easter 2013

Celina took the boys to the city library egg hunt on good friday
corbin found their friend from school, Marisol (purple shirt)
She's a doll. they've all been in the same class for two years.

mom came to town for easter

we shopped

picked out fabrics for new quilts for the boys

red, white, black, grey... stripes, dots, flannel... can't wait!

of course we ate well

lettuce wraps friday night, chicken enchiladas, chili rellenos and guacamole saturday, and ham with the fixings sunday. 

mom played shrinky dinks with the boys

we all colored pieces 

then had fun watching them shrink in 1-2 minutes in the oven

we relaxed some too

even watched tv

mom and i caught up on a few nights of the voice, and watched celebrity apprentice

now i'm hooked on the voice

isn't it so good?

the boys colored eggs with shaving cream and food coloring
it was pretty

the colored shaving cream

otherwise, it didn't really do much to color the eggs
they certainly weren't marble looking

just splotchy
oh well

they had fun playing with left over shaving cream

Easter morning we headed to church early

adam ushered and served communion

the boy's were handsome in their ties

and silly faces

after looking at all the outtakes 

the boys reminded me of those boys on bikes going door to door

haha

the kids were spoiled with an easter bucket of goodness

(jump rope, kite, peeps, jelly beans, skylander, swimsuit, boxers, glow sticks, sticky hands, & a paddle ball)

Easter is special

we are so blessed to have salvation through Jesus' death on the cross 

for our sins

and then he rose again

so that we may have eternal life

He is Risen!

Indeed He is Risen!

Hope you know you are loved always!

the dino park

we went to the dino park

with our twin friends

aren't they so tiny?

this is brennan

2.3 years old

they belong to my friend Kris 

this is Jayden with momma

 

it was fun to finally get our kids together

and we saw lots of cool dinosaur replicas and had a nice spring walk

 

 

 

Thanks for inviting us Kris!

 

the past few days

some days i'm super mom

 friday night we had an impromptu dinner at applebee's

and i let the boys invite their buddy, riley

 

 

afterwards i got crafty while they watched rise of the guardians upstairs

 

 

we went through 2lbs of strawberries in 2 days

 

 

sunday at church we had a BBQ fundraiser for Jen & Robert's trip to Uganda this summer

it was so awesome to see all the support

we raised a mere $4,000 in a few hours

god is good

and BBQ brisket is pretty yummy too!

 

 

monday the boy's tested for their orange belt

 

 

obviously they passed :)

and their buddy michael earned his strap in green

 

we are excited for the weekend

mom will be here to hang with us for a few days

i have lots of easter stuff planned for the boy's

just gotta finish up this work week

 

Gardening Time

Adam started planting early this year

we have onions and potatoes growing

We still can't seem to find the right strawberry to take off and grow. 
It's still early maybe we'll get our bumper crop of strawberries after all.

Many of the other seeds we planted have not began to sprout.
 this weekend we planted small size plants for the rest of the garden.

4 types of tomatoes

squash, zucchini
cilantro
watermelon

cucumber

basil

marigolds to surround the garden plants

tomatillos

peppers

it's pretty easy to get your hands on plants to start a garden

this time of year they sell them everywhere

the challenge is getting them to produce

keep the dogs out of the garden bed

watering them properly

keeping them alive in the intense summer heat

knowing when to harvest

thankful someone in this house has a green thumb

and has a pretty good gardening track record

little dude

someone got a new bike

he was pretty surprised

his daddy bought it for him cause he had a fantastic report card this 11 weeks

and cause we love him

and he's awesome

and had out grown his little blue and yellow 12" bike

he got a gigantic 20" now

it's a stretch for him but he's growing like a weed

we will be raising the seat in no time

:(

whaaaaa! my boy is growing up.

we are pretty crazy for this one 

first born

  Cooper P

i love his spirit

his energy

sense of adventure

creative gift

smarts

compassionate heart

silly 

6  year old

... almost 7 in like 47 days.

keep up the great work coop!

we are so proud of you.

and admire your dedication to work hard

enjoy that new black bike little dude

hello spring

this weekend was so nice

it's starting to warm up and be sunny 

at the same time

feeling like spring

and there's always enough wind in kyle

so we took the dogs to the dog park and flew a kite

it's been so long since we've flown kites

really a fun thing to do

coach and mocha went crazy when they saw that shuttle start flying right above us at the dog park

love the freedom for the dogs to run at the dog park

do not however like the stickers mocha came home with all buried in her curly fur

we need a new place

spring break 2013 was a hit

short trip to Nana's for the boy's

then a long weekend at home

cook out with the silvert's, fishing with dad, pot luck with church friends, subway, donuts before church

we've officially over eaten and splurged! time to go back to work, and send the kids back to school.

summer is around the corner!

I've seen little patches of bluebonnets here and there this week

found this beauty growing solo at the dog park

happy st patty!

after church we get to spend a few hours eating lunch with the sunday school gang. white's are hosting with some of Ron's delicious brisket. i'm making homemade blackberry ice cream... 

thanks to my brother Ronnie for teaching me how to make it!

3/4 cup whole milk

1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 1/2 cups blackberries

2/3 cup sugar

pinch of salt

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Mix the milk, cream, sugar, salt on low speed until dissolved. Gently smash blackberries until broken up good.

Add berries to liquid mixture. Stir in vanilla.

Freeze for an hour.

I use a Cusinart ice cream maker and make it in the freezer bowl for 15 minutes which turns it into soft serve ice cream. I freeze it longer.

 It's amazing!!