Playing catch up: Babies!

Since the new year rang in I've had two friends have baby boy's. Yay for friends for Abi!

Anmy and Tom welcomed Liam on Jan. 28th. He weighed 6 lbs. 15oz and was 21 inches long.

Anmy and Kris with Liam

Kristin and Enochs little boy Issac entered the world March 7th weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz and was 20.5 inches long.

Enoch and Kristin with Issac

I love babies all bundled up, so cute!

These two boys are so stinkin cute. I'm so excited to see my friends become parents!

Anmy and Kristin you are great mommies, I look forward to raising our children as friends.

Thanks to Anmy, Kristiana, Kristin, and Rachel for letting me use your pictures.

Playing catch up Easter

We started off Easter morning with baskets from the Easter bunny. Abi got some baby snacks a stuffed lion and a cup for bath time. Katie got a book toothbrushes and a scavenger hunt because of the snow. We spent the test of the day eating yummy food (see conference cake post) and watching General Conference. My girls were good and let me listen to quite a bit. I love listening to the words of the prophets and other church leaders. As always I was left with a determination to be a better wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend.

I have tons of pictures from the scavenger hunt, I'm posting them all so I can remember what we did.

The girls and me

Katie wanted to carry both baskets

The first egg and clue was where eggs are stored of course.

Mmm! M&M's

The next clue was under her chair.

Down the hall to...

where Katie takes her baths.

Outside on her way to her big surprise under the slide...

a tricycle and helmet!

Ya the helmet is big, but was the smallest one we could find.

Cute Abi!

Cute Katie!

Playing catch up Conference Cake

I receive news e-mails from "Deseret News" and "Mormon Times" with the daily headlines a few weeks before General Conference they were asking for favorite conference food and recipes. Growing up my mom would always make Conference Cake on the Sunday morning of Conference which is actually a coffee or crumb cake but no coffee included. I decided to enter the recipe and it was published on April 1st. I laughed when I saw it and felt famous for a few moments. Click here to see the article. Conference Cake was always looked forward to and now I make it every Conference Sunday. This was such a strong tradition in my home growing up I remember thinking of General Conference as a Holiday and getting so excited for yummy food and two days spent with my family. Following is the excerpt where the recipe was included.

This Conference Cake recipe is one Britta Hughes' mother used to make, along with eggs and bacon or sausage, on conference Sunday. Britta says she likes to double the recipe and use a 13-by-9-inch pan so she can have leftovers.

Conference CakeTopping:1/2 cup sugar1/4 cup flour1/4 cup butter1 teaspoon cinnamon. In a small bowl combine sugar, flour, butter and cinnamon. Mix lightly with a fork, until crumbly. Set aside.

Batter:1 1/2 cups flour2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1 egg3/4 cup sugar1/3 cup butter, melted1/2 cup milk1 teaspoon vanilla. Sift flour with baking powder and salt; set aside.

In medium bowl, with rotary beater, beat egg until frothy, then beat in sugar and melted butter until well combined. Add milk and vanilla. With wooden spoon, beat in flour mixture until well combined

.Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 8-by-8-inch baking pan. Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle topping evenly over batter. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool partially in pan or on wire rack. Cut into squares. Makes 9 servings.

MMM! Look at that Cinnamon goodness!

Playing catch up Pictures of our Girls

John's mom got the cutest matching Easter dresses for our girls, We desided we better get some pictures done so here they are, Abi started out sad nut quickly gave us some great smiles. Katie was silly as always. I love my girls!

Playing catch up March 2009

On Sunday March 14th Abi's first tooth emerged and the second followed on Tuesday March 20th. It took forever but I finally got a picture but I had to hold her bottom lip down to get it, she has been less than cooperative. She is a biter and gnaws on everything.

We enjoyed some fun days outside going for walks or playing on the swing set.


Katie had learned to like to get her picture taken and loves to give big cheesy smiles. Abi would rather be doing something else.


So after the last two years and five months of sharing a room with our children they are finally getting their own room. YAY! My dad was kind enough to move his office upstairs and allow us to use his old office for them. We are still in the midst of painting and such but here are a few pictures.

Playing Catch up Abi turns 6 months old

Abi is such a happy girl! She has a quick smile and a cute giggle. Katie loves her little sister and will dance and laugh to get Abi giggling. Abi loves her big sister and can't wait until she can run wild with her. It is truly amazing to watch our children grow and learn new things. I look forward to watching Abi's new developments everyday. We love having Abi as part of our family.

The day Abi came home

One month old

Two months old

Three months old

Four months old

Five months old

Six months old

Playing catch up Feb. 2010

I haven't been keeping up on the blog, it's been hard without our own computer and also with my girls wanting my attention. Over the weekend we got a new computer so hopefully it will be easier to update now. I have been doing nearly all my online stuff (e-mail, facebook, checking friends blogs, etc.) on my Blackberry while nursing or holding a sleeping Abi. It's amazing how much quicker it is on the computer.

Here are some pictures from our life in February...


Katie liked to have us make her a fort which she would rather sit on than in, Abi joined her this day.

Both in purple...

The girls will be getting their own room soon so we decided to take Katie out of her crib and get her used to a twin. Our room isn't big enough for all these beds!


Abi started sitting up at the begining of Feb., now she's a pro and will be crawling soon.


John's mom got this canvas car for Katie to play in at Gramma's and Papa's.


The Zoo had a free day so we decided to go. It was snowy but we had a good time. John carried Katie and I carried Abi so we were able to walk through pretty quick and not have to deal with strollers or a wagon which was nice. Also the girls stayed nice and warm.

The giraffe's were cute, we are sad to here the baby giraffe died.

A tiger

A lynx

A ginormous turtle