Summer 2011

So, since it's been forever since I blogged, I'm just going to post some pictures from our summer. I loved having Kylee home and Zane loved having her to play with all the time.

Church fishing trip at a pond

A visit from Joshua's dad (Zane, Papa, & Kylee)

A visit from Amy (Kylee, Aunt Amy, & Zane)

Lots of time spent with Gracie. This day was at the Children's Museum.

A picnic outside in our yard!

Sonrise Camp (Zane, Taylor, Kylee, & McKenzie)

me and my hubby

Easter Nests

I found this recipe for Easter Nests. They were so easy and turned out super cute. Kylee took them for her Easter party at school.

Easter egg hunt

They had the Easter egg hunt last Sunday afternoon. Zane had so much fun and Kylee found ton of eggs this year.

Gracie, Taylor, & Kylee

Sleeping Beauties

Kylee wanted Gracie to have a sleep over the other night. Gracie wasn't quite ready for that and Kylee ended up going to Gracie's house to spend the night. While they were waiting for Gracie's mom, they ended up going to sleep in my bed. They were so adorable. Best friends even when they are asleep. :-)

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!