Friday, June 29, 2012

Bears

Playing with bears. Gotta love the bear right on stomach and the ones right in his face. :)

Monday, June 25, 2012

Pics

Mommy has lots of catching up to do... but here are a couple pics for now :)

Sunday, June 17, 2012

I am in jail.

Madi here. I'm in bed but I'm not super tired yet. My parents have a camera that I look at and I do funny things to entertain them. Right now I'm pretending to be in bed jail. I used to try to climb out. Sometime sat on top of the railing to get out. Now my parents would come running up the stairs to get me down to sleep again. Now I sing talk to myself, jump and run back and forth. Eventually I get tired. So I think I should go to bed now good night. Love Madi

Sun Oven Brownies and Eggs

Yesterday was a great day for cooking in the sun oven!  Okay, any day is as long as you have the sun :)  We haven't used it for a while...due to our crazy life, but we are excited to use it more this summer after our next move. 

300 degrees, but it did get up to 325 this time...

Hard-boiled eggs (without using water...)  Just stick the eggs in their carton into the sun oven!   

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Baby projects & more!!!


This is a long, random post...but don't miss the brownie recipe at the bottom!

Madi, Ryker and I slept in until 9:30 this morning!  Guess we needed it!  I can't remember the last time I have slept in that late!  Madi is usually up by 7 or 7:30.  Ryker has been doing pretty good during the night.  Last night he slept from 8 PM - 2:30 AM!  

I finally finished my baby projects (as of now...).  There are always more, but it is time to pack house again and get ready for the next big move!  We should be closing on our new home during the last week of this month and moving on the 30th!!!  I can't believe we are moving again already, but at least this time we are moving into our FIRST HOME!!!  We left a lot packed up from our move 3 months ago, but there is still a lot to do.  So it's time to pack up the sewing machine... 

I made a couple cradle sheets.  They are actually pack n' play sheets...they are the right length, but to wide for the cradle, so I just tuck it under.  That way I can use the sheet for both cradle and pack n' play!  I followed the tutorial found here






I made this little binky bag...to make it easier to find and keep it cleaner...  I kind of followed two tutorials found here and here, but I mostly made up my own.






Somebody made a Car Seat cover for Madi, which I LOVED!  But since it was all pink and girly, I decided to make another one.  My mom helped me make one for Heidi a year or so ago so...but we haven't made a tutorial. :)  But here is a link to an easy tutorial and I used the tutorial found here to make the straps this time.






This cute little tie came from Pinterest from the tutorial found here.

If you aren't into couponing you should at least check out http://www.coupons.com and print off the .75 off ANY milk!  (valid only in UT & ID).  I can't remember the last time I paid full price for milk!  You can print two internet coupons per computer.  Coupons.com has been putting this milk coupon up every month (sometimes twice a month...)  So between our computer and laptop we can get at least 4 milk coupons each month!  
Our 2011 book came!!!

Love it!


Here is a yummy brownie recipe you should try!  Mike got the recipe from a co-worker.  ( I didn't add the nuts...)

Million Dollar Brownies

7 T cocoa powder
1/2 C butter
1 C sugar
2 eggs
1/2 t vanilla
1/2 C flour
1/2 t salt
1/2 C chocolate chips
1/2 C nuts

On low heat, stir together butter, sugar and cocoa powder. Remove from heat and incorporate eggs and vanilla. Mix in flour and salt. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.

Pour batter into greased 8 or 9 inch square pan. Bake at 350 degrees for ~30 minutes.

Enjoy!

and of course, some pics of the kiddos :)

Ryker liked his first real bath

Wow, Madi used to be that small!

Bonding time :)


oh and my brother comes home from his mission in 1 week from today!!!
and I will get to see Heidi and her cute family in 1 week from today!!!  (it has been 5 months too long...)
YAY!!!

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Shorts and Jumping

I bought shorts last summer (way cheap) for Madi to use this summer (size 24 mo)...but I'm afraid they won't work!   They just fall right off her!  She's still in the 3-5th percentile...  A safety pin helped, but I think I need to find her some 18 month shorts :)

She has been practicing jumping (getting both feet off the floor) and finally got it down a couple weeks ago!  We caught this great action shot!
Sweet Ryker


Ryker & Madi

These pics were taken a couple Sundays ago when Ryker was 9 days old.

Kisses

Changing her bunny/bear's diaper, using the burp cloth as a changing pad :)



He looks too grown up in this onesie :)

brother and sister



Saturday, June 9, 2012

Midnight

These pictures were taken a couple nights ago at midnight... Wide awake!!! Luckily he just needed to be fed and then went back to bed! gotta love his expressions :)

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Stickers


This is what you get when you give your 2 yr old your iPhone...and her stickers are close by... :)


Mike decided to vacuum seal his phone with our Food saver.  He could hear the person talking, but it was really hard to hear him :)

And of course a pic of little Ryker, a week and a half old!