Playing catch up....

Actually that is not true, I don't feel like I will ever catch up.  Hubby has been working nights and it is exhausting and hard.  I honesty don't know how single moms do it.  Amazing. 

Let's see here....we went bowling a couple weeks ago with the nieces.

 Fun times.

We made cupcakes and realized that we had no frosting nor ingredients to make frosting.  So I melted choco chips and marshmallows in the oven and stuck Graham crackers in them.  Smore cupcakes.

This little one has decided she was going to learn all kinds of new things in one week:
-says mama and refers to me
-claps
-rolls and rolls and rolls all over
-blows air through her teeth
-eats real food, anything she can get her hands on (even cupcakes)
-head dives of any elevated surface

You know those scrapbook pages I was going to share when they are finished....still not finished.  Neither are the chairs for the deck....or the curtains.   I will check back soon if nothing else then to share pics of the kiddos. 

My summer project - Before and After

Remember my killer find last summer?  I still love this furniture.  Look how little my girl was just a year ago.  Wow, how time flies.

Well, the cushions were worn last year and they only got worse over the winter even though they were in storage.  I tried to find cushions in similar sizes but to no avail.  So I decided to tackle the re-upholstery job myself. 

I very well might have bitten off more then I can chew but hopefully by the end of summer I will have the couch and other chair done.

What are your summer projects?

The color for the weekend was Blue

  Blue skys, blue door, blue face.....

 I painted our front and back doors blue.  It is better then the red door but blueier then I intended.  It is fresh and clean and I like it for now.

Little Miss Leah had her first experience with the "ding ding man"  aka the ice cream man.  Marla got a Sonic the Hedgehog ice cream cone and shared with her baby sister.  It turned both thier faces blue for 2 days by the way.

 It was in the 70's this weekend and EVERYONE was outside.  It was so great.  The frogs were croaking, the pressure washers humming and kids everywhere.  We so needed that.

Me and Wildtree

So.....are you curious about this Wildree thing?  You know the food blog I have over there on the right?

Well, I am taking the plunge. I have been so impressed with the Wildtree products that I have decided to become a consultant and share the goodness! This year we as a family decided that we needed to become healthier in mind, body and spirit. Quite a task right! Well, we are making baby steps in some areas and leaps in others. Wildtree has been key to our leaps in the healthy eating and reduced stress levels in our family.

Wildtree offers natural products that are simple and healthy. The products have no preservatives, additives, MSG or dyes and the products are certified USDA Organic. Here is the kicker though…..they taste GREAT!

Now let me tell you about the convenience and stress reduction side of Wildtree. I don’t know about you but I dreaded making dinner. Our lives are rushed and hectic and thinking about making dinner was often rushed and hectic. I felt guilty when I feed my family less then healthy meals because it was convenient and quick. Why can’t food that is good for you be convenient and quick AND taste good? It can be with Wildtree, we offer monthly meal planning and freezer meal options. I now have at least 10 meals on hand and anytime that are healthy, quick and so very yummy.

So go check out my food blog!!!!!!

UNCLE UNCLE!!!! I give mother nature.

I have held off as long as possible to ridicule this incredibly long winter but I have had enough.  Normally I tell people to quite complaining about the weather because you CHOOSE to live in the frozen tundra, but seriously 12 inches off snow on April 19th???  I want to wear flip flops and drink margaritas on my deck and plant my garden and have a water balloon fight with Marla and and and....sigh.

On the home front we are just chugging along.  I have actually gotten to scrap a few times the past month.  I haven't completed the journaling on those layouts yet but once I do I will show them to you.  Earlier this week we took the girls out for yogurt.  Leah loves food and frozen yogurt was no exception. 

This is my Leah, she is the happiest baby....most of the time. She is teething right now so she can be a handful.  She is so big (tall and just generally bigger) compared to Marla at this age.  Between the unseasonable cold weather and her size I had to buy her a new wardrobe because she doesn't fit in Marla's clothes at this age even though they are only two days apart. It amazes me how these two kids are so different.

That is it for now.  Have a good one.

Easter Trip

We went to Lincoln for Easter and it was so nice to visit with family.  It was a very nice trip.  It was Leah's first road trip and she did wonderfully.  Marla has been doing this trip since she was 6 months old and always does great. 

Little cheese balls showing off their eggs.

 Marla and Leah with their goodies from the Easter bunny.

My girls in their East dresses.

Auntie Ami and Leah hanging out.

 Marla and Davi on the hunt for eggs.

Marla was so sad to leave she cried the night before we left and keep saying how much she missed her family on the car ride home.  It is both heart warming and heart breaking at the same time.  I am so glad that we have such wonderful family that Marla WANTS to be with them so much.  We are truly blessed to have such great family on both sides.  We couldn't raise these precious girls without them.

Leah's 6 Month Pictures

 

 

Indoor pictures are always a challenge for me.  We do not have any rooms in the house with great a blank wall to begin with and then of course most rooms in the house are a distinct color.  Leah's room is the only room that is relatively bland and if I move some furniture around I can get a blank wall.  I really love her bedding and wanted to caputre that as well. So that is what we did.  She was such a trooper. I am happy with them.