Hey y'all!

Merger in process

I have a "crafty" blog. I started it about a year and a half ago. All four of my crafty blog readers know that I am very inconsistent in posting on it. In the beginning, posts were plentiful. Then I got pregnant and didn't even want to look at a computer or a craft without wanting to throw up. I eventually got over this (except for knitting, darn it, some day). I had all hopes and intentions of regaining my audience, then I changed its blog address. Mostly because I second guess myself, a lot. Posting came back here and there. However, with a new baby taking up two of my two hands (why didn't we come with four?) AND a two year old who has called it quits with nap time AND wants to help Mommy with EVERYTHING (he's a pro at rolling yarn into a....ahem....ball, creative mediums have been neglected. My sewing machine has been collecting dust for 6 months now, poor thing (it hasn't stopped me from buying fabric--don't tell Paul). Now, I am in no way talented, I am not trained in anything, and I can barely read a pattern.....but I do like to dabble. I spend more time undoing a mistake than I do actually contributing to the finished product.

What's the point of this really long explanation? It's time for my two worlds to meet. So, to my four dedicated readers, you can stop staring at my "Soap box" post day in and day out. Just check here.

What did you do today?

When Paul gets home from work today, he will ask me: How did therapy go? And to Dallin he will ask: What did you do today?



I think he had fun???

Oh so goodness!

I figured that since it's been awhile since I've put up any pictures of food, that now was as good of a time as any. And why not this picture of perfectly caramelized onions sprinkled with mozzarella cheese paired with perfectly cut, juicy steak all atop freshly baked french bread, resting ever so sweetly on a well seasoned, loved baking sheet, still warm from the sizzling broiler? Now that's a run on sentence I wouldn't mind reading, or tasting!!

Booty-full

My friend, Amy, knitted these beauties while she and her girls were here to visit. Mmmm, mmmm, they are yummy!

littlepretties

{click here, click here, click here}

My friend Sara is uber talented when it comes to anything artsy-fartsy. She has contributed to Ellie wardrobe immensely!

For example:

here & here

&

HERE

{Yep! Sara made this one, too!}

Sara is celebrating her 1 year anniversary of her littlepretties shop on etsy.

AND... She's having a giveaway on her super sassy blog. Go check it out!

Get down with the groove!

I love it when Elmo dances!

Little Red Hen

As we sit here on this Mother's Day, our thoughts are with those we love that are far, far away and some that are quite near as well. Our Little Red Hen's, if you will. Our mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, girlfriends, teachers. Those woman who have taught us how to work hard, be kind, love others, serve others, pick the wheat, grind the wheat, make the bread (and butter and jam).

WE LOVE YOU!!!

Happy National Grilled Cheese Month

Yes, it's true. April is National Grilled Cheese Month!!!

I found this tantalizing picture here. Now, before you go here, I must warn you: YOU WILL DROOL! If you want some free cheese, read here.

I think we'll have some grilled cheese for dinner.

What the......?

What are "dogs"?

These little signs are all over the lawn of our County Courthouse.

Thems some good spatulas

My mom gave me some of these heat resistant spatulas from Sam's Club(?). They are amazingly heat resistant when you bake them in the oven at 400 degrees for an hour and a half. **Update: Okay, I'll dish.

I had a huge stack of dishes that I never got around to doing. Therapy was coming over, so I stuffed the stack in my oven. I made sure to take everything out that night before I preheated my oven (I ruined my blender once this way). I failed to notice that my spatula was still in there.

Birthday Cake

We had a delicious birthday cake for Paul on Sunday. I think he really liked having his birthday on Easter. We didn't have any candles, so I put toothpicks in the cake and lit them on fire.
Ellie did not like it when we sang "Happy Birthday".
Dallin likes to have 10 forks, knifes, and spoons with every meal.

Baby legs!

Love these legs!

Lame-OOO! My soap box!

On soap box: When you live in a small town and Wal-Mart is your only option as far as craft stores go...and they decided to get rid of embroidery floss, and eventually all "stitchery" items, including cheap fabric---I call that lame-OOO! Closest floss is a 15 minute drive. As for fabric, we do have a fabric shop down town. But, to be perfectly honest, the fabric is ugly. The shop owner, who has always been very nice to me, just doesn't understand that there is a market for fabrics that are cute and modern. Maybe I should introduce her to Michael Miller! Off soap box.

Yumm.....

We finally used a gift certificate (circa 2006) to Williams-Sonoma. This is the beauty that came home with us. My sister, Kodi, got one for her wedding and loves it. Paul and I love it too! It is a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker and it ROCKS!!! You can have ice cream made from start to finish in about 30 minutes!

Here's what we've made so far...

Our favorites:
Chocolate Cinnamon Pecan Gelato
White Chocolate Peach-Berry Pudding

So-so:
Fat-free Chocolate Frozen Yogurt

Tastes like Medicine:
A mix of Strawberry-Orange-Banana Crystal Light and Evap. Milk

We have yet to make real ice cream in it, but we are having fun experimenting!