October Craft Night

Thanks for all the girls who came to Craft Night this month. We had a lot of fun and ate some yummy treats. The FREE craft was a huge success. Here are some of the crafts that I got pictures of.
The Three Wise men tile is one of the crafts for next month's craft night
This is the beginning of what the snowman will look like. David didn't have time to drill the hole so there are no lights inside yet... this is also another Nov. craft

This was the FREE craft. They are magnets!

Here is Kera making her FREE craft... doesn't she look like she is having a great time?

Heidi making her ghost tombstone

Candy Corn Jar Pumpkin

Brittany's chipboard.. I think it turned out so cute!!!

Don't forget next months Craft Night is November 15th @ 6pm. Come and make new friends, make some fun crafts, and make your tummy happy. Next month FREE craft will be paper boxes, they are super cute and great gift basket...

SATURDAY FUN

The Trails I LOVE morning dewDaddy and Lizzie enjoying the walkTired LizzieSleeping Lizzie

David and I decided that we were going to start walking on Saturday's together. There are some fun trails over by our house, so we thought we would hit the trails and enjoy our time together. Lizzie loves walks and especially LONG walks.. you can tell by the pictures... it knocked her out. We walked the trails then over by the Shumaker's house and around their neighborhood then down some side roads since we saw some garage sale signs, and back to our car. We had a great time!!! But the highlight of the day was when we saw this garage sale sign... oh how I wish we got a picture... it said, "Neighbor gard sail" it was priceless! Thanks for stupid people who can't spell to make my day.

Adventure of the Week #1

Well Chelsea Fenn gave me this great idea... about doing Adventures on the Week. She has a book with all of these different places to take your kids that are kid appropriate. SMART IDEA HUH? Well I tried to find a book like that for our area, but I had no such luck so instead I'm making my own up. This week we headed into the heart of Hemet, CA. Where we found the Mary Henley Park. This park is a great place for your kids to play, plus it has a 3/4 mile walking trail around the park. You can get a workout plus let your kids play. Kera, the kids, and I had a great time. Lizzie is learning to love the swings.

Tune in next week to see where our adventure leads us!

Lizzie & IN-N-OUT

Well last Friday was a sad day... It was David's last Friday off. We sure loved spending an extra day with him. Well we decided to have fun while it lasted so we ran some errands and Lizzie enjoyed her very 1st In-n-Out. I think by her expression you can tell her love for the simple things in life. She had a great time playing with her hat, she kept turning it around and thinking she was a pirate... then we headed to Lowe's for some things... Lizzie LOVES to look at the Christmas stuff and watch all the different things sing and dance. Well she especially LOVED this reindeer hat and nose. We couldn't get a picture with both the hat and the nose on so we hope you enjoy our lil reindeer!!!

Lizzie is WALKING!!!!

Super Yummy Funnel Cake

I was reading Stacy's blog and she said she made funnel cake, and I thought that sounded so good!!!! So I looked up a recipe online and WALA!!! Here it is....This is the county fair type funnel cake recipe. Light and fluffy, that gets dusted with powdered sugar and served hot for a fun and tasty treat. Funnel cake doesn't have to be a once a year treat...you know!

Ingredients:
1 egg
2/3 cup milk
2 tbsp. sugar
1 1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder

Directions:

1. Beat egg and milk. Mix all other ingredients and slowly add to the egg mixture, beating until smooth.
2. Using a funnel, drop into hot oil working from center outwards. Remove from the oil when golden brown and crispy.
3. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, then top with freezer jam, and strawberries, and a little cool whip and serve.

Thanks Stacy for the yummy idea!!!

Strawberry Jam

So my friend Kera thinks I'm so domestic since I cook all the time and make different things. Well this morning before play group I whipped up some Freezer Jam. It is so simple, plus it is so Delicious!!! Once you have freezer jam you will NEVER buy jam or jelly at the store again!

Recipe:

3 pint size jars

2 cups crushed strawberries

4 cups of sugar (this is probably what makes it so good!)

1 box of Sure Jell Pectin (Int he yellow box)

3/4 cup of water

• Prepare fruit: Use a food processor or potato masher to mash the strawberries very finely. It will have bits of fruit in it.
• Measure 4 cups sugar and put in separate bowl
• Stir sugar and prepared fruit together. Mix well. Let stand for 10 minutes, stir occasionally
• Stir 1 box of pectin and 3/4 cups of water in small saucepan. Bring to a boil on high heat, stirring constantly. Boil 1 min, Remove from heat.
• Stir pectin into mixture of fruit, stir constantly until sugar is completely dissolved and no longer grainy, about 3 mins.
• Pour into Jars, leaving 1/2 inch space at top for expansion during freezing, cover
• Let stand at room temp. for 24 hours until set. Then put in refrigerator or freezer. Will last in fridge up to 3 weeks, and freezer up to a year!!!

ENJOY!!!

Our little Butterfly

We thought it would be fun to take Lizzie to get her pictures taken for Halloween since she looks SUPER cute in her costume, and we haven't had pictures taken in a while. So we hopped in the car and headed for Wal-Mart. With a little picnik's help I think the picture turned out pretty well. I especially love the spiders hanging from Happy Halloween! Lizzie loves her costume and would wear it everyday if I let her... She can't wait till Halloween.

MARRIED FOR 2 YEARS...

