Something Strange In The Dirt.

I just thought this was a cute picture.

Red Rock Canyon

The kids had a great time hiking around Red Rock Canyon. They were real troopers.

3 Amigos

Having a good time together! 15 pictures, not one has them all smiling together.

Friends At Last!

They get into a lot of trouble together, but they also have a lot of fun!

For Kate...

So Katie wanted me to post a "belly shot" and since i don't ever take any of those, I thought she was out of luck. Then, my friend lizzy threw me a shower and took this one. You can see the belly...getting HUGE now. But besides that, check out that cute dress. The picture doesn't do justice. It is so cute...a size 2T and I know she'll not ever want to take it off! I had about 8 girls come to my shower...small but nice. My friend Lizzy made dinner and we had a great time. I got some darling pink stuff...most of which I exchanged for bigger sizes since I'm okay in the 0-12 month department. But now I feel like I have a few cute things for her when she's one!

From Carmel to Chalk

Seconds after rescuing my pretzel stuff.... I see McKinley crawling around with a piece of chalk in her mouth. She dropped it before I could take the picture, but you can see it in her hand. I decided it was probably non-toxic so I didn't have to call poison control.

What is that?

Anyone have a guess? Yep, your right. It is a 1.2 lbs of Carmel. I had it on the counter with the half pound of white chocolate ready to make yummy pretzels. I went to change McKinley's diaper and came outside to check on my oh so quiet 2year old and found her sitting on Lincoln's skateboard like this. As soon as she saw me she said "Yummy Mommy" and offered me some. At first it didn't sink in, I didn't know what she was eating. I thought it was a loaf of bread, but then I realized I didn't HAVE a loaf of bread. Once I saw the white chocolate I realized she had heisted my ingredients. She is so crazy! By the time I got the camera she must have known that I was going to take both of her treats away, so she was desperately tearing at the white chocolate trying to open the package to get a chunk. But she wasn't fast enough!

Vanilla Sugar

I bought a new sugar canister and I'm making the vanilla sugar. I guess it takes a couple of weeks, so I'll let you know how it turns out!

Our Adoption Profile

Finally, we got this done! The original file was huge--80 megs. So we shrunk it, and you can't read everything. Probably better that way :)

Sloppy Joes

So, I have a fantastic new recipe I got from my neighbor for sloppy joes. First time I have ever made a successful home-made sloppy joe. I'm too tired to post it right now but look for it in the near future.