Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Summer is coming!!

Few pictures of what we have been up to lately.

My Friend Eranda brought these over to me. So sweet! I want a lilac tree in my back yard now.

Our sweet Craiglist deals. I love the BBQ It just makes the Summer, really summer.

The shed with all my garden stuff in it. Thanks Aaron!!

The blueberry plants. With raspberry in the back.

More Raspberries.

Tomato plants.

Pea plants.
Front pots on both sides of the garage.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Twinkle Twinkle

Sunny Day

Our camera has not been working for a while. But we got a new SD card and it works so I took some pics of the kids on a beautiful sunny day.


They love their new wagon that I got for my/Hali's Birthday.

They would swing all day if I let them.


They love to slide down together.

They actually will pose for a picture. Yea!!!

Hali's Party


We invited some of Hali's friends and their moms for the party. She has been dying to have lots of friends over all at once.

Hali's Banner
Hali loved making the Tangled cake with me. All the little rocks were fun to put on.

We had some lunch all whatever Hali wanted. Strawberries, melons, apples, grapes and pizza.


Blowing out the candles.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Hali's 4th Birthday



Wow Hali is now 4 years old and she loves it loves it loves it. Her little song to Happy birthday melody- "It's my birthday today, it's my birthday today and i am turning 4! I am turning 4! It's my birthday today! Hoooooraaaay! "

We invited some friends and family over for cake ice cream and presents. Thanks Eranda for taking pictures.

We also got to Skype Grandpa and Grandma Rankin so they could watch her open up their presents. I always love watching kids open up presents it is just so FUN!!







Hali eating her blow up cake from Grandma Bell!



Blowing out the candles.



Repunzul Doll

Lots of gifts from Grandma Rankin. She loved them.


Dora House


Thursday, April 7, 2011

The written Room

My sister in law has started her own blog that is about interior design. Summer is super brilliant and a great writer. Go here to check it out!! This is what it's all about: A fun, fresh outlook on interior design, brought to you by a self-proclaimed dreamer. Here you’ll find fresh thoughts on interior design, answers to common design questions, visual examples of inspiration, tips from the pros, and a community of design enthusiasts just like you (can’t be sure on that last one since I don’t know you, but I’d like to know you…)

Monday, March 14, 2011

Best Pasta Ever

I made a delicious pasta last night. It tasted almost like Bow-tie Festival that I get at Johnny Carino's, my favorite dish ever!! I could have also added some mushrooms and Gorgonzola cheese but I didn't have any. The cooking cream really had a great flavor. Each bite of this dish was sooo good.

Half a bag of egg noodles
2 chicken breast Grilled

8-12 slices of bacon
half an onion
3-4 large tomatoes
Garlic powder
Basil
1 Philadelphia cream cheese cooking creme original flavor
1/2 cup chicken broth

I grilled my breast in a George formen grill so I could use the chicken broth. While that was cooking I boiled some egg noodles, I will to try bow-ties next time though. Then I cut up the bacon, cooked it in a large frying pan. Then took it off and used the bacon grease to cook the onions till they are clear. I used pre-cooked bacon so there was not a ton of grease, just use enough to coat the pan. Then cut up tomatoes and add it to the onions. Add garlic powder and some basil, fresh would be best. Let the tomatoes cook for like 10mins so the juices run and they become very soft. It gives it a roasted tomato taste. Yummy! Then drain the pasta and put it all together in what you cooked the pasta in. Add the cream cheese and the chicken broth. To get more recipes go here.