D-land Pics

I just love these pictures we took at Disneyland the other day.

Nat making silly faces at Mommy.

Looks like we caught Nat mid-yawn.

It's tiring being a baby.

I was featured!

This item from my Etsy shop was featured on this blog. Pretty cool!!

Typical Conversation Between Nat and Ann

Natalie: Annie, say "leap"

Annie: Buckle!

Natalie: No, Annie, say "leap"

Annie: Mommy! Daddy, Daddy.

Natalie: No! Annie, say "leap"

Annie: Buckle!

Natalie: NOOOO! Annie, say LEAP

Annie: Leaf

Natalie: Now say "frog"

Annie: Fwog

Natalie: Mommy, Annie just said "leap frog".

Growing Up Too Quick

Sometimes I look at my girls and think, "When did this happen?" I love watching them grow, but it's always a little sad to see them leave certain stages. I sure do love these girls.

 

 

Reading In Bed

This is what my days look like around 7pm. I love reading to my girls.

Machine Quilting

I'm trying my hand at machine quilting. You may remember this quilt from awhile back, I finally brought it out of the closet. It's quilted and ready to be bound, yay!

I Made a Shirt

My first since I had sewing lessons from my Mom when I was 10. I believe the fabric was white with gold hearts back then. So, it was kinda fun, although I must have had to pick out 17 seams. A stitch in time really does save nine, who woulda thought? I'm a speed sewer though, I just want to get it done as quickly as possible, but it's hard to get it done quick when you sew the sleeve on in the wrong direction...twice.

Front

Back, yea I know, looks the same.

Flower Fields '09

Down by the Carlsbad outlets are the flower fields, and April and May are the perfect months to go visit, which is when the flowers are in bloom. My mom, sister-in-law Amy, and I took the girls down last month and had a great time! Of course there are great photo opportunities everywhere, except for the stupid yellow caution tape!! What the? Really! There's also a cute playground there, a rose garden, and a bird garden. Then we had lunch at Islands afterward, a great way to spend the morning!

You can see the caution tape in these pictures a little. This is Lizzie, my little niece, she looks exactly like my brother Jeff, but female.

Freezer Jam

Have you tried making freezer jam yet? It's really not hard at all, and you don't need any special equipment (you do for the jam you store on your shelves, but not for this kind).

Here's a list of things you'll need if you want to make it:

strawberries (about 3 baskets)
lemon juice
sugar
corn syrup (karo brand)
fruit pectin (sold in baking aisle)
jars to put it in

The directions are in the fruit pectin, so you don't even need a recipe. It took me about 1 1/2 hours to make 2 batches, which is about 10 jars.

And if you live in this area, I don't think you can find better strawberries than at the Farmers Market off of Alipaz in San Juan Capistrano. Be warned, it is a bit on the pricey side...but so worth it.

Someone Figured Out Photo Booth

Discovery Science Museum

On our last trip to Utah, we took an afternoon and headed over to the Discovery Science Museum in the Gateway. I totally recommend it if you live in Utah or are on a visit there. It had some really fun things for the girls, and it kept them entertained for quite awhile. It was a great activity for the girls and their cousins to do together.

A life-size helicopter, I imagine little boys would absolutely love this.




A cool xylophone, with sheet music to teach kids how to play a song. Not that Annie really understood that.

Annie and her cousin, Katelyn couldn't get enough of this water fountain the kids could play in.

They had a whole section on how food gets from the farm to the grocery store. Complete with dress-ups.

When Annie Gets Mad

She's not afraid to let you know.

 

 

This girl really knows how to get what she wants.

I Won a Giveaway!

I enter giveaways from time to time, but was beginning to lose faith that I would ever win one. Well, I just won this:



A cute necklace for a little girl from Paperwhite Jewelry. Pretty exciting! You can find giveaways here and here...to name a few.

Cousins

Natalie and Annie were able to meet up with their cousins last Saturday for dinner. They had a blast, and were loud and obnoxious, probably everybody in the restaurant couldn't wait until we left.

Annie, Katie, and Natalie. I think Katie and Natalie kind of look alike.




Katie, Julie, and Natalie



Annie, Katie, Julie, Natalie, and Alex. Poor Alex, he has no boy cousins.

Feature Writer

I'm now a feature writer on my friend Beth's blog: A Little Etsy Love. It's a blog that has wonderful giveaways from Etsy shops and features the great items you can find on Etsy. Go check out my post on Greeting Cards. I'll be posting every Thursday. Thanks for giving me the job, Bethy!

Easter '09

We had a nice Easter, how about you?

Our Ward Easter Egg Hunt, of course Natalie had to wear her crown, and Annie had a hard time figuring out what exactly these eggs were doing just lying around.




Easter morning. And the crown makes another appearance.




And all dressed up. Natalie had the crown on before we went out the door, her mean mommy made her take it off. Did I mention today was Annie's first day of nursery! Hallelujah!