Ask Anna give away!

So my friend Anna who I talked about in my previous post has this awesome blog called Ask Anna. She knows pretty much anything you want to know about house keeping, organizing, and cooking, and just being fun and creative! So check her site out and become a follower. You can also enter to win this awesome painting by doing what i did! Click here to check it all out!!!!! Trisha has some amazing art work. Here is her site

Weaverville trip

This past weekend we took a trip up to Weaverville to visit Davids parents. Davids mom Barbara just had back surgery about 2 weeks ago, so Bekah came up as well. It was nice to just hang out and have auntie Bekah there to follow Madison around doing whatever she wanted to do. Barbara is doing good with her recovery, although i do think she should be taking it more easy, but she says shes feeling great.

While we were up there we took a trip out to the lake where there was still lots of snow to play in. Madison's first real time playing in the snow besides the other day where it only snowed a inch or two. She had a blast playing on David and Bekahs old sled from when they were a kid. Jim brought out all the toys including the snowmobiles! They are so much fun. I got up to 50mph! Great memories... :)

Recipe motivation

Most of you know that I LOVE to cook. My friend Anna has this amazing blog about housekeeping, organization, and recipes. On todays blog it is all about meal planning and how to get organized with your recipes that you like to make. So tonight I got David to sit down with me and pick out what I was going to make for dinner for the next two week. Then we both got inspired to organize my cute recipe book I bought from Costco about a year ago! This whole time I have just been printing out recipes and throwing them into the side pocket. My goal has always been to type out the ones I love and print them on the cute paper this bider came with. So my amazing husband that he is helped me by creating a template for all my favored recipes! I am so proud of what we came up with, and no I couldn't have done this with out his help! I am super excited about this and I plan to keep posting recipes that I love, and hope you will enjoy making them as well.

Thanks Anna for the encouragement. It is going to be so much fun having this all organized now! This is also fun hang out time with my hubby. :) Everyone should check out her site and get motivated!

At the bottom there is a recipe for Chicken Pecan! It is AMAZING. I have attached a JPEG for those that want to print this out and add to your recipe binder, or e-mail me for a PDF version if you would like. :) Enjoy!

Let there be snow!

Today was a very exciting day, it snowed it snowed!!!!!!!!! This was Madison first time being in the snow, so we were pretty excited to see little white flakes falling from the sky. I think I was a bit more excited to see the snow than Madison was though! These pictures were taken before the snow started to really stick at our house. Later on in the day we went to grandma's where there was even more snow on the ground and she was able to make snowballs and throw them into the pool. I love seeing snow on the ground, it just makes everything so beautiful and peaceful.

Today I also took Mackenzie to the Dr. for her 10 week check up. She weighed in at 13 lbs, and 23 1/2 inches long. She is in the 95%! I do know how to make chubby babies I guess. All in all it was a good day :)

It's been awhile

I can't believe how long it has been since my last blog! I have been thinking about blogging again for awhile but I just seem to forget about or don't make the time to actually do it! I'm not the best writer, but it is nice to look back on the past.

So tonight I have decided to take a little break from Facebook to make more time for my family. I always find myself on the computer (facebook) just sitting there doing nothing! I would love to start doing more projects with Madison and just have more interactive play time. That is my goal! I would love to start posting some recipes that I have found to be amazing as well! Since cooking is one of my passions. I will also have pictures on here to brag about how cute my kids are! Anyways, hope you will become a follower :)

Here are some pictures from today minus the one of Taylor and Mackenzie. Today Kenzie turned 10 weeks old! Oh how she is growing so fast.

Camping / life update again

Well we just got back from our first camping trip together ever, and with out Madison. We left her with Grandma Skinner, so we could enjoy some time with out a crying baby in the car and in the middle of the night. We also are trying to get her use to staying at the Skinners, seeing that they will be watching her for a whole week while we are on our cruise in October. Needless to say, she did great and was busy doing all kinds of things with them.
We camped on the Klamath River, and it was just beautiful. I thought it was going to be a lot colder than what it was, but it was surprising very nice. We had a great time at the ocean just walking on the beach.

Madison is 16 months and growing like a weed right now. Everyone keeps telling me how she is getting so tall, and she really is! Her vocabulary is growing as well. It unbelievable how from week to week she has something new she is doing. She is just so cute when she dances!!! And she loves to dance! I just bought her a potty chair to start the training process. She has been letting me know when she is poo-pooing so I figured why not start now!

David is starting the master program on Saturday, and will have class every sat for the next 2 years. We are still praying for a good job for him. It has been tough having him stay in Weaverville while he works for the week. I just have to keep thinking this won't be forever! As for me I will probably be working most weekends now till Christmas, which is good, but less time I get to spend with David. We are making things work though so i am able to stay home with Madison. It is also a nice little break for me to get out and feel like a normal person. I am also wanting to take the photography class at the college this semester. I just registered the other day for it. :)

Hope you all are doing good, that is about it I think. Hopefully it won't be to long before my next blog!

Life up-date

David and I have book a cruise to Mexico! I am so excited about it because there are a bunch of people going on it that I know! Since our last cruise David and I decided to only take another one if we could get friends to go with us, because we would just have that much more fun! We have a really big group going so I know it's going to be a BLAST. We are leaving Madison with Grandma Skinner, and she is just beside her self excited about it. We will be going in October, which is close to my birthday and our 4 year anniversary!

Madison is doing great! She is just so fun, the older she gets the more fun she is! I love every stage of life so far, but every stage just gets better and better. We are having to learn how to shape her strong willed personality, which is one of the hardest things to do right now! I need a class i think! :) She is healthy and strong seeing that we exposed her to chicken pox 2 times and never got it! There was definate saliva exchange as well, but nothin. We start our first swim class on Monday as well! I know she is just going to love it. I have 2 friends taking the class with us, so I know we will have a great time.

Since David graduated he has been insearch for a good job. He is still working for his dad in Weaverville as of right now. He will be interviewing in Sacramento for a job he would really like. He already did a phone interview with them, but this next one is with 3 head people with the company. So keep him in your prayers as his interview is on Tuesday.

That's about it in a nut shell right now, I hope you all are doing fabulous!