And Napping

On top of sleeping in, what's better than a 3 hour long nap while both your children sleep soundly, too? Yes, dishes can wait; so can the trash and making my grocery list. Thank you, Caleb and Mackenzie for spoiling me for one afternoon!

Sleeping In

Who doesn't love the comfort and elation that comes from sleeping in and staying in bed that much longer?!

Mackenzie finally went to sleep at 12:00a.m. I thought it would be a long night. But when 6:30 came around...I hadn't been disturbed at all. True beauty sleep! I'm so grateful when I get a good night's sleep.

Oh, and did you catch that? Getting up at 6:30...yeah that was almost 2 hours of sleeping in!! Best EVER!

Happy Valentine's Day...Belated

Caleb and I made Valentine's for a few of his friends:

Super cheap, super simple, but he sure had fun deciding which friend got which dinosaur! And he was so cute when we delivered them! I don't know how many n's can actually fit into a word, but he pushes the record when he says, "Happy Valentine's Day!" I hope everyone enjoyed the day with someone you care about. :)

Life as we Know it

This is just a collection of pictures of my kiddos. Some of them are cute...some of them are funny...all of them make me smile. :)


almost 8 months old! (this is 1 month ago...yeah yeah yeah)

We discovered that she LOVES green bean casserole. She couldn't eat it fast enough! Her normal gorging was put to shame when she realized that food could actually taste GOOD! lol

My nearly perfect homemade tortilla. I was so proud! I really like this recipe I found (it's not online, so let me know if you're interested). It's one of the best I have tried: the tortillas have just enough elasticity, and they make good sized tortillas, and it doesn't use a ton of oil because there is oil directly in the dough. I used this batch to make enchiladas for the missionaries. I felt so supremely domestic. :)


Caleb trying out Justin's ear buds. He liked the music a lot!

Remember that special dinner I was planning? The one that I needed the Hawaiian sea salt for? Well, we ended up doing it. I just improvised and did Kabobs instead. It ended up being a success and I enjoyed the night with my sweetheart. And here's Caleb sporting the appropriate garb.

Mackenzie just giving me a crazy grin on Valentine's Day. See that double chin!?! She eats so much!!

She really wanted that tomato..."I wish my mouth was bigger." (don't talk to me about the improper grammar in that sentence...it's a QUOTE! lol. 10 points if you can name that movie)

I'd been wanting to do this for a while, and one day, I did. I took the car seat box from Caleb's new car seat we bought before Christmas, and I punched holes in it, stuck some Christmas lights down through them, and called it a "star cave." Yay! lol Caleb loved it and insisted Mackenzie join him. She seemed to enjoy it well enough.

Which ones were cute? Which ones were funny? Did any of them make you smile?

2 Days Just Isn't Fast Enough

At least that's how I feel right now. With out disclosing too many details, I had a special dinner planned for this Friday, since Justin's basically unavailable during the week. I had planned to pick up all the food on my normal shopping day, Wednesday. Well, we went out in the morning: 2 stores. Got almost everything. After naps we went out again: 5 stores!! I was shy one KEY ingredient: Hawaiian Sea Salt, or Red Clay SaltI'd never heard of it, let alone bought it, but I'd read that I could find it at Target, so I wasn't fretting. Until I couldn't find it!! I ended up ordering it offline, which with Amazon we get free 2-day shipping...but that means it's not here until Friday. And I needed it Thursday in order to have dinner on Friday. Sad.

I realize it's only one day delayed, but I'm really bummed. If I'd only known on TUESDAY that I needed to order it, I would have been set. But I didn't know that. I'm also bummed partly because through my gloomy disappointment, I kind of spilled the beans to Justin that I was planning a surprise dinner...surprise! lol Sorta funny. Maybe later.

I never thought 2-day shipping would seem so slow! Oh well, right? We'll have our dinner on Saturday. And this sea salt better be good.