We met at: Chelsea Green's (Stewart) parents house in Corona on our way to the New Year's Eve Dance down in Long Beach

Our First Date: Valentine's Day 2004 ( we had a night out on the town) Soup and salad: TGI Fridays, Main dish: Panda Express-Orange Chicken, Dessert: In-n-Out Shakes played in David's hot tub, and watched a movie over at Ryan Nichols house, and I spent the night at David's House (1st date=sleepover)

David left for his mission to Cherry Hill New Jersey January 2004 after hundreds of letters later he FINALLY returned February 2006

We got engaged: On the beach in Oceanside, CA out on the jetty. David took me down to the beach and we walked up and down the beach talking about life and during sunset he walked me out onto the jetty and asked me to be his wife.

We got married: The Redlands Temple on October 13, 2006 we spent our first night together at the Mission Inn in a beautiful suite, and then we had our reception on October 14th in the Asbury's backyard overlooking the Redlands temple.

5 months after being married: We got pregnant with Lizzie our pride and joy. She was born on November 28th, 2007, and she is turning 1 next month.

So two years ago today we were married in the Redlands temple... I can't believe how fast time flies by when you get married to your best friend. These 2 years have been amazing and I'm so thankful for such a thoughtful and patient husband. Heavenly Father really knew the kind of man I needed in my life.. and blesses me each and everyday with DAVID! After seeing him on New Year's Eve in 2002 I knew I wanted to date him, and shortly after we starting dating I knew he was the one for me! After sending him off to New Jersey for two LONG years and a whole lot of letters later he came home, we starting dating and then on Friday, October 13th 2006 we got married in the Redland Temple for all time and eternity. He knows me better than anyone else, and even though he says he can't read my mind I will love him forever.

For our anniversary this year we went to our favorite restaurant in Riverside Ooka.. It was so yummy. If you haven't been there I totally suggest you try it. We always share the meal for two: steak, chicken, and shrimp veggies, fried rice, and noodles :) my mouth is watering since I'm visualizing it... Then we went to see Nick and Norah's Infinite Play list. It was a funny movie :) Thanks Brandon for telling us about it. We had a great night.. Thanks Oma and Papa for watching Lizzie so we could spend some time alone with each other. Tonight we are going to BBQ some steak and watch our wedding video and reminisce our life together...

Ball Pit of Fun

Thanks Kera and Blake for letting Lizzie play in your ball pit. Kera is GENIUS... She made her own ball pit for Julianna to play in by using: a blow up pool, ball pit balls, and then tons of fun! One day I hope I will have great ideas like Kera, but for now I will just benefit from her AMAZING ideas. Blake and Lizzie had a great time doing wrestling moves on each other. Lizzie thought the balls were so fun to play in, Blake just kept making her laugh...Thanks again!

A Day at the Park and Garage Sales

Well garage sales where we live are AWESOME!!! If you want a great place to go we have a place for you to visit. Plus, they start on FRIDAY! Gigi scored some great deals while I ended up with a couple things I was super excited about: a cornucopia for my kitchen, a quiet book from the Stengels, and a super cute Halloween sign. Then we found a great park and the girls wanted to play for a while so my mom, Gigi, the girls, and I played at the park and got some cute pictures. Lizzie really liked the slides... she can't wait to go again!

Thanks Mom & Gigi for the fun sleepover party and morning!

Thanks again for all the people that showed up to my Uppercase Living Party and made it a success!

Poop... Poop... EVERYWHERE!!!

SO Let me just tell you I'm NOT the worst mom in the world!!!! Lizzie had just finished lunch, and she smelled so I checked her, and there was nothing in her pants so I let her down to play. While I continued working on some appetizers for my Uppercase Living party tonight. Lizzie was playing great! She was so happy and just playing so good.. THEN I LOOKED OVER... and saw some brown stuff on her face. I glanced back to see if it was just a shadow... IT WASN"T!!!! Poop was on her face... on her clothes, on the carpet, on the fireplace, on her toys... IT WAS EVERYWHERE!!!!! and I'm not exaggerating. So I threw Lizzie in the tub got her clean put her in her crib.. then attacked the poop that was all over my family room. Seriously, how could a little girl poop that much? Thank goodness for carpet and tile cleaner.. oh yeah and my washing machine... The thing is full of toys and stuffed animals that got attacked. Don't worry if you are coming over tonight it is all cleaned up. I just needed a moment to reflect on this PRICELESS MOMENT while Lizzie is screaming in the background and my house reeks like Poop!

Wakeboarding in October

Fun on the water with Ryan, Cori & Greg Shaw, Brandon, and of course US!
The BEST job.. Holding the red flag!
Where in the United States besides Hawaii can you go wakeboarding in October? It was a little cold on Saturday, but the water was way warm. Thanks to Ryan for letting us play on his boat and go wakeboarding. It was my 1st time trying to wakeboarding.. I found it a lot easier than waterskiing, but I'm not saying that I'm PRO. After a couple tries I was able to get up... More pictures to come after Brandon sends them my way. I know... we were playing out on the lake during General Conference, but at least the Ensign publishes the talks next month, so I can edify myself even more!

PLEASE SAVE THE DATE!!!

My NEW Hide Out

So I have a SUPER COOL HANGOUT! My Mommy and Daddy can never find me when I hide... I know it is the coolest.... and you wish you could come play in my hideout with me, but you have to know the SECRET password before you can enter! Post me a comment and I will give it to you!

Then we could play everyday!

My HIDE OUT

We can even watch Blue's Clues!

Don't try to escape because you won't be able to get out this way... I tried!!!

This is the RIGHT way to exit my secret hideout! SHHHH!!! Don't tell anyone! So when are you coming over to play?