Enjoying spring weather

Chicken Alfredo Pizza

I found this amazing Guiltless Alfredo Sauce recipe on one of my latest favorite recipe sites.

I used it last week to make Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo and was so thrilled with it's taste that I used it on pizza tonight. I also tried this new crust recipe. It's a thinner crust that I made with half wheat and half white and also added italian seasoning to. I layered alfredo sauce, bite size cut up chicken, and tomato, then topped it with mozzarella cheese. Next time red onions might be a yummy addition to the toppings. Anyway, it's defiantly a dinner that I'll be making again.

Doll Bed

Well, I did it! I built my first piece of furniture!! Ok, so it was only a doll bed, but I'm still pretty excited about it. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed building it. I think I may do more of it in the future.

Kylee had been wanting a doll bed for her 18" doll, but they are so expensive to buy. I stumbled across ana-white.com which I absolutely love and made this adorable bed for Kylee's doll Darlene.

I used the tutorials for most of the bedding from here, here, and here.

It was a quick project and only cost a small amount compared to what I could have spent. i think with the bedding, foam for for the mattress, and wood, I spent around $20-$25 dollars.

Happy 2nd Birthday Zane!

Zane just had his 2nd birthday. Such an amazing little guy. There are days I can't seem to catch my breath with him and how active he is. Actually, let me say that's probably most days!

• He is so sweet (well, most of the time)
• loves his big sister
• can't get enough of being outside
• loves balls, books, airplanes, motorcycles, knives (gets frustrated that we won't let him play with real ones), guns, and pretty much anything else that could be remotely dangerous
• His favorite songs to sing are, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"& "ABC's"
• He always wants to help when in turn makes everything take at least twice as long to get done but it makes for a happy little boy.
• tries on everyone's shoes that are sitting around and walks around in them
• thinks that 6am is a good time to come into Daddy & Mommy's room and finish out his sleep in their bed
• gets so excited when I make popcorn
• loves talking on the phone especially to his grandparents
• has figured out that Mommy has a hard time resisting his smile (he learned that from his Daddy)

I found a picture of an airplane cake but there isn't enough artist in me to make it myself, so Joshua stepped it and put it together for me. Zane loved it. I think his favorite part was blowing out the fire (candle) and then everyone clapping for him. We ended up lighting the candle again so he could blow it out for a second time. Joshua's parents were able to come down, his great grandparents came over, and my parents joined us on Skype.

Papa & Zane playing with nerf guns. I'm not sure who was having more fun!

Zane's 2 year pictures

My friend and I took our boys to get their pictures taken today. Her's will be 4 on the 14th, and Zane will be 2 on the 17th. They boys did so well, it made it hard not to come home with pictures of all the poses. Zane's favorite is the one on the motorcycle with a hat on. He keeps on telling me that it is cute.

Family Pictures 2010

We got these taken in December, but never got them posted.

New Couch

We bought this couch used when we got married. I recovered it a few years ago but it was really past time to get a new one. It looks better in the picture than it does in real life.

So, we got a fabulous bargain on this couch. It had a small hole in the material on one of the arms (that can be fixed to be like new) and a small knick in one of the feet (that I can color in with a marker). We love it and think it makes the living room look sooo much better.

No School Day Activities

So we had some unusually cold weather for Louisiana and had some freezing rain which ended up getting school canceled. We enjoyed a nice couple days at home.

We made pancakes...

saw our trees covered a little ice...

played dolls with Kylee...

and sewed some new pajamas for Kylee's doll Darlene.

Guess we will have to get back to our normal routine, but it's been fun while it lasted. We are now having a relaxing Saturday. I love my family and am so blessed.