I love this song...the words speak to me. Life can be so busy and noisy, many times I think God uses music to speak to me. This song did that....
YouTube - Jason Gray - More like falling in love
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Mother's Day and other May happenings...
May is always a busy month for us. This month I have been to women's retreat, Josh and I went to a wedding in Carmel, and we celebrated Mother's Day. There are lots of birthdays coming up, and we're excited it's springtime. The longer days and nicer weather make playing outside one of the girls favorite things to do. We are counting down to summer and looking forward to lots of fun family times. Here are a few pics of what we've been up to, forgot my camera at women's retreat and the wedding. Got a pic of my kiddos on Mother's Day, but none with me and the kids, oh well...
My 5 favorite kids.
Our Mother's Day dessert (compliments of Whole Foods)...cheesecake
silly girls...
My 2 favorite guys.
Joel taking a bath in the kitchen sink and watching his sisters outside.Thursday, April 15, 2010
Audrey's Flying Machine
Audrey's 3rd grade class project (for open house) was to make a flying machine. It doesn't really have to fly (thank goodness!). Josh encouraged her to draw a picture of what her machine would look like, Grandma let us rummage thru her recycling, and then they got to work creating. Can you see the lego girl inside the cockpit? Good work Audrey (and Daddy)!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Easter 2010
Not sure where March went, but it's April now. Easter has come and gone. Blogging has taken a back burner to life, children, facebook, laundry, and everything else I'm doing...
I think everyone is sorta smiling :)
I think everyone is sorta smiling :)
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Valentine's Day
The days leading up to Valentine's Day are always kinda crazy....this year (and last) Grandma was here to experience the chaos (and fun). Not sure what I would've done without her (Josh was in Iowa for work). She patiently helped the girls write their names and friends' names on each card and she quietly assisted in our endeavor to bake homemade sugar cookies with glace frosting. I had found a recipe and had been wanting to try it. We had a lot of fun, but made a HUGE mess decorating cookies for each girls' class. My sister, Lisa, made each girls' valentines. This has become a tradition my kids look forward to every year. At Christmastime, Lisa asks each girl what kind of valentines they would like. Then she spends the next few months designing and working on the beautiful cards. She's awesome and we all appreciated her hard work!
Audrey's kitty valentines
Olivia's monkey valentines
Ellie and her froggy valentines
Look at those pretty cookies
A closer look
I'm messy in the kitchen, who spills that much flour on the counter? :) Wish I had my own clean-up crew like on food network, wait....I have 5 kids, I do have my own clean-up crew!
Ellie and Joel (not sure why it's underlining)
Audrey's kitty valentines
Olivia's monkey valentines
Ellie and her froggy valentines
Look at those pretty cookies
A closer look
I'm messy in the kitchen, who spills that much flour on the counter? :) Wish I had my own clean-up crew like on food network, wait....I have 5 kids, I do have my own clean-up crew!
Ellie and Joel (not sure why it's underlining)January happenings
January brought Olivia's 5th birthday. We celebrated at Red Robin with 6 little girls, Joel, mommy and daddy. Here are some pictures of our January...
partytime
partytime
Olivia and her monkey pet pillow
Olivia put on her Kaweah sweatshirt and hard hat to surprise daddy one night after he got home.
This one is a classic....Josh painting nails (he's good too)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Meal Planning in 2010
Happy 2010! In an attempt to be more organized and strategic I have been spending more time this year (I know it's only January) MEAL PLANNING. The links below have some great information on the topic of meal planning. I am trying to do my BIG grocery shopping twice a month, and I am trying to stay within a budget. I plan 4-5 meals each week, and I plan 2 weeks of meals at a time. I grocery shop in the evening without any kids, makes the trip actually halfway enjoyable(I usually grab Starbucks on the way) and I think I buy less crap cuz no one is trying to convince me they have to have pop tarts or gogurts. I've also found some really fun food blogs that have great, easy recipes that taste great! If you have some other great meal planning/food blog ideas can you share them with me?
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