Walking???

Okay... I'm not losing momentum!!! My computer just won't turn on... And of course the warranty expired not even 6 months ago. Perfect timing, right? But, I'm not going to let it stop me. I used it as an excuse for a couple of days, but not anymore. So here's to keeping up my blog!




Here is Jorgan taking his first steps. He had pulled himself up to that chair by the piano, then I started taunting him, "Walk! Jorgan! Walk!" And he did. He let go of the chair and took about 3 steps towards me. So this is me trying to recreate his first steps.

Janine's Valentines Day Present

As soon as Janine and I moved into our rental house, she wanted to plant flowers in our backyard. She told me that for Valentines Day, she wanted flowers that she and her girls could plant. That involved buying soil that actually has nutrients for growing things, (anyone that has ever tried to plant things in Las Vegas knows that the soil is not the best for growing things) churning up the existing soil to pull all of the rocks out and mixing good soil in, putting in a dripper system to water the flowers and then finally planting the flowers. Please enjoy the pictures of our flower garden, because we sure are.

Love a Momma

We have been having lots of fun with our camera lately. I just love watching the best Mom in the world play with her kids. I sure am glad I followed my mother's and my mother-in-law's council and married Janine. Take a look at these priceless photos



Thank goodness I found the best woman in the entire world!!!!!Yet another reason to "Love a Momma"

Valentine's Day Cupcakes

The girls and I decided to make some pink cupcakes today in celebration of the upcoming valentine's day. Well, if you know how things work at my house, then you know that I am not the "baker" here. If there are goodies at my house, they are made by Josh.

And this is why...




I didn't have a cake mix, so we made a white cake from scratch and added pink coloring. I'm not sure what we did wrong, but they didn't get big and fluffy like they are supposed to. In fact, instead of getting big and fluffy, they just spilled out over the edges causing burning and lots of smoke! I had to open the doors and windows since I didn't want the smoke detector to wake up Jorgan...
The girls, however, are very proud of their creations and thought they tasted great! Honestly the taste isn't awful, they just look miserable!

Daddy is being sneaky...

We love days when Josh is home from work. He loves to play and the kids love all the extra attention they get when he is around. So last night I'm in the kitchen cooking dinner and Josh and the girls are in the backyard playing. All of the sudden I hear clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk... Then I hear it again... It only took me a second to realize that Daddy was teaching a game that he probably shouldn't be teaching. It's called... Throw a ball onto the roof and catch it when it rolls back down...
After a few minutes of clunking above my head, Josh comes in the back door and then out the front door. I didn't really think anything of it, but Elizabeth comes running in the house yelling for dad. I let her know that she needs to stay in the backyard because I don't know what Josh is doing and I don't want her running up and down the street looking for him. Then she says, "Mom, Dad is just getting the yellow ball!" I say ok, but insist that she needs to wait for him in the backyard.
Josh comes back in without a ball, so I ask him, "Did you find the ball?"
Looking dumbfounded, He says, "How did you know I lost a ball?"
to which I replied, "Well I heard you throwing it up on the roof, and when Elizabeth said you were looking for the ball, I knew you had thrown it over the roof."
For some reason he thought he was in trouble... Unlike a mother... he does not have an image of 10 years down the road when his child attempts to throw a ball onto the roof and crashed it through a window!!!



I guess if he really didn't want me to know about it, then he shouldn't have let Elizabeth photograph it...

Funny Kids!

So the kids are playing and I decided that I would get a few candid pictures of them. I grab the camera and head back to the bedrooms where they are playing. I peak around the corner to see Rachel putting herself into this laundry basket. You can barely see her, but inside she is yelling, "Hi MOM!" and wiggling her fingers out the bottom. What a goof!




Then I catch this picture of Jorgan playing with the toys on his shelf. As soon as he hears the camera he races towards me. So I am trying to catch a picture of lil' mr. speed as he is racing to get a grab at the camera.



Things turn into an all out battle as he's giggling and chasing me around trying to catch me. Here's just a couple of cute shots I got of him as he's crawling all over me desperately trying to grab the camera.






I think he's the cutest little boy I have ever seen!!!

Bread Day

So Grandpa decided that he wanted to learn how to make bread. So Grandma, and Grandpa, and Jacob spent the day with us yesterday. We baked tons of bread and rolls, yum! I wish I had caught on camera Josh teaching his dad how to "spank the baby". That's what my mom always called smacking the bread to get all the air bubbles out. Josh is an expert baby bread spanker!! Then Grandma made her mom's special cinnamon knots. They were a huge hit with the kids... sugar and bread all in one... there are not many things better than that! Except maybe oatmeal chocolate chip butterscotch cookies. Elizabeth got busted for repeatedly sneaking them all day! Needless to say her tummy was "too full" to eat any dinner. Surprise! Surprise!



Since we had a counter full of bread (at one point a counter full of bread until we ate half of it) we decided that we should make a beef stew to go along with it for dinner! So Delicious....