Family photos

The old folks.....

Therese and Carlos

The Mafia discussing something serious

dance moves.....

Today we went to Mike's cousin April's wedding. We took 399(seriously!!- no joke) photos of the wedding but not one pic of the three of us... Why is it so hard to get a family photo??

cousin love

Keira hangs out with her only girl cousin Kateri. Keira has 6 boy cousins and just one girl cousin!

Cousin Luke

Playgroup

Here are a few pics from yesterday's playgroup.

Keira this am found several min of entertainment from my dish washing gloves. She carried it around the house with her- it was pretty funny!!!

New shoes

New shoes is always an exciting event in a girls life. We got these snazzy shoes at Target for 9.99!!!!!

More pics of ruined stuff

Its hard to tell from the picture but the top part of the light that is lying right next to it and sqaushed flat like a pancake... and its supposed to be sort of like a cone.

Another broken light


Squashed rhododendrons.

another reason to hate winter........

This is the stone pathway that Mike built me for Mother's Day last year. We were super excited to get these pathway lights on clearance at Lowes. They look very pretty at night and illuminate the pathway and all the flowers I plant around it. Now that alot of snow has melted we assessed the damage. Keep in mind these lights were under several feet of heavy snow for months. They are pretty much ruined. I helped Mike install the lights too.... you have to bury the electrical part under ground. Its alot of work. Now look at my poor lights. :o(
ohhh and see the small piles of snow around?? Yeah this morning it decided to snow again so now EVERYTHING is covered in white again!!!!!




This is Keira shortly before she decided to take her first taste of dirt and mulch. You would have thought we were killing her by the screams that followed as we pulled dirt and pine mulch out of her mouth!!!! Apparently it tasted pretty darn good.

Helping mama

Keira helped me empty the dishwasher this am. Her idea of helping is to take the silverware out, chew on it and then toss it on the floor... (see the pile at her feet) doesn't that just make you want to eat off our silverware??

Breakfast!!!

Look daddy!!!!!

I am fixing the computer just like you!!!

Happy 10 Months Keira!!!!!

Recipe...

1 cup brown sugar (I would use 3/4 because they were a little too sweet)
1/2 cup honey
2/3 cup peanut butter -- natural kind.
1/2 cup butter melted
2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups quick oats ( I used regular oats)
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/3 wheat germ or ground flax (I used wheat germ)
2 T. sesame seeds
1/2 cup coconut ( I left this out)
1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
Other nuts as desiredBeat first 5 ingredients until smooth. Mix in rest of ingredients and then bake in a 9 x 13 pan @ 400 for 15 minutes or so. Cool to room temperature before eating
They are really easy to make and very chewy!!!