Our last summer outing...

Our last summer outing was to Cabela's.  The kids had fun looking at the animals and the fish.  I had fun looking at all the other stuff in the store. 

Lake Knoll 2010

Our Family went camping for the first time in ten years!  I had Soooo much fun.  Of course I had to take the camera:)    I have so many pictures that it would overload the blog so I am putting a few of them on here.  I do have pics of my kids I just have not edited them yet. All of these pictures are of the cousins that went with us.  I hope we can go camping again with them next year. 

Cousins + a pool

equals  a lot of fun.   Oh and an excuse for me to get out my camera and take pics:)

Keeping busy (part 2)

Chantel has been making herself hand bags for school for about a year and I think this one is the best so far. So cute:) It is even lined with hot pink material. She is also having fun learning how to make rosettes out of fabric and ribbon.

I have been busy with wood, paint and stencils! Nothing to complicated for me. Hehe. Kade is really bored watching us do crafts; Poor kid comes in with this cars and trucks and tries to get us to play with him. ( I do for a few minutes of course) I hope Kade has the patience to let us do this and when we are done then I will for sure do something boyish with him.

keeping busy

My daughter and I tried to keep ourselves busy by doing a couple of crafts today. I made the one on the left and Chantel made the ones on the right. We had fun:)

Another Recipe....

I did not take any pictures but this recipe was a hit with my family ! I thought it was pretty good too:)



Brown Rice and Wild Rice Salad


Serves 4
Ingredients:
2/3 cup of Wild Rice
2/3 cup of Brown rice

4 tbsp extra virgin oil
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar
1 clove of garlic, crushed
2 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
2 tbsp fresh basil, finely chopped
Salt and pepper

Two Roma Tomatoes
One Cucumber diced

Instructions:
Cook the brown rice according to instructions. In a bowl, whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper and stir into the rice, while it is still warm. Set aside to cool. Once the rice is cool, stir in the parsley, basil, tomatoes and cucumber and mix well.

I served this with steamed zucchini with cheese and black beans. YUM!

Silly Kids :)

The Prom Dress...

Before:





And AFter:

T-Ball Practice

Sometimes he pays attention...



and sometimes he doesn't. This kid is just too funny:)

Easter Egg Hunt 2010

Waiting...

I am waiting for the mack truck that hit me a little over a month ago to come back and finish the job! (hehe) I have been so sick for the past month and a half ! I am so ready to be well again and get back to being a mom and doing all the things I want to do each day. Hopefully that will be soon. I am doing better a little at a time and I have good days and bad. I am so grateful for a wonderful husband that has take soooo much on.

A BIG Thanks to every one that has helped us out and Thanks for keeping us in your prayers .

I DID NOT ASK FOR THIS!!!!!!

• Ulcerative Colitis!
• I did not ask for this!
• This is something I inherited!
• Do I want this? NO!!!
• Do I have to go through this! Yes!

For some reason I have to live through this disease everyday of my life. I have to live with Bloody stools and cramping, and being doubled over in pain. I have to live with the fact that I have anywhere from 5 to 10 movements a day and I usually cant make it to the bathroom before I have an accident! I have to live with not being able to eat anything solid for weeks on end because my colon thinks that food is an enemy. My colon is basically eating itself up.

So please have patience with me! Please do not get mad at me if I cant do something you think I should be able to do! I am mad enough for us all! Please let me cry when I need to! I don't like this anymore than anyone else! I cant pretend I don't have it! Especially when I am going through a bout of this disease. I will try my best to take care of my family and make sure things get done. I know I am not the only one that has this. There is no cure for this! I have taken all kinds of medicine and supplements and NOTHING has worked! The only cure is to get rid of the colon, which for some people is not an option!


Sorry If offended anyone by posting this.

Weeee...

This is what I got for my Birthday!! I am so excited:) I worked out with it for the first time yesterday. Soo Fun! I am not looking for a huge weight loss but at least it will get me up and active. All three of the kids are doing it too! It is a competion to beat each others score. I just love it when I can beat my own scores!

She had a birthday....

And she is shouting Hooray! She turned 16!!! She has not had a real birthday party since she was 4 or 5. So we pulled out the stops and let her have one.

My Very Talented SIL, April, made this cake for her!

Oh it was sooo YUM!

Friends had fun sitting at the fire pit trying to stay warm and roasting hot dogs.

There was also the fun of watching movies, jumping on the trampoline, and talking and doing the things that a bunch of teenagers do! It was a good night.

A big THANK YOU to my Wonderful husband for putting the lights up and getting everything ready outside!

Temple Christmas Lights

I had fun experimenting taking pictures in the dark while we walked around the temple grounds for FHE.

The Hat

This Kid is in love with the Santa Hat. He wears it whenever he can. He has been wearing to bed for the last week.

A Christmas Concert

Brock got to play a Piano Solo at his schools Orchestra Concert. He did an awesome job. So proud of him:)




He also plays the cello. This kid amazes me. He doesnt have to look at the music he has it memorized.

Winnie the Pooh wisdom...

Shout Hooray!

We Had a Birthday!!!

He Chose the decorations for his Lightning McQueen Cake. As you can see he wanted white frosting sprinkles and m & m's for the eyes mouth and head lights.






He got his Bumble Bee Bionicle from mom and dad and the Cars Card Games from Grandma and Grampa D. He couldn't have been happier:)

What a good way to start our ThanksGiving weekend!