Shelby had her ears pierced the day before Easter. She wanted to wait until she could have some Aunts and Mama there. (Not everyone was there which was a bummer, but we managed quite a few.) Anyway, Bells now has her ears pierced and she loves it! She has faithfully been taking care of them and we are pretty excited for our princess! :-)
My brother-in-law and sister-in-law sent us a very cool book last year called A Christ-Centered Easter by Janet and Joe Hales that gives things day by day that you can do with your kids and as a family to follow the timeline of events
Okay, so we have the first post up. Some cookies I made awhile ago. But, the recipe and picture are there. Follow the link to the left and we hope you enjoy just a little of what the Isoms ate...
I am thinking a certain brother-in-law may have thought that our family would forget something like March Madness. Maybe this is because we don't watch a ton of sports-okay, nothing if you exclude BYU games and the Super Bowl. However, I (yep-me) remembered that March was here and just in the nick of time had our whole family fill out their picks. (Thanks for the reminder call Casey!) :-) And, hopefully, I will be on top of checking and keeping track of the rounds. I put them in rings instead of on the wall since they will be traveling to Utah with us (maybe I should switch it all to cardstock since it is pretty flimsy)! Once again, as a family, we are excited to see how we all do. And we are grateful to Casey (the certain brother-in-law) for introducing this fun thing to our family. I can't promise we will ever be a serious sports watching family, but you can bet on the fact that we will look forward to March Madness every year.
PS We started pretty lame and didn't even watch the game last night...Garin is so sad!
We had Brady yesterday while Joanna went to the dentist. It was so much fun! We love this little guy so much! We played outside with him (him with either myself or Ethan while I was taking pictures) on the grass. The kids climbed trees, played in the dirt, watched as Brady rode the horse thingy, and of course enjoyed Oreos evidenced by Ryden's face, Brady's face, and Brady's shirt (sorry about that Joanna). Anyway, Jonathan came over unexpectedly so we all got to hang out with him a bit too. I didn't get any pictures of that, though-mmm...that stinks. In a nutshell, we had the greatest time with Brady and look forward to the next time we get to watch him. (Joanna-we hope it is only while you are shopping or something, though, instead of the dentist!) ;-)
PS How cute does Brady look standing and clapping! He is so fun!
For St. Patrick's Day we didn't do a traditional Irish meal, instead we went with the whole green theme. I have been wanting to try to make Tallarin Verde (sin Milanesa de Pollo). So, I did. And it came out pretty well. I cheated a bit and bought the pesto base and just added the varying ingredients since our basil plant has no basil on it and it was HORRIBLY expensive at the store. Tallarin Verde is one of my favorite Peruvian dishes. It is basically a pesto mixed with spinach, evaporated milk, and some spices. Maybe this should be my first recipe post...we will see. Anyway, instead of green french bread we went with a green swirl instead (I thought it would be prettier)and of course broccoli and a green jello salad (my Mom sent green Jell-O as part of her package so I came up with a salad to use it in). This picture is of Garth's plate and is followed by pictures of the kids during dinner and afterwards enjoying their St. Patrick's goodies from their package from my Mom and Dad. We hope all of you had a great day! Luck O the Irish to you all! :-)
PS Oh-and they reminded me just now we had green lemonade. Our lemon tree produces all year and so we have a lot of homemade lemonade. The kids thought it was even more fun green!
I took the kids out last week and found these PJs on the clearance rack. $2. Ryden is finally growing, so most of his clothes are getting too short, too tight, etc. He loves these PJs. Right now he is obsessed with dogs-fake, that is. He is still terrified of the "real" thing. I am not sure what is up with our kids, but they aren't the biggest animal lovers. For now that is nice for us, since we are busy with our own bunch, but eventually it would be nice if they mellowed out a bit! :-)
I have a new haircut...pictures will be coming soon. Joanna did a terrific job and gave me an A-line Bob. Oh, and I have bangs too! Talk about changes! I love having a sister so talented with hair (and so much more)!! It comes in really handy when you aren't sure what to do with what you have-so you cut it off! I will try and get a picture tonight or tomorrow (it doesn't look so hot right now, it has been a long day!).
**Oh, and as a side note that has NOTHING to do with my hair-I can't wait to go up and have a Kneader's sandwich in Utah. Turkey Bacon Avocado on foccacia here I come! :-)
Garth and I would like to start a recipe blog. The reason we haven't...we can't think of a clever name for it. I would like something "us." We love chocolate, although we make so much more than that. Chocolate isn't even an 1/8th of the things we like to try anymore. So, does anyone have any ideas? I was thinking something simple like GNJCOOK (that would be similar to the license plate thing), or lovetocookisoms, or thecouplethatcooks, as you can see none are all that clever or us. So, I am going to open this up and just see if any of you can think of anything. Garth has been taking pictures of some of the different foods that we make so that we will be ready when we come up with something.
So, I know this isn't the best picture (Garin took it in a hurry as I was running out the door to a baby shower). But, aren't they adorable???? I am loving them! Remember when you were in middle school and you would get something or your friend would and you just loved it and thought it would be neat too? Well, I feel just like that middle school kid! My great friend asked if she could order the same earring and of course I said yes! (I think it is so silly to "have to be the only one.") Anyhow, here they are. Please ignore the zit covered face! I was in a hurry! :-)
OKay, so the picture isn't that great. But-here is Trevon with 2 missing teeth, and his Special Someone Poster from last week at school! He loved taking some of his favorite things (book, toy, special something) and sharing them with his class! The week before being someone special he also received a Principals Pal award for good grades, good attendance, lack of tardies, etc! We were all excited for him and he loved getting the certificate with an ice cream certificate on top of it!
S0-this is Trevon's latest great news!
