hot cooked rice

Preheat oven to 450

Arrange chicken, pineapple and peppers in baking dish. Combine sweet and sour sauce, mustard, soy sauce, flour and ginger, spoon over ingredients.

Cover with foil and back for 35 to 40 minutes, serve over hot rice.

Friday: I leave Friday open. Rob is in charge and he makes something simple like frozen pizza, hamburgers or fish sticks.

Saturday: Harvest Hamburger Casserole

1 lb hamburger, browned and drained
1 C minced onion
1 can (28 oz) tomatoes with liquid, cut up
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp salt
2 C sliced potatoes
1/3 C flour
1 pkg frozen corn, thawed
1 green pepper, cut into strips
1 1/2 C shredded cheese

In a mixing bowl, combine beef, onion, tomatoes with liquid, Worcestershire sauce and salt. Pat into a greased casserole dish. Layer with potatoes, flour, corn and green pepper. Bake, covered, at 375 for 45 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese and continue baking, uncovered for 30 minutes.

Sunday: Cacciatore Style Chicken in the crockpot
I'm not going to post this recipe because it's got alot of ingredients and it's long!

For more Menu Plan Monday, go vist Laura at The Organizing Junkie.

More Scrappin Pages

2009-01-18T08:00:00.000-07:00